OFFICE OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR
FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Leah E. Abayao, 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
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 History Professor Leah E. Abayao who was appointed to the position on August 1, 2025.
In its twenty-three years of autonomy, the UP Baguio OVCAA has seen five (6) administrators serving as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
Leah E. Abayao
Professor of History
August 01, 2025 – Present
Alipio T. Garcia
Professor of Physics
May 31, 2024 – July 31, 2025
Rosemary M. Gutierrez
Professor of Biology
April 2021 – 2024
Corazon L. Abansi
Professor of Management
April 2015 – 2021
Wilfredo V. Alangui
Professor of Mathematics
April 2012 – 2015
Alipio T. Garcia
Professor of Physics
April 2009 – 2012
Maria Nela B. Florendo
Professor of History
December 2002 – April 2009
Offices Quick Links
> Graduate Programs Office Website
> Committee on Culture and the Arts Facebook Page
> Learning Resource Center Facebook Page
> Program for Indigenous Cultures Facebook Page
> Science Research Center Facebook Page
> Ugnayan ng Pahinungod Baguio Facebook Page
> National Service Training Program Facebook Page
> Kasarian Gender Studies Program Facebook Page
> Office of Anti-Sexual Harassment Facebook Page
> Cordillera Studies Center Website
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
Leah E. Abayao, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Contact Us
2/F Iskolar ng Bayan Building
UP Baguio
Baguio City, Benguet 2600
Phone: (074) 424-7545
Email: ovcaa.upbaguio@up.edu.ph
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
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 History Professor Leah E. Abayao who was appointed to the position on August 1, 2025.
In its twenty-three years of autonomy, the UP Baguio OVCAA has seen five (6) administrators serving as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
Leah E. Abayao
Professor of History
August 01, 2025 – Present
Alipio T. Garcia
Professor of Physics
May 31, 2024 – July 31, 2025
Rosemary M. Gutierrez
Professor of Biology
April 2021 – 2024
Corazon L. Abansi
Professor of Management
April 2015 – 2021
Wilfredo V. Alangui
Professor of Mathematics
April 2012 – 2015
Alipio T. Garcia
Professor of Physics
April 2009 – 2012
Maria Nela B. Florendo
Professor of History
December 2002 – April 2009
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