University of the Philippines, Los Baños

The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), located at the foot of Mount Makiling in Los Baños, a town on the shore of Laguna de Bay in Laguna province sixty (60) kilometers to the south of Manila, Philippines, was the first autonomous campus of the University of the Philippines system. It began in March 6, 1909 as the College of Agriculture, one of the first two units of the University of the Philippines. UPLB also has one of the largest campuses of any university in the Philippines, having a total land area of 36 km².

Since the transformation of UPLB into an autonomous campus of the University of the Philippines System during the 1970s, the University became a center for multi-disciplinary studies, with focus in Agriculture, Forestry, Veterinary Medicine and the Sciences. UPLB also became a center for excellence in Biology, Chemistry, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics, Forestry, Engineering, Agriculture, Communications, Computer Science and Information Technology, Agricultural Economics, Development Economics, Agribusiness Management, and Veterinary Medicine.

At present, the University is composed of the College of Agriculture, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Development Communications, College of Economics and Management, College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, College of Human Ecology, and the College of Veterinary Medicine that offer courses ranging from Bachelor of Arts in Agriculture to Doctor in Veterinary Medicine. It also has a Graduate School plus the College of Public Affairs and the School of Environmental Sciences and Management which offer Master of Arts, Master of Science and Ph. D degree courses.

UPLB is also a research center in the fields of science and agriculture and is site of two international research centers, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and SEAMEO-SEARCA and Philippine-based research institutions such as the National Crop Protection Center (NCPC), the National Institute for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (BIOTECH), the Los Baños offices of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (Philrice) and Philippine Carabao Center , and the Dairy Training and Research Institute (DTRI).

Colleges and Units of U.P. Los Baños:

• College of Agriculture
  • Dairy Training and Research Institute
  • Department of Agricultural Education and Rural Studies
  • Department of Agronomy
  • Department of Plant Pathology
  • Department of Entomology
  • Department of Horticulture
  • Department of Soil Science
  • Farming Systems and Soil Resources Institute
  • Institute of Animal Science
  • Institute of Food Science and Technology
  • Institute of Plant Breeding
• College of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Humanities
  • Department of Human Kinetics
  • Department of Social Sciences
  • Institute of Biological Sciences
  • Institute of Chemistry
  • Institute of Computer Science
  • Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics
  • Institute of Statistics
• College of Development Communication
• College of Economics and Management
  • APEC Center for Technology Exchange and Training for Small and Medium Enterprises
  • Department of Agribusiness Management
  • Department of Agricultural Economics
  • Department of Economics
• College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology
  • Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Department of Civil Engineering
  • Department of Electrical Engineering
  • Department of Engineering Science
  • Department of Industrial Engineering
  • Institute of Agricultural Engineering
• School of Environmental Science and Management
• College of Forestry and Natural Resources
• Graduate School
• College of Human Ecology
• College of Public Affairs
  • Agricultural Credit and Cooperatives Institute
• College of Veterinary Medicine

External links

http://www.uplb.edu.ph