The U.P. College of Science is one of the several colleges (''or degree-granting units'') of the

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, the flagship campus of the

University of the Philippines System 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 2008) ...

. The college is not only one of the largest, but also a foremost pacesetter of academic excellence in the university due its recognition as the national center of excellence in academics and research in the field of natural sciences and mathematics, and has the largest concentration of Ph.D. holders in its faculty in the whole country. The college is composed of eight institutes, two inter-programs and three affiliated units.

Organization

Institutes

*National Institute of Geological Science (NIGS) *

National Institute of Physics The National Institute of Physics (NIP) was established in 1983 by Presidential Executive Order No. 889 which transformed the Department of Physics of the College of Arts and Sciences into one of the seven research and academic institutes of th ...

(NIP) *

National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology The National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, also known as NIMBB, is a research institute of the University of the Philippines. It has four branches which are located in UP Diliman (NIMBB-Diliman), UP Los Baños (BIOTECH-UPLB) ...

(NIMBB) *Institute of Biology (IB) * Institute of Chemistry (IC) *Institute of Mathematics (IM) *

Marine Science Institute The Marine Science Institute (MSI) is one of seven academic institutes of the University of the Philippines' College of Science. It is housed in its own building complex within the UP Diliman Campus in Quezon City. The Marine Science Institute of ...

(MSI) *Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology (IESM)

Academic Department and Interdepartmental programs

*Science and Society Program (SSP) *Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSEP)

Affiliate Units

* Natural Sciences Research Institute (NSRI) *Computational Science Research Center (CSRC) *UPD College of Science Library (CSLib)

Student Publication

''Scientia''

''Scientia'' (

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through ...

for science) is the official student publication of the college. It is the only student college publication which has its own office located at the basement of the CSLib Building.

National Centers of Excellence

As of 2016, the Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines has identified 23 centers of excellence (COEs) in U.P. Diliman, eight (8) of which can be found in the College of Science. (See all UP Diliman Centers of Excellence/Development). The COEs in the college are

Biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary ...

Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the elements that make up matter to the compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, proper ...

Geology Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other Astronomical object, astronomical objects, the features or rock (geology), rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology ...

, Marine Science,

Environmental Science Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physics, biology, and geography (including ecology, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geog ...

Mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

Molecular Biology Molecular biology is the branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecular basis of biological activity in and between cells, including biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactions. The study of chemical and phys ...

Biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used ...

(MBB) and

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which ...

Images

File:UP NSCjf3224 01.JPG, Amphitheatre seats File:CSLibjf3722 01.JPG, Welcome sign File:CSLibjf3722 02.JPG, Entrance File: MSIjf3692 06.JPG, Pathway File:UP NSCjf3224 09.JPG, CSRC File:Panoramic view of an outcrop of the Diliman Tuff exposed on two sides by a roadcut between the Institute of Chemistry and National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines, Diliman (wet season).jpg, Road between the Institutes of Chemistry (IC) and Physics (NIP)

External links

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Science Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence ...

Educational institutions established in 1983 1983 establishments in the Philippines