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The University of the Philippines Manila is a coeducational state university located in the City of Manila, Philippines. It is the oldest of the seven constituent universities of the University of the Philippines System. Its oldest degree-granting unit is the College of Medicine, which was founded in 1905 as the Philippine Medical School, predating the founding of UP by three years.It is the center of health sciences education in the country. The National Health Sciences Center and the National Institutes of Health are located within its campus. It is also a reputable research center in the health sciences in the Asia-Pacific region. It exercises administrative supervision over the Philippine General Hospital ., the Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines has identified two Centers of Excellence in UP Manila. The COEs in the university are medicine and nursing, with the UP College of Medicine as the very first Center of Excellence in Medical Education in the country. It is currently among only five medical institutions to be recognized as Centers of Excellence in Medical Education.HistoryThe UP Manila started with the establishment of the Philippine Medical School in 1905. The Philippine Medical School was later integrated into the University of the Philippines and was renamed College of Medicine and Surgery.In 1907, Philippine Commission Act 1688 dated August 17 created the Philippine General Hospital. PGH was eventually linked formally with the CM, with its dean becoming the PGH director.