OFFICE OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR
FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Alipio T. Garcia, Ph.D.

Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Vision:


Mission:

A community of committed and competent scholars engaged in the ethical pursuit of knowledge through research and instruction in the service of the nation

The OVCAA is responsible in the implementation of academic policies for faculty, REPS, and students, and in the coordination and monitoring of curricular, instructional, extension, library and other academic programs of the University.

Contact Us

2/F Iskolar ng Bayan Building

UP Baguio

Baguio City, Benguet 2600


Phone: (074) 424-7545

Email: ovcaa.upbaguio@up.edu.ph

Organizational Structure

Service and Programs


The Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs has the following duties and responsibilities:

  • Oversees the implementation of academic programs and policies;
  •  Implements policies and guidelines for research and coordinates the various research activities of the University;
  • Coordinates international and local academic linkages and student exchange;
  • Oversees and monitors external and internal academic assessment and quality assurance activities;
  • Monitors growth and development of faculty and REPS;
  • Prepares reports on academic matters requested by the University;
  • Chairs the following University Committees:
    a. Academic Personnel and Fellowship Committee
    b. Committee on Instruction
    c. Curriculum Committee
    d. General Education (GE) Council
    e. Quality Assurance (QA) Committee
    f. Commencement Rites Committee
    g. Academic Program Improvement (API) Committee
    h. Screening Committee for the Selection of Professor Emeritus
  • Oversees the plans, programs and activities of the following offices:
  • University Library
  • Cordillera Studies Center
  • Learning Resource Center 
  • Ugnayan ng Pahinungod
  • National Service Training Program
  • Kasarian Gender Studies Program
  • Office of Anti-Sexual Harassment
  • Graduate Program Office
  • Program for Indigenous Cultures  
  • Committee for the Culture and the Arts

History


In its 1166th meeting on December 2, 2002, the UP Board of Regents approved the reorganization of the University of the Philippines College Baguio into the 7th Constituent University of the UP System, named UP Baguio.  The day marked the official creation of the Office of the Chancellor (OC), Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA), and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration (OVCA) to lead the organizational structure of UP Baguio.  

 

The current Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs is Physics Professor Alipio T. Garcia who was appointed to the position on May 31, 2024.  This is the second term of Prof. Garcia as VCAA having served in the same position on April 2009-April 2012.

In its twenty-three years of autonomy, the UP Baguio OVCAA has seen five (5) administrators serving as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

Maria Nela B. Florendo 

Professor of History

December 2002-April 2009


Alipio T. Garcia 

Professor of Physics

April 2009-2012


Wilfredo V. Alangui 

Professor of Mathematics

April 2012-2015


Corazon L. Abansi 

Professor of Management

April 2015-2021


Rosemary M. Gutierrez 

Professor of Biology

April 2021-2024


Alipio T. Garcia 

Professor of Physics

May 31, 2024-present

Revised UP privacy notice for students and the use by the CU Registrars of the following  certification and data privacy consent forms.

A. For the issuance of a UP admission slip

B. Certification to be signed by parent or guardian of a minor applying for a UP admission slip

C. UP Form 3 

D. Certification and consent form to be signed by parent or guardian of a minor submitting UP Form 3 

E. Form 3.1 

F. Certification and consent form to be signed by parent or guardian of a minor submitting UP Form 3.1

G. For pre enrollment health assessment (PEHA) 

H. Form to be signed by parent or guardian of minor who will undergo PEHA  

Alipio T. Garcia, Ph.D.

Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Vision:


Mission:

A community of committed and competent scholars engaged in the ethical pursuit of knowledge through research and instruction in the service of the nation

The OVCAA is responsible in the implementation of academic policies for faculty, REPS, and students, and in the coordination and monitoring of curricular, instructional, extension, library and other academic programs of the University.

Contact Us

2/F Iskolar ng Bayan Building

UP Baguio

Baguio City, Benguet 2600


Phone: (074) 424-7545

Email: ovcaa.upbaguio@up.edu.ph

Organizational Structure

Service and Programs


The Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs has the following duties and responsibilities:

  • Oversees the implementation of academic programs and policies;
  •  Implements policies and guidelines for research and coordinates the various research activities of the University;
  • Coordinates international and local academic linkages and student exchange;
  • Oversees and monitors external and internal academic assessment and quality assurance activities;
  • Monitors growth and development of faculty and REPS;
  • Prepares reports on academic matters requested by the University;
  • Chairs the following University Committees:
    a. Academic Personnel and Fellowship Committee
    b. Committee on Instruction
    c. Curriculum Committee
    d. General Education (GE) Council
    e. Quality Assurance (QA) Committee
    f. Commencement Rites Committee
    g. Academic Program Improvement (API) Committee
    h. Screening Committee for the Selection of Professor Emeritus
  • Oversees the plans, programs and activities of the following offices:
  • University Library
  • Cordillera Studies Center
  • Learning Resource Center 
  • Ugnayan ng Pahinungod
  • National Service Training Program
  • Kasarian Gender Studies Program
  • Office of Anti-Sexual Harassment
  • Graduate Program Office
  • Program for Indigenous Cultures  
  • Committee for the Culture and the Arts

History


In its 1166th meeting on December 2, 2002, the UP Board of Regents approved the reorganization of the University of the Philippines College Baguio into the 7th Constituent University of the UP System, named UP Baguio.  The day marked the official creation of the Office of the Chancellor (OC), Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA), and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration (OVCA) to lead the organizational structure of UP Baguio.  

 

The current Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs is Physics Professor Alipio T. Garcia who was appointed to the position on May 31, 2024.  This is the second term of Prof. Garcia as VCAA having served in the same position on April 2009-April 2012.

In its twenty-three years of autonomy, the UP Baguio OVCAA has seen five (5) administrators serving as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

Maria Nela B. Florendo 

Professor of History

December 2002-April 2009


Alipio T. Garcia 

Professor of Physics

April 2009-2012


Wilfredo V. Alangui 

Professor of Mathematics

April 2012-2015


Corazon L. Abansi 

Professor of Management

April 2015-2021


Rosemary M. Gutierrez 

Professor of Biology

April 2021-2024


Alipio T. Garcia 

Professor of Physics

May 31, 2024-present

Revised UP privacy notice for students and the use by the CU Registrars of the following  certification and data privacy consent forms.

A. For the issuance of a UP admission slip

B. Certification to be signed by parent or guardian of a minor applying for a UP admission slip

C. UP Form 3 

D. Certification and consent form to be signed by parent or guardian of a minor submitting UP Form 3 

E. Form 3.1 

F. Certification and consent form to be signed by parent or guardian of a minor submitting UP Form 3.1

G. For pre enrollment health assessment (PEHA) 

H. Form to be signed by parent or guardian of minor who will undergo PEHA