Abstract

This history paper traces the evolution of Baguio City as a University Town starting in 1946, with old and new homegrown institutions of learning (re)emerging out of the shambles and ruins of the Pacific War. Hailed as the summer capital of the Philippines, Baguio has evolved into the country’s Educational Center of the North. This university town dovetails deftly with a thriving local economy, Baguio City being a natural gateway city to the Cordilleras, as a regional capital, and a heritage and tourism city.