History of UPHS: University of Perpetual Help System DALTA University of Perpetual Help System Laguna

History of UPHS
Established in 1968 by Jose and Josefina Tamayo as the Perpetual Help Hospital and School of
Nursing, the institution has trained nurses for service in the Philippines and in other countries.
Over the years, under the leadership of Dr. Antonio L. Tamayo, the institution developed into a
university system offering a wide variety of programs, such as its allied health programs,
including the University's core program, Nursing.
The University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) founded in 1975 is a highly
recognized university in the Philippines. It has 3 major campuses in Las Pinas, Molino, and
Calamba. Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Philippines granted deregulated status
(equivalent to Autonomous Status) to University of Perpetual Help System DALTA, Manila,
Philippines. It is a co-educational institution with over 20,000 students complemented by more
than 1000 faculty and support staff.
Over the past four decades, UPHS has opened nine campuses nationwide including
the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (DALTA System) and the University of
Perpetual Help System Laguna (JONELTA System) and the most recent established Perpetual
Lipa Campus.
On April 20, 1997, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), in its En Banc Resolution
No. R 95-97, Series of 1997, granted university status to the University of Perpetual Help System
Dalta (UPHSD) at Las Piñas, and the University of Perpetual Help System Jonelta (UPHSJ) at
Biñan, as a single unit under the name “UNIVERSITY OF PERPETUAL HELP SYSTEM”,
effective Collegiate Year (CY) 1997-1998.
Antonio Laperal Tamayo, and his wife, Daisy Moran Tamayo, founded the University Of
Perpetual Help System DALTA on February 5, 1975. The term “DALTA” in the name of the
university is the acronym for Daisy Antonio Laperal Tamayo, the conjugal founders.
The founding of UPHSD was inspired by the parents of Antonio Tamayo, Jose G. Tamayo and
his wife, Josefina Laperal Tamayo, who earlier founded what is now known as the University Of
Perpetual Help System JONELTA, which has five campuses. The first campus established is the
Perpetual Help College and Hospital in Manila to meet the local and international demand for
nurses. Two years later (1970), the Perpetual Help College and Hospital Campus was founded in
Malasiqui, Pangasinan, in response to the government’s program to promote health and
educational development in the rural areas. This was followed by the founding of the third
Campus at Perpetual Help School of Laguna, at Biñan, in 1976, and its medical school, the
Perpetual Help School of Laguna Foundation. Thereafter, the Perpetual Help Campus at General
Marcos Alvarez in Cavite, and the Perpetual Help Campus in Cauayan, Isabela were established,
bringing the number of campuses to five.
Hence, the founding of UPHSD traces its roots to 1968 when Dr Jose G. Tamayo and his wife,
Dr Josefina Laperal Tamayo, parents of Dr/General Antonio L. Tamayo, founded the
UNIVERSITY OF PERPETUAL HELP SYSTEM JONELTA.
On February 5, 1975, just seven years after his parents opened the Perpetual Help College and
Hospital in Manila, Dr/BGen Antonio Tamayo and Dr. Daisy Moran Tamayo founded their own
Perpetual Help College of Rizal (PHCR) along Alabang-Zapote Road, in Las Piñas City. The
school was housed in a four-storey building constructed in the record time of four months.
The initial academic offering of PHCR is Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Upon opening of the
course, 700 students immediately enrolled. This beginning for the infant school opened the way
for its expansion in terms of curricular programs, faculty, research, community service,
infrastructure, and professional development, leading the founders to convert the college to a
university with the official name, University of Perpetual Help, Rizal (UPHR). Today, the
former UPHR is known by its amended official registered and business name as University of
Perpetual Help System Dalta (UPHSD).
In 1976, one year after opening of the PHCR, they established the Perpetual Help Medical
Center (PHMC) about 200 meters from the University. Through the years, the PHMC
metamorphosed into the University of Perpetual Help Rizal Medical Center (UPHRMC). Today,
its amended official registered and business name is University of Perpetual Help DALTA
Medical Center (UPHDMC).
The DALTA System

 University of Perpetual Help System DALTA – Las Pinas (Main Campus)
 University of Perpetual Help System DALTA – Molino Campus
 University of Perpetual Help System DALTA – Calamba Campus
The JONELTA System
 University of Perpetual Help System JONELTA – Binan (Main Campus)
 University of Perpetual Help System JONELTA – Manila Campus
 University of Perpetual Help System JONELTA – GMA Campus
 University of Perpetual Help System JONELTA – Pangasinan Campus
 University of Perpetual Help System JONELTA – Isabela Campus

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