In 1995, the City College of Manila (CCM) accepted four thousand nine hundred twenty seven (4,927) students enrolled in the different courses. The Department of Physical Education and Sports was created along with the different colleges servicing Physical Education subjects. Ms. Thelma B. Anteola acted as the first Chair of the Department from 1995-1997. Amalfi B. Tabin, Jr., a faculty member was designated Officer in Charge in 1997 and was immediately replaced by Mr. Eduardo F. Señorin (deceased).
CHK envisions to be the center of teacher training in sports, physical education, dance recreation, and health and wellness for high quality learning and teaching
To produce competent graduates equipped with functional skills and pedagogical knowledge which are responsive to the needs of the City, for its development and renewal and thereby contributing to the manpower requirement of the global community.
The College of Human Kinetics “CHK” symbolizes the different fields in Physical Education, Dance, Recreation, Sports and Wellness.
The Crest symbolizes the shield and foundation that contains all the aspects of CHK
The Book at the center stands for the knowledge; the Human Positions at the left and right side symbolize the human motion, forces and energy as a spectrum of mechanics. (UDM, formerly CCM was founded in 1995, and in 2015 the CPES was renamed CHK
And the Torch represents the enlightenment and hope among the Students and Faculty.
To develop productive, self-reliant law-abiding educators imbued with solid moral and spiritual values, committed to serve youth towards educational / social development and transformation of the city of Manila and the Nation.
Universidad De Manila is one of the two locally funded higher-education institutions of Manila offering free college education to the city’s under-privileged students.