Philippine Studies Immersion Program (PSIP) 2023: Call for nominations

Ateneo de Manila University is inviting undergraduate students to its 2023 Summer program: Philippine Studies Immersion Program (PSIP). Call for nominations is now open!

PSIP is designed to introduce  international and local students to the practice of Philippine studies and the Filipino lifeworld through each of the tracks to be taught during the summer months of June and July

Through this program, students will be given the opportunity to engage the university’s eminent Philippine Studies scholars in classes that will demonstrate the various possibilities of this area of study and the methodologies of its practitioners. These classes will also allow students to immerse themselves in a particular aspect of the Philippine lifeworld in order to provide an experiential ground for their reflections and insights. 

PSIP 2023 offers the following tracks:

1. Ateneo Social and Cultural Laboratory 
   This course provides the theory and content for the study of heritage, sociocultural issues, and qualitative tools used for doing local research.
2. Ateneo Development Field School
   This program is designed to hone students' skills in applied research, deepen their understanding of a development theme, and allow them to contribute to social development.
3. The Philippine Start-Up Culture
   This program is for students who aim to create their business ventures. It focuses on developing an idea into a business model and product or service prototype.
4. Filipino Urbanities 
   In this program, students will focus on the discourse of urban spaces and how these individual and collective modern experiences are expressed through various linguistic and creative expressions across both traditional and contemporary platforms.

Each track earns 3 units (equivalent to 6 ECTS).

To nominate your students, please fill out and click  this form

Kindly use Google Chrome when accomplishing the form.

If you have any difficulty accessing the online form, you may download the nomination form at http://go.ateneo.edu/PSIP2023-nomination-form and send the accomplished form to inbound.oir@ateneo.edu

Deadline of Nomination: March 31,2023

To know more about each track, visit this link for the PSIP Fact sheet.

Thank you!