University of the Philippines

The University of the Philippines (UP; Filipino: Unibersidad ng Pilipinas or Pamantasan ng Pilipinas) is a statepublicuniversity system and the national university of the Philippines under Republic Act No. 9500. Established on June 18, 1908, by the American colonial government through Act No. 1870 of the First Philippine Legislature, it was founded as the country's premier institution of higher learning, and has a mandated role in national development through instruction, research, and public service.

The university's earliest academic units were established in Manila and Los Baños. In 1949, UP transferred several of its units to Diliman which became its new administrative center. In 1972, the university was reorganized into a multi-campus system of autonomous constituent universities.

Today, the UP System consists of nine constituent universities distributed across 23 campuses nationwide: UP Diliman, UP Los Baños, UP Manila, UP Visayas, UP Mindanao, UP Open University, UP Baguio, UP Cebu, and UP Tacloban.

UP also operates the Philippine General Hospital, the country's largest tertiary hospital. It likewise maintains specialized research and public service institutions involved in healthcare, natural sciences, agriculture, technology, and other fields of national importance.