QuestionsQuestions (Acts No. 1870)
The Governor-General is authorized, within specified powers and limitations, to establish in Manila (or at any other convenient point) a university known as the “University of the Philippines,” organized as a corporation under that name.
To provide advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences, and the arts, and to give professional and technical training.
No student shall be denied admission due to age, sex, nationality, religious belief, or political affiliation.
It includes: (1) the Secretary of Public Instruction; (2) the Director of Education; (3) the chairman of the Committee of Public Instruction of the Philippine Assembly; (4) the president of the university; and (5) five additional members appointed by the Governor-General with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission.
The president of the university is ex officio chairman. The president is selected and his compensation is fixed by the Board of Regents.
Their term is five years. For the first appointees, their terms are staggered: one for 1 year, one for 2 years, one for 3 years, one for 4 years, and one for 5 years, as specified in their appointments.
All members of the Board of Regents must be citizens of the Philippine Islands or of the United States.
The vacancy is filled by appointment by the Governor-General with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission, and the appointee holds office for the unexpired term.
They serve without compensation other than actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred for meetings or authorized official business.
Section 5 provides that the University of the Philippines shall have the general powers set out in Section 13 of Act No. 1459, and that administration and corporate powers are vested in the Board of Regents.
Authorized colleges include: (1) College of Philosophy, Science, and Letters; (2) College of Law and of Social and Political Science; (3) College of Medicine and Surgery; (4) College of Pharmacy; (5) College of Dentistry; (6) College of Veterinary Science; (7) College of Engineering; (8) College of Mines; (9) College of Agriculture; and (10) School of Fine Arts. The Board may establish them as soon as conditions favor opening and funds are available.
The Philippine Medical School, established by Act No. 1415 as amended, shall become the College of Medicine and Surgery of the University of the Philippines once two or more UP colleges have been established and are in actual operation.
Honorary degrees may be conferred for recognition of learning, statesmanship, or eminence in literature, science, or art. Such degrees cannot be conferred in consideration of the payment of money or other valuable consideration.
Subject to Board approval, it prescribes courses of study and rules of discipline and fixes requirements for admission and graduation; it also has the sole power to recommend students or others as recipients of degrees. Through its president or committees, it exercises disciplinary power within limits prescribed by Board-approved rules.
No religious test may be applied in appointing instructors, and instructors’ religious opinions or affiliations cannot be examined. However, no instructor may inculcate sectarian tenets in teachings, nor attempt—directly or indirectly—to influence students or attendants for or against any church or religious sect, under penalty of dismissal by the Board of Regents.