Academics
The University of the Assumption has five academic colleges:
- School of Technological Studies - The School of Technological Studies has the second largest undergraduate enrollment at the university. It offers bachelor degrees in Architecture, Interior Design, Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics Communication Engineering.
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- Architecture & Interior Design - The College of Architecture at the University of the Assumption is the first college in the province of Pampanga to offer a bachelors degree in Architecture. In 1979, Assumption College of Pampanga conceived the idea of creating its own College of Architecture as a pre-requisite for attaining its university status. In June of the same year, the first College of Architecture in the region was born. Three young architects were commissioned to become the first faculty: Efren Mendoza, Rodolfo Alviz and Danilo Galura. Danilo Galura became the first dean of the college. Two sections of seventy-two freshmen became the pioneering batch. Steadily, the population of the college grew. Not only in the studentry, but also in faculty.
- School of Business - formerly known as the College of Commerce. It provided one of the original degrees offered at the University, the Bachelor of Science in Commerce. It has the largest undergraduate enrollment in the university. The School of business offers both undergraduate and graduate programs.
- School of Arts and Sciences - The School of Arts and Sciences offers two undergraduate programs: Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Bachelor of Arts in Communication.
- College of Professional Teacher Education - The College of Professional Teacher Education is one of the oldest college at the university offering a Bachelors of Science in elementary education, or secondary education. It offers a Master of Arts in Education and is currently the only college to offer a doctoral degree.
- College of Nursing - The College of Nursing at the University of the Assumption is one of three universities in the province that offers a bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN). Opened in 1974 during the appointment of Rev. Fr. Octavio M. Ramos, it began as a response to the need of educating the low and middle class families of Pampanga. Clinical affiliations and internships are conducted at the Jose B. Lingad Regional Hospital and at various hospitals throughout Metro Manila, including the University of Santo Tomas, the oldest university in the Philippines. Community outreach programs in the local barrios of the province are a regular part of the clinical experience and is a major emphasis of the program.
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