Gerald Pio M. Franco, PhD

Curriculum and Instruction

We aim to set academic standards, initiate innovations in teaching, and provide opportunities for teaching and learning.

Faculty Development

We oversee programs and initiatives that support the professional development of UP's faculty members, striving to enhance their skills in teaching, research, and service, and support their career advancement within the university.

Research and Innovation

We aim to enforce and improve the implementation of System-funded research programs and strengthen UP's capability as a collaborating institution.

Quality Assurance

We aim to assure that UP's programs and delivering units meet standards of academic excellence as currently defined within the changing context of local, national, regional and global developments.

Thirteen species of the microscopic algae Pinnularia are recorded for the first time in the Philippines

Farmers are willing to stop straw burning if given financial incentives

A venomous box jellyfish previously known from Japan is now documented in Philippine waters and may represent a new species

Curriculum and Instruction

Faculty Development

Research and Innovation

Quality Assurance

Curriculum & Instruction

Faculty Development

Quality Assurance

UP Youth Summit on Sustainable Development Goals

Four OVPAA units are transitioned to newly created OVPRI

UP students win at the APRU x Google Tech Policy Hackathon 2025

Offices under the OVPAA

Thirteen species of the microscopic algae Pinnularia are recorded for the first time in the Philippines

Farmers are willing to stop straw burning if given financial incentives

A venomous box jellyfish previously known from Japan is now documented in Philippine waters and may represent a new species

Curriculum and Instruction

Faculty Development

Research and Innovation

Quality Assurance

Curriculum & Instruction

Faculty Development

Quality Assurance

UP Youth Summit on Sustainable Development Goals

Four OVPAA units are transitioned to newly created OVPRI

UP students win at the APRU x Google Tech Policy Hackathon 2025

Director, Office of Admissions

Head of Office