President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s alma mater, the Lyceum of the Philippines University has set its sights on expanding its first campus outside of Luzon in Davao City by 2018.
President Duterte graduated at the then Lyceum of the Philippines in Manila in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.
On Tuesday, which happens to be the President’s birthday, Dr. Peter Laurel, President of the Lyceum and Laguna Campus, formally paid respect to the city councilors during the Sangguniang Panlunsod regular session and told them of their plans to put up LPU in the growing city of Davao.
“It started four years ago when we went to Davao and when we had our courtesy call with PRRD, who was then the mayor and a graduate of the university, he said that it would be nice to have a Lyceum in Davao,” Laurel said.
Laurel also expressed that at first, they were not thinking of putting up LPU in Davao but instead, in Cebu.
“We chose Davao because of its strong program on peace and order. Of course President Duterte coming from the city and being our alumni was also a factor. We see the potential for the entire city. We know that with peace and order, comes great economic benefits. We would like to play a big role in the education side of nation building,” Laurel added.
The eight-hectare LPU Davao campus will be located in front of Jose Maria College, near Francisco Bangoy International Airport and will be offering courses that the university takes pride for excellence like Business, Information Technology, Hotel and Restaurant Management, Hospitality Management, Medical Technology, Maritime and Engineering. Construction will start in April and hopes to end and fully take shape in 2018.
LPU has several campuses based in Luzon which are in Batangas, Laguna, Cavite, Makati and Manila.
