Polytechnic University of the Philippines College of Architecture and Fine Arts
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines College of Architecture and Fine Arts (abbreviated as PUP CAFA) is the architectural college of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in Manila. It was established in 2001 after it was organized as a separate unit and it split from the then-College of Engineering and Architecture. The college was located at the College of Engineering and Architecture Building. The Bachelor of Science in Architecture is duly accredited by the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines and was ranked as Level II by the AACCUP. Academics and Degree The college offers the degree of Bachelor of Science in two concentrations, the Bachelor of Science in Architecture and the Bachelor of Science in Interior Design. Although the College of Architecture and Fine Arts is considered as one unit, it is divided into two academic departments, the Department of Architecture and the Department of Interior Design. The Department of Architecture is one of the consistent Top Performing Architecture School in the Philippine Architecture Licensure Examination. The Department of Interior Design had modest success in the licensure examinations and has produced a handful of topnotchers in the boards.