:University of the Philippines Los Baños

{{See also|Raid at Los Baños}}

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UPLB was originally established as the University of the Philippines College of Agriculture (UPCA) on March 6, 1909, by the UP Board of Regents. Edwin Copeland, an American botanist and Thomasite from the Philippine Normal College in Manila, was its first dean.{{cite web|url=http://old.uplb.edu.ph/about/uplb-history |title=UPLB History |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=March 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720100734/http://www.old.uplb.edu.ph/about/uplb-history |archive-date=July 20, 2009 }} Classes began in June 1909 with five professors while 12 students initially enrolled in the program.

During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, UPCA was closed and the campus converted into an internment camp for allied nationals and a headquarters of the Japanese army. For three years, the college was home to more than 2,000 civilians, mostly Americans, that were captured by the Japanese. In 1945, as part of the liberation of the Philippines, the US Army sent 130 11th Airborne Division paratroopers to Los Baños to rescue the internees.{{cite web | url = http://www.ospreypublishing.com/store/The-Los-Banos-Prison-Camp-Raid--–-The-Philippines-1945_9781849080750 | title = The Los Banos Prison Camp Raid – The Philippines 1945 | publisher = Osprey Publishing | access-date = March 20, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101105012333/http://www.ospreypublishing.com/store/The-Los-Banos-Prison-Camp-Raid--%E2%80%93-The-Philippines-1945_9781849080750/ | archive-date = November 5, 2010 | url-status = dead }} Only four paratroopers and two Filipino guerrillas were killed in the raid. However, Japanese reinforcements arrived two days later, destroying UPCA facilities and killing some 1,500 Filipino civilians in Los Baños soon afterwards.{{cite web | url = http://www.rememberlosbanos1945.com/ | title = Remember Los Baños 1945 | publisher = Los Baños Liberation Memorial Scholarship Foundation | access-date = March 20, 2011 | archive-date = January 22, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090122140017/http://www.rememberlosbanos1945.com/ | url-status = live }}{{cite journal|author = Sam McGowan | date = August 19, 1999| url = http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-liberating-los-banos-internment-camp.htm | title = World War II: Liberating Los Baños | journal = World War II | access-date = March 20, 2011}}

UPCA became the first unit of the University of the Philippines to open after the war, with Leopoldo Uichanco as dean. However, only 125 (16 percent) of the original students enrolled. It was even worse for the School of Forestry, which only had nine students. Likewise, only 38 professors returned to teach. UPCA used its ₱470,546 (US$10,800)Approximate conversion value as of May 2011 share in the Philippine-US War Damage Funds (released in 1947) for reconstruction.{{cite book | pages = 75–122 | chapter = Chs. 6–8 | year = 2007 | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Alumni Association | location = Los Baños, Laguna | isbn = 978-971-547-252-4 | author = Fernando A. Bernardo |title = Centennial Panorama: Pictorial History of UPLB}}

Further financial endowments from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Mutual Security Agency (MSA) allowed the construction of new facilities, while scholarship grants, mainly from the Rockefeller Foundation and the International Cooperation Administration, helped fund the training of UPCA faculty. From 1947 to 1958, a total of 146 faculty members had been granted MS and PhD scholarships in US universities.

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Dioscoro Umali became UPCA dean in 1959. Umali's administration oversaw the creation of IRRI, SEARCA (of which he was the first director),{{cite book| pages = 161–186 | chapter = Ch. 11–12 | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Alumni Association | location = Los Baños, Laguna | isbn = 978-971-547-252-4 | author = Fernando A. Bernardo |title = Centennial Panorama: Pictorial History of UPLB| year = 2007 }} and the Department of Food Science and Technology. New facilities were also constructed under his Five-Year Development Program.{{cite book| pages = 123–160 | chapter = Chs. 9–10 | year = 2007 | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Alumni Association | location = Los Baños, Laguna | isbn = 978-971-547-252-4 | author = Fernando A. Bernardo |title = Centennial Panorama: Pictorial History of UPLB}}

Cornell University was instrumental in the post-war rebuilding of UP's Los Baños colleges. The Cornell-Los Baños project, implemented in 1952 to 1960, involved the rebuilding of UPCA's physical plant and Central Experiment Station, procurement of scientific equipment, and upgrading of teaching standards. A similar undertaking between Cornell, Syracuse University, the State University of New York, and the UP College of Forestry was implemented between 1957 and 1963. A "sister university relationship" was formally established in 1962 through the UP-Cornell Graduate Education program, which sought to develop and expand UP's agricultural education, research and extension programs, and to strengthen Cornell's own international agricultural development program. The program ended in 1972.{{Cite book |url=https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/34479 |title=Cornell-Los Baños Story |last=Turk, Kenneth L.|year=1974|location=New York, USA}}

The 1969 Philippine balance of payments crisis{{Cite journal |last=Balbosa |first=Joven Zamoras |date=1992 |title=IMF Stabilization Program and Economic Growth: The Case of the Philippines |journal=Journal of Philippine Development |volume=XIX |issue=35 |url=https://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/pjd/pidsjpd92-2imf.pdf |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921141056/https://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/pjd/pidsjpd92-2imf.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news |url=https://newslab.philstar.com/31-years-of-amnesia/golden-era |title=Debt, deprivation and spoils of dictatorship {{!}} 31 years of amnesia |last=Diola |first=Camille |work=The Philippine Star |access-date=May 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626200905/https://newslab.philstar.com/31-years-of-amnesia/golden-era |archive-date=June 26, 2017 |url-status=live}} under the Ferdinand Marcos government marked the beginning of a prolonged period of social unrest across the country, including in UP Los Baños.{{Cite journal |last1=Pangilinan-Jamolin |first1=Lei |last2=Guzman |first2=Rowena de |last3=Yema |first3=Dan Paolo |date=December 1, 2020 |title=Experiences of selected University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB) community members during Martial Law in the Philippines |url=https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/journal-articles/3949 |journal=U.P. Los Baños Journal}} This period of unrest, which included the First Quarter Storm, coincided with another issue, which was the call for the UP College of Agriculture to become independent from the University of the Philippines in Diliman.

When martial law was declared in September 1972, Marcos cracked down on any form of criticism or activism, leading to the arrest, torture and/or killing of Los Baños residents.

Those killed included student activists Alexander Mecenas Gonzales,{{Cite web |date=2023-05-31 |title=Martyrs & Heroes: Alex Gonzales |url=https://bantayogngmgabayani.org/bayani/alex-gonzales/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Bantayog ng mga Bayani |language=en-US}} Modesto "Bong" Sison, and Manuel Bautista,{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/927728036 |title=Ang mamatay nang dahil sa 'yo |last=Malay, Carolina S., 1940- |year=2015 |isbn=978-971-538-270-0 |location=Ermita, Manila, Philippines |oclc=927728036 |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-date=September 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906172913/https://www.worldcat.org/title/927728036 |url-status=live }} campus journalists Antero Santos{{Cite web |date=July 19, 2023 |title=Martyrs & Heroes: Antero Santos |url=https://bantayogngmgabayani.org/bayani/antero-santos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213075735/https://bantayogngmgabayani.org/bayani/antero-santos/ |archive-date=December 13, 2023 |access-date=December 13, 2023 |website=Bantayog ng mga Bayani}} and Alfredo Malicay,{{Cite web |date=2023-06-16 |title=Martyrs & Heroes: Alfredo Malicay |url=https://bantayogngmgabayani.org/bayani/alfredo-malicay/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Bantayog ng mga Bayani |language=en-US}} and botany teaching fellow Cesar Hicaro.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-10 |title=Martyrs & Heroes: Cesar Hicaro |url=https://bantayogngmgabayani.org/bayani/cesar-hicaro/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Bantayog ng mga Bayani |language=en-US}} Meanwhile, Chemistry instructor Aloysius Baes was among those who were arrested and tortured. Those who went missing ("desaparecidos"), meanwhile, included Tish Ladlad, Cristina Catalla, Gerardo "Gerry" Faustino, Rizalina Ilagan, Ramon Jasul, and Jessica Sales.

Later in 1972, UPCA formally requested Ferdinand Marcos to allow the college to secede from the University of the Philippines due to the alleged withholding of its budget and the disapproval of curricular proposals. However, UP President Salvador P. Lopez strongly opposed the idea. A survey also found that there was very little support for complete independence at UPCA. As a compromise, Lopez proposed the transformation of UP into a system of autonomous constituent universities. Finally, on November 20, 1972, Presidential Decree No. 58 was signed, establishing UPLB as UP's first autonomous campus, with UPCA, College of Forestry, Agricultural Credit and Cooperatives Institute, Dairy Training and Research Institute, and the Diliman-based Agrarian Reform Institute as its first academic units.{{cite web| url = http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1972/pd_58_1972.html | title = Presidential Decree No. 58 | publisher = Arellano Law Foundation | author = Ferdinand E. Marcos | date = November 20, 1972 | access-date = March 23, 2011}} New colleges and research centers were created over the next few years, while the College of Veterinary Medicine was likewise transferred to UPLB from UP Diliman.

The establishment of UPLB as an autonomous campus also saw the establishment of the UPLB Perspective as its student paper in 1973 – earning it the distinction of being one of the first student newspapers to be allowed to publish after the September 1972 martial law crackdown on newspapers and other media establishments.

Violent crime incidents in the UPLB community, with some resulting in the deaths of students (Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez in 1993,{{cite web | url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/22/19/timeline-the-gomez-sarmenta-murder-case | title='A plot hatched in hell': Timeline of the Gomez-Sarmenta murder case | publisher=ABS CBN News | date=August 22, 2019 | access-date=August 22, 2019 | archive-date=August 22, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822145920/https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/22/19/timeline-the-gomez-sarmenta-murder-case | url-status=live }} Given Grace Cebanico in 2011,{{cite news | url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/75897/dead-woman-found-near-uplb-campus-is-student-given-grace-cebanico | title=Dead woman found near UPLB campus is student Given Grace Cebanico | newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer | date=October 13, 2011 | access-date=August 22, 2019}} Ray Bernard Peñaranda and Maria Victoria Reyes in 2012){{cite web | url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/72769/students-docu-on-a-mothers-search-for-justice | title=Students' docu on a mother's search for justice | publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer | date=December 18, 2012 | access-date=September 21, 2019}}{{cite web | url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/250283/another-uplb-student-killed-indignation-rally-set-for-monday/story/ | title=Another UPLB student killed, indignation rally set for Monday | publisher=GMA News | date=March 4, 2012 | access-date=August 22, 2019}}{{cite news | url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/309654/uplb-student-stabbed-dead-in-binan-home | title=UPLB student stabbed dead in Biñan home | newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer | date=November 19, 2012 | access-date=August 22, 2019}} were widely covered by the national media. As a result, national government agencies, the local government of Los Baños, and the university administration have enacted more stringent security measures.{{cite news | url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/philippine-daily-inquirer-1109/20160719/281900182556607 | title=UPLB rape cases tied to drug abuse | newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer on Pressreader | date=July 19, 2016 | access-date=August 3, 2022}}

In recent years, the government launched new construction projects in UPLB. These include the construction of a new main library, the Food Processing Research and Development Center, the Agricultural and Economic Development Studies Center, and a microbial bank for the BIOTECH Philippine National Collection of Microorganisms.{{cite web|url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/08/19/dpwh-unveils-p485-m-infra-project-at-up-los-banos/ |title=DPWH unveils P485-M infra project at UP Los Baños |date=August 19, 2022 |publisher=Manila Bulletin |access-date=September 6, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://uplb.edu.ph/all-news/univ-library-and-knowledge-center-to-rise-in-uplb/ |title=Univ Library and Knowledge Center to rise in UPLB |publisher=UPLB |access-date=September 6, 2022}}

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The UPLB campus consists of {{convert|14665|ha|acre|abbr=on}} spread across the provinces of Laguna, Negros Occidental,{{cite web|url=http://old.uplb.edu.ph/ca/lagranja |title=La Granja Research and Training Station |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=March 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823154900/http://old.uplb.edu.ph/ca/lagranja |archive-date=August 23, 2011 }} and Quezon.

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The {{convert|1098|ha|acre|abbr=on|adj=on}} Los Baños campus houses UPLB's academic facilities, as well as experimental farms for agriculture and biotechnology research.{{cite web| url = http://ovcre.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about-uplb-rde/resources-for-research-extension/9-facilities-equipment-and-library-resources| title = Facilities, Equipment and Library Resources| publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension| access-date = March 20, 2011| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723073425/http://ovcre.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about-uplb-rde/resources-for-research-extension/9-facilities-equipment-and-library-resources| archive-date = July 23, 2011}} The more prominent buildings in the Los Baños campus, such as the Dioscoro L. Umali Hall, Main Library, and Student Union were designed by National Artist for Architecture Leandro Locsin.{{cite web | url = http://www.arkitektura.ph/?p=architects&view=1 | title = Leandro V. Locsin | access-date = March 27, 2011 | publisher = Arkitekturang Filipino}} Other notable landmarks include the iconic Oblation, Alumni Plaza, Freedom Park, and Baker Memorial Hall.

UPLB is designated as caretaker of the {{convert|4347|ha|acre|abbr=on|adj=on}} Makiling Forest Reserve (often referred to as the "upper campus," in contrast to the "lower campus" set at the foot of Makiling). It houses facilities of the College of Forestry and Natural Resources, College of Public Affairs, UPLB Museum of Natural History and the University Health Service, among others. The reserve is home to diverse flora and fauna, and has more tree species than the continental United States (an area 32 times bigger than the Philippines).{{cite news | url = http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/articles-by-the-media/14-internet-articles/255-mt-makiling-has-more-tree-species-than-us | title = Mt. Makiling has more tree species than US | publisher = Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension | access-date = March 31, 2011 | newspaper = Business Mirror | date = May 29, 2010 | author = Anjo C. Alimario | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110825174947/http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/articles-by-the-media/14-internet-articles/255-mt-makiling-has-more-tree-species-than-us | archive-date = August 25, 2011 | url-status = dead }} It serves as an outdoor laboratory for faculty and students of the university.{{cite web | url = http://pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/cin/watershed/gis/BAAA/bodyBAAA.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090226221023/http://www.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/cin/watershed/gis/BAAA/bodyBAAA.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 26, 2009 | title = Makiling Forest Reserve (MFR) | publisher = Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development | access-date = March 27, 2011 }}

UPLB has three major land grants: the Laguna-Quezon Land Grant, La Carlota Land Grant, and Laguna Land Grant.

The {{convert|5719|ha|acre|abbr=on|adj=on}} Laguna-Quezon Land Grant is located in the towns of Real, Quezon, and Siniloan, Laguna, and was acquired in February 1930. It covers some portions of the Sierra Madre mountain range, and currently hosts the university's Citronella and lemongrass plantations.{{cite web|url=http://lgmo.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/pr/ceop |title=Citronella Essential Oil Production at the Laguna-Quezon Land Grant |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños Land Grant Management Office |access-date=March 27, 2011 |date=September 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610235115/http://lgmo.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/pr/ceop |archive-date=June 10, 2011 }}{{cite web|url=http://lgmo.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about |title=History |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños Land Grant Management Office |access-date=October 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610235042/http://lgmo.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about |archive-date=June 10, 2011 }} The {{convert|705|ha|acre|abbr=on|adj=on}} La Carlota Land Grant is situated in Negros Occidental, a province in the Western Visayas region. Acquired in May 1964, it houses the PCARRD-DOST La Granja Agricultural Research Center, which serves as a research center for various upland crops.{{cite web|url=http://old.uplb.edu.ph/ca/lagranja/accomp |title=Accomplishments |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=March 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823155028/http://old.uplb.edu.ph/ca/lagranja/accomp |archive-date=August 23, 2011 }} Meanwhile, the {{convert|3336|ha|acre|abbr=on|adj=on}} Laguna Land Grant located in Paete, Laguna, also acquired in 1964, is mostly undeveloped. Numerous parties have expressed interest in developing the land grants; however, UPLB has not entertained the potential investors due to the "lack of a solid development plan."{{cite web|url=http://lgmo.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about/history |title=Brief History |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños Land Grant Management Office |access-date=March 27, 2011 |date=December 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610235047/http://lgmo.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about/history |archive-date=June 10, 2011 }}

The UP Professional School for Agriculture and the Environment (UP PSAE) in Panabo City was established in 2016 to cater to agribusiness professionals in the Davao metropolitan area. Supervised by the UPLB Graduate School, UP PSAE was established through a grant by Damosa Land Inc., a leading property developer in Mindanao.{{cite web|url=https://uplb.edu.ph/all-news/up-psae-offers-grad-programs-in-entomology-environmental-science/ |title=UP PSAE offers grad programs in entomology, environmental science |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=April 6, 2021 |date=January 25, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/02/20/campus-press/damosa-land-up-to-establish-agri-institute-in-davao/690717// |title=Damosa Land, UP to establish agri institute in Davao|work=The Manila Times|access-date=April 6, 2021 |date=February 20, 2020}}

As part of the University of the Philippines System, UPLB is governed by the 11-person UP Board of Regents, which is jointly chaired by the head of the Commission on Higher Education and the UP president.{{cite web|url=http://www.up.edu.ph/content.php?r=3&c=3 |title=Alfredo Pascual: "The 20th UP President" |publisher=University of the Philippines |access-date=June 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521000656/http://up.edu.ph/content.php?r=3&c=3 |archive-date=May 21, 2011 }}

The Board of Regents has the authority to approve the institution, merger, and abolition of degree programs as recommended by the UP president. It also has the power to confer degrees. The UP president, who is appointed by the Board of Regents, is the university's chief executive officer and the head of the faculty.

UPLB is administered by a chancellor who is elected by the UP Board of Regents to a three-year term. The chancellor may only serve for up to two terms.{{cite book|url=http://www.up.edu.ph/pdf2/RA_9500.pdf |title=An Act to Strengthen the University of the Philippines as the National University |date=May 5, 2008 |publisher=Office of the President of the Philippines |author=Congress of the Philippines |access-date=March 28, 2011 |location=Manila |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518015755/http://www.up.edu.ph/pdf2/RA_9500.pdf |archive-date=May 18, 2011 }} Under him are six vice-chancellors specializing in academic affairs, administration, community affairs, planning and development, research and extension, and student affairs.{{cite web|url=https://uplb.edu.ph/university-officials/|title=About UPLB – University Officials|publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños|access-date=December 16, 2023|archive-date=December 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216042852/https://uplb.edu.ph/university-officials/|url-status=live}}

The current chancellor is Dr Jose Camacho, the tenth to hold the office.

UPLB, through the UP System, is a member of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, a consortium of leading research universities in the Asia-Pacific region.{{cite web|url=http://www.apru.org/members/uphilippines.htm |publisher=Association of Pacific Rim Universities |title=University of the Philippines |access-date=March 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930222116/http://www.apru.org/members/uphilippines.htm |archive-date=September 30, 2011 }}

The University Student Council (USC) is the "highest governing body of all UPLB students." Together with college student councils (CSCs), it assembles as the Student Legislative Chamber and acts as the highest policy-making body of the USC. The USC is composed of a chairperson, vice-chairperson, 10 councilors, a representative for each college/school with less than 500 students, and an additional college representative for every 500 students in excess of the first 500. Members are given one-year terms. CSCs have a similar structure, but with a different number of councilors based on the student population.{{cite web|title=Basic Student Information |url=http://old.uplb.edu.ph/osa/253 |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=March 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823155913/http://old.uplb.edu.ph/osa/253 |archive-date=August 23, 2011 }}{{cite web| url = http://www.oocities.org/usc_uplb/constitution.html | author= University Student Council | title = USC Constitution | access-date=March 29, 2011 | date=July 12, 2004}}

The Student Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT), under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (OVCSA), is responsible for sanctioning erring students. Common offenses include student misconduct and fraternity rumbles. The SDT is composed of a chairperson, two appointees of the chancellor, a student juror, and a parent juror.

UPLB offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs through its nine colleges and two schools.{{cite web|url=https://uplb.edu.ph/academics/ |title=Academics |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=October 17, 2021}} Most of these programs award science degrees. It also awards high school diplomas through the University of the Philippines Rural High School (UPRHS), a subunit of the College of Arts and Sciences, which acts as a laboratory for its BS Math and Science Teaching students.{{cite web|url=http://cas.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/uprhs |title=Departments |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Arts and Sciences |access-date=April 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324052336/http://cas.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/uprhs |archive-date=March 24, 2011 }}

{{See also|University of the Philippines College Admission Test|Academic grading in the Philippines#Grade point scale (5.00 – 1.00)|l2=Academic grading in the Philippines}}

UPLB admits more than 2,500 students and produces about 1,800 graduates every year. Undergraduate admission is determined by the University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT). Examinees that select UPLB as their preferred campus and garner a University Predicted Grade (UPG) within the standard cut-off are automatically eligible for admission. Those who do not automatically qualify may file an appeal for reconsideration if their UPG is within the actual cut-off, though the appeal process does not guarantee admission.{{cite web|url = http://www.upcatreview.com/tale-of-two-applicants | title = HOW THE EEAS WORKS: A Tale of Two Applicants | year = 2010 | access-date= June 21, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/students-and-alumni/386-2011-2012-uplb-wait-list-criteria |title=UPLB Wait List Criteria 1st SEM AY 2011–2012 |date=February 22, 2011 |access-date=June 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614094519/http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/students-and-alumni/386-2011-2012-uplb-wait-list-criteria |archive-date=June 14, 2011 }} The cut-off scores may be adjusted according to a variety of factors. In 2010 and 2011, UPLB had a standard UPG cut-off of 2.42 while the actual cut-off was 2.8. But in 2014 and 2015, UPLB had a standard cut off score of 2.3.{{cite web|url = http://www.upcatreview.com/uplb-upmin-waitlist-procedure | title = UP Waitlist Procedure | date = February 28, 2011 | access-date= June 21, 2011}}{{cite web | url = http://academic-clinic.com/2010/06/u-p-upg-cut-off-scores-and-reconsideration/ | title = U.P. UPG Cut-Off Scores and Reconsideration | date = June 1, 2010 | access-date = April 4, 2011 | archive-date = April 16, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110416221412/http://academic-clinic.com/2010/06/u-p-upg-cut-off-scores-and-reconsideration/ | url-status = usurped }} Seventy percent of slots are given to incoming freshmen with the highest scores, while the remaining thirty percent are given to public high school students and members of minority groups. Before the UPCAT was used for admission, UPCA only admitted the top 5 percent of Philippine high school graduates.{{cite book|url=http://www.upou.edu.ph/papers/flibrero_2009/DevcomLB_history.pdf |title=Development Communication Los Baños Style: A Story Behind the History |publisher=University of the Philippines Open University |author=Lex Librero |year=2008 |page=3 |access-date=April 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222213619/http://upou.edu.ph/papers/flibrero_2009/DevcomLB_history.pdf |archive-date=December 22, 2010 }}

High school freshman admission, on the other hand, is determined by the eight-hour-long UPRHS Entrance Examination. Only the top 125 examinees are admitted.{{cite web|url=http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/newsletters/doc_download/81-general-information-2010 |title=What is the UPRHS Entrance Examination? |publisher=University of the Philippines Rural High School Office of Admissions and Registration |access-date=April 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203055141/http://uplb.edu.ph/index.php/newsletters/doc_download/81-general-information-2010 |archive-date=December 3, 2010 }} Sophomore transferees take the two-day UPRHS Validation Examination, and are admitted depending on the available slots.{{cite web|url=http://uprhs.com/uprhs%20website%20working%20folder/03_admissions/admission_validation.html |title=General Information of Validation Examination |publisher=University of the Philippines Rural High School |access-date=April 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405141214/http://www.uprhs.com/uprhs%20website%20working%20folder/03_admissions/admission_validation.html |archive-date=April 5, 2011 }}

Normally, a student who completes the program may graduate with honors if his general weighted average (GWA) is 1.75 or above. The title summa cum laude is awarded to graduates who obtain a GWA of 1.20 or above, magna cum laude to graduates with a GWA of 1.45 to 1.20, and cum laude to graduates with a GWA of between 1.75 and 1.45.{{cite web|url=http://old.uplb.edu.ph/webmaster/449 |title=Graduation with Honors |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=April 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513083257/http://old.uplb.edu.ph/webmaster/449 |archive-date=May 13, 2011 }} As of 2011 there have been 30 summa cum laudes who have graduated from UPLB.{{cite journal | url = http://www.uplb.edu.ph/attachments/415_Grad%20Issue-CEMNewsletter%20April%202011%20(pdf).pdf | title = Message to the Members of Class 2011 | author = Reynaldo L. Tan | page = 5 | journal = CEM Newsletter | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Economics and Management | year = 2011 | volume = 28 | issue = 4 | access-date = May 13, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110516163954/http://www.uplb.edu.ph/attachments/415_Grad%20Issue-CEMNewsletter%20April%202011%20(pdf).pdf | archive-date = May 16, 2011 | url-status = dead }}

With the passage of Republic Act 10931, tuition and fees have been waived for students pursuing their degrees for the first time in exchange for return service, although it is possible to opt out and pay the full tuition instead.{{cite news |title=8 things you need to know about the free tuition law |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/198314-things-to-know-free-tuition-law-irr |work=Rappler}}

Before this law was passed, the base tuition fee per unit in UPLB was ₱1,000 (US$23). Along with other UP constituents, UPLB implemented the Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program (STFAP), wherein students with annual family incomes between ₱1,000,000 (US$23,000) and ₱500,000 (US$11,500) were charged the base tuition fee; students with annual family incomes between ₱500,000 and ₱135,000 (US$3,110) were charged ₱600 (US$14) per unit; those whose incomes fell between ₱135,000 and ₱80,000 (US$1,840) were charged ₱300 (US$7); while those whose incomes fell below ₱80,000 were not charged any fees.{{cite web|url=http://admin.uplb.edu.ph/download_file.php?f=16 |title=Report of the Committee to Review the Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program (STFAP) |publisher=University of the Philippines |date=December 7, 2006 |access-date=April 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908162625/http://admin.uplb.edu.ph/download_file.php?f=16 |archive-date=September 8, 2009 }} Those with annual family incomes above ₱1,000,000 were charged ₱1,500 (US$35) per unit.

UPLB is identified by the Commission on Higher Education as a Center of Excellence in Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Biology, Forestry, Information Technology, Environmental Science, Development Communication, Statistics and Veterinary Medicine, as well as a Center of Development in Chemical Engineering. Five undergraduate programs were given the ASEAN University Network-Quality Assessment certification: BS Biology, BS Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, BS Development Communication, BS Forestry and BS Agriculture.{{cite web | url = https://uplb.edu.ph/achievements/asean-university-network-quality-assurance-certificate/ | title = ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance Certificate | publisher = UPLB | access-date = October 17, 2021 }}

As of 2007, UPLB's 12 libraries, collectively referred to as the University Library, hold a total of 346,061 volumes. It periodically receives publications from United Nations agencies (including the UNFAO, UN-HABITAT and UNU) and the World Bank. It is a contributor to the International Information System for Agricultural Services and Technology, contributing nearly 30,000 titles between 1975 and 2010.{{cite web| url = http://agris.fao.org?query=%2B%28%20%2Bdate%3A%5B1965%20TO%202010%5D%20%2Bcenter%3A%28PH%29%20%2Bcenterkey%3A0%20%29&request_locale=en | title = Search AGRIS from 1975 to date | publisher = International Information System for Agricultural Services and Technology | access-date = April 5, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://mainlib.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/history |title=Brief History, Mission, and Vision |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños Main Library |date=March 11, 2009 |access-date=April 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820123449/http://mainlib.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/history |archive-date=August 20, 2011 }}

195,282 of these volumes are housed at the Main Library, while the rest are in unit libraries. The Main Library also houses theses, digital sources, and 1,215 serial titles, among other materials. It has a total floor area of {{convert|6336|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} and a seating capacity of 510, making it the largest library in UPLB.

One of UPLB's unit libraries is the College of Veterinary Medicine-Animal and Dairy Sciences Cluster Library. It has 17,798 volumes and 198 serial titles, and a total floor area of {{convert|609.25|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}. It claims to hold the largest collection on veterinary and animal sciences in the country.{{cite web|url=http://cvm.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/cvm-adsc-library |title=CVM-ADSC Library |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Veterinary Medicine |date=March 12, 2011 |access-date=April 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723073256/http://cvm.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/cvm-adsc-library |archive-date=July 23, 2011 }}

UPLB manages the UPLB Museum of Natural History, which was established in 1976 at the foothills of Mt. Makiling. It holds over 600,000 biological specimens, including half of the specimens from the Philippine Water Bug Inventory Project, and a third of the Dioscoro S. Rabor Wildlife Collection. More than half of the specimens belong to the entomological collection. While most of its collections are in its main building, some are housed in other UPLB units.{{cite book| url = http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_101B_0041-0042.pdf | publisher = Naturhistorischen Museums Wien | author = A.C. Sumalde | title = The Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, and the Philippine Water Bug Inventory Project | date = December 1999 | access-date = April 7, 2011 | location = Vienna}}

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Six research institutes were named Centers of Excellence in Research via presidential decree: Institute of Plant Breeding, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Institute of Animal Science, National Crop Protection Center, Farming Systems and Soil Resources Institute, and National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology.

UPLB hosts a number of international research institutes, including the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture,{{cite web|url=http://beta.searca.org/searca/index.php/about-us/contact-us |title=Contact Us |publisher=Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture |access-date=March 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213023812/http://beta.searca.org/searca/index.php/about-us/contact-us |archive-date=December 13, 2010 }} the ASEAN Center for Biodiversity,{{cite web|url=http://beta.aseanbiodiversity.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=157 |title=Contact Us |publisher=ASEAN Center for Biodiversity |access-date=June 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629224953/http://beta.aseanbiodiversity.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=157 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 }} the International Rice Research Institute,{{cite web|url=http://irri.org/about-irri/contact-us |title=Contact Us |publisher=International Rice Research Institute |access-date=March 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324112253/http://irri.org/about-irri/contact-us |archive-date=March 24, 2011 }} the World Fish Center,{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfishcenter.org/wfcms/HQ/article.aspx?ID=1130 |title=Country offices |publisher=World Fish Center |access-date=March 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916205409/http://www.worldfishcenter.org/wfcms/HQ/article.aspx?ID=1130 |archive-date=September 16, 2011 }} the World Agroforestry Center,{{cite web | url = http://www.worldagroforestry.org/sea/apps/staffdirectory/DisplayStaff2.asp?GrupID=F,FPLB | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180910164849/http://www.worldagroforestry.org/sea/apps/staffdirectory/DisplayStaff2.asp?GrupID=F,FPLB | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 10, 2018 | title = Site Based Los Banos (Philippines)| publisher = World Agroforestry Centre | access-date = March 19, 2011}} and the Asia Rice Foundation.{{cite web | url = http://www.asiarice.org/sections/chapters/Philippines/ARF-Phil-About.html | title = About us | publisher = Asia Rice Foundation Philippines | access-date = March 27, 2011}} The APEC Center for Technology Exchange and Training for Small and Medium Enterprises (ACTETSME), established in 1996 through the initiative of then President Fidel V. Ramos during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Meeting in Seattle, USA, is also located at the university's Science & Technology Park.{{cite web | url = https://www.scribd.com/doc/124105838/History-of-ACTETSME-and-CTTE#scribd | title = APEC ACTETSME | access-date = February 23, 2015}} Local research institutions such as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau,{{cite web | url = http://erdb.denr.gov.ph/ | title = About | publisher = DENR ERDB | access-date = February 23, 2015 | archive-date = February 24, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150224014308/http://erdb.denr.gov.ph/ | url-status = live }} Department of Science and Technology's Forest Products Research and Development Institute,{{cite web | url = http://www.fprdi.dost.gov.ph/ | title = About | publisher = DOST FPRDI | access-date = February 23, 2015}} and Department of Agriculture's Philippine Carabao Center{{cite web| url = http://www.pcc.gov.ph/index.php?id1=9 | title = Contact Us | publisher = Philippine Carabao Center | access-date = April 8, 2011}} are headquartered or have offices at the university.{{cite web|url=http://maidon.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/lbsc/members.htm |title=Members |publisher=DOST PCARRD |access-date=May 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820120100/http://maidon.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/lbsc/members.htm |archive-date=August 20, 2011 }} The main office of IRRI's Philippine counterpart, the Philippine Rice Research Institute, used to be located at UPLB but was transferred to Muñoz, Nueva Ecija in 1990. It continues to maintain a research office at the university.{{cite web |url = http://www.philrice.gov.ph//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=296 | title = Background | publisher = Philippine Rice Research Institute | access-date = March 27, 2011}}

Three UPLB-published journals, the Philippine Agricultural Scientist, the Philippine Journal of Veterinary Medicine, and the Journal of Environmental Sciences and Management are listed in the SCImago Journal Rankings. SCImago gave these an h-index (a measure of "actual scientific productivity" and "apparent scientific impact"){{cite web|url=http://www.soton.ac.uk/library/research/bibliometrics/factsheet03-hindex-gs.pdf |title=Finding your h-index (Hirsch index) in Google Scholar |author=Michael Whitton |date=April 2010 |publisher=University of Southampton |access-date=April 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227031500/http://www.soton.ac.uk/library/research/bibliometrics/factsheet03-hindex-gs.pdf |archive-date=February 27, 2012 }} of 18, 6, and 12, respectively.{{cite web| url = https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=Philippines | title = SJR Journal Search | publisher = SCImago | access-date = September 20, 2023 | year = 2023}} These journals are also listed in the ISI Web of Knowledge, along with two other UPLB-published journals: the Philippine Entomologist and the Philippine Journal of Crop Science.{{cite web | url = https://mjl.clarivate.com/search-results | title = Search Results (keyword: Philippines) | publisher = Web of Science Group | access-date = April 7, 2021 | archive-date = June 12, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210612033001/https://mjl.clarivate.com/search-results/ | url-status = live }}

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One of the earliest innovations of UPLB was the production of CAC 87 sugar cane in 1919. This high-yielding variety is resistant to fiji and mosaic viruses, and produces more sucrose than other varieties. Its derivatives significantly increased sugar cane production in the Philippines. Between 1921 and 1939, cattle, poultry, and swine breeding programs produced new breeds, namely the Philamin (a hybrid of the Hereford, Nellore and native cattle), Berkjala (a variety of the Berkshire and local Jala-Jala pig, resistant to hog cholera) and the Los Baños Cantonese chicken, which produces more eggs.{{cite book| pages = 47–74 | chapter = Chs. 4–5 | year = 2007 | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Alumni Association | location = Los Baños, Laguna | isbn = 978-971-547-252-4 | author = Fernando A. Bernardo |title = Centennial Panorama: Pictorial History of UPLB}}

Research in the 1960s allowed for the efficient mass production of macapuno (a type of coconut with jelly-like meat),{{cite news |title=Archived |url=http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=20070729-79283 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |author=Jaymee T. Gamil |date=July 29, 2007 |access-date=2023-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311075414/http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=20070729-79283 |archive-date=March 11, 2012 }} while studies started in 1998 that produced delayed-ripening papaya continue to this day.{{cite news|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/276136/makapuno-rp-s-first-biotech-crop |title=Makapuno RP's First Biotech Crop |author=Marvyn N. Benaning |newspaper=Manila Bulletin |date=September 8, 2010 |access-date=April 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100912173728/http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/276136/makapuno-rp-s-first-biotech-crop |archive-date=September 12, 2010 }} The research is credited for the increase in Philippine papaya production, with the {{convert|75896|MT|ST|adj=on}} production of year 2000 rising to {{convert|164100|MT|ST}} in 2007.{{cite news | url = http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/articles-by-the-media/14-internet-articles/295-uplb-scientists-developing-delayed-ripening-papaya | author = Joel C. Paredes | title = UPLB scientists developing delayed-ripening papaya | newspaper = Business Mirror | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension | date = January 11, 2011 | access-date = April 8, 2011 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20121221054439/http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/articles-by-the-media/14-internet-articles/295-uplb-scientists-developing-delayed-ripening-papaya | archive-date = December 21, 2012 | url-status = dead }} In 1974, UPLB researchers discovered mango flower induction by potassium nitrate, making it possible for the fruit to be available year-round. It is credited for tripling yield and for "revolutionizing" the country's mango industry.{{cite news | url = http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/articles-by-the-media/14-internet-articles/343-tripling-yields-placing-mangoes-on-world-market-year-round | author = Paul Icamina | title = Tripling yields, placing mangoes on world market year-round | newspaper = Malaya | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension | date = November 27, 2011 | access-date = May 25, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120720093049/http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/articles-by-the-media/14-internet-articles/343-tripling-yields-placing-mangoes-on-world-market-year-round | archive-date = July 20, 2012 | url-status = dead }}

In 2009, UPLB researchers funded by the Department of Agriculture developed an abacá variety that is resistant to the abaca bunchy top virus. The virus, first detected in 1915 at Silang, Cavite, has since spread to various provinces in the country, and damaged more than {{convert|8000|ha|acre|abbr=on}} of abacá plantations in 2002 alone.{{cite news|url=https://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/articles-by-the-media/14-internet-articles/121-abaca-researchers-turn-to-biotechnology-in-efforts-to-save-manila-hemp-exports |title=Abaca researchers turn to biotechnology in efforts to save Manila hemp exports |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension |newspaper=Business Mirror |location=Manila |author=Danny O. Calleja |date=June 5, 2009 |access-date=April 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707075822/http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/articles-by-the-media/14-internet-articles/121-abaca-researchers-turn-to-biotechnology-in-efforts-to-save-manila-hemp-exports |archive-date=July 7, 2009 }} The university is working further to make it resistant to mosaic and abacá bract mosaic viruses.{{cite news | url = http://www.dabiotechnet.net/news.asp?id=49 | title = UP scientists trying to help abaca industry | author = Jo Florendo B. Lontoc | date = May 31, 2007 | publisher = Department of Agriculture Biotechnology Program | newspaper = Business World | access-date = April 8, 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120322111414/http://www.dabiotechnet.net/news.asp?id=49 | archive-date = March 22, 2012 }}

In July 2010, UPLB announced that the Leucinodes orbonalis-resistant Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) eggplant variety that it had been developing with Cornell University and Mahyco was ready for commercialization.{{cite news | url = http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=596336&publicationSubCategoryId=77 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130208163638/http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=596336&publicationSubCategoryId=77 | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 8, 2013 | title = RP's 1st GM eggplant soon ready for commercialization | author = Rudy A. Fernandez | newspaper = The Philippine Star | date = June 25, 2010 | access-date = April 8, 2011 }} On February 17, 2011, Filipino and Indian Greenpeace activists trespassed UPLB's Bay research farm and uprooted two Bt eggplants and more than 100 non-genetically modified eggplants. The National Academy of Science and Technology and ranking UPLB officials condemned the incident, and have taken legal action.{{cite web|url=http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/news/387-uplb-nast-issues-statement-against-greenpeace-violators |title=UPLB, NAST issue statement against Greenpeace violators |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |author=Office of Public Relations |date=February 22, 2011 |access-date=April 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624031537/http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/news/387-uplb-nast-issues-statement-against-greenpeace-violators |archive-date=June 24, 2011 }}{{cite news |author=Fernandez |first=Rudy A. |date=February 21, 2011 |title=UPLB to charge activists for ruining GM eggplants |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2011/02/21/658982/uplb-charge-activists-ruining-gm-eggplants |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202020056/https://www.philstar.com/nation/2011/02/21/658982/uplb-charge-activists-ruining-gm-eggplants |archive-date=December 2, 2024 |access-date=December 2, 2024 |newspaper=The Philippine Star}}

File:De-sotto-ethanol-road-test-417.jpg De Luxe ran over {{convert|50000|km|mi}} using gasanol for a period of five years.]]

Pioneering efforts in biofuel research have been conducted at the university. Studies conducted in the 1930s found that gasoline with 15–20 percent ethanol, dubbed "gasanol", was more efficient than pure gasoline.{{cite news | url = http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=2993&publicationSubCategoryId=72 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130131074450/http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=2993&publicationSubCategoryId=72 | url-status = dead | archive-date = January 31, 2013 | title = Saga of the Biofuel: The Philippine Experience | newspaper = The Philippine Star | author = Rudy A. Fernandez | date = May 29, 2007 | access-date = April 7, 2011 }} Biofuel research in 2007 under the National Biofuel Program has considered new sources of biofuel, such as coconuts, Moringa oleifera, and sunflower seeds. Efforts have been concentrated on the Jatropha curcas due to its low maintenance and fast yield. Other fuel, such as coconut biofuel, were found to be too costly.{{cite journal|url=http://www.up.edu.ph/upnewsletter.php?i=892&archive=yes&yr=2009&mn=5 |title=UPLB continues search for the most viable biofuel |author=KIM Quilinguing |date=May 2009 |access-date=April 7, 2011 |journal=UP Newsletter |location=Quezon City |volume=30 |issue=5 |publisher=University of the Philippines |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130193623/http://up.edu.ph/upnewsletter.php?i=892&archive=yes&yr=2009&mn=5 |archive-date=November 30, 2010 }} Biofuel from Sorghum bicolor, Manihot esculenta crantz and Chlorella vulgaris are also being studied.{{cite journal|url=http://www.up.edu.ph/upnewsletter.php?i=321 |title=Power plants: University spearheads biofuel R&D |author=Bernice P. Varona |date=April 1, 2011 |journal=UP Newsletter |location=Quezon City |access-date=April 7, 2011 |volume=32 |issue=4 |publisher=University of the Philippines |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207001449/http://www.up.edu.ph/upnewsletter.php?i=321 |archive-date=December 7, 2008 }}{{cite web | url = http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/breaking-news/86-news/108-philippines-quest-for-diesel-from-microalgae-starts-at-uplb | title = Philippines' quest for diesel from microalgae starts at UPLB | date = June 7, 2009 | author = Florante Cruz | access-date = April 7, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110825175322/http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/breaking-news/86-news/108-philippines-quest-for-diesel-from-microalgae-starts-at-uplb | archive-date = August 25, 2011 | url-status = dead }}{{cite news | url = http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/feature-stories/81-biofuels-and-alternative-energy/275-uplb-gears-up-for-third-generation-biodiesel | title = UPLB gears up for third generation biodiesel | newspaper = University of the Philippines Los Baños Horizon | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension | author = Mervin John C. De Roma | date = September 11, 2010 | access-date = April 7, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110825175541/http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/feature-stories/81-biofuels-and-alternative-energy/275-uplb-gears-up-for-third-generation-biodiesel | archive-date = August 25, 2011 | url-status = dead }}{{cite news | url = http://www.zambotimes.com/archives/25024-Microalgae-The-ultimate-source-of-biodiesel-in-the-future-UPLB.html | title = Microalgae: The ultimate source of biodiesel in the future – UPLB | author = Jay Francis M. Bilowan | date = September 20, 2010 | newspaper = ZamboTimes | access-date=April 7, 2011}}{{cite news | url = http://balita.ph/2010/10/12/researchers-to-produce-bioethanol-from-grass-wood-and-by-products-in-5-years/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110924111618/http://balita.ph/2010/10/12/researchers-to-produce-bioethanol-from-grass-wood-and-by-products-in-5-years/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 24, 2011 | title = Researchers to produce bioethanol from grass, wood and by-products in 5 years | date = October 12, 2010 | publisher = Balita | access-date = April 7, 2011 | agency = Philippine News Agency }}

UPLB's nanotechnology program focuses on research and innovation in agriculture, food, and forest products. It has developed nanosensors and nanostructured materials from agriculture by-products, helping improve agricultural productivity.{{cite news| url = https://ovcre.uplb.edu.ph/press/features/item/537-what-s-with-all-of-these-centers | title = What's with all of these centers? | date= May 27, 2019| publisher = UPLB | access-date= December 20, 2021}} Moreover, it has developed and commercialized "nanofertilizers" that can be substituted for synthetic fertilizers. Researchers found that these nanofertilizers reduced fertilizer application by up to 50 percent compared with using conventional fertilizers, and are less likely to cause soil toxicity and imbalance. Studies showed that using the nanofertilizers increased the net profit of farmers by 40 percent in rice, 20 percent in corn, and 48 percent in potato. It also increased eggplant yield by 36 percent, cabbage by 5 percent, and cane tonnage by 46 percent. Significant increases in yield were also observed for coffee, cacao, and banana. In 2021, the government launched a program to optimize the manufacturing of these nanofertilizers.{{cite news| url = https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/30/way-forward-inorganic-fertilizers-out-nanofertilizers-in/ | title = 'Way forward': Inorganic fertilizers out, nanofertilizers in | date= May 30, 2021 | work = Manila Bulletin | access-date= December 20, 2021}}

In 2008, 2,170 students were housed in the eight dormitories managed by UPLB. In the academic year 2011–2012, fees for all UPLB dormitories increased by at least 25 percent from the previous rate of ₱350 (US$8) a month.{{cite book |author=Margaret M. Calderon |url=http://www.uplb.edu.ph/attachments/401_announcement-dorm-rates-2011.pdf |title=New dorm fees |date=March 28, 2011 |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños Housing Office |access-date=April 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723160357/http://www.uplb.edu.ph/attachments/401_announcement-dorm-rates-2011.pdf |archive-date=July 23, 2011 |url-status=dead}} As with the previous dormitory fee increase of 221 percent in 1997,{{cite news | url = http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs19/f/2007/270/e/d/UPLB_Perspective_Vol_34_Issue1_by_uplbperspective0708.pdf | title = DFI: Tuloy ang laban ng iskolar ng bayan | language= tl | author = Caroline Ann Diezmo | newspaper = UPLB Perspective | page = 7 | date = September 27, 2007 | access-date = April 8, 2011}} making the dormitories "financially self-supporting" was one of the reasons cited by the University Housing Office for the revision. The move was widely criticized by various groups. The University Housing Office projects ₱13,818,000 (US$322,000) in revenue for 2010 with a deficit of ₱586,465.59 (US$13,600). according to official estimates.{{cite journal |author=Estel Lenmu Estropia |date=February 21, 2011 |title=UHO reviews dorm policies |url=https://issuu.com/uplbperspective/docs/_p_v37i1 |url-status=live |journal=UPLB Perspective |volume=37 |issue=1 |page=3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202015650/https://issuu.com/uplbperspective/docs/_p_v37i1 |archive-date=December 2, 2024 |access-date=April 8, 2011 |via=Issuu}} UPLB is currently building two new dormitories with {{convert|2000|m2|sqft}} of floor area. The new dormitories are expected to accommodate 192 persons annually.{{cite web | url = http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/news/116-uplb-to-build-two-new-dorms | title = UPLB to build two new dorms | author = JAA Oruga | date = June 9, 2009 | access-date = April 8, 2011 | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723160310/http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/news/116-uplb-to-build-two-new-dorms | archive-date = July 23, 2011 }} In 2023, the historic Old Men's Dorm, referred to as Unit 1, was demolished.{{Cite web |last=Malasig |first=Jeline |date=2022-12-12 |title='My favorite space': Past boarders go on nostalgia trip as UPLB set to demolish Old Men's Dorm |url=https://interaksyon.philstar.com/trends-spotlights/2022/12/12/236993/past-boarders-go-on-nostalgia-trip-as-uplb-set-to-demolish-old-mens-dorm/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Interaksyon |language=en-US |archive-date=March 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330153300/https://interaksyon.philstar.com/trends-spotlights/2022/12/12/236993/past-boarders-go-on-nostalgia-trip-as-uplb-set-to-demolish-old-mens-dorm/ |url-status=live }}

As of May 2020, there are 159 recognized student organizations in UPLB. Of these, 68 are academic, 15 cultural, one international, eight religious, 30 socio-civic, six sports and recreational, 11 varsitarian, 13 fraternities, and 7 sororities.{{cite web |url=https://uplbosa.org/orgs# |title=List of Recognized Organizations – Second Semester, AY 2019-2020 |access-date=July 31, 2020}} There are also a number of organizations that exist but are not officially recognized by the university.{{cite web |url=https://www.soadosa.org/orgs |title=SOAD-OSA: List of Organizations |access-date=February 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032952/https://www.soadosa.org/orgs |archive-date=May 2, 2014 |url-status=dead }} Regional organizations were not recognized by UPLB prior to September 2008, when the University of the Philippines board of regents repealed Chapter 72 Article 444 of the 1984 University of the Philippines Code, which states that "organizations which are provincial, sectional or regional in nature shall not be allowed in the University System." Likewise, Section 3 of the code states that "the University of the Philippines System is a public, secular, non-profit institution of higher learning." Due to this, religious organizations have had some difficulty in getting recognized.{{cite journal |url=http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs38/f/2008/353/4/e/5th_Issue_by_uplbperspective0809.pdf |title = Recognition ng religious orgs, nakabinbin pa rin |author=Yves Christian Suiza |date=December 17, 2008 |page=3 |volume=35 |issue=5 |journal=UPLB Perspective |access-date=April 15, 2011 |language=tl}}{{cite journal | url = https://www.scribd.com/doc/11644663/uplb-perspective-0809-2nd-ish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121107070750/http://www.scribd.com/doc/11644663/uplb-perspective-0809-2nd-ish | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 7, 2012 | title = OSA holds recognition of religious, varsitarian orgs | author = Katrina Elauria | date = September 4, 2008 | volume = 35 | issue = 2 | access-date = April 15, 2011 | journal = UPLB Perspective | pages = 2, 9 }}{{cite journal | url = https://www.scribd.com/doc/11645011/uplb-perspective-0809-7th-ish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090815052522/http://www.scribd.com/doc/11645011/uplb-perspective-0809-7th-ish | url-status = dead | archive-date = August 15, 2009 | title = OSA withholds recognition of orgs | author = Faith Allyson Buenacosa | page = 7 | date = January 29, 2009 | issue = 7 | volume = 35 | journal = UPLB Perspective | access-date = April 15, 2011 | display-authors = etal }} Only recognized organizations are allowed to use UPLB facilities.{{cite news | url = http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20101216-309245/UP-budget-slash-marks-APO-run-in-Los-Baos-campus | title = UP budget slash marks APO run in Los Baños campus | author = Maricar Cino | date = December 16, 2010 | newspaper = Philippine Daily Inquirer | access-date = April 10, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101219211033/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20101216-309245/UP-budget-slash-marks-APO-run-in-Los-Baos-campus | archive-date = December 19, 2010 | url-status = dead }} The system of student organizations in UPLB is different from that of other UP constituents in that freshmen are not allowed to join any organization until they have earned at least 30 units.

Every October 10, UPLB celebrates Loyalty Day, which has also become UPLB's alumni homecoming. The celebration commemorates events in 1918 when more than half of students and faculty (193 out of 300 students and 27 out of 32 faculty), including two women, enlisted in the Philippine National Guard for service in France during World War I. The volunteers never saw action as the Allied Forces signed an armistice with Germany during the same year, essentially ending the war.{{cite web|url=http://old.uplb.edu.ph/centennial/1260 |title=89th UPLB Loyalty Day and Alumni Homecoming |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |author=MM Catibog |access-date=April 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823155211/http://old.uplb.edu.ph/centennial/1260 |archive-date=August 23, 2011 }}{{cite web | url = http://www.army.mil.ph/Army_Sites/INFANTRY%20DIVISIONS/arescom/4rcdg/403cdc/uplb/ar403_uplb_history.htm | title = UP ROTC Los Baños Unit | publisher = Armed Forces of the Philippines | access-date = April 10, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110727045456/http://www.army.mil.ph/Army_Sites/INFANTRY%20DIVISIONS/arescom/4rcdg/403cdc/uplb/ar403_uplb_history.htm | archive-date = July 27, 2011 | url-status = dead }}

The university holds a major campus fair, known as "Feb Fair", during Valentine's week. The fair was initially held to express opposition to martial law under Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, who abolished student organizations and student councils.{{cite journal | url = https://www.scribd.com/doc/13215006/uplb-perspective-9th-ish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091213124953/http://www.scribd.com/doc/13215006/uplb-perspective-9th-ish | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 13, 2009 | title = Students assess centennial feb fair | author = Nikko Caringal | pages = 3–4 | journal = UPLB Perspective | volume = 35 | issue = 9 | date = March 13, 2009 | access-date = April 10, 2011 }}

The UPLB Perspective is the official student publication of UPLB. The university administration has been repeatedly criticized for allegedly interfering in the selection process of its editor-in-chief.{{cite news| url =http://www.bulatlat.com/news/4-22/4-22-UPLB.html | title = UPLB Chancellor Meddles in School Paper Exam Anew | author = Ronalyn V. Olea | newspaper = Bulatlat | location = Manila | date = July 10, 2004 | access-date = April 10, 2011}} Other campus publications include UPLB Horizon{{cite web|url=http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/newsletters/cat_view/28-uplb-horizon |title=UPLB Horizon |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=April 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201210206/http://uplb.edu.ph/index.php/newsletters/cat_view/28-uplb-horizon |archive-date=December 1, 2010 }} and UPLB Link.{{cite web|url=http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/newsletters/cat_view/29-uplb-link |title=UPLB Link |access-date=April 10, 2011 |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201211044/http://uplb.edu.ph/index.php/newsletters/cat_view/29-uplb-link |archive-date=December 1, 2010 }} Meanwhile, the College of Development Communication (CDC) publishes the experimental community newspaper Los Baños Times.

CDC runs the radio station DZLB 1116, the oldest educational radio station in the Philippines. Founded in August 1964 with a broadcast power of 250 watts at 1210 kHz, the station serves as a distance education tool and training facility. It currently operates through a five-kilowatt transmitter located near the main gate of the campus. The station was the 1994 recipient of the KBP Golden Dove Award for Best AM Radio Station{{cite book | url = https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:dZxTOI_bY3cJ:www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/newsletters/doc_download/37-link-august-2008+dzlb+golden+dove/&hl=tl&gl=ph&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShr58D2tVt8n4_gbEFXf_pHhTW-yukxGHhwor0Zzx5sr-qX0D6ONIYltLmCyF_YN-JdaLUKLCOEja222LHHpO1Guk0xZRzgGo3PIipHtHPEeRCRDbm0bhlxa4GOFK1xQE1nPYR1&sig=AHIEtbQWK5jHdgQqU0gEQUy9pZEl330ckg | title = UPLB Link | author = UPLB | publisher = University of the Philippines Open University | access-date = June 30, 2011 | location = Los Baños, Laguna | archive-date = November 9, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121109050701/https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache%3AdZxTOI_bY3cJ%3Awww.uplb.edu.ph%2Findex.php%2Fnewsletters%2Fdoc_download%2F37-link-august-2008%20dzlb%20golden%20dove%2F&hl=tl&gl=ph&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShr58D2tVt8n4_gbEFXf_pHhTW-yukxGHhwor0Zzx5sr-qX0D6ONIYltLmCyF_YN-JdaLUKLCOEja222LHHpO1Guk0xZRzgGo3PIipHtHPEeRCRDbm0bhlxa4GOFK1xQE1nPYR1&sig=AHIEtbQWK5jHdgQqU0gEQUy9pZEl330ckg | url-status = live }} as well as a Catholic Mass Media Award for Best Educational Radio Program in 2010.{{cite news | url = http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20101017-298237/The-Envelope-CMMA-2010-winners | title = The Envelope: CMMA 2010 Winners | newspaper = Philippine Daily Inquirer | access-date = October 18, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101019062652/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20101017-298237/The-Envelope-CMMA-2010-winners | archive-date = October 19, 2010 }}

{{main|List of University of the Philippines Los Baños people}}

File:Retrato_de_Eduardo_Quisumbing_(cropped).jpg| National Scientist Eduardo Quisumbing

File:Francisco Santos NAST.jpg| National Scientist Francisco O. Santos

File:Pedro_Escuro_NAST.jpg| National Scientist Pedro B. Escuro

File:Dolores_Ramirez_NAST.jpg| National Scientist Dolores Ramirez

File:Gelia_T._Castillo_ONS.jpg| National Scientist Gelia T. Castillo

File:ClareBaltazar.jpg| National Scientist Clare Baltazar

File:Emerlinda Roman.jpg| Former U.P. President Emerlinda R. Roman

File:Migz_Zubiri_-_2021.jpg|Senate President Migz Zubiri

File:Abby-Binay_pia_(cropped).jpg|Makati City Mayor Abigail Binay

File:02-SAMB.jpg|Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan

People associated with the university include alumni, faculty, and honorary degree recipients. They include 16 out of 41 National Scientists of the Philippines: Eduardo Quisumbing, 1980 (Plant Taxonomy, Systematics, and Morphology), Francisco M. Fronda, 1983 (Animal Husbandry), Francisco O. Santos, 1983 (Human Nutrition and Agricultural Chemistry), Julian Banzon, 1986 (Chemistry), Dioscoro L. Umali, 1986 (Agriculture and Rural Development), Pedro B. Escuro, 1994 (Genetics and Plant Breeding), Dolores Ramirez, 1998 (Biochemical Genetics and Cytogenetics), Jose R. Velasco, 1998 (Plant Physiology), Gelia T. Castillo, 1999 (Rural Sociology), Bienvenido O. Juliano, 2000 (Organic Chemistry), Clare R. Baltazar, 2001 (Systematic Entomology), Benito Vergara, 2001 (Plant Physiology), Ricardo M. Lantican, 2005 (Plant Breeding), Teodulo M. Topacio Jr. 2008 (Veterinary Medicine), Ramon Barba 2014 (Horticulture), Emil Q. Javier 2019 (Agriculture), and Romulo Davide 2024 (Nematology). Meanwhile, four UPLB scientists are members of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that won the Nobel Prize in 2007: Rex Victor Cruz, Felino P. Lansigan, Rodel D. Lasco, and Juan M. Pulhin. National Scientist Romulo G. Davide was given a Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2012 for "his steadfast passion in placing the power and discipline of science in the hands of Filipino farmers".

UPLB alumni have served as senior government officials under various administrations. Those currently in office include Senate President Migz Zubiri, House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Isidro Ungab, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan,{{cite web|url = http://econ.upd.edu.ph/faculty/ambalisacan/ | title = Arsenio M. Balisacan | author = UPSE | publisher = UPSE | access-date = May 23, 2012}} and Makati City mayor Abigail Binay. Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo Pascual was a faculty member prior to his appointment.{{cite web|url = https://cem.uplb.edu.ph/cem-recognizes-oustanding-alumni-and-personnel-in-its-reimagined-resilience-foundation-week/ | title = CEM Recognizes Oustanding [sic] Alumni and Personnel in its Reimagined Resilience Foundation Week | publisher = UPLB| access-date = September 12, 2022}}

Both of its honorary degree recipients held influential roles in their respective countries' politics. They are Salim Ahmed Salim, former Prime Minister of Tanzania,{{cite book | url = http://www.theadf.com/documents/Salim_Bio.pdf | title = Salim Ahmed Salim | location = Dar-es-Salam | date = January 2008 | access-date = April 22, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120323011754/http://www.theadf.com/documents/Salim_Bio.pdf | archive-date = March 23, 2012 | url-status = dead }} and Sirindhorn, Princess of Thailand.{{cite news|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/229796/up-confers-honorary-doctor-laws-thai-princess-tuesday |title=UP confers honorary doctor of laws on Thai Princess Tuesday |newspaper=Manila Bulletin |date=November 16, 2009 |access-date=April 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819172251/http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/229796/up-confers-honorary-doctor-laws-thai-princess-tuesday |archive-date=August 19, 2012 }}

Former UP presidents Bienvenido Maria Gonzalez (1939–1943; 1945–1951), Emil Q. Javier (1993-1999) and Emerlinda R. Roman (2005-2011) graduated from UPLB, along with the sitting chancellors of UP Baguio, UP Mindanao,{{cite web|url = https://uplb.edu.ph/all-news/three-uplb-cem-alumni-are-chancellors-of-up-system-constituent-units/ | title = Three UPLB-CEM alumni are chancellors of UP System constituent units | publisher = UPLB | access-date = August 2, 2022}} and UP Open University.{{cite web |title=Melinda dP. Bandalaria |url=https://fics.upou.edu.ph/faculty-list/melinda-dp-bandalaria/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506223056/https://fics.upou.edu.ph/faculty-list/melinda-dp-bandalaria/ |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |access-date=December 2, 2024 |publisher=University of the Philippines Open University}} Alumni who held ranking posts at other academic and research institutions include Jikun Huang, Founder and Director of the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,{{cite web|url = https://www.ictsd.org/about-us/jikun-huang | title = Jikun Huang | publisher = ICTSD| access-date = July 25, 2022}} Kyu-Seong Lee, Director-General of South Korea's Rural Development Administration,{{cite web|url = http://news.irri.org/2019/10/former-irri-scientist-receives-alumni.html | title = Former IRRI Scientist receives alumni award from UPLB College of Agriculture and Food Sciences | publisher = IRRI| access-date = July 25, 2022}} and Weerapon Thongma, President of Maejo University in Thailand.{{cite web|url = https://uplb.edu.ph/all-news/thai-uni-president-is-outstanding-uplb-alumnus/ | title = Thai uni president is outstanding UPLB alumnus | publisher = UPLB| access-date = July 25, 2022}}

San Miguel Corporation Chairman and CEO Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. and Bounty Agro Ventures President Ronald Daniel Mascariñas also attended UPLB.{{cite web|url = https://uplb.edu.ph/all-news/mascarinas-bountys-top-man-to-speak-before-uplb-class-of-2021/ | title = Mascariñas, Bounty's top man to speak before UPLB Class of 2021 | access-date = October 16, 2021 | publisher = UPLB}}

UPLB Academic Heritage Monument, June 2023.jpg|UPLB Academic Heritage Monument

UPLB Carillon Tower, June 2023.jpg|UPLB Carillon Tower

UPLB Marker, June 2023.jpg|UPLB Entrance

• University of the Philippines
• University of the Philippines Baguio
• University of the Philippines Cebu
• University of the Philippines Diliman
• University of the Philippines Manila
• University of the Philippines Mindanao
• University of the Philippines Open University
• University of the Philippines Visayas

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