The University of Mindanao Coleoptera Research Center (UMCRC) was established through a collaboration between the University of Mindanao and Daugavpils University, Latvia, under the ERASMUS+ Mobility program. Spearheaded by the late Dr. Analyn A. Cabras, the center’s founding director, and Dr. Milton Norman Medina, former AVP for Natural Science and Innovation, UMCRC was created to advance beetle research and biodiversity conservation in the country. The formal agreement to establish the center was formalized in July 2018 between Dr. Guillermo P. Torres Jr., President of the University of Mindanao, and Dr. Arvids Barševskis, Rector of Daugavpils University. Following this partnership, the Coleoptera Research Center was officially inaugurated on September 28, 2018, marking a significant milestone marking a significant milestone in Philippine Coleopterology.The University of Mindanao Coleoptera Research Center (UMCRC) is the country's premier center devoted to the study and conservation of Philippine beetles. The center was primarily established to answer the need for a center that will lead the research and conservation of Philippine beetles. The main goals of the center are to provide a repository area for references and collections, establish a Philippine beetle database, be at the forefront in the discovery of new beetle species, provide baseline data for conservation management actions, and provide training and capability-building to promote coleopterological studies in the Philippines.