Quezon City University was founded in 1994 in Quezon in the north-eastern part of Manila’s metropolitan area. The university was given full university status in 2021 after 20 years as Quezon City Polytechnic University.
It was established to supply the district with skilled and technical workers. It then began by offering three year courses in subjects such as welding, refrigeration and air-conditioning, and fashion. Degrees were offered from 2005 in entrepreneurial management, industrial engineering and information technology.
There are currently four colleges – business and accounting, computer science, engineering, and education – and three campuses. The main 4-hectare San Bartolomeo Campus, accessible by a number of bus routes, is supplemented by the San Francisco satellite campus and the Batasan Hills campus.
The Centre for Professional and Continuing Education, offers certificate-level and short courses in a wide range of skills. The Centre for Urban Agriculture and Innovation, whose facilities include a bee farm, was opened in 2022.
