LPU Manila

GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS

Doctorate Degrees:
Ph.D. In Fiscal Management
Ph.D. In Public Policy and Management

Master's Degrees:
Master in Business Administration with Thesis / Non-Thesis
Master in Public Administration with Thesis / Non-Thesis
Master of Public Administration with specialization in Taxation and Financial Management
Master of Arts in Education major in Guidance and Counseling
Master of Arts in Education major in Educational Management
Master of Arts in Foreign Service
Master of Arts in Economics
Master of Arts in Political Science
Master of Arts in Communication
Master of International Hospitality Management

VISION

The Claro M. Recto Academy of Advanced studies (CMR-AAS) envisions itself as a competitive center of excellence in graduate studies with a global edge.

MISSION

The CMR-AAS' mission is to contribute to the advancement of a competitive center of excellence in graduate studies as evidenced by:

  1. Relevant graduate program offerings responsive to the requirements of a rapidly changing world
  2. Networking with government offices, private offices and NGOs as a provider for their staff development needs and programs
  3. High quality graduate instruction and training
  4. Promotion of social and extension services in public administration, business, education and other related fields
  5. Contribution to the advancement of Human Knowledge through the conduct of academic research studies

HISTORY OF CMR-AAS

The Graduate School was formally opened in the School Year of 1952-1953 with course offering leading to Masters Degree in Law, Political Science and History with Dr. Jose P. Laurel as the first dean. Dr. Benico Catapusan succeeded Dr. Laurel in 1960 as Director of the Graduate School

The Graduate School was renamed the Claro M. Recto Academy of Advanced Studies in 1962 in honor of the late Senator Claro M. Recto.

The start of the school year 1967-1968 saw the CMR-AAS offering additional subjects in Advanced Marketing and Statistics, Law, Education and English.

The CMR-AAS expanded its facilities and academic staff in 1971 to keep up with an increase in student enrollment and started new program offerings in the Master of Arts in Filipino and the Master in Business Administration.

The Master of Arts in Public Administration was added to its program offerings in 1973. Success in the Manila campus encouraged management to set up the Graduate School in Lyceum of Batangas the same year.

A doctoral program, Ph.D. in Fiscal Studies, was introduced in 1992. The second doctoral program, Ph.D. in Public Policies and Management, was approved by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports in 1993. Enrollment in the Graduate School reached an all time high of 300 students.

The CMR-AAs proposed under the leadership of Dr. Angel Q. Yoingco as Dean. He was also Board Member and occupant of the Andres Soriano Professorial Chair in Economics until his retirement in 2003.

Professor Leonida T. Africa, the Vice President for Academic Affairs, took over from Dr. Yoingco the headship of the CMR-AAS, as concurrent Officer-in-Charge, until her retirement in 1962.

The Academy was visited in early 2004 by an evaluationteam from the Commission on Higher Education as part of the government's effort to determine and promote the quality of graduate education in the country.

Dr. Kate C. Botengan, appointed as Vice President for Academic Affairs in May 2005, was also appointed on concurrent basis as Dean of the CMR-AAS. Dr. Conrado E. Inigo, Jr. succeeded her as both Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs in November 2007.

Dr. Victor B. Endriga currently sits as Dean of the Graduate School, following his appointment in October 2008.