INTEGRATED RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTER

History
The Integrated Research and Training Center (IRTC) of the Technological University of the Philippines was established in 1982 as a result of a three- tiered assistance program from the government of Japan thru the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA).  The grant of $8.5M included the construction of a five-storey building, core pieces of training equipment and users’ training.  The IRTC five-storey building is located inside the Manila campus of TUP at Ayala Boulevard corner San Marcelino Street.  It provides facilities in the following areas: material engineering and testing, energy engineering, automation, communication,   multimedia technology, manufacturing and production engineering.

Goals: 
Efforts at the IRTC shall be harmonized and focused on the attainment of the following goals:
 
1. To strengthen the main application streams with superior products, processes and systems in engineering and related fields;
2. To promote quality and relevance in technology and engineering education with development contents, delivery systems and programs; and
3. To sustain the technical advantages of faculty, staff and students through technical training.

 CONTACT INFORMATION
•    Director’s Office: (+63 2) 5301.3001 loc. 401