Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand 
why the old poets of China went so far
and high 
into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

The UP Asian Center will hold an Academic Programs Information Session on 13 June 2023, 2:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public but signing in to a (free) Zoom account is required.

ABOUT THE EVENT

As one of the colleges in the university’s Diliman campus, the UP Asian Center is an academic unit devoted to area studies. Established in 1955 as the Institute of Asian Studies, the UP Asian Center offers M.A. programs in Asian Studies and on Philippines Studies. This event aims to discuss about the UP Asian Center and its Master's programs, courses offered, the faculty, research and creative work, resources, and scholarship opportunities. Apart from this, the TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program will also be discussed

ADMISSIONS ONGOING

The application for the Asian Center’s Masters Program and the TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Programs is ONGOING. The deadline for applications is on 15 July 2023.
   • For the requirements and instructions of the AC Master’s Programs, visit: bit.ly/acadmissions.
   • For the requirements and instructions of the TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Programs, visit: bit.ly/phdtricollege.

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The UP Asian Center offers M.A. degrees in Asian Studies with four fields of specialization: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. The Center also has an M.A. program in Philippine Studies that allows students to major in Philippine society and culture, Philippine foreign relations, or Philippine development studies. The Center offers a Ph.D. program in Philippine Studies in conjunction with the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy. For an overview of these graduate programs, click here. The Asian Center also publishes Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia, the latest issue of which can be downloaded at the journal's website. For other news and upcoming events at the Asian Center, click here.