Mapúa University

Higher EducationMetro Manila, Philippines1001-5000 Employees

Founded on 25 January 1925 by Don Tomas Mapúa, an architecture graduate of Cornell University in the United States, and the first registered Filipino architect, Mapúa University is the premier Philippine engineering school. It is located in Intramuros, Manila, and in Makati City and runs Malayan Colleges Laguna (MCL) in Southern Luzon and Malayan High School of Science (MHSS) in Pandacan, Manila.

Mapúa envisions itself to be among the best universities in the world, unceasingly fostering its tradition of excellence in engineering, architecture, information technology, business, and social sciences education. It provides students a learning environment that will make them globally competitive, engaging in economically viable research, development, and innovation to provide state-of-the-art solutions to problems of industries and communities. 

It has consistently produced topnotchers in different professional licensure examinations and is the first school in the entire East Asia to obtain accreditation from the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (www.abet.org) for eleven of its engineering programs; and accreditation from the ABET Computing Accreditation for two of its computing programs. The University has continuously formed international linkages with prestigious companies and universities for research and development purposes, and international on-the-job trainings to prepare its students for the world of practice.

It started offering Senior High School in 2016 with four academic strands - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM); Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS); Accountancy, Business and Management (ABM); and General Academic Strand (GAS).

Continuing its efforts to bolster the University’s world-class quality of education, Mapúa has strategized an advancement of its game plan envisioning itself as a digital, research-driven, outcomes-based, international domain (DROID) in response to globalization and the explosion of knowledge.

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