CONSTITUTING THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AT LOS BAÑOS, GRANTING IT FULL AND COMPLETE AUTONOMY, AND AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

WHEREAS, the Government is strongly committed to the
proposition that agricultural and rural development should be achieved
as a foundation for industrialization and social and economic progress;

WHEREAS, the entire country has been proclaimed a
land reform area in order to emancipate tenant farmers from the bondage
of landlordism as a prerequisite to the development of a strong and
viable economy;

WHEREAS, in order to effectively implement the land
reform proclamation, there is an urgent need for a highly competent
center of training to turn out the needed manpower, and to undertake
relevant research and extension services in agriculture, agrarian
reform, agricultural engineering, agribusiness, agricultural credit and
cooperatives, forestry and related sciences and technologies;

WHEREAS, the Agrarian Reform Institute now located
at the U.P. Diliman can achieve greater strength and effectiveness in
technical manpower training and research if it is strongly linked with
other agricultural units now existing in Los Baños; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to establish an
agricultural center that will effectively mobilize and totally,
realistically and directly apply its academic and technical expertise
and physical resources to achieve the purposes of the New Society;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No: 1081, dated September 21,
1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do
hereby order and decree that:

1. The Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines is
   hereby authorized to establish a University of the Philippines System,
   including an autonomous University of the Philippines at Los Baños
   composed of the following units: the College of Agriculture, the College
   of Forestry, the Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Institute, the
   Dairy Training and Research Institute and the Graduate School, and the
   Agrarian Reform Institute now located in U.P. Diliman, and such other
   units as may subsequently be created;
2. The Board of Regents shall take appropriate steps to ensure
   that the establishment of the autonomous University of the Philippines
   at Los Baños shall aim at the speedy realization of the goals above
   indicated;
3. To facilitate this objective, the composition of the Board of
   Regents of the University of the Philippines System shall be as follows:
   1. The Secretary of Education as Chairman of
      the Board.
   2. The President of the University of the Philippines System as
      Vice-Chairman of the Board.
   3. The Undersecretary of Agriculture.
   4. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education.
   5. The Chairman of the House Committee on Education.
   6. The Chancellors of the members universities of the System.
   7. The President of the U.P. Alumni Association.
   8. One Regent representing the Student Body.
   9. Six other Regents appointed by the President of the
      Philippines, at least four of whom are alumni of the university.

4. Act No. 1870, as amended, otherwise known as the Charter of the
   University of the Philippines, is hereby amended accordingly.
5. All Acts, parts of Acts, executive orders, ordinances, rules
   and regulations which are inconsistent with the provisions of this
   Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
6. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of November, in the year of
Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President Republic of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO B. MELCHOR
		Executive Secretary