UMak continues to serve the less privileged citizens of the country to have access to quality, better, and affordable higher education.

433, the Pamantasan ng Makati became a chartered university on December 19, 1991, under the administration of Jejomar Binay.

The Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled that Makati should stop exercising jurisdiction over West Rembo, where the university is located, effectively placing it in Taguig.

DepEd Undersecretary Revsee Escobedo cited that granting the request would violate the Supreme Court ruling, the Constitution, and the Basic Education Act of 2001, which mandates that basic education governance is a responsibility of the national government.

[11][12] The university is located at J.P. Rizal Extension, West Rembo, in front of Makati Park and Garden and the Pasig River.

It also adjacent to Makati Aqua Sports Arena which uses by the university for students taking swimming-related subjects.

The scale model was commissioned by then Makati College President Dr. Anita Bustillo to be given as a birthday gift to then - Mayor Jejomar C. Binay on November 11, 1992.

UMak was one of the first universities in the Philippines to pilot the Senior High School Modelling Program of the Department of Education, in 2012.

[14] In April 2022, the School of Law's nine pioneering batch from its graduating class achieve 100% Philippine Bar Examination passing rate.