UP Engineering Research & Development Foundation Inc.

UPERDFI - Who are we

The UP Engineering Research and Development Foundation Inc (UPERDFI) is a non-stock and non-profit private foundation registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with the Department of Science and Technology.

Since its establishment in 1972, it has committed to support the UP College of Engineering in Diliman (UPDCOE) by generating financial resources; managing endowment funds and specified donations; awarding financial support for the faculty and students; administering donations (financial and in kind) for buildings and classrooms and for research and instructional laboratories; and advocating for academe, government and industry linkages that focus on research and academics.

UPERDFI comprises about 125 members who are mostly alumni of UPDCOE, and is run by a 15-person Board of Trustees: eleven elected to serve 3-year overlapping terms, and four ex-officio. We work hand in hand with the UP Alumni Engineers Association, Inc. (UPAE) in mobilizing support from individuals and corporate organizations. We provide some administrative support to the UP National Engineering Center (UP NEC), particularly as regards research projects and technical activities undertaken by the center.

It is recognized by the Bureau of Internal Revenue as a Donee Institution, exempting donors from paying donor's tax and providing 100% expense deductibility of donations. It is also a listed recipient of donations made through the Friends of the University of Philippines Foundation in America, enabling donors to receive an Acknowledgement Letter recognized by the US Internal Revenue Service. SGV & Co. is the independent auditor.

Motivations for supporting UPDCOE: Express your gratitude. Demonstrate your passion. Monetize your pride. Memorialize your beloved. Invest in the best.

UPERDFI invites our alumni and friends to be more engaged and involved in propelling the UPDCOE into a role of greater influence in crafting the future of the Philippines by strengthening engineering education, with a renewed emphasis on technological advances, research and applications that have important and lasting national and international consequences. Our donors have established many support such as Professorial Chairs, Student Scholarships and Grants, Laboratories in Different Engineering Departments, and Student Now Pay Later Program. (Learn More] link to UPERFDI Wikipedia write up