By Mariamme D. Jadloc, images by Leonardo A. Reyes and Kevin Brandon E. Saure (July-August)—A new personality test reveals that people with the “bahala na” attitude have “high emotional instability and are not used to planning their tasks and activities.” In addition, “init ng ulo” or anger hostility “borders between high emotional instability and concern for others,” while “pagkamatapat” or sincerity straddles “the ability to empathize and the tendency to be generally careful and cautious.” These new insights into the Filipino psyche were d e t e r m i n e…

The Building Research Service was officially created on July 29, 1971 through the approval of the Board of Regents in its 811th meeting. It was mandated to foster and undertake integrated research, advisory, and information services in building and housing in the Philippines. It was also tasked to publish and disseminate the results of its research and studies to students, researchers, scholars, builders, contractors, government agencies, and the public. The College of Engineering, the College of Architecture, and the Institute of Planning (now School of Urban and Regional Planning) initiated the establishment of this…

  Academic Degree-Granting Units: Information and link to academic units with undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs. Academic Programs (Undergraduate): Detailed list and link to the undergraduate programs of UP Diliman. Academic Programs (Graduate and Postgraduate): Detailed list and link to the graduate and postgraduate programs of UP Diliman. UP Integrated School: As a laboratory school of the UP College of Education, the UP Integrated School is the basic education unit of UP Diliman. Teaching and Learning Centers: Information on special educational opportunities in UP Diliman. Office of the…

Academic Calendar Academic Degree-Granting Units: Information and link to academic units with undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs. Undergraduate Programs: Detailed list and link to the undergraduate programs of UP Diliman. Graduate Programs: Detailed list and link to the graduate and postgraduate programs of UP Diliman. UP Integrated School: As a laboratory school of the UP College of Education, the UP Integrated School is the basic education unit of…

Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan IIChancellor Executive Offices Office of the Chancellor: The Office of the Chancellor is the executive office of UP Diliman. It supervises campus operations through the related offices of the Vice Chancellors. Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs: The OVCAA is in charge of…

The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) is the main campus of the University of the Philippines System (UP System), the national university by virtue of Republic Act 9500. UPD occupies 493 hectares of prime land in Quezon City, featuring an array of both old and new buildings, which house the various disciplines that offer comprehensive education covering all facets of human behavior and development at the baccalaureate and postbaccalaureate levels. UPD has 275 academic…

By Mariamme D. Jadloc

  By Anna Regidor(SEP. 2)—UPD passes with flying colors as all 23 examinees from the College of Engineering passed the August 2014 Mining Engineer Licensure Examination, with seven examinees entering the top ten.Results released by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) show that Prince Joseph Erneszer Arbado Javier topped the exams with a rate of 89.60 percent.Javier is the sole summa cum laude graduate of Class 2014 from the Department of Mining,…

By Haidee C. Pineda, image by Leonardo A. Reyes (AUG. 14)— Fifteen UPD students…

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