Asia Pacific College

Private college in Metro Manila, Philippines

Asia Pacific College is located in Metro Manila
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Asia Pacific College is located in Luzon
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Asia Pacific College (APC) is a private tertiary education institution in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. It was established in 1991 as a non-profit joint venture between IBM Philippines and the SM Foundation.[1] Its program is focused on information technology in consortium with the National University.

Programs

The Commission on Higher Education certifies the college as one of the four Centers of Excellence in IT Education in the Philippines.[2]

APC offers the following schools:

  • Senior High School
  • School of Computing and Information Technologies
  • School of Engineering
  • School of Management
  • School of Multimedia and Arts
  • Graduate School

Internship program

The Industry-Academe Cooperative Education Program, also known as the I-ACE Program, is an internship program of the Asia Pacific College, in which students on their senior year are assigned to work full-time for a company for a period of two consecutive terms.

On their senior year, APC students enter the program. They are assigned to work for a company assigned during the internship placement period), for a duration of two consecutive terms of APC's tri-mestral school calendar.

During the internship program, the interns are not expected to enroll in any academic courses in school for they will be working full-time (eight hours a day, Mondays to Fridays) at their companies. Interns are invited to attend monthly Saturday sessions with the Career & Placement Office to discuss updates, issues or problems encountered.[3]

References

  1. ^ "APC Our History". Retrieved November 28, 2011.
  2. ^ "Top Universities of the Philippines: CHED'S Center of Excellence and Center of Development (As of Oct. 4, 2010)". Retrieved October 4, 2010.
  3. ^ "Career & Placement Office". Retrieved December 24, 2013.

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