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Unibersidad ng Pilipinas, Mindanao
Motto:	Honor and Excellence
Established	1908 (system); 1995 (campus)
Type:	Public
Chancellor:	Dr. Gilda C. Rivero
President:	Dr. Emerlinda R. Roman
Location	Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines
Hymn:	"U.P. Naming Mahal"
Nickname:	UP of the South
Mascot:	U.P. Oblation
Website:	http://www.upmin.edu.ph

University of the Philippines, Mindanao is the sixth and newest autonomous unit of the University of the Philippines System. Established on February 20, 1995 through Republic Act 7889, its mission is to bring to the people of Mindanao the UP standard of academic excellence and commitment to academic freedom, social responsibility and nationalism.

Subsequently, the Board of Regents of the U.P. System formally created U.P. Mindanao on March 23, 1995.

UP Mindanao is located in Bago Oshiro, Mintal at Davao City, Philippines.

UP Mindanao comprises 2 colleges, the College of the Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Science and Mathematics. The Human Kinetics Center, east of the CHSS houses the school's Physical Education subjects, while the School of Management is located in Anda Street, housed in the old Teresa Milesa building.

Contents 1 Course Offerings 1.1 College of Humanities and Social Sciences 1.2 College of Science and Mathematics 1.3 School of Management 2 History 3 See also 4 External links

Dean: Dr. Antonio G. Moran

• Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology
• Bachelor of Science in Architecture
• Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts
• Bachelor of Arts in English (Creative Writing)

Dean: Dr. Antonio R. Obsioma

• Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics
• Bachelor of Science in Biology
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
• Bachelor of Science in Food Technology

OIC Dean: Dr. Sylvia B. Concepcion

• Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness Economics
• Master in Management

Republic Act 7889, which created the University of the Philippines Mindanao, was signed into law by President Fidel V. Ramos on February 20, 1995. The vision of having a UP in Mindanao however started way before that.

The UP Alumni Association-Davao Chapter, which was established on December 3, 1949, had wanted for more than two decades for the establishment of a UP in Mindanao.

As early as 1961, the UP Summer School already offered extension courses in Law, Business Administration and Education, with the old location of the Davao Central Elementary School as venue.

On November 24 and November 25, 1989, the UPAA Davao Chapter hosted the 12th UP Alumni Institute with Senator Vicente Paterno as keynote speaker. Then UP President Jose Abueva, who attended the conference, was confronted with the strong and united voice of about 630 alumni in attendance as well as media and the business sector, all clamoring for a resolution that would promote the establishment of a UP in Mindanao in Davao City.

The resolution was unanimously approved and adopted by the Institute on November 25, 1989. This was submitted to the UPAA national and endorsed by the UP Board of Regents.

The vision of a UP in Mindanao began to materialize when, on the third regular session of the House of Representatives on April 30, 1990. 1st District Representative Prospero Nograles introduced House Bill 30358, also known as as "Act to Establish the University of the Philippines in Mindanao".

A public hearing on House Bill 30358 was conducted by Senator Edgardo Angara (then Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education) on October 12, 1990 at the Davao Chamber of Commerce. It was sponsored by Representatives Nograles and Rodolfo del Rosario of Davao del Norte. A strong sentiment for the establishment of a UP in Mindanao pervaded during the public hearing.

To alleviate the strong clamor for a UP in Mindanao, Abueva created instead the UP Consortium System, much like the UP Open University.

When Abueva's term ended, President Fidel V. Ramos appointed Emil Q. Javier as UP President. It turned out that Ramos had already instructed Javier to create a fact-finding committee composed of Regents Oscar Alfonso, Vice-President for Planning Fortunato dela Peña, Atty. Carmelita Yadao-Guno, and Rogelio V. Cuyno.

The committee came to Davao for an ocular inspection of the University of Southeastern Philippines and Bago Oshiro, Mintal.

After receiving the committee report, Javier did not pursue the plan to convert USP into UP in Mindanao due to demonstrations conducted by USP faculty and staff. Instead, he opted for a congressional action. At the same time, the committee also talked with National Bureau of Plant Industry director Nerios Roperos for the segregation of 204 hectares of the BPI area in Bago Oshiro for the UP in Mindanao campus. The task of pursuing UP in Mindanao was given to Representative Elias B. Lopez, as he is the only UP alumnus among the Davao Representatives.

RA 7889, the Bill creating UP in Mindanao was finally enacted into law on February 20, 1995. On March 22 of the same year, the Board of Regents passed a resolution officially creating the University of the Philippines in Mindanao.

To emphasize the importance of RA 7889 to the Mindanaoans, a re-enactment of the signing was held at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, with President Ramos himself in attendance.

The Lee Business Center in Juan Luna Street corner J. de la Cruz Street and the Casa Mercado Building in Matina served as UP in Mindanao's home from March to September, 1995 and from September 1995 to January 1996.

On June 1996, the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Management were created. After a year, the CAS was split into the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Science and Mathematics. The School of Management was retained.

On February 20, 1998, the U.P. Oblation was installed at the Bago Oshiro campus during the University's 3rd Foundation Anniversary. The Board of Regents granted full autonomy to UP in Mindanao on February 26, 1998, making it the sixth Constituent Unit of the UP System. Dean Rogelio V. Cuyno, was elevated as it First Chancellor on December 11, of the same year.

The Second Chancellor of the University is Ricardo M. de Ungria, who was installed on September 21, 2001.

The Third, and present, Chancellor of the University is Dr. Gilda C. Rivero, who was installed on July 30, 2007.

• UP College Admission Test
• Himati, The Official Student Publication of the University of the Philippines in Mindanao

• U.P. System
• U.P. Mindanao

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