Mapúa University

Founded on January 25, 1925 by Don Tomas Mapúa, an architecture graduate of Cornell University in the United States, and the first registered architect of the Philippines, Mapúa University is the premier Philippine engineering school. It is located in Intramuros, Manila and 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 Southeast Asia to obtain accreditation from Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (www.abet.org) for eleven of its engineering programs; and accreditation from the ABET Computing Accreditation for three 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.