Building on its “Co-Intelligence” strategy—first established internally in September 2024 before its official public unveiling in October 2025—the Mapúa Education Group (MEG), comprising Mapúa University, Mapúa Malayan Colleges Laguna (MMCL), Mapúa Malayan Colleges Mindanao (MMCM), and Mapúa Malayan Digital College (MMDC), announced another historic milestone: a group-wide collaboration with OpenAI, a leading research and product deployment company that launched ChatGPT.
As part of this collaboration, the MEG will roll out ChatGPT Edu to its students and educators across the Philippines.
This announcement makes Mapúa the first academic system in the country to integrate the advanced features of OpenAI’s ChatGPT Edu. The move recognizes that in an era of rapid change, co-intelligence is no longer optional but a necessity in education, ensuring that human ingenuity is amplified by technology to meet evolving global demands.
Reinforcing its goal of becoming a Global Apex of Innovation and Purpose, the MEG is adopting OpenAI’s enterprise-grade educational suite, giving its students, faculty, and workforce a strategic advantage over standard AI tools. The initiative moves beyond basic prompting and chatbots toward sophisticated agentic AI and pro-thinking capabilities. Deploying ChatGPT Edu also ensures appropriate privacy and security standards for those exploring generative AI within Mapúa-led institutions.
Oliver Jay, Managing Director of OpenAI International, said: “Around the world, there’s a growing gap between what AI can do and how widely it’s used. Education is one of the most powerful ways to close that capability gap, and the Philippines has a real opportunity to build AI fluency early, starting with educators and students. Mapúa’s rollout of ChatGPT Edu helps move AI from theory into practice, equipping its learners, educators, and workforce with the confidence and skills to use it responsibly in real academic and professional settings.”
A unified leap in co-intelligence
With ChatGPT Edu, MEG constituents will gain access to specialized features designed for high-level academic and professional rigor:
● Agentic AI: Enables the MEG workforce and students to create custom AI agents and streamline complex workflows in academic and professional work.
● Deep research and reasoning: Enhances academic integrity and ensures comprehensive outputs through more accurate data synthesis and credible source attribution.
● Pro-thinking and creativity: Supports the production of highly accurate visual and technical designs by leveraging the latest multimodal AI capabilities.
Strategic rollout to empower the Mapúa community
In championing quality and academic excellence, the MEG is implementing a phased rollout of the collaboration.
“We are prioritizing mastery of these tools within targeted segments at the outset, such as faculty and research-intensive programs. By empowering our educators and students to lead in the ethical use of AI, we can ensure that our graduates achieve a superior level of AI literacy, which they can leverage to enhance work efficiency and gain a competitive edge in global employability,” said Dr. Dodjie S. Maestrecampo, President and CEO of MEG.
Ethical use will always be a MEG standard
At its core, the integration is governed by a unified MEG AI Policy, a framework designed to ensure that while the technology is cutting-edge, progress remains deeply human-centered and ethical. The policy connects every Mapúan—from the historic halls of Intramuros to campuses in Laguna and Mindanao, and the digital community of the Digital College—creating a single, high-tech pulse across the Mapúa system.
At MEG, students are not just learning about the future; they are entering the global ecosystem already fluent in the digital languages that will define it.
“As we embark on this new century, we are doing more than updating our curriculum; we are evolving our legacy toward a future where human ingenuity and sustainable technology work as one. Working closely with OpenAI is one way we contribute to our nation—empowering one co-intelligent learner at a time to build a better world for all,” Dr. Maestrecampo added.
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