Central Philippine University - College of Business and Accountancy

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Central Philippine University
College of Business and Accountancy
New Valentine Hall.JPG
New Valentine Hall of the CPU College of Business and Accountancy
Other name
CPU CBA Phoenix
Former names
  • Central Philippine College – College of Commerce
  • Central Philippine University College of Commerce
Type Private research business school
EstablishedMarch 1935
Academic affiliations
ACSCU-ACI
President Teodoro C. Robles, M.S.E.E., Ph.D. (President of Central Philippine University)
Dean Lorna T. Grande, CPA, Ph.D.
Location, ,
Philippines

10°43′49″N122°32′56″E / 10.73028°N 122.54889°E / 10.73028; 122.54889 Coordinates: 10°43′49″N122°32′56″E / 10.73028°N 122.54889°E / 10.73028; 122.54889
Website cpu.edu.ph/college-of-business-and-accountancy%20cpu.edu.ph/college-of-business-and-accountancy
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The Central Philippine University College of Business and Accountancy, also referred to as CPU CBA, CPU College of Business and Accountancy or CPU Business and Accountancy, is one of the academic units of Central Philippine University, a private university in Iloilo City, Philippines. Founded in 1935 as the College of Commerce, it is one of the leading business schools in the country on the national performance of accountancy, real estate and civil service board exams; designations; accreditations; and notable alumni it produces. [1]

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The CPU College of Business and Accountancy has been designated by the Commission on Higher Education (Philippines) as National Center of Excellence in Business Administration. [2] [1] [3]

An undergraduate degree granting school, the academic programs it offers include Accountancy, Accounting Technology, Advertising, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, and Real Estate Management. [4]

The school's programs has been accredited Level III and IV by the Association of Christian Schools, Colleges and Universities (ACSCU-ACI). The school likewise offer post-graduate professional business programs through the CPU School of Graduate Studies. Its Master of Business Administration (MBA) program has been adjudged as one of the best MBA programs in the Philippines. [5]

The college maintains overseas academic programs jointly being offered in the universities and colleges in China and Vietnam the university has partnerships with. The Vietnamese higher learning institution of Thai Nguyen University of Economics and Business Administration is a fine example that has produced graduates abroad in the undergraduate programs of Accountancy and Business Administration. [6] [7]

Academic Programs

The CPU College of Business and Accountancy confers baccalaureate and post-graduate academic programs in accounting and business studies. A National Center of Excellence in Business Administration by the Commission on Higher Education (Philippines) for Western Visayas, some of its academic programs has been designated LEVEL IV by notable accrediting agencies, the highest level of accreditation that can be granted to individual programs in the Philippines. All of its undergraduate programs are offered in a four-year baccalaureate curriculum, while the post-graduate studies are offered through the CPU School of Graduate Studies.

Undergraduate studies

Graduate studies

The professional/post-graduate programs of the CPU College of Business and Accountancy are offered under the umbrella of the CPU School of Graduate Studies.

Facilities

The CPU College of Business and Accountancy (CPU CBA) is housed with its dean and college's offices at the New Valentine Hall, a 3-story structure. Several plans for the college to have its own building, called the CBA Building, has been conceived by its administration and alumni.

The library of the college which it share with the Central Philippine University College of Law, the CPU Law and Business Library, is now housed at the Henry Luce III Library, the main library of Central.

Athletic facilities for CPU-CBA's Physical Education subjects and sports team training of the CPU-CBA Phoenix, is held at the CPU Gymnasium, the CPU Swimming Pool, the CPU Track and Field and Big Field, CPU Tennis Courts, CPU Student Center (for Table Tennis), CPU Baseball Field, CPU Halfmoon Field, and CPU Basketball and Sepak Takraw courts.

The university's dining halls and student union halls, are where the dining and lounging facilities of the college are located, in which CPU-CBA shares with other CPU's schools and colleges.

Notable alumni

Footnotes

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