About
Established in 1998, the Diliman Computer Technology Institute (DCTI), now known as Diliman College, is a private, non-sectarian tertiary educational institution situated along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City.
DCTI initially offered computer and livelihood courses. It served as the training arm of Diliman Foundation, Inc. through the Manpower Skills Training Program in partnership with the Technical Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). It offered a variety of Information & Technology and Restaurant Specific Skills Development Programs.
DCTI continually sought to develop programs that meet the students’ needs and industry requirements. In early 2000, the institute saw the growing medical transcription industry and its need for transcriptionists and launched the Medical Transcription course in 2004.
Inspired by its vision-mission to produce globally competitive and socially responsive professionals in the fields of Information Technology, Education and Business within a progressive learning environment, the institution offered its four-year courses in Bachelor of Science in Information Technology and Bachelor of Science in Office Administration in 2008.
The Bachelor of Elementary Education and Bachelor of Secondary Education programs together with Bachelor of Science in Business Administration were added two years later, making DCTI an institution of choice.
Through its advocacy to develop a school community that is actively engaged in socio-civic projects, it has initiated the Computer Literacy Program in partnership with Unitech Educational Program Corporation in 2009.
On September 2013, the Bureau of Immigration granted the authority to DCTI to accept foreign students
On September 8, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved the amended articles of incorporation thereby changing the name DCTI to Diliman College. On that same year, BEED, BSED and BSBA programs were recognized by CHED.
In 2015, DepEd granted a permit to DC to offer Senior High School Programs. CHED granted initial permit in 2017 to DC for Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, Bachelor of Public Administration and Bachelor of Physical Education to cater to the needs of the K-12 graduates of 2018-2019.
In 2019, Diliman College received the initial permit to offer Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management.
As DEC celebrated its 50 Golden years, its Board of Directors, headed by Dr. Raymundo P. Arcega is determined to bring Diliman College to greater heights by offering new programs as it meets the demands of the fast-changing society.
On the other hand, Diliman Preparatory School, as a sister school, is a model of 21st century, innovative brain-compatible learning through its outcomes-based Whole Brain Learning System (WBLS), which is designed to bring out the best in every child in developing the skills required by the knowledge economy.
Under the WBLS, the Diliman Educational Corporation takes a broader view of education as it responds to the spirit of the times, veering away from the traditional, passive transmission of subject contents to a dynamic, learner-centered, multi-dimensional and multi-developmental approach of systematic knowledge transfer from concepts to applied skills in all major areas of human development.
The WBLS provides a framework of teaching-learning processes that formulates learning outcomes or endstates that assess students’ performance in seven capacities of Learning to Think, Learning to Do, Learning to Feel, Learning to Communicate, Learning to Intuit, Learning to Lead and Learning to Be.
As a learning philosophy, the WBLS was developed by the former dean of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), Dr. Eduardo A. Morato Jr., and implemented by Prof. Cecilia B. Manikan at the Diliman Preparatory School in 2010, to upgrade its curriculum and maximize student learning towards total person development. (Prof. Cecilia B. Manikan, 2012)