University of the Philippines College of Medicine
| Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Kolehiyo ng Medisina |
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| Motto | Agham, Kalinangan, Damdamin (Science, Culture, Empathy) |
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| Type | medical school of the national university |
| Established | 1905 (as the Philippine Medical School) 1908 (integrated into the U.P. System as the College of Medicine and Surgery) |
| Chancellor | Carmencita D. Padilla, MD, MAHPS |
| President | Alfredo E. Pascual, MBA |
| Dean | Agnes D. Mejia, M.D. |
| Location | Fernando Calderon Hall, Pedro Gil Street, Ermita, Manila, Philippines  |
| Website | www.upcm.ph |
The University of the Philippines College of Medicine (U.P. College of Medicine, UPCM) is the medical school of the University of the Philippines Manila, the oldest constituent university of the University of the Philippines System. Its establishment in 1905 antedates the foundation of the system and makes it one of the oldest medical schools in the country. The Philippine General Hospital, the national university hospital, serves as its teaching hospital.
During World War II it is said that the College of Medicine was the only unit of the University of the Philippines System that continued its operations. Thus the Dean of the college then concurrently served as the President of the system.
The Philippine Medical School was built in 1905 at the former Malecon Drive (now Bonifacio Drive). In 1910, it was integrated as one of the colleges into the University of the Philippines and was renamed to U.P. College of Medicine and Surgery. The name was later shortened to the University of the Philippines College of Medicine. Its first Dean was Dr. Paul Freer, while Dr. Fernando Calderon, an alumnus of the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, became the first Filipino Dean of the College.
The Fernando Calderon Hall is the main building of UP College of Medicine students. Named after the first Filipino dean of the college, the building was transferred from Bonifacio Drive to its current location in Pedro Gil Street, Manila in 1910.
The Calderon Hall and the University of the Philippines College of Medicine was the only UP unit that was open and functional during the height of the Second World War, to provide medical services needed during that time. After the War, the building was rehabilitated in 1951 under the leadership of Dr. Agerico Sison.
The University of the Philippines Health Sciences Center was established in 1967. The Center was established by law to provide training and research in the various health sciences. It became an autonomous member of the University of the Philippines System in 1979. The Center was further renamed University of the Philippines Manila in 1982. In 1983, U.P. Manila was reorganized to conform to the other autonomous universities of the U.P. System.
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