Allows foreign higher education institutions to establish branches
28 Aug 2019
On 28 August 2019, President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the “Transnational Higher Education Act” or Republic Act No. 11448 that allows foreign higher education institutions to set up facilities in the country for the first time.
A foreign higher education institution may incorporate a Philippine company to operate its branch with a 60 per cent share of its voting stocks for Filipino citizens as long as it has the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Foreign citizens may constitute up to 80 percent of the faculty and academic personnel and up to 40 percent of the administrative personnel and staff members in any of the local branches. However, foreign students may not comprise more than one-third of enrollment.
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