UP Chemical Engineering Society, Inc.

Established in 1954, the University of the Philippines Chemical Engineering Society, Incorporated, more popularly known as UP KEM, is one of the largest socio-academic organizations recognized by the College of Engineering and the University. Committed to strengthening its ties to its chemical engineering and chemistry counterpart students all over Luzon and Metro Manila, UP KEM affiliated itself with the Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers-Junior Chapter Luzon (PIChE-JCL) and the Philippine Association of Chemistry Students, Incorporated (PACS, Inc.) in 1983 and 2007, respectively. As a testament to its unwavering excellence, UP KEM was awarded as the Best Organization by the Engineering Organization Excellence Awards (EOEA) in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, and 2019. Last year, UP KEM was one of the recipients of the Outstanding Student Organization Award of the Ignacio B. Jimenez Foundation, Inc.. From 2016 up to the present, it was awarded as the Outstanding Junior Chapter Luzon School Organization by PIChE-JCL. It has also been a recipient of the Parangal para sa Samahang Mag-aaral by the UP Diliman Office of Student Activities for five consecutive years (2015-present).