Mountain Province college upgraded to state university

MANILA, Philippines —  The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has approved the conversion of the Mountain Province State Polytechnic College into a state university following a series of evaluations on MPSPC’s enrollment figures, programs, faculty credentials, research, learning resources and other areas of compliance.

Following the approval, the institution became the first state university in Mountain Province.

The conversion of the MPSPC into Mountain Province State University (MPSU) was approved during a CHED meeting on Wednesday.

“University status, being a distinctive honor, is reserved only to deserving higher educational institutions  in the country that have proven their excellence in instruction, research and extension,” CHED chairman Prospero de Vera III said.

The MPSPC – which has campuses in the towns of Barlig, Bontoc, Bauko, Paracelis and Tadian – is the only public institution of higher learning in Mountain Province.

The school offers 23 undergraduate and six graduate programs with an average enrollment of about 5,000 students per semester.

MPSPC board of regents chairperson Marita Canapi attributed the status upgrade to the hard work and efforts that the MPSPC community exerted over the years.

Canapi said the achievement would inspire the people of Mountain Province to prioritize tertiary education.

The CHED said the MPSPC has been constantly among the top 300 most innovative universities in the world, based on the World University Rankings for Innovation.