In response to then UP President Emil Q. Javier's program to democratize access to UP education, UPLB offers its existing degree programs in ways that are modifications to the traditional classroom, on-campus type of instruction.

The other modes of degree program offerings at UPLB are characterized according to where it will be offered, how it will be offered and who will offer the program. These are as follows:

In-campus program

The program is instituted, administered and implemented at UPLB. The students are admitted by, register at, take academic residency in and receive their degrees from UPLB. Classes are held at UPLB.

Inter-campus program

The program is instituted and administered by UPLB but is implemented in another campus of the UP autonomous unit. The rules governing the implementation of the program are embodied in a memorandum of agreement signed between the UPLB Chancellor and the Chancellor of the other UP campus. The students are admitted by UPLB, register and take academic residency in the other campus, but receive their degrees from UPLB. Classes are held at the other campus.

Off-campus program

The program is instituted, administered and implemented at UPLB but classes are held outside of UPLB or any other UP autonomous unit. The students are admitted by, register at, take academic residency in and receive their degrees from UPLB. The rules governing the holding of classes outside UPLB or any other UP autonomous unit are embodied in a memorandum of agreement signed betweeb the UPLB CHancellor and the Head of the unit or agency where classes will be conducted.

Faculty members of the above programs are those who have been issued appointments by the UPLB Chancellor, upon recommendation of the department chair or institute director offering the program as endorsed by the UPLB Dean of the College where the department or institute belongs and the Dean of the UPLB Graduate School (in case the program offering is at the graduate level), to teach or to advise research (undergraduate thesis, master's thesis or Ph.D. dissertation) students.

Distance Mode Program

The program is proposed, instituted and implemented by the faculty of UPLB but administered by the UP Open University.

Adopted Program

The program which is instituted, administered and implemented by another UP autonomous unit is adopted by UPLB for administration and implementation as an in-campus offering. The rules governing the adoption are embodied in a memorandum of agreement signed between the Chancellor of the unit lending the program to UPLB and the UPLB Chancellor. In like manner, UPLB has program offerings that are being requested for adoption by other UP autonomous unit. The rules governing such adoption shall likewise be embodied in a memorandum of agreement between the UPLB Chancellor as the lending unit and the Chancellor of the unit adopting the program.