At the University’s 113th General Commencement Exercises held last July 28, 4,712 graduates received their respective academic degrees.
Figures from the UP Diliman (UPD) Office of the University Registrar (OUR) showed that of the total number of graduates, 3,511 received their baccalaureate degrees and 1,201 were each conferred a graduate diploma, a master’s degree, or a doctoral degree.
The UPD Class of 2024 was led by 286 who graduated summa cum laude, 1,109 who graduated magna cum laude, and 788 who graduated cum laude. This year, those who graduated summa cum laude came from 18 degree-granting units.
Summa cum laude is an academic distinction given to a student who earned a weighted average grade (WAG) of 1.20 or better. A magna cum laude distinction is for those with a WAG of 1.45 or higher, and a cum laude, with a WAG of 1.75 or higher.
Among UPD’s 27 degree-granting units, the UPD College of Engineering (COE) produced the highest number of graduates at 926, with 793 at the undergraduate level and 133 at the graduate level. The COE was followed by the College of Science (CS) and the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) at 490 and 361, respectively.
Meanwhile, the UPD School of Urban and Regional Planning had the most number of graduates at the post-baccalaureate level at 152, followed by the Technology Management Center (141), then by the COE (133).
The colleges that had the highest number of graduates with Latin honors were the COE (556), the CS (270), and the CSSP (228). The COE also had the most number of summa cum laude graduates (86), followed by the CSSP (54), and the CS (43).
Meanwhile, the National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) is the academic unit with the highest percentage of Latin honors at 83.33%. The NCPAG is followed by the Asian Institute of Tourism (81.81%), then by the Cesar E. A. Virata School of Business (80.64%).
Sixty two percent of this year’s graduates at the baccalaureate level finished with Latin honors, lower than last year’s figure (67%).