UP PSAE in Panabo offers grad programs
THIS Second Semester AY 2018-2019, the UP Professional School for Agriculture and the Environment (UP PSAE) in Panabo City, Davao del Norte has officially admitted 16 students in its graduate programs, the MS and PhD in Environmental Science. These students will be mentored by the faculty members who teach the same programs at UPLBs headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna.
The school said nine faculty members from the School of Environmental Science and Management will be actively involved in MS/PhD Environmental Science instruction. Dr. Filma C. Calalo leads the UP PSAE as its director.
UP PSAE, UPLBs newest and southernmost unit, was established in 2016 and is currently under the Graduate School. This was in response to the demand of the agribusiness industry sector of Mindanao
for a professional knowledge hub that is focused on agriculture and environmental science - two of UPLB's traditional niches.
The UP PSAE aims to be a catalyst for development in Mindanao through building the human resource capacity of those in the industry, higher education institutions (HEIs), government agencies, and civil society organizations.
The ongoing UP PSAE graduate programs are a precursor to the school that will be established as the institutional component of Agriya, the 88-hectare mixed-use development of Damosa Land in Brgy. Pandan, Panabo City.
The UP PSAE is a publicprivate partnership between the University of the Philippines Los Baños, Damosa Land, and Anflocor.