Since school year 2004-2005, the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila College of Medicine and the UP Diliman Department of Philosophy jointly offers the Diploma in Bioethics Program. This is a one-year post-baccalaureate program that will provide doctors, nurses, health care workers, philosophers, social scientists and other professionals a greater understanding of ethical issues related to bio-medicine.
The Masters of Science in Bioethics offers professionals the opportunity to grapple, in a systematic and comprehensive manner, the ethical issues arising from medicine and bio-medical research. The multi-disciplinary field of bioethics covers a wide range of moral issues arising from cloning, stem cell research, organ donation and transplantation, death and dying, patient-doctor relationship, privacy and confidentiality, informed consent, euthanasia and suicide, research integrity, abortion, health resource allocation, HIV/AIDS, human experimentation, standards of care, multi-center research, and clinical trials.