University of the Philippines Manila

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BNS University of the Philippines Manila

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The University of the Philippines College of Nursing (UPCN) was conceived through a thesis presented to the Division of Biological Sciences, University of Chicago, by Ms. Julita V. Sotejo, entitled, “A University School of Nursing in the University of the Philippines." The proposal was approved by the Board of Regents on April 9, 1948, as the University of the Philippines College of Nursing.

The first academic offerings of UPCN in 1948 were the baccalaureate program, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) for high school graduates, and the Post-Basic Program for nurses who graduated from the three-year Graduate in Nursing (G.N.). In 1955, the Masters program, M.A. (Nursing), was instituted as a thesis course with functional majors in administration, teaching and supervision, and public health. In 1968, the Masters in Nursing (MN) program, a non-thesis c

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10+2 WITH 50% MIN. IN ANY DICIPLINE FROM ANY RECOGNISED BOARD

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