NEW GRADUATE PROGRAMS | Now Accepting Applicants for August 2019

Doctor of Philosophy
in the Designed and
​Built Environment

Track A for the related fields. Track B for all other disciplines.

Master of Architecture
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For Architecture undergraduate degree holders

Master of Tropical Landscape Architecture

For Landscape Architecture undergraduate degree holders

Master of Arts in Architecture Studies
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Masters degree open to non-architecture graduates

Graduate Diploma in
​Landscape Studies
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One (1) year diploma course open to non-landscape architecture graduates

Announcements

  • UPCA and UP SURP invite you to the lecture Democracy and Public Space: Understanding and Managing the Formal/Informal Mix by Kim Dovey on September 24, 2019 at 4:30PM UPCA Bldg. 3 Function Hall A. Admission is free but seats are limited. Check the poster for details.
  • The revised UP Privacy Notice for Students is now available for download here. This is in keeping with the University's commitment to comply with the Philippine Data Privacy Act of 2012. 
  • UPCA Research Office invites all graduate students and the UPCA faculty to the Research Seminar on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 6:00PM, Faculty Lounge, G/F Building 3, UP College of Architecture, Diliman. Enrollees under the new Integrated Graduate Program (IGP) are expected to attend the seminar.
  • PAMANALIKSIK: An International Research Conference on Moveable and Immoveable Heritage organized by the UP College of Architecture in partnership with Escuela Taller de Filipinas Foundation Inc. will be held on August 29-30, 2019 at the School of Statistics Auditorium, UP Diliman. It will feature research on various aspects of heritage conservation in the Philippines with focus on the practical application of scientific theories and concepts within the field of conservation, and how architectural conservation practices are validated by theories and scientific studies, bridging the gap between theory and practice. The conference is open to everyone, admission is free.  To register, follow the link:  http://bit.ly/PamanaliksikRegistration
  • REx TALKS/TSAA & TSIKA SERIES: [C]Tea|Scenes will be held on16 August 2019, Friday from 4PM-6PM at the Faculty Lounge, Building 3 of UP College of Architecture. The event is open to the public. Admission is free.
  • UP Diliman Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA) invites everyone to the celebration of UP DIliman Arts and Culture Month 2019 with the theme Lakad-Gunita sa Lupang Hinirang. Click here for program details. 
  • UP College of Architecture Alumni Homecoming 2018: New Building Good Old Memories on 24 November 2018 4pm onwards at Building 3 Lobby. Contact upca.alumni@gmail.com for details.
  • The Guidelines to Facilitate Voluntary Contribution in the University of the Philippines  is now available. Click here for details. 
  • Design + Discourse Volume 4 is now available. UPCA Class of 2016 (BS Arch and L Arch) get your complimentary copies at the  UPCA Administration Office starting August 20, 2018. Look for Ms. Katty Navarro. Other volumes are now available at UP Press Bookstore. Click the link for details.
  • UP College of Architecture joins architecture schools/departments of UP Mindanao, De La Salle University-College of St. Benilde, University of San Carlos and artist Yason Banal and NGO TAO-Pilipinas as exhibitors in the Philippine Pavilion at the Arsenale in Venice, Italy for the 16th International Exhibition Biennale Architettura 2018. The Philippine exhibition themed The City Who Had Two Navels is curated by Arch. Edson Cabalfin, an alumnus of UPCA. The exhibition is open from May 26 until November 25, 2018. Click here for details.

News & Updates

  • UPCA Landscape Architecture graduate students and adviser joined the International Conference on Resilient Smart Technology, Environment and Design (ReSTED) 2018 in Malaysia last November 14-15, 2018 and won best paper  (Maria Monica Pujalte) and recognition for paper presentations (Franklin Fontanoza and Cindy Pornelos), all under Prof. Nappy Navarra
  • Affirmation of the 8th Dean of the UP College of Architecture -  Professor Armin B. Sarthou, Jr. last March 9, 2017 at the UPCA Amphitheater with the special attendance of newly reappointed UP Diliman Chancellor Michael L. Tan . The deanship was formally turned over by past Dean Mary Anne A. Espina in the presence of the UPCA alumni, guests, faculty, students and staff.
  • UPCA & Goethe Institut Workshop on Sustainable Architecture - Climate Responsive/Comfort and Energy in Architecture with Prof. Nadir Abdessemed on November 21 & 22, 2016 at UP College of Architecture-Diliman and November 23 at UST​

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