The University of Batangas or UB, the former Western Philippine College is a private university

Private university

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 located in Batangas City

Batangas City

- Foreign Rule :The first Spanish missionaries arrived in Batangas City since 1572. Finally on 1581 Spanish authorities governing the Philippines created a pueblo in the area which included the hill where the present Provincial Capitol of Batangas stands after the formal end of the Coumintang...

, Philippines

Philippines

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. Established in 1946, the university currently offers pre-elementary, elementary, high school, undergraduate and graduate studies.
The university has five campuses in the Batangas Province. The main site, which houses the Colleges, Highschool Department and Administrative offices of the university is located in Hilltop Campus, while the pre-elementary and elementary departments are in the Downtown campus along M.H.del Pilar Street, beside the City Library and almost across the Batangas Basilica.