After the ruins of World War II, Dagupan City rose to become one of the major economic, political and socio - cultural centers of Northern Luzon. At the core of this development were the academic institutions that serve to produce the prime movers of society.

In that fateful year of 1948, Atty. Luis F. Samson, Sr. gathered his friends: Liberato LI. Reyna, Servillano B. Romasanta, Basilio F. Fernandez, Moises A.Maramba, Isidro Z. Tandoc, Jose D. Fenoy, Ruperto Z. Tandoc, Catalino C. Coquia, Federico I. Cervas, Victorino C. Daroya, Vicente de Leon, Constancio Ancheta, Pedro B. Pinero and Brigido Martinez. Together, they designed the blueprint of the then Luzon College of Commerce and Business Administration (LCCBA. Atty. Luis F. Samson served as the school president since the foundation of the college.

In 1952, LCCBA was renamed Luzon Colleges (LC). From the initial enrolment of 243, LC held as many as more than 16,000 students at the onset to the middle part of the 80's.

The Commission on Higher Education granted university status to the Luzon Colleges in 2002.

The university has five (5) PACUCOA Level III- Reaccredited programs, namely: Criminology in 2006,Teacher Education programs (Elementary Education and Secondary Education), Commerce and Liberal Arts in 2007.

On July 14, 2008, the UL College of Criminology was identified by CHED as the first and the only Center of Excellence in Criminology Education in the country. In March 2008, the UL College of Education was certified as a Center of Training by CHED, Department of Education and the Professional Regulation Commission. The Liberal Arts, Commerce and Education (LACOMED) programs of the University are now in the thick of preparation in their respective bids for Centers of Excellence Status.

The School Year 2008-2009 ushered in more changes for the university. This school year saw the implementation of web - enhanced learning for English, Mathematics, Science and Nursing through the introduction of E- Learning in campus. UL was the first in the region to adopt this program and among the very few to integrate IT in their instructional delivery systems all over the country. Another academic milestone was attained with the opening of the UL Pozorrubio Campus which started its academic calendar in June 2008 with an initial enrollment of 46 students.

The University of the Visayas (UV) is an educational institution located at Cebu City, Philippines. It is billed as the first school in the entire province of Cebu who gained a university status (not to be confused with the oldest school in Cebu which is the University of San Carlos).

The University of Bohol (U.B.) is a private non-sectarian co-educational institution of higher learning in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines.

It was established as the Rafael Palma College in 1946. The main building is situated along Maria Clara Street with some departments in the vicinity. It is the first university to be established in the province of Bohol.

The University of Makati (Filipino: Unibersidad ng Makati or Pamantasan ng Makati), commonly known as UMak is a public, locally funded city university in Makati City,National Capital Region, Philippines.

The University of Makati is one of the 33 institutions in the country which piloted the Senior High School Modelling Program of the Department of Education in 2012.

UMak is the country's first ISO certified local university. Certified in 4 processes such as Admission, Registration, Releasing of Grades and Issuance of Transcript of Records.

The Manila Tytana Colleges (Tytana) (formerly Manila Doctors College) is a privately owned and operated educational institution that offers academic degrees and certificate courses related to allied medical services, business, liberal arts and sciences.

Tytana was founded in 1975 as the Manila Doctors Hospital School of Nursing. In 2004 MDC's campus was transferred from the City of Manila to Pasay City. It has a Level II accreditation by Phil. Accrediting Associations of Schools, Colleges, and Universities (PAASCU). Its BS Psychology program also attain the same Level II accreditation from the The Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU) in 2013.

In 2011, Manila Tytana Colleges has opened new business courses - Accountancy, Entrepreneurship, Business Administration with major studies in Business Economics, Financial Management, Marketing Management, Operations Management, Human Resources Development Management. In 2014, it opened BS Tourism Management. Tytana also offers BS Information Technology, BS Holistic Nutrition with Culinary Arts, and BS Hotel and Restaurant Management.

As it sets it eyes to become a leading educational institution, it complemented its expansion within the framework of Academe-Industry Partnership anchored on its close link with the Metrobank Group. The scheme gives due advantage to its students in shaping their skills through actual job application in many of the Tytana's partners. "Tytana your Edge", the new school catchphrase perfectly sums up this positive aspect of enrolling in the College.

The University of La Laguna (in spanish: Universidad de La Laguna), also known as the ULL, is situated in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, on the island of Tenerife. It is the oldest university in the Canary Islands. It has six campuses: Central, Anchieta, Guajara, Campus del Sur, Ofra and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

In 2015, the University of La Laguna entered the ranking of the top 500 universities in the world by the Institute of Education in Shanghai (China), this being the only way between the two Canarian universities to enter the ranking. In addition, the Leiden ranking, prepared by the Center for Studies of Science and Technology of the Leiden University (Netherlands), has been at the University of La Laguna as the first Spanish university in scientific collaboration.

Garcia College of Technology is the premier business and engineering school in Kalibo, Aklan. It was founded in 1968 by the late Don Florencio M. Garcia and Doña Enrica Reyes Garcia.

The Eastern Samar State University is a state university in the Philippines with main campus located in Borongan, Eastern Samar. It has satellite campus in Maydolong, Eastern Samar.

The Dominican College of Tarlac (abbreviated as DCT) is a Catholic school founded by the Fr. Mariano Sablay in 1947. It was established as San Nicolas Academy with only 35 students.

Its campus is located in Capas, Tarlac in the Philippines with more than 3000 students and more than 100 staff members.

Saint Dominic, the founder of Order of Preachers (O.P.), is the patron saint of the school.

Davao Doctors College (DDC) is a private and nonsectarian academic institution in Davao City in the island of Mindanao, Philippines . It was established in 1975 by Cristina Rivero Casiño, who also became its first director, and was first known as Davao Doctors Hospital School of Nursing (DDHSN). Back then, a three-year basic course in Nursing was the only course offered. It was incorporated by a group of medical doctors in response to the urgent demand for nurses in Davao Doctors Hospital, of which the college is a subsidiary company. Mrs. Casiño, who had a master's degree in nursing from Columbia University, with the help and support of the hospital board, slowly expanded from initially a one-classroom school to a well-known school in the city. After expanding its curriculum, it officially became Davao Doctors College in 1981.

Davao Doctors College is also one of the six academic institutions in Region XI with Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) accredited programs by the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP) as of December 2011.

Colegio de Dagupan is a private non-sectarian college located in Dagupan City, Philippines.

The City College of Calamba (CCC) is a non-sectarian, public institution of higher learning located in Burgos St., Barangay 7 (Población), Calamba City. It was established in 2006.

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Cebu Doctors' University (commonly abbreviated as CDU) is a private university located in Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines. It was founded in 1975 at Cebu City, as Cebu Doctors' College, with the opening of its College of Nursing, one of the first nursing colleges in Cebu. CDU was granted university status by 2005 and moved to its present campus in Mandaue City by 2007. It presently has 8 colleges and a graduate school. It is the only school in the Philippines declared as a university without having basic education (pre-school - high school) curriculum and catering mainly to courses related to the health services field.

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The Capiz State University is a public university in the Philippines. It is mandated to provide instruction and training in agriculture, fishery and forestry, science and technology, arts and humanities, education and other fields. It is also mandated to undertake research, extension services and production activities. The center of administration of the university is located at Roxas City.

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The Cavite State University, (CvSU) (Filipino: Pamantasang Estado ng Kabite), is a university in the province of Cavite in the Philippines. Its 72-hectare (180-acre) main campus, known as the Don Severino de las Alas Campus, is located in the Municipality of Indang, Cavite about 60 km (37 mi) southwest of Manila. The educational institution has ten other campuses spread all over the province.

The school was established initially as an intermediate school by the Thomasites, a group of American teachers brought by the United States during the early part of theAmerican colonial period to revamp the system of education in the country. By 1964, the school has grown into a college known as the Don Severino Agricultural College (DSAC). It became a university on January 22, 1998, and was renamed as the Cavite State University.

Since then, the university has grown offering close to 100 curricular programs in the undergraduate and graduate levels. It has more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty and staff from all eleven campuses.

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Caraga State University (formerly Northern Mindanao State Institute of Science and Technology, abbreviated NORMISIST) is a state-controlled university inAgusan del Norte, Philippines. Its main campus is in Ampayon, Butuan City with an auxiliary campus in Cabadbaran City.

On July 27, 2009, the Congress of the Philippines passed into law Republic Act No. 9854 which was signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on December 16, 2009, fusing together Northern Mindanao State Institute of Science and Technology in Butuan City and Northern Mindanao College of Arts, Science and Technology in Cabadbaran City into Caraga State University retaining the Butuan City branch at its main campus.

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Bulacan State University (Filipino: Pamantasang Pampamahalaan ng Bulacan) is a state-funded institution of higher learning established in 1904 by virtue of Act 74 of the Philippine Commission of 1901 as an intermediate school set up by the American regime. It was converted into a chartered state university in 1993 by virtue of Republic Act 7665. Its main campus is located in City of Malolos, Bulacan province, Philippines. It has four satellite campuses in the province (Bustos Campus in Bustos, Sarmiento campus in San Jose del Monte, Meneses campus in Bulakan, Hagonoy and Pulilan Campus in Pulilan). It also has an international campus in Hong Kong that offersgraduate and collegiate degree courses.

The university is mandated to provide higher professional/technical training and promote research, advanced studies and progressive leadership. It has been identified by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as one of the Center for Excellence and Development institutions in the country and one of the Training Centers nationwide for teachers pursuing education in areas beyond their specialization.

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The Batangas State University (translated in Filipino: Pambansang Pamantasan ng Batangas and commonly abbreviated as BatStateU, BatSU, or BSU) is a state university located in the Province of Batangas, Philippines. The university is currently recognized as the top performing mechanical and electrical engineering school in the country based on the results of March and April 2015 licensure examinations for electrical and mechanical engineers.

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The Bataan Peninsula State University was established by Republic Act 9403 which was signed into law on 22 March 2007.

Before the conversion, BPSU used to have three campuses; two are located in the City of Balanga while the third is situated in Orani, Bataan. The passage of RA 9403 resulted in the expansion of BPSU's campuses as the Act integrated the Bataan State College in Dinalupihan and its satellite campus in Abucay. In 2008, BPSU established an extension campus in the town of Bagac, Bataan.

The Bataan Peninsula State University was established by virtue of Republic Act 9403, signed into law on 22 March 2007. It is a conglomeration of higher education institutions in Bataan.

On June 2008, the university made education more accessible to the residents of the towns of Bagac and Morong by establishing an extension in the Municipality of Bagac. The extension offers courses like BS Entrepreneurship, BS Hotel and Restaurant Management, first two years of Nursing, and General Engineering courses.

The university has three programs granted with Level 1 Accreditation from AACCUP. Fifty-six programs are scheduled for accreditation from 2008 to 2012. Six percent of the faculty have Doctorate degrees and 31 percent have master's degrees. The rest are still working on their post-baccalaureate studies.

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Basilan State College is a state college in the island province of Basilan. Its main campus is located in Isabela City with three college extensions in Lamitan City, Maluso and Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, plus one agricultural and secondary campus in Sta. Clara.

Nasser A. Salain Ed D. - College President.

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Bacolod City College (BCC) is a community college operated by the local government of Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. The college was legally established by virtue of City Ordinance No. 175, Series of 1997. City Ordinance No. 175, series of 1997 was known as the Charter of Bacolod City College. It was passed by the Sangguniang Panglungsod with a majority vote on April 10, 1997 and was approved by the City Mayor on April 16, 1997.

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Arellano University (AU) is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian university located in Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1938 as a law school by Florentino Cayco, Sr., the first Filipino Undersecretary of Public Instruction. AU was named after Cayetano Arellano, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.One of the components that make up AU is the autonomous Arellano University School of Law, managed by the Arellano Law Foundation. Its athletic team, the Arellano University Chiefs, is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association since 2009.

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