The University of the Philippines High School in Iloilo, also known as UP High School in Iloilo or simply UPHSI, is one of the four

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departments under the

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. The three other units are the

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(

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), UP Rural High School ( UP Los Baños), and UP High School Cebu (

UP Cebu The University of the Philippines Cebu (; ; also referred to as UPC or UP Cebu) is a public research university and the youngest constituent university of the University of the Philippines System located in Cebu City, the capital city of Cebu pr ...

). UP High School in Iloilo was established in July 1947 as a lower division for junior and senior year levels under the wing of the University of the Philippines Iloilo College (UPIC). By 1954, UPIC was upgraded as a full-fledged

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and all year levels for the

department were finally offered. It is an experimental laboratory of the

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that provides innovative teaching strategies and

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training as groundwork for admission to the

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programs of the

University of the Philippines The University of the Philippines (UP; fil, Pamantasan ng Pilipinas Unibersidad ng Pilipinas) is a state university system in the Philippines. It is the country's national university, as mandated by Republic Act No. 9500 (UP Charter of 200 ...

. It is under the Division of Professional Education of

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and located within the UPV Iloilo City campus. The high school is designed for the underprivileged but talented and

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students of

Iloilo Iloilo (), officially the Province of Iloilo ( hil, Kapuoran sang Iloilo; krj, Kapuoran kang Iloilo; tl, Lalawigan ng Iloilo), is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is the City of Iloilo, the ...

. In accordance with the UP Policy for democratized admission, the students of the UP High School in Iloilo do not pay tuition fees.

Notable Graduates

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- the former

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* Rommel Espinosa - the former Chancellor of the

University of the Philippines Visayas The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV or UP Visayas) is a public research university in the Philippines with campuses and facilities throughout the Visayas. A constituent university of the University of the Philippines system, it teaches ...

* Arthur Defensor, Sr.- the current Governor of

* Niel Tupas, Sr. - the former Governor of

*Jed Patrick Mabilog - former Mayor of

Iloilo City Iloilo City, officially the City of Iloilo ( hil, Siyudad/Dakbanwa sang Iloilo; fil, Lungsod ng Iloilo), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines on the island of Panay. It is the capital city of t ...

*Mariano Araneta - the current President of the Philippine Football Federation *

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- former Associate Justice of the

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References

* http://www.upv.edu.ph/files/uphsi_admission_application_form_for_sy_2014_2015.pdf * http://www.upv.edu.ph/upv/index.php/site-map/articles/77-about-us * http://www.upv.edu.ph/upv/index.php/history * http://komsai_org.tripod.com/freshy_index.htm * http://theaccounts.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/upv-celebrates-its-61st-presence-in-iloilo/ * http://stfap.up.edu.ph/stfaponline/page.php?content=bulletin {{coord missing, Philippines Schools in Iloilo City Educational institutions established in 1947 Laboratory schools in the Philippines University-affiliated schools in the Philippines High schools in Iloilo University of the Philippines Visayas 1947 establishments in the Philippines