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University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City

 History

      Established in 1957, USSH was originally known as the Faculty of Letters, which was part of Saigon University. October, 1975, marked the beginning of a new era in the history of the university when it began its first academic year after the reunification of the country by instituting various changes in its training objectives, curricula and programs. Another landmark in the history of the university was the merging of the Faculty of Letters and the Faculty of Sciences in Saigon University in April, 1977, resulting in Ho Chi Minh City University (HCMU), the largest training and research center in the South of Vietnam. March, 1996, saw the separation of HCMU into its two components, University of Natural Sciences and University of Social Sciences and Humanities, both of which were given independent status and became members of Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City. With this reform, the university has been officially known as USSH ever since.

Faculty and Staff

      As of 2010, USSH has a total of 750 academic and non-academic staff, 480 of whom are faculty teaching members, including 30 Professors, 131 Doctors, and 221 Masters. Some USSH faculty members have been awarded the title of People’s Teacher, Teacher of Excellence, and other titles, and have received various medals and badges.

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University of the Philippines Diliman

The University of the Philippines (UP) is the country’s national university, as declared by its Charter of 2008 which was approved by the 14th Congress of the Philippines on April 29, 2008. This premier institution of higher learning was established in 1908 and is now a system composed of seven constituent universities and one autonomous college spread throughout 15 campuses in the archipelago. As of 2012, the UP System’s student population was  estimated at 57,000. 

UP was founded on June 18, 1908 through Act No. 1870 of the Philippine Assembly. The university was created upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Public Instruction, W. Morgan Schuster, to the Philippine Commission, the upper house of the Philippine Assembly. Act 1870 authorized the Governor General to establish UP in the “city of Manila, or at any point he may deem most convenient.” UP was to give “advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences and arts, and to give professional and technical training” to every qualified student regardless of “age, sex, nationality, religious belief and political affiliation.” 
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