The University of Santo Tomas (UST),officially the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas,Manila,is a private,Catholic research university in Manila,Philippines. Founded on April 28,1611,by Spanish friar Miguel de Benavides,third Archbishop of Manila,it has the oldest extant university charter in Asia and is one of the world's largest Catholic universities in terms of enrollment found on one campus. It is the main campus of the University of Santo Tomas System that is run by the Order of Preachers.
The UST Angelicum College is a private Catholic basic and higher education institution run by the Philippine Dominican Province of the Order of Preachers located in Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines. It was founded in July 1972 by the Dominican priest Rev. Fr. Rogelio B. Alarcon,OP who became its first rector. UST Angelicum is an official member of the Dominican Network. It attained Level II Primary Accreditation conducted by PAASCU
The University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (USTFMS) is the medical school of the University of Santo Tomas,the oldest and largest Catholic university in Manila,Philippines.
The University of Santo Tomas–Legazpi,also referred to by its acronym UST–Legazpi or USTL,is a private,Catholic basic and higher education institution run and owned by the Philippine Dominican Province of the Order of Preachers (OP) in Legazpi City,Philippines It was founded by Buenaventura de Erquiaga in 1948 and named Legazpi Junior Colleges.
The University of Santo Tomas in Manila,Philippines marks a variety of traditions largely influenced by the Spanish and Filipino Dominican culture. Many are annual events,such as religious assemblies marking the start and end of the academic year,a welcome walk for new students,as well as intercollege sport competitions and talent exhibitions. Christmas is celebrated in a month-long festivities culminated by the UST Paskuhan. Many Roman Catholic feast days are also celebrated.
The University of Santo Tomas is one of the oldest existing universities and holds the oldest extant university charter in the Philippines and in Asia. It was founded on April 28,1611,by the third Archbishop of Manila,Miguel de Benavides,together with Frs. Domingo de Nieva and Bernardo de Santa Catalina. It was originally conceived as a school to prepare young men for the priesthood. Located Intramuros,it was first called Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario and later renamed Colegio de Santo Tomás in memory of Dominican theologian Saint Thomas Aquinas. In 1624,the Colegio was authorized to confer academic degrees in theology,philosophy and arts. On November 20,1645,after representations by Vittorio Riccio,Pope Innocent X elevated the college to the rank of a university and in 1680 it was placed under royal patronage.
Leonardo Zamora Legaspi,OP was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caceres and president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (1988–1991). He was appointed the first Filipino Rector Magnificus of the University of Santo Tomas in 1970.
The Rector Magnificus of the University of Santo Tomas is the highest-ranking officer and chief administrator of the University of Santo Tomas (UST),the oldest and the largest Catholic university in Manila,Philippines. The rector typically sits as chief executive and chair of the university board of trustees. He exercises policy-making as well as general academic,managerial,and religious functions over all university academic and non-academic staff. His term lasts for four years and he is qualified for re-election for two or more terms.
Fidel Villarroel was a Spanish historian,writer,filipinologist,biographer,political commentator,Master Theologian of the Dominican Order,and member of the Order of Isabella the Catholic. A recipient of the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice,he is the former Archivist,Spanish Department Director,Prefect of Libraries,and professor at the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas. He had also served as secretary to the Apostolic Nunciature for 32 years(1959–1991),and is currently an academic director of the prestigious Academia Filipina de la Lengua Española,the local branch of the renowned Real Academia Española based in Madrid,Spain,and part of the Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española.
Rolando V. de la Rosa,O.P.,is the Provincial Archivist of the Dominican Province of the Philippines.
This is a timeline of the history of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas,the oldest university in Asia,comprising important events of the history of the university and of the development of Philippine higher education in general. To read about the background to these events,see History of the University of Santo Tomas. See also the history of the Rector Magnificus of the University of Santo Tomas,and the Santo Tomas Internment Camp
The University of Santo Tomas Central Seminary Building currently houses the Santísimo Rosario Parish,the Central Seminary,and the Faculties of Ecclesiastical Studies of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas in Manila. The parish was canonically inaugurated on April 26,1942,by Michael J. O'Doherty,the Archbishop of Manila. On January 25,2010,the National Museum of the Philippines formally declared the Central Seminary Building as a National Cultural Treasure.
The University of Santo Tomas in Manila,Philippines has 22 colleges and 3 secondary school departments. The colleges are interdependent academic constituents of the university that offer undergraduate and graduate programs. Historically,the colleges are named as Faculty,College,Institute,School,or Conservatory. There are 19 colleges that offer civil courses and 3 faculties that also offer ecclesiastical programs.
The Paskuhan is the culmination of the university wide Christmas activities of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila,Philippines. The annual tradition started in 1991. The programs of Paskuhan were held during the last week or last day before the Christmas break of the university. In 2014,however,because of the change in the academic calendar of the university,it was scheduled in the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8,2014. It was later rescheduled to December 11,2014,because of Typhoon Ruby.
The oldest universities,colleges,vocational schools and the first modern public education system in Asia were created during the Spanish colonial period. The earliest schools were founded by Spanish Catholic missionaries. By the time Spain was replaced by the United States as the colonial power,Filipinos were among the most educated people in all of Asia. Of the many educational institutions established during the colonial era,only a few remain extant today,such as the University of Santo Tomas (1611),Colegio de San Juan de Letran (1620),Real Colegio de Santa Potenciana (1590),Universidad de San Ignacio (1590),Colegio de San Ildefonso (1595),Santa Isabel College Manila (1632),and the Universidad de San Felipe de Austria (1640),among others.
Richard G. Ang,O.P. is a Filipino priest,divinity scholar,and educational administrator. He is the 97th Rector Magnificus of the University of Santo Tomas (UST),the oldest and the largest Catholic university in Manila,Philippines. He is the eighth Filipino to become rector of the pontifical university.
The University of Santo Tomas System is a network of private schools that belong to the Philippine Dominican Province of the Order of Preachers. The system is composed of its five campuses at Manila,Legazpi,General Santos City,Santa Rosa,and Quezon City.
University of Santo Tomas Santa Rosa is an upcoming university in Santa Rosa,Laguna,Philippines. It is one of the five campuses in the University of Santo Tomas System. The new campus is envisioned to intensify the research activities of UST Manila by becoming a technological and innovative hub in Laguna.
