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INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Mapúa University!
Explore your potential to build, innovate, create, and pioneer like a Mapúan. And it can start here.

Mapúa University, referred to as its acronym MU, and formerly named Mapúa Institute of Technology, is a private, non-sectarian, research-oriented higher education institution founded in 1925 by the first registered Filipino architect, Tomás Mapúa. It is located in Intramuros, Manila and Makati.

It is the Philippines' premier engineering and technological school and a top Asian University. It is a 4 Stars-rated institution as recognized by London’s Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a well-renowned university ranking organization.

Envisioning itself to be among the best universities in the world, Mapúa continues to foster its tradition of excellence in engineering and sciences, architecture and design, information technology, business and management, media and communication studies, and social sciences education.

It provides students with a learning environment that will make them globally competitive, engaging in economically viable research, development, and innovation to provide leading-edge solutions to problems of industries and communities. Thus, Mapúa takes pride in its growing list of exemplary graduates, builders, innovative thinkers, creators, and pioneers.

You, too, can build, innovate, create, and pioneer like a Mapúan. And it can start here. After all, Mapúa's motto is: Learn, Discover, Create.

Contents

1. Introduction
1. University Campuses
1. Manila Campus
2. Makati Campus
2. Opportunities in the Future as a Mapúan
3. History
1. Early Activities
2. World War II and After-War Development
4. Contact Information

University Campuses

Manila Campus

The Mapúa Manila Campus or also known as Mapúa University Intramuros, is located within the walls of Intramuros in Manila. Accessible from the campus are malls and recreational centers such as SM City Manila behind the Manila City Hall, Robinson's Place Ermita, Harrison Plaza in Vito Cruz, Rizal Park, and the Baywalk along Roxas Boulevard. The Manila Campus holds the Architecture, Engineering, Multimedia and Visual Arts, and Social Science programs. The campus underwent a lot of renovation in the past and is equipped for further studies in engineering.

Makati Campus

The Mapúa Makati Campus, also known as Mapúa University Makati, is located in Makati and occupies the former 5,114-square-meter (55,050 sq ft) Bormaheco property along Pablo Ocampo Sr. Extension. It previously occupied the former RCBC building at the corner of Gil Puyat Avenue and Nicanor Garcia Street, also as the Mapúa Information Technology Center (MITC), from 2002 to 2021. Accessible from the campus are malls and recreational centers such as the Ayala Center. Aside from the associate degrees held by the Mapúa IT Center, the 8-story Makati Campus hosts the Senior High School, School of Information Technology, and ETY School of Business and Management.

Opportunities in the Future as a Mapúan

The University ensures its graduates are of high caliber, ready to take lead roles in the global arena. It has produced a total of 379 board topnotchers across 11 of Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)-administered licensure examinations since 2000. Its students are also prepared for the world of practice through their exposure to international programs, such as international on-the-job trainings, international plant visits, summer school, English camp, study abroad programs, and dual-degree programs. Mapúa also exposes them to research, development, and innovation (RDI) initiatives as their training ground to become future enablers of state-of-the-art solutions to problems of industries and communities.

History

Early Activities

The institute was founded on January 25, 1925, by Tomás B. Mapúa, a graduate of Cornell University and the first registered Filipino architect and Civil Engr. Gonzalo T. Vales. At first, the institute only offered architecture and civil engineering programs. It is the first educational institution in the Philippines to offer a bachelor's degree in architecture. When the school opened in 1925, there were 75 students and 15 faculty members. Classes were held in a rented commercial building in Carriedo Street near Feati University in Quiapo, Manila. In 1928, the Mapúa Institute of Technology Pre-Engineering High School was established in Doroteo Jose Street (now present site of Amaia Skies Tower Avenida developed by Ayala Group) through Rizal Avenue Sta. Cruz Manila. Then in 1930, Mapúa joined the National Collegiate Athletic Association as the Mapúa Cardinals.

World War II and After-War Development

During World War II, Mapúa's Manila Campus was used as a garrison by the Japanese forces during the occupation of Manila, and all classes and organizations were suspended. The Institute would continue to suffer throughout the war as the effort of the Institute to continue the studies of the students were suspended, and Senior students were forced to prematurely graduate.

In 1945 the Institute suffered destruction during the liberation. As a part of the rehabilitation program, the former De Luxe Fashion School in Doroteo José has Leased Lot property for 50 years (1948-1998) and housed the high school department in 1948. In 1951, the Don Tomas B. Mapúa family acquired a piece of land from the La Corporación Fransicana, where the present Manila Campus stands.

The campus opened in 1956, and the building construction was completed in 1963—all college programs under the deanship of Engr. Gonzalo T. Vales were transferred from the Doroteo José campus to the Manila Campus in 1973. Tomas B. Mapúa died on December 22, 1965, and his son Óscar Sr. took over the presidency until he died in 1998.

When Oscar Mapúa Jr., grandson of Tomás B. Mapúa, took over the presidency of the school, he served his duties until December 1999 only. He was replaced by Reynaldo B. Vea as the Mapúa family sold the institute to the Yuchengco Group of Companies (YGC) headed by Alfonso T. Yuchengco.

In 2002, the old RCBC Building on Senator Gil Puyat Avenue in Makati was purchased and converted into the Mapúa Makati Campus, where the School of Information Technology was moved from the Manila Campus. A spin-off of the School of IT, the Mapúa IT Center, as the Makati Campus is named, was established. The MITC offers 2-year diploma programs that eventually lead into an associate degree ladderized to the bachelor's degree (4-year) IT courses of Mapúa.

Starting in 2002, Mapúa, originally on a semestral system, adopted the quartem system. This academic system was intended to allow students to graduate faster (e.g., the original 5-year engineering programs could be taken in four years) and to focus on less, interrelated course subjects in an 11-week term.

On the other hand, Mapúa High School was closed down in 2005 since it was operated in the red. Along with the establishment of the Malayan High School of Science and Malayan Colleges Laguna, the Administration intends to encompass all its educational institutions under the name Malayan Colleges, to be later pushed through to university status as is under the Vision 2020 initiative with Mapúa Institute of Technology as the College of Engineering.

On May 18, 2017, Mapúa Institute of Technology was formally granted University Status, per Commission en banc Resolution No. 379-2017, dated May 9, 2017, at the CHED Auditorium in Diliman, Quezon City.

On January 8, 2018, Yuchengco Group of Companies and Ayala Corporation, through a joint press statement, has announced the possible merger of their education arms, namely Ayala Education, Inc. and iPeople, Inc, with the iPeople, Inc. being the surviving entity. It has been stated that the potential merger will be finalized in the first quarter of 2018. This brings together AEI's APEC Schools, University of Nueva Caceres, National Teachers College, and iPeople's Malayan Education System, operating under the name Mapúa University and its subsidiaries, Malayan Colleges Laguna (MCL) and Malayan Colleges Mindanao (MCM), a combined student population of over 60,000.

On May 2, 2019, the merger between AC Education and iPeople was completed, with the Yuchengco Group of Companies owning 51.3% of iPeople and Ayala Corporation with a 33.5% share of the said company.

On August 1, 2021, the Mapúa Makati Campus at Gil Puyat Avenue closed for its relocated site at the former Bormaheco property along Vito Cruz Extension, which was acquired and converted by the Yuchengco Group in 2018.

Contact Information

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