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Dr. Lino Q. Arquiza (1969-1988), a UCCP Educator, was the third President. Under him, the growth and expansion of PCC was steady and impressive. In 1976, PCC acquired its University status and Philippine Christian University. A highlight of the efforts at cooperation came during Dr. Arquiza’s term when the Union Theological Seminary and PCU merge in 1978. With the merger, the Philippine Christian Center for Learning (PCCL) was born. The merger enabled PCU to expand its offerings in the 97-hectare UTS campus, 36 kilometers south of Manila.

With this move, Philippine Christian University and Union Theological Seminary, established an ecumenical relationship that is more expansive and more coordinated. Institutional cooperation extended to non-protestant schools when in 1972, PCU and DLSU joined hands in a resource-sharing program. This move ushered in the formation of five-school Inter-Institutional Consortium (I-IC) in 1975 composed of De La Salle University, St. Scholastica’s College, St. Paul’s College of Manila, Philippine Normal College and Philippine Christian University. The Consortium enjoys the full support of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia.

With the untimely demise of Dr. Arquiza, PCU had a succession of two able and dedicated Officers-in-Charge in the persons of Justice Crisolito Pascual (1988) and Dean Betty I. Molina (1989).

In 1990, the Board of Trustees elected Dr. Carlito S. Puno (1990-2000), a prominent Methodist lay leader, as the fourth president of the university. The new president of the university provided a new vision and a creative and dynamic leadership for the university. PCU became an active participant in the globalization of education. Under his leadership the university aggressively pursued a program expansion through the off-campus programs and the overseas institutional linkages.

The year 2000 ushered in significant changes for the university. Dr. Oscar Suarez, was elected 5th President and his term is punctuated with the concerns of vision formation, planning concerns and implementation procedures. He has organized a substantial number of programs and projects in the areas of curriculum, organization, and faculty and student development.

In January 7, 2009, the Honorable Judge Antonio M. Eugenio, Jr. of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 24, Manila, placed Philippine Christian University under the management Committee (ManCom) that is composed of three (3) members: Atty. Felix D. Carao, Jr – Chairman, Dr. Quintin S. Doromal – member and Justice Wenceslao Agnir, Jr. – member.

As provided for in the Interim Rules of Procedure Governing Intra-Corporate Controversies, the ManCom shall have the power to take custody of and control all assets and properties owned or possessed by the entity under management. It shall take the place of the management and board of directors of the entity under management, assume their rights and responsibilities, and preserve the entity’s assets and properties in its possession.

In 2013 after the long journey of the leadership of Management Committee the court appointed Atty. Felix D. Carao as the 6th President.

In 2014, the Board of Trustees elected Dr. Junifen F. Gauuan, a Methodist active leader, as the 7th president of the university. A man with new vision for PCU – to be technologically advanced, with strong international linkages and to be known globally.

Today and beyond, the University works for excellence tempered with strong and distinct Christian values and looks to a future that is esteemed by future generations, a “new agenda” that is drawn from its distinct Christian trait; a university of international character and focus, and world class in the faculty, staff and students it attracts, the research and scholarship it produces, and the academic standards to which it adheres; a university adding immense intellectual, cultural, religiosity, and professional energy to the Filipino and serving the Philippines by performing and being acknowledged as one of the finest universities locally and internationally.