<Tr> <Th> Affiliations </Th> <Td> Association of Pacific Rim Universities, Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning, ASEAN University Network, ASEAN - European University Network, UAAP </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> up.edu.ph </Td> </Tr> <P> The University of the Philippines (UP; Filipino: Unibersidad ng Pilipinas or Pamantasan ng Pilipinas) is a state university system in the Philippines . Founded by the American colonial government on June 18, 1908, it was originally a university conceived for the Filipinos . Act No. 1870 of the 1st Philippine Legislature was signed to establish UP to provide "advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences and arts, and to give professional and technical training" to eligible students regardless of "age, sex, nationality, religious belief and political affiliation". UP has institutional autonomy as the country's national university as mandated by Republic Act No. 9500 (UP Charter of 2008). </P> <P> The University of the Philippines has 8 constituent universities (CUs), and 4 basic education schools located in 15 campuses across the country . The first UP opened in Manila in 1909 with the Colleges of Fine Arts, and Medicine and Surgery; UP Los Baños was also initiated as the UP College of Agriculture in the same year . 6 other constituent universities have since been established; the latest since 2016 is UP Cebu, despite being formed 98 years earlier (in 1918). UP Diliman, the fourth CU which was established in 1949, is the flagship campus and seat of administration of the University of the Philippines . </P>

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