University of Perpetual Help System
Authority control databases
| Formation | 1968 (first campus) |
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| Type | University systems |
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Membership | 9 campuses (DALTA: 3, JONELTA 6) |
The University of Perpetual Help System is a network of two universities consisting of nine campuses in the Philippines.
Established in 1968 by Dr. Jose de Guzman Tamayo and his wife Dra. Josefina Laperal Tamayo[1] as Perpetual Help Hospital and College of Nursing, this institution has been training nurses, doctors, maritime, accountants, hrm, allied health, lawyers, engineers, and many other professionals for service in the Philippines and abroad. Now known as UPHS Jonelta (Jose and Nena Laperal Tamayo), the University of Perpetual Help System Jonelta has campuses in Manila, Binan, GMA Cavite, Isabela, and Malasiqui, Pangasinan.
Over the years, under the leadership of Dr./Br.Gen. Antonio L. Tamayo, this institution has developed into a university offering a wide variety of programs mentioned above, but its allied health programs including nursing is the university's core.
The University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) was founded on February 5, 1975 by Dr. Daisy Moran Tamayo and Br. Gen. Antonio L. Tamayo,[2] is a highly recognized university in the Philippines. It has 3 major campuses in Las Piñas, Molino, and Calamba. Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Philippines granted deregulated status (equivalent to Autonomous Status) to University of Perpetual Help System DALTA, Manila, Philippines.
Over the past four decades, UPHS has opened nine campuses nationwide including the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (DALTA System with its main branch in Las Piñas) and the University of Perpetual Help System Laguna (JONELTA System with its main branch in Binan, Laguna).
The University of Perpetual Help System composed of two constituent university systems namely; DALTA Foundation and JONELTA Foundation.
