The Mapúa Education Group (Mapúa) in collaboration with Arizona State University (ASU), is once again redefining the country’s academic landscape by launching the Philippines’ very first comprehensive institutional AI Fluency Strategy. Moving past basic AI literacy, this game changing initiative completely redesigns the university’s academic model to develop discipline-grounded, human-centered, and future-ready graduates capable of mastering human-AI collaboration to solve complex real-world problems.
While many institutions focus merely on introductory AI usage, the whole of Mapúa establishes a definitive line between basic tool awareness and true, professional fluency.
“AI literacy is the ability to understand what AI is, how it works, what its limitations are, and how to use it responsibly. It is the necessary starting point. Students learn about generative AI, prompting, hallucinations, bias, data privacy, academic integrity, and responsible use. AI fluency goes beyond awareness and basic use. It means that students can apply AI meaningfully within their discipline, evaluate AI outputs critically, improve AI-assisted work using human judgment, and remain accountable for the final output,” Maestrecampo explained.
Earlier this year, the Mapúa Education Group marked another pioneering initiative in the history of Philippine education—the introduction of ChatGPT Edu. Through this group-wide collaboration with OpenAI, its community of students, faculty, and employees gain access to specialized and advanced AI features designed for high-level academic and professional rigor.
Mapúa consists of flagship schools under iPeople, Inc. — the education joint venture between majority owner House of Investments (the listed holding company of the Yuchengco Group of Companies) and Ayala Corporation. The Mapúa Education Group operates a comprehensive, system-wide collaboration with Arizona State University (ASU), the top-ranked U.S. and global educational institution for innovation and research, making world-class, tech-forward education accessible to Filipino students.
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