College of Business Administration

The College of Business Administration was organized in 1946, a year after the conclusion of World War II. The Philippines then was at the throes of economic devastation. There was a dire need for reviving business activities grinded to a halt by the war. The late Atty. Filemon D. Tanchoco, Sr., then at the helm of the Manila Central College and a man who always aware of the Filipino situation saw the role of the College of Business Administration in the effort of building the country's economy. For him, the role of the school is to educate business professionals who will take their place in the industry and help spur the business growth of the country. This was the vision he had in the founding of the College fifty-eight years ago. He saw to it that the man who would mostly realize the vision was a very competent one. He, therefore, invited Dr. Leon Ma. Gonzalez, a graduate of the Harvard School of Business to be its dean. Soon, Manila Central University was graduating business professionals as well as Master in Business Administration, Dr. Gonzalez was succeeded by Mr. Delfin T. Musni as dean of the College when he become the dean of the Graduate School pf Business Administration followed by Mr. Numeriano Jose who served as Officer-In-Charge.

From Mayhaligue, Manila, the College was transferred to the Caloocan City Campus in 1979. It was temporarily housed at the Old Medicine Building (now FDT Bldg.,) sharing facilities with the College of Medicine and Nursing and the School of Midwifery. The college dean, then was Col. Israel Malapitan. From 1980 to 1981, the College Officer-In-Charge was Atty. Lorenzo B. Lazaro. The following also served as dean/OICs of the College:

Rev. Gil S. Abesamis, 1981-1983
Atty. Jose P. Santos, 1983-1984
Mrs. Lezita H. Reyes, 1981-1985

During the opening of the school 1985-1986, the College transferred to the second and third floors of the University's Commercial Building. Dr. Manuel D. Punzal was the acting dean from 1985-1989. Mr. Rodrigo A. Bagtas, an accounting instructor, served as assistant dean for the school year 1985-1986. On May 23, 1989, Dr. Nathaniel L. Martinez was appointed acting dean. From June 1990 to May 2002, Mr. Percy Garcia, internal auditor of the University served as the college dean. Ms. Cleotilde Q. Tangangco, a tried and tested, management professor has been the college officer-in-charge since school year 2002-2003. Dr. Martinez is the college secretary from 1990 to the present.

Definitely, in its fifty-eight years of existence, the College of Business Administration's fundamental aim of training young men and women to be capable overseers, profession executives, or technologist in various lines of commercial enterprises is a real success. It has graduated business professionals who have filled up positions in the public and private sectors. Specifically, it aims to produce graduates to meet the increasing demands of society as chief accounts, auditors, treasurers, managers, cost or public accountants, financial analyst and programmers, clerks, typists, stenographers, teachers, and the like. In conformith with these aims, the College now offers four-year courses leading to the following degrees. Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) major in management and marketing, Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT), Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (BSCS), and Bachelor of Science in Information Management (BSIM).