Early years and education Born to Rosalina and Jacinto De Guzman, De Guzman graduated in High School as Class Valedictorian in Quezon, Nueva Ecija, he then took up
Bachelor of Science in
Sociology at Polytechnic University of the Philippines in 1993 and earned his
Master of Arts in
Sociology at
Ateneo de Manila University in 2001. He earned his
Ph.D. in
Sociology at the School of Social Sciences, The
University of Manchester in 2008.
Academe Before being elected as Polytechnic University of the Philippines' President, De Guzman was the Director of the Center for Human Development and the Chairperson of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. De Guzman served two consecutive terms as the President of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines from 2012 to 2020. He was succeeded by Dr. Manuel Muhi on 17 March 2020. As a
Ford Foundation International Fellow, De Guzman underwent a comprehensive Leadership Course at the Ford Foundation International Institute for Leadership and Social Justice,
University of Birmingham. He also took up the special training course on
Sociological imagination at
Coventry University in
England. ==References==