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==The University Avenue==
[[Image:University Avenue - Fille.jpg|200px|thumb|right|the University Avenue - photo by Erika Fille (www.flickr.com/photos/erikafille)]]
The main entrance to the University of the Philippines at Diliman is the University Avenue which is about 800 meters long of two four-car lanes.  It has a junction with C.P. Garcia and an intersection with E. Jacinto Street.  

The lane changes as the academic year progresses.  In February, it is decorated with colorful banners to announce to all that it is UP DIliman month.  In April, it is filled with sunflowers to greet the fresh graduates.  In December, the 21 lamp posts are adorned with lanterns in celebration of the Yuletide season.

In the early days of UP in Diliman, the University Avenue was just a plain stretch of road.  In 1956, an island was installed in the center of the avenue.  The traffic lights were added in 1979.

The University Avenue welcomes everyone with public artworks.  Just before the C.P. Garcia junction is the the twin public sculptural work of National Artist Napoleon Veloso Abueva entitled ''Tribute to Higher Education''.  It was executed in 1966.  As the title implies, the work depicts the various academic disciplines pursued in the University.  

The ''University Gateway'' is located just before the intersection with E. Jacinto Street.  It is also a masterpiece of Abueva.  It was the winning entry in the University Gateway Design Competition sponsored by the President’s Committee on Landscaping in September 1962.  The Gateway complex is a set of three structures:  two commuter sheds flanking a guard post at the center.  

Near the intersection with E. Jacinto Street, are the works of Ildefonso Cruz Marcelo.  One is ''Captivity'', the other, ''Contemplation'' and the last one is ''Nude Bathing''.