Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 11347)
The short title of Republic Act No. 11347 is the "PUP-Quezon City Campus Act."
The Act establishes a campus of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Quezon City, National Capital Region (NCR), known as the PUP-Quezon City Campus.
PUP is mandated to offer graduate, undergraduate, and short-term technical-vocational courses in its Quezon City Campus.
The Campus Administrator is appointed or designated by the Board of Regents (BOR) upon the recommendation of the search committee and the President of PUP, subject to qualification and standards set by the BOR.
The campus is mandated to undertake research and extension services, provide progressive leadership in these areas, and offer graduate degrees under the PUP Open University System.
The campus must comply with the minimum requirements for operation and program offerings as prescribed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
All assets, real and personal, personnel, records, liabilities, and obligations of the PUP-Quezon City Campus are transferred to the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP).
Yes. The positions, rights, and security of tenure of faculty members and personnel employed prior to integration are respected under existing laws.
The parcels of government-owned land become the property of PUP, and if PUP ceases to exist or no longer needs the land, it shall revert to the concerned local government units (LGUs).
Republic Act No. 8292, known as the "Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997," forms an integral part of the Act.
The necessary funds shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act to carry out the provisions of the Act.
If any part of the Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining provisions not affected shall remain in full force and effect.
The Act took effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or any newspaper of general circulation.
The BOR admits students, appoints the Campus Administrator, sets qualifications and standards, and decides on courses to be offered at the campus to fulfill the University's objectives.
Yes. All powers, privileges, responsibilities, and limitations of state universities and their officials under existing laws are deemed granted or imposed upon the University and its officials.