Polytechnic University of the Philippines Graduate School
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Polytechnic University of the Philippines
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines commonly known as PUP is a public research university in the Philippines. It was founded on October 19, 1904 as the Manila Business School, offering commerce-related courses...

 Graduate School
awards most professional and research master's degrees and doctoral degrees in various disciplines for the university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

. The school houses more than 1,300 students, making it one of the largest graduate schools in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. The School does not confer PhD
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...

 degrees, instead awards professional doctorates including DEM
Doctor of Education
The Doctor of Education or Doctor in Education degree , in Latin, Doctor Educationis, is a research-oriented professional doctorate that prepares the student for academic, administrative, clinical, or research positions in educational, civil, and private organizations.-Differences between an Ed.D...

, DBA
Doctor of Business Administration
The degree of Doctor of Business Administration, abbreviated, or and equivalent to , is a research doctorate in business administration. The D.B.A...

, and DPA
Doctor of Public Administration
The Doctor of Public Administration is a terminal applied-research doctoral degree in the field of public administration , which is a sub-discipline of political science. The D.P.A. requires significant coursework beyond the masters level and a dissertation that contributes to theory or practice...

. The School is located at Marcelo del Pilar sub-campus in Santa Mesa, Manila
Santa Mesa, Manila
Santa Mesa is one of the 16 geographical districts of the city of Manila, which is primarily a residential, commercial and educational center. Santa Mesa is bounded by several districts and cities...

, in front of Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology.

There are nineteen (19) degree programs conferred by the PUP Graduate School.

History

The Faculty of Graduate Studies was established in 1970 under the administration of Dr. Nemesio Prudente
Nemesio Prudente
Nemesio Prudente was a political activist, writer and human rights defender in the Philippines He served as the President of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines from 1962 to 1972; and in 1986. Prudente earned his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Southern California...

 by virtue of Republic Act 6089 in 1970 authorizing Philippine College of Commerce (predecessor of PUP) to expand its course offerings.
In 1971, classes in Master in Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Arts in Business Education (MABE) officially started. The Master of Arts in Business Education, the only one in the country, aimed “to develop in the students a broader and deeper grasp and perception of the basic traditions, values, and trends.”

In 1972, when Martial Law was declared, the PCC, including the Faculty of Graduate Studies, was temporarily closed. PCC reopened in November 1972

In 1976, two curricula were added: (1) Master in Public Administration and (2) Teacher Certificate Program for Business and Distributive Arts, a non-degree program to meet instantaneous national needs for supportive high school teachers as a result of a revision in the secondary curriculum. The latter program received an endorsement from the Department of Education
Department of Education (Philippines)
The Department of Education , is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the management and governing of the Philippine system of basic education. It is the chief formulator of Philippine educational policy and is responsible for the Philippine primary and secondary...

 and a financial assistance from The Asia Foundation for three years.

In May 1977, the Certificate Program in Cooperatives, another non-degree program, was started under a consortium agreement between the Philippine College of Commerce and the Order of St. Agustin Cooperative Education Center.

On April 1, 1978, PCC was converted to a full-fledged university status and was named Polytechnic University of the Philippines. The Graduate School set its aims to perk up students’ competence as scholars, scientists, managers, and professionals by enhancing leadership qualities, decision-making ability, analytic ability, and professional approach.

In 1979, Master in Applied Statistics was offered in consortium with the National Census and Statistics Office
National Statistics Office (Philippines)
The National Statistics Office is the Philippine government's major statistical agency responsible in collecting, compiling, classifying, producing, publishing, and disseminating general-purpose statistics as provided for in Commonwealth Act No...

. This is an off-campus program that continues up to the present.

Two degree programs were, likewise, approved: (1) Master in Public Administration for government leaders who distinguished themselves in public service and (2) Master in Public and Business Administration.

In 1981, Master in Accountancy was launched to give non-accountants the opportunity to develop competencies and leadership qualities for professional careers in accountancy.

In 1987, master’s and doctorate programs in Educational Management were offered to meet the national need for educational administrators steeped in management competencies.

In 1989, the Graduate School was transferred from the old building on Sergio H. Loyola Street to the newly refurbished building beside the Hasmin Hostel on Santa Mesa, Manila.

The Master in Mass Communication Program was offered in 1990. The program, which was originally designed as a traditional degree program, later, offered both traditional and non-traditional programs.
In 1991, Master of Arts in Language Teaching was offered to investigate and appraise recent approaches in English teaching and to provide opportunities in designing and assessing the efficiency of on-campus activities.

Degrees

  • D.B.A.
    Doctor of Business Administration
    The degree of Doctor of Business Administration, abbreviated, or and equivalent to , is a research doctorate in business administration. The D.B.A...

  • D.E.M.
    Doctor of Education
    The Doctor of Education or Doctor in Education degree , in Latin, Doctor Educationis, is a research-oriented professional doctorate that prepares the student for academic, administrative, clinical, or research positions in educational, civil, and private organizations.-Differences between an Ed.D...

  • D.P.A.
    Doctor of Public Administration
    The Doctor of Public Administration is a terminal applied-research doctoral degree in the field of public administration , which is a sub-discipline of political science. The D.P.A. requires significant coursework beyond the masters level and a dissertation that contributes to theory or practice...

  • M.S.
    Master of Science
    A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...

  • M.A.
    Master of Arts (postgraduate)
    A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...

  • M.App.Stat.
  • M.B.A.
    Master of Business Administration
    The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...

  • M.Bus.Ed.
  • M.Comm.
  • M.E.M.
    Master of Education
    The Master of Education is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in a large number of countries. This degree in education often includes the following majors: curriculum and instruction, counseling, and administration. It is often conferred for educators advancing in...

  • M.Ind.Eng.Ed.
  • M.I.T.
  • M.L.I.S.
    Master of Library and Information Science
    The Master of Library and Information Science is the master's degree that is required for most professional librarian positions in the United States and Canada. The MLIS is a relatively recent degree; an older and still common degree designation for librarians to acquire is the Master of Library...

  • M.Phys.Ed.
  • M.Psy.
  • M.P.A.
    Master of Public Administration
    The Master of Public Administration is a professional post-graduate degree in Public Administration. The MPA program prepares individuals to serve as managers in the executive arm of local, state/provincial, and federal/national government, and increasingly in nongovernmental organization and...


Concentration

  • applied statistics
  • business administration
  • communication studies
    Communication studies
    Communication Studies is an academic field that deals with processes of communication, commonly defined as the sharing of symbols over distances in space and time. Hence, communication studies encompasses a wide range of topics and contexts ranging from face-to-face conversation to speeches to mass...

  • economics
    Economics
    Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...

  • educational management
    Education
    Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...

  • engineering
    Engineering
    Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...

  • English as a foreign or second language
  • Filipino language
    Filipino language
    This move has drawn much criticism from other regional groups.In 1987, a new constitution introduced many provisions for the language.Article XIV, Section 6, omits any mention of Tagalog as the basis for Filipino, and states that:...

     teaching
  • industrial engineering
    Industrial engineering
    Industrial engineering is a branch of engineering dealing with the optimization of complex processes or systems. It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials, analysis...

  • information technology
    Information technology
    Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

  • library and information science
    Library and information science
    Library and information science is a merging of the two fields library science and information science...

  • mathematics
    Mathematics
    Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...

  • physical education
    Physical education
    Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....

  • psychology
    Psychology
    Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...

  • public administration
    Public administration
    Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....

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