A. Mabini

This is the main campus of the University located at Sta. Mesa, Manila. Here you can find the offices of the University Executive Officials, the Ninoy Aquino Library and Learning Resources Center, the PUP Pylon, PUP Gym and open courts, PUP Grandstand and Oval, the Obelisk, Nemesio E. Prudente Freedom Park, A. Mabini Shrine, Lagoon, Laboratory High School, Interfaith Chapel, Charlie del Rosario Student Development Center, the Amphitheater and various academic program offices.

The PUP Main Campus was named after Apolinario Mabini by Dr. Nemesio Prudente, when he reorganized the university in 1988. The sprawling A. Mabini Campus, with 10.71 hectares, hosts the core cluster of academic buildings and services. The entrance to the campus is flanked by the PUP Pylon and Mural, which serve as icons of the university. The first building built on the site is the Main Academic Building, which was originally intended to be a military tenement. The Main Library, known as Ninoy Aquino Library and Learning Resources Center, is regarded as one of the largest libraries in Southeast Asia. The historic Mabini Shrine located east of the Freedom Plaza, is the house where Apolinario Mabini died.

Parks inside the campus include the PUP lagoon that is sealed by walls that imitate Fort Santiago and its walls in Intramuros, and the PUP Linear Park that was constructed in 2006 at the banks of the Pasig River. The Freedom Plaza in front of the Main Academic Building was built for PUP’s Centennial Year that was celebrated in 2004. Its construction was finished in 2007. Sports facilities in the campus include the PUP Gymnasium and Sports Center, an Olympic-size swimming pool, two basketball courts, tennis courts, and the university oval (sports ground) and grandstand.

Some of the newest buildings in PUP are the Tahan ng Atleta (Home of the Athletes) which was designed in modern Georgian style, and the Engineering and Sciences Research Center designed by prominent Filipino Architect and PUP alumnus Royal Pineda. In 2022, the university started a new nine-storey building project that will replace the Main Academic Building to accommodate the increasing student population and disaster risks.

The first phase of the project, the North Wing, costs ₱ 187.3 million pesos and is targeted to be complete in 12 months. The other wings will also be demolished and reconstructed in two more phases, aimed to be finished by 2025.

information from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytechnic_University_of_the_Philippines and https://www.pup.edu.ph/about/branchescampuses

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