Mapúa University has been shortlisted in the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards Asia 2019’s Teaching and Learning Strategy of the Year category. The University is the only higher education institution (HEI) from the Philippines that made it to the list of the said category for its teaching and learning strategies known as Digital Day and Digital Rush.

Mapúa University has partnered with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to develop its Technology Licensing Office (TLO) through a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed last December 2018. It is the second office to be created in the University geared towards directing Mapúa research to value, following Mapúa’s Innovation and Technology Support Office (ITSO) established in 2011.

Three studies by two Mapúan chemical engineers were awarded Best Oral Presentation in the 4th International Conference on Water Resource and the Environment (ICWRE 2018) last July 17-21, 2018, at I-Shou University in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.

KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden) and Mapua University (Manila, Philippines) has established a partnership since 2013.

Jacqueline S. De Vera is a 4th Quarter SY 2017-2018 graduate of MS Materials Science & Engineering of MAPUA School of CBMES.

Maria Ysabel R. Domino is a 1st Quarter SY 2018-2019 candidate (for graduation) of BS Biological Engineering / MS Biological Engineering of MAPUA School of CBMES.

Jazmine Aiya D. Marquez is a 4th Quarter SY 2017-2018 graduate of BS Chemical Engineering / MS Chemical Engineering of MAPUA School of CBMES.

KRISTOPHER RAY S. PAMINTUAN won two (2) Best Oral Presentation awards (Session 5 - Water and Environment Science II; Session 9 - Water and Environment Science III) while ADONIS P. ADORNADO won the same award in Session 7 (Water and Groundwater II) - a total of three (3) for Mapua CBMES - in the 4th International Conference on Water Resource and Environment (WRE 2018) held in I-Shou University in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan on July 17 - 21, 2018.

Sedfrey L. Macatantan, a graduating student of Mapua University, School of Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering and Sciences, received a grant from AIR LIQUIDE to attend its Summer School Program in Paris, France on June 26 - July 3, 2018. The Summer School Program was attended by 30 undergraduate and graduate students from different parts of the world where Air Liquide has plants. Macatantan was the only representative of the Philippines, chosen from applicants from different universities in the country.

Adonis P. Adornado, a CBMES faculty and MSChE candidate, received a grant from United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to attend the 2018 International Student Conference on Environment and Sustainability (ISCES) on June 2 - 7, 2018 as part of World Environment Day Celebration. UNEP, Tongji University, Beijing Environment Foundation for Young Talents, and Xinhua News Agency co-organized the event.