What is Mapua Institute of Technology?

The Mapúa Institute of Technology was founded on January 25, 1925, by Don Tomas Mapua, an Architecture graduate of Cornell University in the USA and the first registered Filipino architect. He envisioned an educational institution that shall emphasize the importance of science and technology and create an impact on the economy and the quality of life of the Filipino. During this period, the Institute consistently dominated the top 10 and even the top 20 slots in most licensure exams for architecture and engineering, year after year. It also consistently achieved the highest passing rates in the board exams among other competing schools in architecture and the various fields of engineering. The Institute was founded as a private non-sectarian institute of higher learning pioneering in technical education. Initially a night school, it started with eighty students enrolled in Civil Engineering and Architecture. Classes were held in a rented commercial building in Carriedo St. in Quiapo Three years later, the Institute offered high school to give students a better foundation for a higher technical education.

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