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• U.P. manila Diliman
  
• U.P. Los Baños
  
• U.P. Manila
  
• U.P. Visayas
  
• U.P. Mindanao
  
• U.P. Baguio
  
• U.P. Open University

Secondary Education

• University of the Philippines Rural High School in U.P. Los Baños
  
• University of the Philippines Integrated School in U.P. Diliman

History

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Famous people

• Nicanor Abelardo, musician, professor of music and the composer of "U.P. Naming Mahal" ("U.P. Beloved"), the hymn of the University of the Philippines
  
• Eric Altamirano, basketball coach and former player of the U.P. Fighting Maroons basketball team
  
• Edgardo Angara, Senator of the Philippines and President of the University of the Philippines from 1981 to 1987.
  
• Virgilio S. Almario, National Artist, director of the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing
  
• Fernando Amorsolo, painter and National Artist
  
• Alfonso Tomas "Atom" Araullo, television host (youth-oriented documentary shows) and sportsman
  
• Angel Aquino, film and television actress and fashion model
  
• Benigno Aquino Jr., popular opposition senator
  
• Francisca Reyes Aquino, "The Mother of Philippine Dancing"
  
• Ishmael Bernal, film director
  
• Jerome Bailen, professor of anthropology and well-known forensic expert
  
• Henry Otley Beyer, professor of anthropology and one of the founding faculty members of the U.P. Department of Anthropology
  
• Lino Brocka, film director
  
• Ryan Cayabyab, musician, professor of music and executive and artistic director of the San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts
  
• Edwin Copeland, founder of the agricultural college (now U.P. Los Baños) and its first dean
  
• Cristeta Comerford, first female White House executive chef
  
• Randy David, professor of sociology and newspaper columnist
  
• Hilario Davide, current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
  
• Malou De Guzman, film and television actress
  
• Michael Defensor, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources and a political adviser of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
  
• Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Senator of the Philippines
  
• Franklin Drilon, Senator of the Philippines and current Senate President
  
• Juan Ponce Enrile, Senator of the Philippines
  
• Eraserheads members Ely Buendia, Raimund Marasigan, Marcus Adoro and Buddy Zabala
  
• Francis Escudero, opposition politician and Member of the Philippine House of Representatives
  
• Salvador Escudero, former Member of the Philippine House of Represenatatives and Agriculture Secretary and the father of Francis Escudero
  
• Marcelo Fernan, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and Senator of the Philippines
  
• Juan Flavier, medical doctor, Senator of the Philippines and former Secretary of the Philippine Department of Health
  
• Raquel Fortun, medical doctor, professor of medicine and a well-known forensic pathologist
  
• Juan R. Francisco, indologist and professor
  
• Lyndon Gregorio, creator of Beerkada
  
• Yeng Guiao, basketball coach of Philippine Basketball Association and current vice-governor, Province of Pampanga
  
• Jose Laurel, President of the Philippines
  
• Salvador H. Laurel, Vice President of the Philippines
  
• Cheche Lazaro, broadcast journalist
  
• Loren Legarda, broadcast journalist and former Senator of the Philippines
  
• Joe Lipa, basketball coach and current commissioner of the University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP)
  
• Salvador P. Lopez, writer, journalist, diplomat and President of the University of the Philippines from 1968 to 1975
  
• Antonio Mabesa, stage and film actor and professor of theater arts
  
• Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines (took her Ph. D in Economics from U.P. Diliman)
  
• Alex Magno, political scientist, professor of political science and newspaper columnist
  
• Ronnie Magsanoc, basketball coach and former player of the U.P. Fighting Maroons basketball team and the Philippine Basketball Association
  
• Malou Mangahas, print journalist and co-director of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
  
• Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines
  
• Chito Miranda, lead vocalist of Parokya ni Edgar
  
• Solita Monsod, professor of economics, former Secretary of Economic Planning, newspaper columnist and broadcast journalist
  
• Nur Misuari, former leader of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)
  
• Salvador Oliveros, sugar technologist
  
• Benjie Paras, film and television actor and former player of the U.P. Fighting Maroons basketball team and the Philippine Basketball Association
  
• Emmanuel Pelaez, Vice President of the Philippines
  
• Raymundo Punongbayan, professor of geology and director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS)
  
• Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines
  
• Eddie Romero, film director and National Artist
  
• Carlos P. Romulo, Filipino diplomat and President of the University of the Philippines from 1962 to 1968
  
• Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines
  
• Jovito Salonga, Senator of the Philippines
  
• Lucio San Pedro, musician, professor of music and National Artist
  
• Giselle Sanchez, film and television actress
  
• Darius Semana, lead guitarist of Parokya ni Edgar
  
• Jose Maria Sison, exiled communist leader and founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines
  
• Jessica Soho, broadcast journalist
  
• Arturo Tolentino, Senator of the Philippines
  
• Tessie Tomas, film and television actress and writer
  
• Ruben D. Torres, former Labor and Executive Secretary
  
• Tuesday Vargas, film and television actress
  
• Manuel Villar, billionaire businessman, former Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives and current Senator of the Philippines
  
• Cesar Virata, former Prime Minister of the Philippines
  
• Haydee Yorac, professor of law, former commissioner of the Philippine Commission of Elections and chairperson of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG)
  
• Jessica Zafra, writer
  
• Juan Miguel Zubiri, Member of the Philippine House of Representatives and a close ally of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

External manila bulletin links

Official websites

• http://www.up.edu.ph - U.P. System
  
• http://www.upd.edu.ph - U.P. Diliman
  
• http://www.uplb.edu.ph - U.P. Los Baños
  
• http://www.upm.edu.ph - U.P. Manila
  
• http://www.upv.edu.ph - U.P. Visayas
  
• http://www.upmin.edu.ph - U.P. Mindanao
  
• http://www.upb.edu.ph - U.P. Baguio
  
• http://www.upou.org - U.P. Open University

Others

• Beerkada Comics - Official Website of Beerkada Comics by Lyndon Gregorio
  
• Beta Epsilon - Beta Epsilon, College of Engineering
  
• UP ACM Student Chapter - UP Association for Computing Machinery Student Chapter
  
• UP Rifle Pistol Team - Rifle Pistol Team Organization in the Philippines
  
• UP Tomo-Kai (UP Philippines-Japan Friendship Club) - an organization that promotes its fascination of the Japanese culture and language to Filipinos and also serves as an instrument first class manila bayview park hotel manila in fostering mutual relations and travel manila understanding between the Filipinos favicon manila and Japanese

1. UP Tomo-Kai Homepage
   
2. UP Tomo-Kai Forums

• http://www.makilingchallenge.tk - Makiling Challenge, the longest running competitive foot race in the province of Laguna, organized by students!
  
• http://www.peyups.com - Online community of students and faculty
  
• http://www.geocities.com/upfighting_maroons - UP Fighting Maroons unofficial site
  
• http://www.upsilon.com - Upsilon Sigma Phi, the oldest Greek-letter fraternity in Asia