Polytechnic University of the Philippines

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Polytechnic University of the Philippines
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Motto: Tanglaw ng Bayan
Established: Oct. 1904
Type: Public university system
Calendar: Semestral
President: Dante G. Guevarra, DPA
Vice-President: Victoria C. Naval, DEM
City : Manila (Main Campus)
Country: Philippines
Students: 52,000 est.
Faculty : 1483
Staff: 707
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Website: www.pup.edu.ph
Affiliations: Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning(ASAIHL), International Association of Universities(IAU)

The Polytechnic University of the Philippines is a government university in the Philippines governed by R.A. 8292 or the Higher Education Act of 1997. It is a public school system founded as the Manila Business School (MBS) on October 1904 under Superintendent C.A. O'Reilly. It was founded to train professionals to work for the government and to answer the need of skilled workers in the business sector. It is one of the most competent tertiary schools in the country. Today, on its 103rd year it aims a vision of a Total University.[Category:Education Workgroup]]