[10] As of 2019, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has accredited three academic programs in the university as Centers of Development, namely in the fields of biology, mathematics, and physics.

[11] The university was initially established in 1921 as an extension of the UP College of Liberal Arts, and was originally located in Vigan, Ilocos Sur.

[13] The first Chancellor of UP Baguio is Dr. Priscilla Supnet Macansantos, who oversaw the campus' elevation into a constituent university of UP within her term.

[10] UP Baguio constitutes three colleges as its academic arms, which are headed by their respective deans.

Pre-Baccalaureate Program: The university has been identified by CHED as a Center of Development in biology, mathematics, and physics since 2001.

UP Baguio, as part of the UP system, specializes in the Social Sciences — particularly in Indigenous Studies as well as Cordilleran and Northern Luzon history and culture.