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