Asia Pacific College was established in 1991 as a non-profit joint-venture between IBM Philippines and the SM Foundation. Envisioned as a learning institution that produces graduates that fulfill Information Technology industry demands. Asia Pacific College has the following degree programs: Multimedia Arts,Business Management,Marketing & Advertising,Accountancy, Tourism Management, Computer Science and Information Technology and Engineering. Asia Pacific College emphasizes on industry-academe links, orienting their programs and faculty towards industry needs. APC's cornerstones are its IT-embedded curriculum, industry- experienced faculty and the 6-months Internship Program. 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. Recently, Asia Pacific College was named as one of the Top 9 Centers of Excellence for Information Technology in the Philippines by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).