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Central Philippine University Campus 2020

The Central Philippine University (also referred to as Central or CPU) is a private research university in Iloilo City, Philippines. Established in 1905 through a benevolent grant of the American industrialist and philanthropist, John D. Rockefeller, as the Jaro Industrial School and Bible School under the auspices of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, it is the first Baptist founded and second American university in the Philippines and Asia. In 1913, women began admitted to the school and it was converted into a junior college in 1923. In 1953, the college attained university status.

Vision
A University committed to Exemplary Christian Education for Life (EXCEL) and responsive to the needs of the total person and the world.

Mission
The mission of Central Philippine University is to carry out a program of spiritual , intellectual, moral, scientific, technological, and cultural training, and allied studies under influences which strengthen Christian faith, build up character and promote scholarship, research and community service.