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Republic Act
Approved 2019-07-25

Republic Act No. 11347

PUP-Quezon City Campus Act

An Act Establishing a Campus of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Quezon City, National Capital Region, to be Known as the PUP-Quezon City Campus, Mandating the PUP to Offer Graduate, Undergraduate and Short-Term Vocational Courses Thereat, and Appropriating Funds Therefor

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This law establishes a campus of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in Quezon City, designates its administration and academic programs, ensures compliance with CHED requirements, transfers assets and personnel, integrates with RA 8292, appropriates necessary funds, and sets its effective date.

  • Establishment of PUP-Quezon City Campus
  • Designation of campus administration
  • Approval of academic programs
  • Compliance with CHED requirements
  • Transfer of assets and personnel
  • Integration with RA 8292
  • Funding appropriation
  • Severability clause
  • Repeal of conflicting laws
  • Effective date
Higher Education
University Campus
Philippines
PUP
Quezon City

Seventeenth Congress Third Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand eighteen.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 11347

An Act Establishing a Campus of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Quezon City, National Capital Region, to be Known as the PUP-Quezon City Campus, Mandating the PUP to Offer Graduate, Undergraduate and Short-Term Vocational Courses Thereat, and Appropriating Funds Therefor

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress assembled:

Section 1

This Act shall be known as the "PUP-Quezon City Campus Act".

Section 2

There is hereby established a campus of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Quezon City, National Capital Region (NCR), to be known as the PUP-Quezon City Campus.

Section 3

The PUP shall admit students to its Quezon City Campus who may avail of graduate, undergraduate and short-term technical-vocational courses within the Universitys areas of specialization, and according to its capabilities as the Board of Regents (BOR) may deem necessary to carry out the Universitys objectives, and to respond to the needs of the city and the NCR.

The PUP is also mandated to undertake research and extension services in the Quezon City Campus, and to provide progressive leadership in these areas, including the offering of graduate degrees under the PUP Open University System.

Section 4

The PUP-Quezon City Campus shall be headed by a Campus Administrator who shall render full-time service and who shall be appointed or designated by the BOR upon the recommendation of the search committee and the President, subject to the guidelines, qualifications and standards set by the BOR.

Section 5

The establishment of the PUP-Quezon City Campus shall ensure that the minimum requirements for its operation and program offerings have been complied with as duly prescribed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

Section 6

All assets, real and personal, personnel and records of the PUP-Quezon City Campus, as well as liabilities or obligations, are hereby transferred to the PUP. The positions, rights, and security of tenure of faculty members and personnel employed at the PUP-Quezon City Campus under existing laws prior to integration into the PUP shall be respected.

All parcels of land belonging to the government occupied by the PUP-Quezon City Campus are hereby declared to be the property of the PUP and shall be titled under that name: Provided, That should the PUP cease to exist or be abolished, or would no longer need such parcels of land aforementioned, the same shall revert to the local government units (LGUs) concerned.

Section 7. The provisions of Republic Act No

8292, otherwise known as the "Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997" shall form an integral part, of this Act and together shall serve as the governing charter of the University.

Section 8

All other powers, functions, privileges, responsibilities and limitations to state universities and/or its officials under existing laws shall be deemed granted to or imposed upon the University and/or its officials whenever appropriate.

Section 9

The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 10

If, for any reason, any part or provision of this Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected thereby shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 11

All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 12

This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

(Sgd) VICENTE C. SOTTO III President of the Senate

(Sgd) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on August 14, 2018, amended by the Senate of the Philippines on February 6, 2019, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on May 20, 2019.

MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA

Secretary of the Senate

DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING

Acting Secretary General House of Representatives

RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE

President of the Philippines

Approved: July 25, 2019.

For information and research only, and not legal advice. This text may not reflect later amendments. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.