Mapúa University has opened its engineering and information technology programs to more students with its fully online bachelor’s degree programs.
Starting this academic year, Mapúa is offering fully online undergraduate programs in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, and Information Technology.
In a press briefing, Mapúa president and chief executive officer Dr. Reynaldo B. Vea explained that the fully online programs provide students much academic leeway since these are self-paced, allowing students to learn on their own schedule.
The programs will be delivered in a modular system wherein students can study their courses at their own pace.
This set-up is ideal for working students, internationally based students, and those residing outside Metro Manila who want to acquire topnotch engineering and IT education
Aside from modules, Mapúa will also use various learning tools and resources, including Coursera, Wiley and Cengage e-textbooks, McGraw-Hill Connect and Aleks, and Labster, among others, on its very own Cardinal EDGE platform.
Mapúa also noted that enrolling in a fully online program will reduce the cost for students, as it reduces some miscellaneous fees and study-associated costs such as transportation, lodging, and allowance.
With this initiative, the university targets to bolster its leadership in delivering online education to reach out to more students locally and globally through the digital learning space.
Mapúa also assures that students in these programs will get the same quality of education as those enrolled in regular programs since both would use the same curriculum, course and module outcomes, grading system, academic policies, and requirements for admission and graduation.
Interested students may enroll at any term of the academic year through the Mapúa Digital Academics webpage at www.mapua.edu.ph/DigitalAcademics/.
