Asia Pacific College was established in 1991 as a non-profit joint venture between IBM

IBM

International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...

 Philippines and the SM Foundation

SM Prime Holdings

SM Prime Holdings, Inc. or SM Prime is the parent company of the SM Group's shopping malls. It is the largest shopping mall and retail operator in the Philippines...

. It was envisioned as a learning institution that produces graduates that fulfill information technology

Information technology

Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

industry demands.

Asia Pacific College emphasizes industry-academe links, orienting their programs and faculty toward industry needs. APC's cornerstones are its IT-embedded curriculum, industry-experienced faculty and its six-month internship program.

Academics

Asia Pacific College has the following degree programs: Multimedia Arts, Business Management, Marketing & Advertising, Accountancy, Tourism Management, Computer Science and Information Technology and Engineering.

In addition to its undergraduate offerings, APC has established a Graduate School of Information Management, which involves 36 units of coursework covering a wide spectrum of IT and IM subjects.