Quezon City University


Quezon City University, formerly known as Quezon City Polytechnic University, is a city government-funded university in Quezon City, Philippines. It was established on March 1, 1994 as the Quezon City Polytechnic offering technical and vocational courses. It was renamed as Quezon City Polytechnic University when it was elevated into university status in 2001. It was again renamed as the Quezon City University on July 2019 by virtue of Ordinance No. SP-2812, series of 2019, changing its University Charter, which qualifies QCU as a beneficiary of Republic Act 10931, also known as the free tuition law.

History

In 1988, the Quezon City Council passed an ordinance to create a technical committee which conducted series of studies on the establishment of Quezon City Polytechnic University. The committee were composed of Quezon City officials to lead the said committee – QC Mayor as the Chairman, QC Vice Mayor as the Co-chairman, QC Chairman of the Committee on Education as the Vice Chairman; while the QC Treasurer, Director of the Bureau of Higher Education, a former University of the Philippines President, representatives from Pamantan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Technological University of the Philippines and Polytechnic University of the Philippines, and four members of the City Council were part of the technical committee as members.
As the result of the studies and to kick-off the establishment of Quezon City's Local University, the Quezon City Polytechnic was created on March 1, 1994 by the virtue of the City Council Ordinance No. SP-0171 for the training and development of skilled and technical workers.
Three-year Associate Programs were introduced in the Polytechnic on Academic Year 1994-1995 which were designed to develop highly competent technicians for industry in the areas of Automotive Technology, Electrical Technology, Welding Technology, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Technology, and Fashion Technology. On the following Academic Year, the institution offered additional three-year Associate Programs for Electronics Technology, Mechanical Technology or Machine Shop, Computer Technology and an industry-led pilot course in Boiler Technology. The Polytechnic established its reputation among local government units as a show window and model technology-based institution paving the way for its recognition of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority and developing a strong alliance with the Japan International Cooperation Agency.
In 1997, the SP-544, S-97 has been passed by the Quezon City Council which authorized the City Government to establish its own Higher Education Institution through the enhancement of existing Quezon City Polytechnic to Pamantansang Politekniko ng Lungsod Quezon or Quezon City Polytechnic University. After years of preparations and budget allocations, the Quezon City Council enacted City Ordinance No. SP-1030, S-2001, providing for the Charter and formal establishment of Pamantasang Politeknikal ng Lungsod Quezon or Quezon City Polytechnic University and strengthened its management. The University started offering Bachelor's Degree programs for Entrepreneurial Management, Industrial Engineering and Information Technology in the Academic Year of 2005-2006.
The Quezon City Council amended the University's Charter in 2009 through the enactment of City Ordinance, SP-1945, S-2009. This is to provide further fiscal and administrative autonomy to the University which helped the institution to optimized its academic initiatives and creativity. This ordinance allowed the University to enhance its Bachelor's Degree offerings; the curriculum of Information Technology and Entrepreneurship programs have been improved in AY 2010-2011. On the following Academic Year, the Bachelor's Degree program for Electronics Engineering has been offered by the University.
To support the K-12 initiative of the national government, the University started temporarily offering Senior High School program through the enactment of City Ordinance SP-2308 in 2014. The QCPU Senior High School started accepting students from Academic Year 2016-2017 until Academic Year 2020-2021.
In Academic Year 2019-2020, the Quezon City Polytechnic University has been converted to Quezon City University to align with the RA 10931 also known as Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act which aims to provided free higher education in State and Local Universities and Colleges. This has been enacted by the Quezon City Council through SP-2812 or known as Quezon City University Charter of 2019. In the same Academic Year, the University started offering Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy.
Right now, the University prides itself in providing employment to its graduates and serves as a tool for national development, particularly in Quezon City.

Campuses

San Bartolome (Main Campus)

The QCU Main Campus is located along Quirino Highway in Barangay San Bartolome, Novaliches. Its 4-hectare campus serves as the home of the Korea-Philippines Information Technology Training Center, whose advanced IT training facilities have also been made available to the University. The University also operates an Enterprise Development Center, from its main campus, designed to connect its Entrepreneurship program with the needs of small and medium-scale businesses in the city.
In June 2019, The Quezon City Government inaugurated a new 7-storey-building in QCU that has a 500-seater auditorium and 33 laboratories.

San Francisco

In 2006, the University opened its first satellite campus located inside the grounds of San Francisco High School in Barangay Sto. Cristo near SM City North EDSA. It houses the Philippines' first interactive science center, the Quezon City Science Interactive Center.

Batasan Hills

In 2009, another campus has been opened located in the Batasan Civic Center. The four-storey edifice is located along IBP Road in Barangay Batasan Hills, beside Batasan Hills National High School. A multi-purpose covered court was constructed within its grounds in 2018.

Academics

At present, the Quezon City University offers four to five-year Bachelor's Degree programs:
The institution has currently 8,654 students enrolled across all programs as of 2019.