University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Engineering

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University of Santo Tomas
Faculty of Engineering
Coat of arms of the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Engineering.svg UST-FacultyOfEngineering.png
Former names
1907: School of Civil Engineering
Established18 May 1907
Dean Angelo R. Dela Cruz
RegentRoberto L. Luanzon, Jr.
Students7,196 (as of 2011) [1]
Location
Roque Ruaño Building, Ruaño Drive, Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
Patron saint Blessed Jordan of Saxony
Colors   Gray
Website www.ust.edu.ph/engineering/

The University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Engineering, or UST-Eng, is the engineering school of the University of Santo Tomas, the oldest and the largest Catholic university in Manila, Philippines.

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Established on May 18, 1907, [2] the faculty is the first engineering school in the Philippines. It is proclaimed as a Center of Excellence in chemical engineering and as a Center of Development in civil engineering, electronics engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering by the Commission on Higher Education.

History

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The Engineering-Architecture Building, now known as Roque Ruaño Building, in 1950s.
Establishment of Degree Programs of
UST Faculty of Engineering
1907Civil Engineering
1930Architecture
1930–1938 under the Faculty
1934Mining Engineering
Phased out in 1948
1934Chemical Engineering
1940Mechanical Engineering
1946Electrical Engineering
1963Electronics Engineering
1977Industrial Engineering
2004Computer Science
Information Technology
2004–2014 under the Faculty
2006Information Systems
2004 as Information Management
2006–2014 under the Faculty

The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) is the oldest engineering school in the Philippines. It was established on May 18, 1907, as School of Civil Engineering [2] with one program offering leading to the degree of Master of Science in Civil Engineering (MSCE). From faculty records, it appears that it was only in 1912 when the earliest batch of students were conferred their MSCE degrees. The institution was actually patterned after the University of Havana in Cuba and was first set up at the second floor of the old UST building in Intramuros. [3] Taking into consideration the pioneering works of the teaching staff and students, the college got its first taste of prestige as the government, under President Manuel L. Quezon gave her recognition on July 12, 1921. [3]

After the formation of the Engineering's Students' Association in 1927, the first Engineering Student Council was organized the following year. Three years later, in 1930, the school established Architecture as its new program, with Rev. Fr. Roque Ruaño, O.P. as the new school dean. [4] In 1931, UST Engineering included Plane and Spherical Trigonometry on its curriculum. [2]

The number of students enrolling in Civil Engineering decreased in 1934. So as to compensate this, another program was offered in the college, Mining Engineering. This new program was placed under the Mining Department which was headed by Theodore Lawson. On the same year, a famous Dominican engineering alumnus, Maurico Andres, CE, became the provincial superior and vice grand chancellor of Dominicans in the Philippines. The college also introduced courses in Chemical Engineering, which were first placed under the Chemical Department of the College of Liberal Arts. [2]

Eventually in 1938, the Department of Architecture became a separate college—School of Architecture and Fine Arts. [4] With the addition of the other engineering disciplines, the School of Civil Engineering eventually became the Faculty of Engineering in 1940. [2] The Department of Mechanical Engineering was also established on that year.

The university held classes up to 1941 but had to close when the Japanese turned its Sampaloc campus into a military camp during World War II. The Intramuros campus was burned down on February 8, 1944. On January 7, 1946, the university reopened at its present site in Sampaloc and the Faculty of Engineering was temporarily based in the UST Main Building. UST Engineering reopened with 300 students. Chemical Engineering accepted the first batch of women enrollees in the faculty. Electrical Engineering was offered on the same year to attract more students. [2]

In 1948, Mining Engineering was phased out due to the decreasing number of students interested in mining. [2]

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Roque Ruano Building

Things started to look good as the Faculty was given a new separate home in February 1950. The four-story, E-shaped building known as the Roque Ruaño Building, in honor of great civil engineer alumnus, Rev. Fr. Roque Ruaño, O.P. (Batch 1912) who is responsible for the construction of the UST Main Building. It housed not only the Faculty but included the College of Architecture and Fine Arts. On the same year, the Faculty produced the first women engineer: Purita Sarandi, Carmelita Reyes and Josefina Lamban, who graduated Magna cum laude. [2]

From four-year course, in 1954, engineering course was extended to a five-year course to accommodate more subjects related to engineering. Electronics Engineering paved the way for a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering in 1963. The Institute of Technological Courses became part of the Faculty in 1972. Industrial Engineering is integrated into the college in 1977, with Dean Francisco G. Reyes as head. In 1979, the Engineering Sciences division that houses first and second year engineering students is formed to offer basic engineering-related subjects. [2]

In 2003, College of Architecture and College of Fine Arts and Design vacated the Roque Ruaño Building, and replaced by Department of Information and Computer Studies. [2]

Founded in 1999 as Institute of Computer Sciences under the College of Science, Information and Computer Studies was formally integrated to the Faculty of Engineering in 2004 due to its technically oriented character. However, in 2014, the department became a separate institute, and in 2021 it was elevated to a college, [5] [6] becoming the College of Information and Computing Sciences.

Faculty of Engineering officials

Deans of University of Santo Tomas
Faculty of Engineering
NameYears of
deanship

Don Ramón de Irureta-Goyena1907–19??
Don Santiago Artiaga19??–19??
Roque Ruaño 1930–1935
Alberto Guevara y Sanchez1935–1942
Manuel Mañosa y Trounqued1946–1950
Jose M. Mijares1950–1951
Jose G. Cortez1951–1954
Jose M. Mijares1954–1956
Jose M. Inocencio1956–1975
Francisco G. Reyes1975–1981
Mariano M. Pangan1981–1984
Alberto A. Laurito1985–2000
Marilyn C. Mabini2000–2006
Peter S. Lim2006–2009
Josefin S. de Alban Jr.2009–2012
Philipina A. Marcelo2012–2022
Angelo R. Dela Cruz2022–Present

Administrators

Department chairs

Laboratory supervisors

Degree programs

Student organizations

Student regulatory bodies

Major organizations

Special interest groups

See also

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