For a century, Mapúa University has cemented its position from being one of the country’spremier engineering and technological universities to becoming one of the world’s best schools.
Recognized for research and its cutting-edge curriculum, Mapúa’s achievements are a testament to its unwavering commitment to academic excellence and innovation, continuing its story of educational achievement by introducing new programs, industry-leading studies, novel learning tools, and milestones.
From its humble beginnings with just 75 students in 1925, Mapúa has grown into a thriving institution with thousands of learners today with campuses in Makati, Laguna, and Davao, and its main campus in Intramuros.
The programs offered grew from two engineering and architecture courses in its infancy, to over 70 undergraduate degrees, more than 50 graduate programs, a senior high school, and a wide selection of short courses for working adults.
While recognized for its strength in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields, the institution has likewise expanded to programs including business, health sciences, and media studies.
In 2022, Mapúa realized its vision of becoming one of the best universities in the world when it debuted in the 2023 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking (WUR), along with three other Philippine universities. It also continues to be a Quacquarelli Symonds 4-Star institution, joining the top 100 universities in Southeast Asia.
To meet the demands of a rapidly evolving job market, Mapúa introduced new programs that align with the ever-growing industry demand such as energy engineering, data science, game development, financial technology, and business intelligence and analytics. This October, Mapúa, along with its sister schools Mapúa Malayan Colleges Laguna and Mapúa Malayan Colleges Mindanao, achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first school system in the Philippines to receive Quality Matters (QM) certification for select online courses.
In 2024, Mapúa’s vision of making quality education accessible to all gave birth to two philanthropic learning resources: Mapúa Snippets (a channel that contains free interactive micro-videos to enrich English and Math for elementary students) and STEMTeach (a free and fully online professional development initiative designed for junior and senior high school STEM teachers).
The institution’s efforts to expand its brand of excellence in the fields of medicine, health sciences and business were realized in 2022 with Mapúa’s collaboration with Arizona State University (ASU). It launched programs in Health Sciences, Nursing and Business in 2023 followed by programs for working professionals such as Master in Business Administration, Master of Arts in Psychology, and Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Management in 2024.
Students are trained to maximize AI through cutting-edge modules like Basic Prompt Engineering with ChatGPT, and Scripting ChatGPT with Python.
It continues to strengthen its collaboration with ASU by acquiring the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) approval for its first transnational higher education (TNHE) programs.
Meanwhile, Mapúa expanded assets including a new canteen and clinic in the Intramuros campus, state-of-the-art digital classrooms in collaboration with Cisco, and the soon-to-open Medicine wing in the Mapúa-Arizona State University Human Health Learning and Innovation Center in the Makati campus.
