Title
Establish PUP Quezon City Campus
Law
Republic Act No. 11347
Decision Date
Jul 25, 2019
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines is mandated to establish a new campus in Quezon City, offering graduate, undergraduate, and vocational courses, while ensuring compliance with educational standards and appropriating necessary funds for its operation.

Academic Programs and Services

  • The campus is authorized to admit students to graduate, undergraduate, and short-term technical-vocational courses.
  • Course offerings are to align with PUP's areas of specialization and capabilities.
  • Programs must meet the needs of Quezon City and the NCR as determined by the University's Board of Regents (BOR).
  • The campus shall engage in research and extension services, asserting progressive leadership.
  • Graduate degrees may be offered under the PUP Open University System.

Administration of the Campus

  • Leadership is vested in a Campus Administrator.
  • This official must render full-time service.
  • The Campus Administrator is appointed or designated by the BOR upon recommendation from a search committee and the University President.
  • Qualifications and standards are subject to BOR guidelines.

Compliance with Commission on Higher Education Requirements

  • The campus must satisfy the minimum operational and program standards prescribed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

Transfer and Ownership of Assets

  • All assets (real, personal), personnel, records, liabilities, and obligations linked to the campus are transferred to PUP.
  • Faculty and staff security of tenure and rights under existing laws prior to integration shall be respected.
  • Government-owned lands occupied by the campus become PUP property.
  • Should PUP cease to exist or not require such land, ownership reverts to the relevant local government units (LGUs).

Incorporation of the Higher Education Modernization Act

  • Republic Act No. 8292 (Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997) is integrated and serves as part of PUP's governing charter.

Grant of Powers and Responsibilities

  • The powers, functions, privileges, responsibilities, and limitations accorded to state universities and their officials by existing laws shall apply to PUP and its officials as appropriate.

Appropriations

  • Funding necessary for the implementation of this Act shall be allocated from the annual General Appropriations Act.

Separability Clause

  • If any provision is declared invalid or unconstitutional, other provisions will continue in full force and effect.

Repealing Clause

  • Existing laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, and rules inconsistent with this Act are repealed or modified accordingly.

Effectivity

  • The Act becomes effective 15 days after publication in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation.

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