University of Perpetual Help: Courses, Admission, Cost

The University of Perpetual Help System is located in Dalta, Las Piñas Philippines. It is a catholic based university, with campuses in Las Piñas, Bacoor, Cavite, and Calamba City, Laguna in the Philippines. Perpetual Help College of Rizal (PCHR) was founded on Feb 5th 1975 by Dr Gen. Antonio Laperal Tamayo and Dr Daisy Moran Tamayo. Initially, PCHR offered only one degree, Bachelor of Nursing, in which 700 students enrolled. It established its Molino and Calamba campuses in 1995 and 1996, respectively. Finally, in 1997, it received its university status from the Commission of Higher Education (CHED). In 2017, CHED conferred upon the university its autonomous status.

It has about 1,500 academic staff and over 18500 students. UPHSD has attracted various students from across the globe with its quality education and state-of-the-art facilities. It is the destination for creativity, education, discovery, hospitality and innovation. It has six departments namely, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Faculty of Business and Social Studies, Faculty of Language and Culture, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Science and Technology.

There is an over-300 bedded hospital named University of Perpetual Help Dalta Medical Centre. UPHSD has one of the highest MCI and USMLE exam passing rates. It has affiliations with hospitals in the United States and also has faculty from reputed universities like Harvard, UCLA, UC Davis, University of London, etc. The university also believes that economic backwardness should not stop one from reaching their full potential. For that reason, it provides a bunch of scholarships like Go Clean Scholarship, BrokenFish International Student Scholarship, Global Study Award, Ritchie-Jennings Memorial Scholarship and much more.

Some of the courses offered by the university are Bachelor in Architecture, AB in communication and media, aircrafts mechanics technology, aviation electronics technology, BS in accountancy, BS in criminology, BS in civil engineering and much more, including Teacher Training Programs. In addition, it also provides Kindergarten, Grade School, Junior Business High School and Senior High School services.

Some of the notable alumni from UPHSD are Richard Gomez an athlete, television presenter, director and politician, currently the mayor of Ormoc City and Scottie Thompson a Basketball Player at PBA.

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