Development of Science and Technology in

the Philippines During the American Regime

 Science & Technology advanced rapidly due
to:

• Government encouragement and support for

public education system
• Granting of scholarships for higher education
in Science and Engineering
• Organization of Science Research Agencies
• Establishment of Science Based public services
• January 21, 1901 The Philippine Commission
promulgated Act No. 74 creating a
Department of Public Instruction
• Philippine Normal School
• Secondary Schools 1902
• Philippine Medical School 1905
• University of the Philippines June 18, 1908
– College of Agriculture UPLB 1909
– College of Liberal Arts 1909
– Engineering and Veterinary Medicine 1910
– School of Pharmacy, Grad School Tropical
Medicine and Public Health 1915
– School of Forestry and Conservatory of Music
1916
– College of Education 1918
• 1920 Filipino PhD graduates from the US took
over College of Agriculture
• 1903-1912 Philippine Commission sent
Filipino students to US