Polytechnic University of the Philippines

The Polytechnic University of the Philippines (Filipino: Politeknikong Unibersidad ng Pilipinas; abbreviated as PUP and commonly known as PUP Main, PUP Sta. Mesa, and PUP Manila) is a coeducational, research state university located in Santa Mesa, Manila, Philippines. It was founded on October 19, 1904 as the Manila Business School, under the Division of City Schools – Manila as the city's business school. PUP Manila has 48,213 students enrolled. It is also the flagship campus and the seat of administration of the PUP System, the country's largest university in terms of geographical reach and student population, which has an estimated of 80,000 students as of 2015. It confers diploma, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees, and is composed of a graduate school, a distance learning education program, 14 colleges, two high school departments including a laboratory school, and the Institute of Technology. PUP's sports team represents the whole PUP System in every athletic conference. The athletic team is known as the Mighty Maroons and plays in the National Capital Region Conference of the State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA). The team also plays in the National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (NAASCU) since becoming a member in 2013. Its official volleyball team, the PUP Lady Radicals, plays in the Shakey's V-League.