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University of Santo Tomas

January 02, 2023

Not to be confused with University of St. Thomas (disambiguation).

The University of Santo Tomas (also known as UST and officially as 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 the Philippines and in Asia,[3] 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.[4]

University of Santo Tomas
  • Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas (Filipino)
  • Universidad de Santo Tomás (Spanish)
Latin: Pontificia et Regalis Sancti Thomæ Aquinatis Universitas Manilana
Former names
See list
MottoTruth in Charity
TypePrivate coeducational non-profit research university
EstablishedApril 28, 1611; 411 years ago (April 28, 1611)
FounderMiguel de Benavides
Religious affiliation
Roman Catholic (Dominican)
Academic affiliations
ChancellorGerard Timoner III
Vice-ChancellorFilemon Dela Cruz Jr.
RectorRichard Ang
Secretary-GeneralLouie Coronel
Academic staff
2,164 (2019)
Students40,375 (2019)[1]
Location
España Boulevard, Sampaloc, Manila
,
Metro Manila
,
Philippines

14°36′35″N 120°59′23″E / 14.60972°N 120.98972°E / 14.60972; 120.98972Coordinates: 14°36′35″N 120°59′23″E / 14.60972°N 120.98972°E / 14.60972; 120.98972
CampusUrban
21.5 hectares (215,000 m2)
Patron saintsThomas Aquinas, Catherine of Alexandria
ColorsGold, black, and white[2]
     
NicknameGrowling Tigers
Sporting affiliations
UAAP
MascotBengal Tiger
Websiteust.edu.ph

UST was granted the title “Royal” by King Charles III of Spain in 1785. Pope Leo XIII made UST a "Pontifical" university in 1902. Pope Pius XII bestowed upon UST the title of “The Catholic University of the Philippines” in 1947. UST houses the first and oldest engineering, law, medical, and pharmacy schools in the country.

The main campus is the largest university in the city of Manila and is home to 22 degree-granting colleges, a parish church, and a teaching hospital. In 2011, four of the university's structures were declared National Cultural Treasures by the National Museum.

The university offers programs in over 180 undergraduate and graduate specializations.[5] It has 26 programs recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as Centers of Excellence and Centers of Development, ranking second in the country and first among private educational institutions.[6][7] It is awarded with an institutional accreditation by the CHED through the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP).[8] The university has the highest number of Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities' Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA)-accredited programs in the country with 59.[9]

UST alumni and faculty include 30 Catholic saints,[10] 2 cardinals, 4 presidents of the Philippines, 9 chief justices, 20 national artists, a national scientist, and 5 billionaires.[11][12][13] The athletic teams are the Growling Tigers, who are members of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines and have won 45 overall championships in 74 seasons.[14]

History

Main article: History of University of Santo Tomas
See also: Timeline of the History of the University of Santo Tomas
 
The University of Santo Tomas campus in the 1940s

The foundation of the university is ascribed to fray Miguel de Benavides, the third archbishop of Manila. He came to the Philippines with the first Dominican mission in 1587. He went on to become bishop of Nueva Segovia and was promoted archbishop of Manila in 1601. Upon his death in July 1605, Benavides bequeathed his library and personal property worth ₱1,500 to be used as the seed fund for the establishment of an institution of higher learning. In 1609, permission to open the college was requested from King Philip III of Spain, which only reached Manila in 1611. The university was founded on April 28, 1611. The act of foundation was signed by frays Baltasar Fort, Bernardo Navarro, and Francisco Minayo. Bernardo de Santa Catalina carried out Benavides's wishes and was able to secure a building near the Dominican church and convent in the walled city of Intramuros in Manila for the college. The authorities took the example of universities in Spain, such as the University of Salamanca and in Spanish America, such as the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico to become a model for the university. UST was first called as the College of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary (Spanish: Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario), and in 1619, renamed Colegio de Santo Tomas, in honor of the Dominican theologian, St. Thomas Aquinas. On November 20, 1645, Pope Innocent X issued the papal bull In Supereminenti which elevated the Colegio de Santo Tomas to a university and placed it under papal authority.[15]

Following the royal decree of Philip V of Spain in 1733 and bull of Pope Clement XII in 1734, the Facultad de Cánones (Faculty of Canon Law) and Facultad de Derecho (Faculty of Civil Law) were established.[16]

The Royal Decree of May 20, 1865 from Queen Isabella II of Spain gave power to UST for the supervision of all secondary schools. Being the only institution of higher learning at that time, UST acted as the "Department of Education" of the country.[17][18] In 1870 Segismundo Moret, the Minister of Overseas Colonies, issued a decree that converted Real y Pontificia Universidad de Santo Tomas into Real y Pontificia Universidad de Filipinas.[19] In 1871, the Superior Gobierno de Filipinas issued a decree that established the Facultad de Medicina y Farmacia. UST was allowed to grant a licentiate degree in medicine. From 1877 to 1901, 329 students were granted the licentiate degree. José Rizal studied medicine in UST from 1878 to 1882. The university began granting the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1902 during the new American system.[20][21]

The university was registered on January 13, 1908, as a non-stock, non-profit educational institution under Act 1459 with the corporate name of Real y Pontificia Universidad de Santo Tomas de Manila.[22] With the growing student population, the Dominicans were given a 21.5-hectare plot of land at the Sulucan Hills in Sampaloc, Manila and built its 215,000 square meter campus. In 1924, it began accepting female enrollees. The medicine and civil law courses were retained in Intramuros at that time.[citation needed]

 
Liberation of internees in front of the UST Main Building by the Americans in February 1945

During World War II, the Japanese forces converted UST into an internment camp for enemy aliens, mostly Americans, living in the Philippines. The original Intramuros campus was destroyed in 1944 by a fire started by the Japanese Kenpeitai. Over 3,700 internees were freed, 2,870 of whom were Americans, and over 600 were either killed or died from sickness or starvation in the internment camp for 37 months from January 1942 until February 11, 1945, when the camp was liberated by General Douglas MacArthur.[23][24][25]

UST was given the title "Royal" by King Charles III of Spain in 1785, in recognition of the university's loyalty in defending Manila against the British troops.[26] In 1974, then prince Juan Carlos I of Spain visited UST and was conferred doctor of laws honoris causa and the title Royal Patron, as a revival of the tradition dating back to 1680 when King Charles II of Spain was named the first patron.[27] Queen Sofia of Spain, who visited with her husband in 1974, came back in 2012.[28] In 1902, UST was officially declared a "pontifical university” by virtue of the Quae Mari Sinico, an apostolic constitution signed by Pope Leo XIII. As a pontifical university, UST has been visited by the pope four times since the 1970, Pope Paul VI in 1970, Pope John Paul II in 1981 and 1995, and by Pope Francis in 2015.[29] During the quadricentennial celebration in 2011, Pope Benedict XV sent a special envoy and gave a video message.[30] In 1947, Pope Pius XII bestowed the appellate name “The Catholic University of the Philippines."[29]

UST's first Filipino rector was Leonardo Legaspi who served UST from 1971 to 1977. In 2019, UST had 40,375 students enrolled.[1]

UST's recognition as the oldest extant university in the Philippines was disputed by the University of San Carlos. Since its establishment, the UST's academic life was interrupted only twice; from 1898 to 1899, during the Philippine Revolution against Spain, and from 1942 to 1945, during the Japanese occupation of the country. On December 1, 2010, the House of Representatives passed Resolution No. 51, "Resolution Congratulating the University of Santo Tomas on the occasion of its Quadricentennial Anniversary in 2011.", which read "founded on April 28, 1611 by Archbishop Miguel de Benavides" and "has the oldest extant university charter in the Philippines and Asia."[31]

Campus

See also: List of University of Santo Tomas buildings
 
The UST Main Building is the first earthquake-resistant building in Asia.[32]

UST, the largest university in the city of Manila, sits on an almost perfect square of 21.5 hectares bounded by España Boulevard to the southeast, Padre Noval Street to the southwest, Lacson Avenue to the northeast, and Dapitan Street to the northwest. The university is part of the University Belt in Sampaloc, Manila.[33][34] In 1927, the university transferred to its present campus when the Dominicans deemed the Intramuros campus inadequate for the university's growing population. The architectural style of the buildings greatly varies and depends on the period the building is constructed. Early structures were designed by university priests and professors who made use of styles in Renaissance Revival, Art Deco, Bauhaus, and International Style, among others. The campus has seen extensive developments in the last 2 decades as 10 out of the 21 major buildings were constructed from 2002 to 2019. The Main Building's capital, one of the iconic symbols of the university, has been adopted by several buildings, such as the Beato Angelico Building, Thomas Aquinas Research Complex, and the UST Hospital buildings.[35] Seven buildings are also named after beatified Dominicans and Dominican saints.[note 1][citation needed]

 
Several buildings adopted the unique capital of the Main Building.

The central axis of the campus comprises the Arch of the Centuries, the Benavides Monument, the Main Building, the Quadricentennial Square, the Miguel de Benavides Library, the Tan Yan Kee Student Center, and the upcoming Henry Sy Sr. Hall.[33] Erected around 1680, the Arch of the Centuries served as the main entrance to the first campus in Intramuros. It was transferred to its present site in 1954.[36] The Main Building, designed by the priest and engineer Roque Ruaño and built from 1924 to 1927, is an architectural jewel and everyone's image of UST. It was the first structure on the campus and once served as the Kilometer Zero of Manila. It houses the Faculty of Civil Law, the Faculty of Pharmacy, the College of Science, the Museum of Arts and Sciences, and the administrative offices.[37][38]

The northeast quadrant of the campus includes the St. Raymund Penafort Building and the health and medical buildings.[33] St. Raymund de Peñafort Building is built in International Style in 1955 and is home to the Faculty of Arts and Letters and the College of Commerce and Business Administration.[39] Built in 1952, the Bauhaus-inspired San Martin de Porres Building houses the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, the College of Nursing, and the College of Rehabilitation Sciences.[40] The UST Hospital complex comprises the main St. Vincent Building, the Benavides Cancer Institute, the St. John Paul II Building, and the UST Hospital Clinical Division. The ₱900 million St. John Paul II Building, inaugurated in 2019, serves as the extension of the UST Hospital.[41]

 
The pediment of the UST Hospital which depicts the old university seal.

The northwest quadrant comprises the Central Seminary, the Botanical Garden, the Benavides Building, the Central Laboratory Building, and the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex (TARC).[33] The Central Seminary was built in 1933 and was designed by Fernando Ocampo in Art Deco style. It also houses the Santísimo Rosario Parish and the Ecclesiastical Faculties.[42][43] The Botanical Garden was first established in 1932 and continues to serve students in the research of Philippine flora and medicinal plants.[44][45] TARC is home to the Graduate School.[citation needed]

The southwest quadrant includes the Buenaventura Garcia Paredes, O.P. Building (BGPOP), the swimming pool, the UST Publishing House, the Beato Angelico Building, and the football field.[33] BGPOP, also known as the Thomasian Alumni Center, sits on the site of the old UST Gymnasium. The Art Deco facade of the old gymnasium was preserved for its historical significance.[46] The Beato Angelico Building occupies the site of the old UST Press, which was constructed in 1953. The College of Architecture and the College of Fine Arts and Design transferred from the Roque Ruano Building to the Beato Angelico Building in 2003.[47][48]

The southeast quadrant comprises the Alfredo M. Velayo College of Accountancy and Multi-Deck Carpark Building, the Albertus Magnus Building, the Roque Ruaño Building, and the Quadricentennial Pavilion complex.[33] The Albertus Magnus Building houses the College of Education and the Conservatory of Music. The Roque Ruaño Building, which houses the Faculty of Engineering, was built in 1952 and designed by Julio Victor Rocha. It initiated the application of the Niemeyer-inspired brise soleil in local buildings.[49][50] The Quadricentennial Pavilion was the venue of the CNN Philippines vice-presidential debates in 2016 and vice-presidential and presidential debates in 2022.[51][52]

 
The UST Quadricentennial Square Fountain

The Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Building is located across the main campus and is connected by the UST Link Bridge. The Frassati Building houses the Senior High School, College of Information and Computing Sciences, the DOST-TOMASInno Center, and several administrative offices. At its completion in 2019, it became the tallest educational building in the Philippines with 23 floors.[53]

A stormwater drainage system that would help in mitigating UST's seasonal flood problem was completed in 2021.[54] The underground system covers 7 street zones that can hold 11.25 million liters of water.[55][56] As part of the celebration of the 2022 Thomasian Welcome Walk, the new UST block letters and the Bengal Tiger statue were unveiled at the Plaza Mayor.[57][58][59]

The campus was declared a National Historical Landmark by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines in 2011.[60] Four of the university's structures were also declared National Cultural Treasures by the National Museum namely, the Arch of the Centuries, Main Building, the Central Seminary, and the university's open spaces.[61][62]

Satellite campuses

The UST in Manila is the main campus of the University of Santo Tomas System, which comprises two other existing campuses and two upcoming UST campuses in Santa Rosa, Laguna and General Santos City in South Cotabato. UST Angelicum College in Quezon City and University of Santo Tomas–Legazpi in Legazpi, Albay integrated with the UST System in 2017.[63][64]

UST Angelicum College is located in the Santo Domingo Church complex in Quezon City. It offers basic education programs, a home study program, and undergraduate programs. The campus was founded as the Angelicum School in 1972 by Rogelio Alarcon. In 1995, undergraduate courses were offered, and the school was renamed Angelicum College in 1996.[65] It offers programs in communication, entrepreneurship, human resource management, and information technology.[66]

UST-Legazpi, formerly known as the Aquinas University of Legazpi, is located in Legazpi, Albay. It is the biggest catholic university in the Bicol Region, offering courses in the fields of law, medical, architecture, engineering, accountancy, teacher education, and arts and sciences. The university also has its own hospital.[67]

UST Santa Rosa is a 40-hectare campus in Laguna that will offer undergraduate programs in science and engineering.[68] The campus first broke ground on April 19, 2006, which was led by then university rector Tamerlane Lana and attended by UST board member and tycoon Lucio Tan.[69][70] The development of the campus was delayed for several years by changes in the administration, the Quadricentennial Celebration in 2011, and prioritization of the construction projects in the main campus. On September 10, 2017, a second groundbreaking ceremony was held and led by then university rector Herminio Dagohoy.[71] The construction of the first building in the campus, the UST–Dr. Tony Tan Caktiong Innovation Center, began in December 2020. The center was named after an alumnus and Jollibee Foods Corporation founder Tony Tan Caktiong, and it will be an annex of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-TOMASInno Center.[72]

UST General Santos is an 80-hectare campus in southern Philippines that will initially offer programs in agricultural and fishery research,[73] arts and humanities, business and accountancy, engineering and technology, and pharmaceutical sciences.[74][75] The university acquired the land of the new campus in 1997, but the construction was stalled by land classification problems and local politics.[76][77] In 2013, the local city council approved the rezoning of the university site to institutional from agricultural.[78] The consultation and public hearing for the first phase of the establishment of the new campus was conducted in 2017.[79] The construction broke ground on April 20, 2018, and was headed by then university rector Herminio Dagohoy.[80][81]

Administration and organization

College/school founding
College/school Year founded
Sacred Theology 1611
Philosophy 1611
Canon Law 1733
Civil Law 1734
Medicine & Surgery 1871
Pharmacy 1871
Arts & Letters 1896
Engineering 1907
Education 1926
Science 1926
Architecture 1930
Commerce & Business Administration 1934
Graduate School 1938
Music 1945
Nursing 1946
Rehabilitation Sciences 1974
Fine Arts & Design 2000
Physical Education & Athletics 2000
Accountancy 2005
Tourism & Hospitality Management 2009
Information & Computing Sciences 2014
Graduate School of Law 2017
See also: Colleges of the University of Santo Tomas

The university operates under the laws of the Roman Catholic Church and the Philippine government.[82] The university authorities are the chancellor, the vice-chancellor, the rector, and the vice-rector. The Master of the Order of Preachers is the ex-officio chancellor of the university.[83] He appoints the rector of the university upon the approval of the Holy See.[84] The Prior Provincial of the Dominican Province of the Philippines is the ex-officio vice-chancellor of the university. The rector is the chief executive officer of the university.[82][85] He is assisted by the Council of Regents, the Academic Senate and the Economic Council. A dean heads an academic unit. He is assisted by a faculty council and a regent, who is a member Order of Preachers.[22]

The university has 19 civil colleges, three ecclesiastical colleges, and three secondary schools. These academic units are organically interdependent with one another. A college is called a faculty, a college, a school, or an institute depending on the time it was founded.[22] The "faculties" were founded during the Spanish colonial period, while "college" and "school" have been used since the American period. "Institutes" are organically independent units or adjuncts of a particular faculty or college. An adjunct institute that has attained enough enrollment is separated from its faculty or college and is made into a college in its own right.[86] The College of Information and Computing Sciences was founded as an institute when it separated from the Faculty of Engineering in 2014. It was elevated to the status of a college in 2021.[87]

The UST Central Seminary, the UST Ecclesiastical Faculties, and the UST Hospital have separate statutes but are still under the university.[citation needed]

UST has three basic education institutions, the UST Junior High School, the UST Education High School which serves as a laboratory for the College of Education, and the UST Senior High School.[88] The UST Elementary School used to offer primary education for children in the K-12 levels,[89] but stopped accepting applications for the K-Level sometime in the 2010s.[citation needed]

Academic profile

UST offers over 63 undergraduate programs in over 100 undergraduate specializations, 3 professional programs, over 50 master programs, and over 20 doctorate programs enrolling 40,375 students in 2019.[5] The Graduate School (excluding the Faculties of Ecclesiastical Studies, Civil Law, and Medicine and Surgery) received the most freshmen with 1,371 students.[1] In 2018, there were 371 foreign students, majority were from Asian countries.[90] The UST Hospital offers 21 residency training programs.[note 2][91]

The university produced 8,131 graduates in 2022.[92]

Admissions

UST holds the University of Santo Tomas Entrance Test (USTET) annually.[93] The results are released on January 28, feast of day of St. Thomas Aquinas.[94] In 2020 and 2021, the USTET was replaced by the UST Admission Rating (USTAR) because of the COVID-19 situation in the country.[95] The USTAR is a score that computes a number of parameters obtained primarily from the academic records of the applicant.[96][97][98] In 2021, the university received 48,411 applications for the USTAR, admitting 7,772 college freshmen. The Faculty of Engineering had the most freshmen for 3 consecutive years with 1,071 students.[99] The USTET resumed in 2022 for the 2023–2024 school year.[100]

The Faculty of Medicine and Surgery separately conducts a psychological examination for the first-year Doctor of Medicine program as part of the admission process. However, the scholastic standing and NMAT score are given the biggest weight in accepting applicants. Applicants must have a GWA score of at least 2.00/B+/86% and an NMAT score of at least 85%ile. About 480 candidates are accepted out of 1,700 to 1,900 applicants annually.[101] No entrance examination was held in 2021.[102] For the B.S. in Basic Human Studies (LEAPMed) program, the faculty shortlists the top 200 USTET college applicants using the UST Predictive Scoring. It comprises the USTET score or USTAR rating, the LEAPMed examination score, and the IQ score. After an interview and a psychological examination, only the top 90 applicants are accepted.[103][104]

The Faculty of Civil Law also conducts a separate entrance examination for the degree of Juris Doctor.[105][106]

Faculty and curriculum

As of 2019, UST has 2,164 faculty members, the most among private institutions and second in the country. The faculty comprises 1,160 master's degree holders (largest among private institutions) and 333 doctoral degree holders.[107][108]

The academic year is divided into 2 terms. The academic performance is graded through the use of the 5-point numerical grading system: 1.00 as excellent, 3.00 as passed, and 5.00 as failed. All bachelor's degrees in the university include theology courses in their curricula.[22]

In response to COVID-19 pandemic, classes at the university were delivered through the “enhanced virtual mode” for school years 2020–2021 and 2021–2022.[109][110][111]

The Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) program offered by the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery is a four-year post-graduate degree that consists of three years of academic instruction in the medical school and one year of clinical clerkship in the UST Hospital. The faculty implements a blended integrated approach, adopting problem-based learning (PBL) as a teaching model in appropriate teaching-learning scenarios, and recently, outcome-based education (OBE), a curriculum that emphasizes the achievement of expected learning outcomes.[112][113]

The Faculty of Civil Law offers a four-year professional law degree, which leads to Juris Doctor (J.D.). The curriculum mirrors the current model curriculum of the Legal Education Board.[114] Master of Laws (LL.M.) and Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.) are offered at the Graduate School of Law.[citation needed]

Research

 
The Thomas Aquinas Research Center, the main venue for research in the university.

UST is a comprehensive research university.[115] It is a member of the Philippine Higher Education Research Network (PHERNET) and Higher Education Regional Research Centers (HERRC).[8][116] The university spent ₱91 million and ₱116 million in research in 2017 and 2018 respectively.[117]

The university has several research centers, namely Research Center for Natural and Applied Sciences (RCNAS), Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH), Research Center for Social Sciences and Education (RCSSEd), Research Center for Health Sciences (RCHS), Center for Religious Studies and Ethics (CTRSE), Center for Health Research and Movement Science (CHRMS), Center for Conservation of Cultural Property and Environment in the Tropics (CCCPET), and the Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies (CCWLS).[118][119]

UST has recently discovered several plant species, namely Vanda ustii,[120] Hedyotis papafranciscoi,[121] Mycetia dagohoyana,[122] Pyrostria arayatensis,[123] and Freycinetia nonatoi.[124] The university established UST Herbarium in the 1870s as part of the requirement of the Spanish government before UST could offer science degrees. Today, the Herbarium holds more than 11,000 identified plant specimens. It is also involved in plant curation, storage, and identification through DNA barcoding that aides in taxonomy and conservation.[125][126]

The UST Zooplankton Ecology, Systematics, and Limnology Laboratory is home to the first and only organized assemblage of zooplankton samples and specimens (UST Zooplankton Reference Collection) collected within the Philippines.[127] The UST Collection of Microbial Strains, as of 2019, holds 224 collections of indigenous, clinical, and biotechnological microbial strains. The institute is a member of ASEAN Network on Microbial Utilization (AnMicro), World Federation for Culture Collections and the Asian Consortium for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Microbial Resources.[128]

 
Vanda ustii, an orchid species, is named after the university.

UST Eco Tigers I, a team composed of mechanical and electrical engineering students and faculty members from the Faculty of Engineering, ranked first in the prototype diesel category of the Shell Eco-Marathon Asia (SEMA) 2019 held in May 2019 in Selangor, Malaysia. The team also ranked 8th in Asia from 26 participating teams under the prototype category with energy source internal combustion engine (ICE).[129][130]

College of Science professors Nicanor Austriaco and Bernhard Egwolf are members of the OCTA Research team that is associated with forecasts and analyses of the country's COVID-19 situation.[131] They also developed an epidemiological model, UST CoV-2 Model, which released COVID-19 cases and death projections in Metro Manila. In the early part of the pandemic, the study recommended the need to increase the daily testing capacity that would potentially control the outbreak.[132][133] Austriaco is currently conducting experiments on a yeast-based oral COVID-19 vaccine.[134][135] A study group from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery proposed a strategy to the government entitled, War Plan Mayon, to combat the pandemic through herd immunity.[136] Faculty of Engineering professor Anthony James Bautista invented the LISA robot (Logistic Indoor Service), a telepresence and service assistant robot that delivers medicine and allows medical workers to manage isolated patients in the UST Hospital.[137]

The university and the Philippine Department of Science and Technology (DOST) launched the DOST–TOMASInno Center, a technology business incubator (TBI), in 2019. The center was made possible through a research grant from the DOST.[138][139]

The Center for Conservation of Cultural Property and Environment in the Tropics (CCCPET) provides researches, training, and cultural mapping of various national cultural heritage.[140] It assisted in the development of San Pablo City Heritage District conservation guidelines,[141] rehabilitation of Immaculate Conception Parish Church in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, and churches in Bohol and Leyte,[142] cultural mapping of cities and municipalities in Baguio, Pampanga, Iloilo City, Samar, and Leyte, among others.[143][144][145]

Several publications include Acta Manilana, the Antoninus Journal, The Asian Journal of English Language Studies, Boletin Ecclesiastico, Journal of Medicine, Tomas, UST Law Review, Philippine Journal of Allied Health Sciences, and Unitas. Established in 1922, Unitas is the oldest extant university-based academic journal in the country.[146]Acta Manilana, founded in 1965, is a multidisciplinary journal that features research papers from the Research Center for the Natural and Applied Sciences.[147][148] The university journals has been available in a web portal since 2018.[149]

UST is tenth in the country in the 2022 Alper-Doger Scientific Index, an institutional ranking system based on the performance and productivity of affiliated scientists. Thirty-nine Thomasian scientists placed in the ranking system.[150]

Libraries, museums, and collections

As of 2017–2018, the Miguel de Benavides Library held over 360,000 books and logged 10,948,882 access to electronic resources remotely.[151] In 2018–2019, it received over 1,100,000 visitors.[152] The main library is located in a six-storey building along Alberto Drive. It has sixteen sections and five branch libraries: Ecclesiastical, Health Science, Education High School, Junior High School, and Senior High School.[153]

As of 2017, the Health Sciences Library had 20,904 titles and 25,311 volumes. It was assessed to have sound and good-quality collections based on Doody's Core Titles (DCT) among five select medical libraries in the Philippines.[154]

The Antonio Vivencio del Rosario UST Heritage Library keeps some 30,000 volumes published between 1492 and 1900. Among the collections are La Guerra Judaica (1492) by Josephus Flavius, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (1543) of Nicolaus Copernicus, and the first book ever printed in the Philippines, Doctrina Christiana (1593).[155]

In partnership with the Union Bank of the Philippines, the library launched the Lumina Pandit (spreading the light) rare books exhibit in 2011. The partnership included a three-phase program: the conservation, digitization, and publication of the university's archives and historical collections.[155] In 2015, Unionbank gave another ₱30 million to fund the digitization of historical collections from 1492 to 1900 as part of the Lumina Pandit II.[156] In 2017, the conservation efforts continued with Semper Lumina (always the light). The project launched a 6-volume catalogue of rare books and periodicals and the UST Digital Library.[157][158] As of the launching, 1.5 million pages have been scanned by the library for restoration and online publication, including the first-edition of José Rizal's Noli Me Tángere.[159][160]

The university received the annual prize in the category of education and science in Casa Asia Awards 2021 in Spain.[161] The library was also recognized for its efforts in preserving its heritage and digitizing its collections.[162]

 
The UST Museum of Arts and Sciences is located in the paraninfo of the UST Main Building.

The UST Museum of Arts and Sciences, founded in 1871 as the Gabinete de Fisica (Cabinet of Physics), is the oldest museum in the Philippines.[163] It houses the oldest zoological collection in the Philippines, with over 100,000 specimens collected and curated in the 19th century by Castro de Elera, a Dominican priest and professor. De Elera also published Catalogo Sistematico de toda La Fauna de Filipinas (Catalog of Philippine Fauna) in 1895. It was the first systematic work in zoology in the country.[164] The museum also holds 4,899 species and subspecies of Philippine mollusks, the most among all mollusk museums in the world.[165] Two of the five chairs used by the popes who visited the university are in permanent display.[166][167]

The UST Hall of Visual Arts features restored paintings from various foreign and local artists, as well as works from several national artists.[168] The collection includes a portrait of José Rizal by Victorio Edades, El Studio Natural of Félix Resurrección Hidalgo, and four masterpieces of Fernando Amorsolo. The museum's restoration project was funded by grants from the early editions of the UST Christmas Concert Gala.[169]

The Hall of Philippine Religious Images houses images collected from the various provinces of the country. Part of its collection includes the largest ivory crucifix ever made in the Philippines, which was controversially featured in the October 2012 issue of the National Geographic.[170][171]

Other museums include the UST Medicine Museum, Dr. Julieta Hayag-Manchanda UST Anatomy Gallery, and UST Beato Angelico Art Gallery.[172] The Anatomy Gallery serves as a showcase of all the teaching materials in anatomy. It features thick glass containers that holds dissected specimens for gross anatomy, neuroanatomy, and embryology.[173]

 
The Foundation Act of 1611 stored in the UST Archives

The Archivo de la Universidad de Santo Tomas (AUST) houses old books, various incunabula, papal bulls, university records, and original documents relevant to the university foundation.[174][175] AUST holds the biggest collection of extant ancient Baybayin scripts in the world.[176] Two 17th-century deeds of sale documents in Baybayin, the oldest of their kind, were declared National Cultural Treasure by the National Archives of the Philippines.[177] The scholastic records of José Rizal in Ateneo Municipal de Manila and UST are also preserved in the archives.[178]

The archives’ collection of ancient Baybayin scripts were declared as National Cultural Treasures by the National Archives of the Philippines in 2014.[179] The Dictionario Hispanico-Sinicum or Vocabulario de la Lengua Chio Chiu (A Lexicon of the Changzhou Language), an early 17th century Spanish-Chinese dictionary, was discovered by Spanish and Taiwanese scholars in the archives in 2017.[180][181][182]

Publishing

See also: List of University of Santo Tomas publications

The UST Publishing House (USTPH) was established in 1996 through the merger of the Santo Tomas University Press and the UST Printing Office. USTPH evolved from the UST Press, which was founded in 1593 by Francisco de San Jose. It is one of the oldest continuing press in the world today, only next to Cambridge University in England.[183]

The publishing house maintains a bookstore which is located at the ground floor of the UST Main Building.[184] Regular publications include Academia, the international bulletin of university, and The Varsitarian, the student newspaper.[citation needed]

Rankings and reputation

Centers of Development Centers of Excellence
  • Civil Engineering
  • Communication
  • Computer Science
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Information Systems
  • Information Technology
  • Journalism
  • Library and Information Science
  • Literature
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Physical Therapy
  • Biology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Hotel and Restaurant Management
  • Medical Technology
  • Medicine
  • Music
  • Nursing
  • Pharmacy
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Teacher Education
  • Tourism / Travel Management

UST is one of only three private universities granted with the five-year autonomous status by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). It is the highest grant given by CHED, which allows universities to implement programs and increase tuition fees with less government regulation.[185][186][187]

Twenty-six programs in the university were declared as Centers of Excellence (COE) and Centers of Development (COD) by CHED, the most of any private educational institutions and second in the country. COE status was granted to 13 programs, and COD status was also given to 13.[7] UST is one of the only three Philippine universities recognized as Center of Excellence in the Doctor of Medicine program.[188] The architecture program was one of the only two architecture programs in the country recognized as Center of Excellence.[189][190]

UST has been cited by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) as the university with the highest number of accredited programs in the country since 2011. As of December 2021, PACUCOA has accredited 59 programs of the university. UST also has the most Level IV accredited programs, with 26, and has the highest number of candidate programs.[9][191]

University rankings
Global – Overall
QS World[192]801–1000 (2021)
QS Employability[193]251–300 (2022)
Regional – Overall
QS Asia[194]186 (2021)
National – Overall
QS National[195]4 (2021)

UST is the first Philippine university to be awarded by the Quacquarelli-Symonds (QS) Stars with four stars and five stars as an institution in 2015 and 2021 respectively. The university achieved 5 stars for teaching, employability, internationalization, and facilities while scoring 4 stars for academic development. QS also gave a 5-star rating to the Doctor of Medicine program.[196] It has been ranked in the QS Asian University Rankings 2021 (186), QS World University Rankings 2021 (801–1000), QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022 (251–300),[193] and THE Impact Rankings 2020 (301–400).[197]

Four master's degree programs of the UST Graduate School were ranked as among the best in Far East Asia by Eduniversal in 2021.[198] The Masters in Human Resource Management was ranked 20th in Far East Asia and 3rd in the Philippines. The Masters in Communication and Masters in Economics were ranked 30th in Far East Asia and 3rd in the country. The Masters Public Administration placed 40th in the region and 2nd in the Philippines. UST was also recognized as one of the top 1,000 institutions in the world that offers programs in business and allied fields.[199][200]

UST became an associate member of the ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) group in 2016.[201] In 2020, it was the first associate member to receive an institutional certification.[202] AUN-QA also certified 18 programs from the university.[5][203]

All six engineering programs of the university, namely civil, chemical, electric, electronics, industrial, and mechanical, were accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in 2020.[204][205]

International linkages

UST has partnerships and linkages with 171 foreign academic institutions in 32 countries.[206][115] A dual-degree program in Ph.D. Built Environment/Architecture is offered in collaboration with the University of Reading.[207] The university also offers a ladderised program in Master in Public Health (International) in partnership with the University of Leeds.[208][209] The partnership between the university and the Duke University allow nursing students of both universities to attend global health courses and participate in clinical immersions.[210][211] Select fourth year students from the B.S. Medical Technology program can participate in the International Internship Program at the Mahidol University in Thailand.[212]

Student life

Main article: Traditions of the University of Santo Tomas
 
The UST Main Building during the 2019 Christmas season

The university marks events with a variety of ceremonies largely influenced by the Hispano-Filipino Dominican Catholic culture and Philippine culture. This includes the Misa de Apertura and Discurso de Apertura, the Mass and lecture opening the academic year.[213] As one of the oldest traditions in the university, the Discurso began in 1866.[214] The Thomasian Welcome Walk where freshmen pass under the Arch of the Centuries at the start of their education at the university. The UST Paskuhan, a series of monthlong campus events that celebrate the significance and value of Christmas. It features reenactments of the Christmas story, a campus-wide banquet, live concerts, and light and pyrotechnic displays.[215]

Just before graduation, the academic year ends with the campus-wide Baccalaureate Mass, the Ceremony of the Light, and send-off rites. The highlight of the closing ceremonies is the graduating students' recessional parade through the Arch of the Centuries, which signifies the culmination of their Thomasian life.[216][217]

Despite the COVID-19 situation in the country, most of the traditional activities such as the Misa de Apertura and Discurso de Apertura, the Thomasian Welcome Walk, Paskuhan, and closing ceremonies continued virtually.[218] The Welcome Walk, ROARientation, and Send-off Rites, in particular, were streamed live in a Minecraft server.[219][220] In 2022, the university returned to holding these traditional festivities in person. The closing ceremonies for the classes of 2020 to 2022 were held in July, while the Welcome Walk for the classes 2026 and homecoming rites for the classes of 2024 and 2025 resumed in August.[221][222]

As is customary in many Catholic institutions, activities and traffic within the campus stop at 12:00 and 18:00 PST (GMT+8) for the Angelus and at 15:00 PST for the 3 o’clock Prayer to the Divine Mercy daily.[223]

The tiger statue in Plaza Mayor, which was installed in 2022, gained media attention when it transformed into a wishing well as students filled its open mouth with coins. The statue was barricaded the following day.[224][225]

A sports competition among the university colleges is the annual Thomasian Goodwill Games, which was inaugurated in the school year 2002–2003. Sporting events include basketball, volleyball, and football.[226]

Student organizations

UST hosts hundreds of student organizations which include a wide range of disciplines: religious, cultural, performing, media, socio-civic, and student service.[227]

The Central Student Council is the highest governing student body of the university. The Student Organizations Coordinating Council (SOCC), is the central body of all recognized organizations of the university.

The UST Singers is a mixed choral ensemble that has won Choir of the World twice and Choir of the World Champion of Champions in the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.[228] Founded in 1927, the UST Symphony Orchestra, is composed of faculty and students that performs regularly as a resident company at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.[229] The UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe, both Cheer and Dance subteams, have won local and international competitions.[230]

 
Bass drums of the UST Yellow Jackets

In the 1960s, the first LGBT organization, Tigresa Royal, was established but was never recognized by the university. In 2013, HUE, a new LGBT organization was established. Like Tigresa Royal, the university also denied HUE's recognition as a university organization.[231] In 2015, the university ordered numerous organizations to take down all rainbow-themed profile pics of its members in social media after the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States. The order was defied by numerous students of the university, marking the beginning of the UST Rainbow Protest. In July 2016, various student organizations supported the filing of the SOGIE Equality Bill.[232][233] In March 2018, during the passage of the bill, numerous UST student organizations, including UST Hiraya, a feminist organization, backed the bill's passage.[234]

Literature and media

The Varsitarian is the student publication of the university. Established in January 1928 by students from the UST Literary Club led by Jose Villa Panganiban, it is the oldest Catholic newspaper in the Philippines. It is published fortnightly.[235] The lampoon issue is called The Vuisitarian, a portmanteau of Buwisit, a Tagalog expression used for unlucky events, and Varsitarian. The publication hosts the annual Inkblots, a national campus journalism fellowship that gathers student journalists, journalism and communication enthusiasts, and media professionals.[236][237] The UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies hosts the National Writers’ Workshop annually.[238] The fellows are graduate students and professionals that are selected based on the merits of their submitted works.[239] The Academia is the international bulletin of the university.

The Tiger Media Network, the university's broadcasting arm, produces, content through the Tiger TV and the Tiger Radio with the use of IPTV and internet.[240] DZST (860 kHz) was an AM radio station owned by the university from 1950 to 1963. The frequency eventually became the DZRV-AM or Radyo Veritas.[241] In 2013, in partnership with Radio Veritas, the university launched the Blessed Pope John Paul II UST–Radio Veritas electronic community board located at the corner of Espana Boulevard and Lacson Avenue.[242][243]

The USTv Students’ Choice Awards was an annual award event that recognized TV programs and personalities that promoted Filipino Christian values.[244]

Greek life

The Faculty of Civil Law and Faculty of Medicine and Surgery had several Greek organizations on campus, but in 2018, following the death of civil law student Horacio Castillo III, the UST Office of Student Affairs suspended the recognition of all fraternities and sororities.[245] Tau Mu Sigma Phi, founded in 1946, is the oldest among the 10 Greek groups in the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery.[246]

Athletics

Main article: UST Growling Tigers
 
The Thomasian crowd at the 2006 UAAP men's basketball finals.

In 1920, UST and other catholic universities and colleges in Manila organized a sports league called Liga Catolica. Four years later, members of the Liga Catolica organized themselves to form the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).[247][248] UST won its first basketball championship and only NCAA championship in 1930.[249] In 1932, the university seceded from the NCAA and formed the Big 3 League with the University of the Philippines and National University.[250] The Big 3 League and Far Eastern University eventually formed the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) in 1938.[251]

The varsity sports teams, originally called the "Glowing Goldies", have since been renamed as the "Growling Tigers" beginning the 1992–1993 UAAP season. The women's teams are called the "Tigresses", while the juniors' (high school) teams are the "Tiger Cubs".

UST has the most general championship titles among the 8 member schools.[252] UST has won the seniors division 45 times in the 74 seasons that the title has been awarded, including the record high 14-year run. The juniors team yielded 21 titles out of 26 seasons.[253] The university is one of the only four universities that participates in all the UAAP events. UST has the most championships in baseball, beach volleyball, judo,[254] swimming,[255] taekwando and poomsae, tennis,[256] and table tennis,[257] or 7 out of the 16 sports in the UAAP.

 
The game 2 of the UST and Ateneo men's basketball finals in 2019.

UST has won the men's basketball title 18 times in the UAAP since 1938 and one in the NCAA, bringing the total to 19. In 2006, the Tigers captured the basketball championship defeating the Ateneo Blue Eagles in two of the three games held. With the championship, the UST tied with the UE Red Warriors with 18 UAAP men's basketball titles, behind the league-leading FEU Tamaraws with 20. The Tigers reached the finals four times in the last decade. In 2012, the Tigers, led by Jeric Fortuna and Carmelo Afuang, finished second at the end of eliminations with a 10–4 record, but were swept by the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the finals.[258] In 2013, the fourth seed Tigers defeated the top seed National Bulldogs in the semi-finals.[259] The team, led by Jeric Teng and Karim Abdul, clinched the first game of the finals, but the DLSU Green Archers went on to win the title.[260][261] In 2015, the Tigers finished the elimination round as the no. 1 seed with an 11–3 record.[262] UST, led by mythical five members Kevin Ferrer and Ed Daquioag, lost in three games to FEU Tamaraws in the finals.[263] In 2019, the Tigers entered the stepladder semifinals with an 8–6 card. It defeated the FEU Tamaraws in a one-game playoff for third seed. The Tigers, led by Renzo Subido and Soulemane Chabi Yo, swept the Kobe Paras-led UP Fighting Maroons in two games to face the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the finals.[264][265] The Eagles won the series in two games. Chabi Yo and Mark Nonoy were recognized as the season Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year respectively.[citation needed]

The Golden Tigresses, the women's volleyball team, is the UAAP's second-winningest team with 16 titles. Former players include national team members Mary Jean Balse, Aiza Maizo, Maika Angela Ortiz, Aleona Denise Santiago, Cherry Ann Rondina, and Ejiya Laure.[citation needed]. The men's and women's beach volleyball teams are the winningest team in the same league.

The Tiger Jins, the taekwando and poomsae teams, have the most number of championships across all divisions in the UAAP.

The Salinggawi Dance Troupe and the UST Yellow Jackets have won 8 UAAP Cheerdance Competition titles from 1994 to 1996 and 2002 to 2006.[266]

Thomasians cheer the "Go USTe!" chant in supporting the Thomasian athletes in the playing field. UST Yellow Jackets founder Michael Ismael Flores created the iconic chant in 1990, getting inspiration from Vanilla Ice's Ninja Rap.[267][268]

The university sports facilities include a football field, a swimming pool, a tennis court, a sand court and at least 9 basketball courts (3 courts at the Practice Gym, a covered court beside the Practice Gym, Education court, P. Noval court, Seminary gym and open courts, and Frassati gym).[269] The Quadricentennial Pavilion houses a 5,792-seat arena, a fitness center, a two-lane overall track, and training halls for dance, badminton, fencing, judo, and table tennis.[270]

Notable people

 
Two of the university's foremost alumni, José Rizal and Manuel L. Quezon, are honored by being displayed on each of the pillars on the Arch of the Centuries.
Main article: List of University of Santo Tomas people

Persons affiliated to the university, either as students, faculty members, or administrators, are known as "Thomasians". UST alumni and faculty include 11 canonised Catholic saints,[271] the current master of the Order of Preachers,[272] 2 cardinals (José Lázaro Fuerte Advíncula Jr., the 33rd and reigning Archbishop of Manila, and José Tomás Sánchez)[273] 4 Presidents of the Philippines (Manuel L. Quezon, José P. Laurel, Sergio Osmeña, and Diosdado Macapagal), 9 Chief Justices,[note 3] former Speaker of the House of Representatives,[274] 20 national artists,[note 4][275] a National Scientist,[276] and 5 billionaires.[note 5][11][12][13]

Thomasians in the field of medicine include at least 13 out of 28 previous Secretaries of Health,[note 6][277] the current surgeon general,[278] co-founders of Makati Medical Center (Mariano M. Alimurung, José Y. Forés, and Raúl G. Forés),[279] founding chairman of the Asian Hospital and Medical Center Jorge García,[280][281] Belo Medical Group foundress Vicki Belo,[282] and Aivee Clinic foundress Aivee Teo.[283] May Parsons, a UST Nursing alumna, administered the world's first COVID-19 vaccine to a patient in the United Kingdom.[284]

Thomasians have played significant roles in the establishment of other educational institutions. These include the first Filipino president of the University of the Philippines Ignacio Villamor,[285] the first Filipino dean of University of the Philippines College of Medicine Fernando Calderon,[286] founder of FEATI University and De La Salle Araneta University,[287] founder of Lyceum of the Philippines University José P. Laurel, co-founder of Manila Central University Alejandro M. Albert,[288] founder of Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation Martín Posadas,[289] founder of Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation Manuel Enverga,[290] and founders of University of Perpetual Help System Jose G. Tamayo, Josefina Laperal Tamayo, Antonio Laperal Tamayo.[291][292]

In sports, UST alumni include Olympians Jethro Dionisio in shooting, Donald Geisler and Tshomlee Go in taekwondo, and Ernest John Obiena in pole vault.[293]

Recipients of the honoris causa include Douglas MacArthur, Juan Carlos I, Jaime Sin, and Corazon Aquino.[294][295]

In popular culture

UST has been referenced in popular culture, including in works of film, television, and literature. In One More Chance (2007), lead couple Popoy (John Lloyd Cruz) and Basha (Bea Alonzo), are Engineering and Architecture graduates of UST, respectively.[296] Basha is also a member of the UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe.[297] She wears the 2003 UAAP Cheerdance Competition costume. In Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (2011), Eunice (Eula Caballero), daughter of the lead character Maricel Soriano is a UST High School student and a member of the UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe. She wears the high school uniform and the UST costume of the 2011 UAAP Cheerdance Competition. In Alone/Together (2019), Raf, played by Enrique Gil, attends UST as a Biology undergraduate.[298] He is seen wearing the UST College of Science uniform.[299] He also becomes a graduate of the UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. Gil also appeared in a video cheering the Go USTe! chant as part of the movie's promotional campaign.[300]

In El Filibusterismo (1891 novel), Father Millon and Placido Penitente are a professor and a student in the university respectively.


Notes

  1. ^ The list includes Thomas Aquinas Research Complex, Albertus Magnus Building, St. Martin de Porres Building, St. Raymund de Peñafort Building, Beato Angelico Building, Buenaventura Garcia Paredes, O.P. Building, and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Building.
  2. ^ The list includes, Anesthesiology, Dermatology, Family and Community Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neurology and Psychiatry, Obstetrics-Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Pediatrics, Pathology (Anatomic and Clinical), Radiology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Radiation Oncology, Surgery (General, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Plastics, Thoracic and Cardiovascular, Urology)
  3. ^ The list includes, Cayetano Arellano, Victorino Mapa, Manuel Araullo, Ramón Avanceña, Roberto Concepció, Félix Makasiar, Andrés Narvasa, Renato Corona and Diosdado Peralta.
  4. ^ The list includes, but is not limited to, Botong Francisco, Victorio Edades, Vicente Manansala, Arturo Luz, Jerry Navarro Elizalde, Ang Kiukok, Nick Joaquín, F. Sionil José, Daisy Avellana, Rolando Tinio, Leandro V. Locsín, Francisco Mañosa, José María Zaragoza, Círilo Bautista, Gerardo de León, Ernani Cuenco, Bienvenido Lumbera, Ildefonso P. Santos Jr., Juan Nakpil, and Salvacion Lim Higgins.
  5. ^ The list includes, but is not limited to, Tony Tan Caktiong, George Ty, Ricardo Po Sr., Vivian Que Azcona, and Carolyn Yao.
  6. ^ The list includes, but is not limited to, Basílio J. Valdes, José Locsín, Antonio Villarama, Paulino García, Elpidio Valencia, Francisco Q. Duque Jr., Floro Dabu, Manuel Cuenco, Paulino García, Amadeo H. Cruz, Antonio Periquet, Carmencita Reodica, and Francisco Duque III.

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university, santo, tomas, confused, with, university, thomas, disambiguation, also, known, officially, pontifical, royal, manila, private, catholic, research, university, manila, philippines, founded, april, 1611, spanish, friar, miguel, benavides, third, arch. Not to be confused with University of St Thomas disambiguation The University of Santo Tomas also known as UST and officially as 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 the Philippines and in Asia 3 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 4 University of Santo TomasUnibersidad ng Santo Tomas Filipino Universidad de Santo Tomas Spanish Latin Pontificia et Regalis Sancti Thomae Aquinatis Universitas ManilanaFormer namesSee listMottoTruth in CharityTypePrivate coeducational non profit research universityEstablishedApril 28 1611 411 years ago April 28 1611 FounderMiguel de BenavidesReligious affiliationRoman Catholic Dominican Academic affiliationsICUSTA AUN ASAIHL ASEACCU COCTI IAU KAAD PAASCU IFCUChancellorGerard Timoner IIIVice ChancellorFilemon Dela Cruz Jr RectorRichard AngSecretary GeneralLouie CoronelAcademic staff2 164 2019 Students40 375 2019 1 LocationEspana Boulevard Sampaloc Manila Metro Manila Philippines14 36 35 N 120 59 23 E 14 60972 N 120 98972 E 14 60972 120 98972 Coordinates 14 36 35 N 120 59 23 E 14 60972 N 120 98972 E 14 60972 120 98972CampusUrban21 5 hectares 215 000 m2 Patron saintsThomas Aquinas Catherine of AlexandriaColorsGold black and white 2 NicknameGrowling TigersSporting affiliationsUAAPMascotBengal TigerWebsiteust edu phUST was granted the title Royal by King Charles III of Spain in 1785 Pope Leo XIII made UST a Pontifical university in 1902 Pope Pius XII bestowed upon UST the title of The Catholic University of the Philippines in 1947 UST houses the first and oldest engineering law medical and pharmacy schools in the country The main campus is the largest university in the city of Manila and is home to 22 degree granting colleges a parish church and a teaching hospital In 2011 four of the university s structures were declared National Cultural Treasures by the National Museum The university offers programs in over 180 undergraduate and graduate specializations 5 It has 26 programs recognized by the Commission on Higher Education CHED as Centers of Excellence and Centers of Development ranking second in the country and first among private educational institutions 6 7 It is awarded with an institutional accreditation by the CHED through the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines FAAP 8 The university has the highest number of Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation PACUCOA accredited programs in the country with 59 9 UST alumni and faculty include 30 Catholic saints 10 2 cardinals 4 presidents of the Philippines 9 chief justices 20 national artists a national scientist and 5 billionaires 11 12 13 The athletic teams are the Growling Tigers who are members of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines and have won 45 overall championships in 74 seasons 14 Contents 1 History 2 Campus 2 1 Satellite campuses 3 Administration and organization 4 Academic profile 4 1 Admissions 4 2 Faculty and curriculum 4 3 Research 4 4 Libraries museums and collections 4 5 Publishing 4 6 Rankings and reputation 4 7 International linkages 5 Student life 5 1 Student organizations 5 2 Literature and media 5 3 Greek life 6 Athletics 7 Notable people 8 In popular culture 9 Notes 10 References 11 External linksHistory EditMain article History of University of Santo Tomas See also Timeline of the History of the University of Santo Tomas The University of Santo Tomas campus in the 1940s The foundation of the university is ascribed to fray Miguel de Benavides the third archbishop of Manila He came to the Philippines with the first Dominican mission in 1587 He went on to become bishop of Nueva Segovia and was promoted archbishop of Manila in 1601 Upon his death in July 1605 Benavides bequeathed his library and personal property worth 1 500 to be used as the seed fund for the establishment of an institution of higher learning In 1609 permission to open the college was requested from King Philip III of Spain which only reached Manila in 1611 The university was founded on April 28 1611 The act of foundation was signed by frays Baltasar Fort Bernardo Navarro and Francisco Minayo Bernardo de Santa Catalina carried out Benavides s wishes and was able to secure a building near the Dominican church and convent in the walled city of Intramuros in Manila for the college The authorities took the example of universities in Spain such as the University of Salamanca and in Spanish America such as the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico to become a model for the university UST was first called as the College of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Spanish Colegio de Nuestra Senora del Santisimo Rosario and in 1619 renamed Colegio de Santo Tomas in honor of the Dominican theologian St Thomas Aquinas On November 20 1645 Pope Innocent X issued the papal bull In Supereminenti which elevated the Colegio de Santo Tomas to a university and placed it under papal authority 15 Following the royal decree of Philip V of Spain in 1733 and bull of Pope Clement XII in 1734 the Facultad de Canones Faculty of Canon Law and Facultad de Derecho Faculty of Civil Law were established 16 The Royal Decree of May 20 1865 from Queen Isabella II of Spain gave power to UST for the supervision of all secondary schools Being the only institution of higher learning at that time UST acted as the Department of Education of the country 17 18 In 1870 Segismundo Moret the Minister of Overseas Colonies issued a decree that converted Real y Pontificia Universidad de Santo Tomas into Real y Pontificia Universidad de Filipinas 19 In 1871 the Superior Gobierno de Filipinas issued a decree that established the Facultad de Medicina y Farmacia UST was allowed to grant a licentiate degree in medicine From 1877 to 1901 329 students were granted the licentiate degree Jose Rizal studied medicine in UST from 1878 to 1882 The university began granting the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1902 during the new American system 20 21 The university was registered on January 13 1908 as a non stock non profit educational institution under Act 1459 with the corporate name of Real y Pontificia Universidad de Santo Tomas de Manila 22 With the growing student population the Dominicans were given a 21 5 hectare plot of land at the Sulucan Hills in Sampaloc Manila and built its 215 000 square meter campus In 1924 it began accepting female enrollees The medicine and civil law courses were retained in Intramuros at that time citation needed Liberation of internees in front of the UST Main Building by the Americans in February 1945 During World War II the Japanese forces converted UST into an internment camp for enemy aliens mostly Americans living in the Philippines The original Intramuros campus was destroyed in 1944 by a fire started by the Japanese Kenpeitai Over 3 700 internees were freed 2 870 of whom were Americans and over 600 were either killed or died from sickness or starvation in the internment camp for 37 months from January 1942 until February 11 1945 when the camp was liberated by General Douglas MacArthur 23 24 25 UST was given the title Royal by King Charles III of Spain in 1785 in recognition of the university s loyalty in defending Manila against the British troops 26 In 1974 then prince Juan Carlos I of Spain visited UST and was conferred doctor of laws honoris causa and the title Royal Patron as a revival of the tradition dating back to 1680 when King Charles II of Spain was named the first patron 27 Queen Sofia of Spain who visited with her husband in 1974 came back in 2012 28 In 1902 UST was officially declared a pontifical university by virtue of the Quae Mari Sinico an apostolic constitution signed by Pope Leo XIII As a pontifical university UST has been visited by the pope four times since the 1970 Pope Paul VI in 1970 Pope John Paul II in 1981 and 1995 and by Pope Francis in 2015 29 During the quadricentennial celebration in 2011 Pope Benedict XV sent a special envoy and gave a video message 30 In 1947 Pope Pius XII bestowed the appellate name The Catholic University of the Philippines 29 UST s first Filipino rector was Leonardo Legaspi who served UST from 1971 to 1977 In 2019 UST had 40 375 students enrolled 1 UST s recognition as the oldest extant university in the Philippines was disputed by the University of San Carlos Since its establishment the UST s academic life was interrupted only twice from 1898 to 1899 during the Philippine Revolution against Spain and from 1942 to 1945 during the Japanese occupation of the country On December 1 2010 the House of Representatives passed Resolution No 51 Resolution Congratulating the University of Santo Tomas on the occasion of its Quadricentennial Anniversary in 2011 which read founded on April 28 1611 by Archbishop Miguel de Benavides and has the oldest extant university charter in the Philippines and Asia 31 Campus EditSee also List of University of Santo Tomas buildings The UST Main Building is the first earthquake resistant building in Asia 32 UST the largest university in the city of Manila sits on an almost perfect square of 21 5 hectares bounded by Espana Boulevard to the southeast Padre Noval Street to the southwest Lacson Avenue to the northeast and Dapitan Street to the northwest The university is part of the University Belt in Sampaloc Manila 33 34 In 1927 the university transferred to its present campus when the Dominicans deemed the Intramuros campus inadequate for the university s growing population The architectural style of the buildings greatly varies and depends on the period the building is constructed Early structures were designed by university priests and professors who made use of styles in Renaissance Revival Art Deco Bauhaus and International Style among others The campus has seen extensive developments in the last 2 decades as 10 out of the 21 major buildings were constructed from 2002 to 2019 The Main Building s capital one of the iconic symbols of the university has been adopted by several buildings such as the Beato Angelico Building Thomas Aquinas Research Complex and the UST Hospital buildings 35 Seven buildings are also named after beatified Dominicans and Dominican saints note 1 citation needed Several buildings adopted the unique capital of the Main Building The central axis of the campus comprises the Arch of the Centuries the Benavides Monument the Main Building the Quadricentennial Square the Miguel de Benavides Library the Tan Yan Kee Student Center and the upcoming Henry Sy Sr Hall 33 Erected around 1680 the Arch of the Centuries served as the main entrance to the first campus in Intramuros It was transferred to its present site in 1954 36 The Main Building designed by the priest and engineer Roque Ruano and built from 1924 to 1927 is an architectural jewel and everyone s image of UST It was the first structure on the campus and once served as the Kilometer Zero of Manila It houses the Faculty of Civil Law the Faculty of Pharmacy the College of Science the Museum of Arts and Sciences and the administrative offices 37 38 The northeast quadrant of the campus includes the St Raymund Penafort Building and the health and medical buildings 33 St Raymund de Penafort Building is built in International Style in 1955 and is home to the Faculty of Arts and Letters and the College of Commerce and Business Administration 39 Built in 1952 the Bauhaus inspired San Martin de Porres Building houses the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery the College of Nursing and the College of Rehabilitation Sciences 40 The UST Hospital complex comprises the main St Vincent Building the Benavides Cancer Institute the St John Paul II Building and the UST Hospital Clinical Division The 900 million St John Paul II Building inaugurated in 2019 serves as the extension of the UST Hospital 41 The pediment of the UST Hospital which depicts the old university seal The northwest quadrant comprises the Central Seminary the Botanical Garden the Benavides Building the Central Laboratory Building and the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex TARC 33 The Central Seminary was built in 1933 and was designed by Fernando Ocampo in Art Deco style It also houses the Santisimo Rosario Parish and the Ecclesiastical Faculties 42 43 The Botanical Garden was first established in 1932 and continues to serve students in the research of Philippine flora and medicinal plants 44 45 TARC is home to the Graduate School citation needed The southwest quadrant includes the Buenaventura Garcia Paredes O P Building BGPOP the swimming pool the UST Publishing House the Beato Angelico Building and the football field 33 BGPOP also known as the Thomasian Alumni Center sits on the site of the old UST Gymnasium The Art Deco facade of the old gymnasium was preserved for its historical significance 46 The Beato Angelico Building occupies the site of the old UST Press which was constructed in 1953 The College of Architecture and the College of Fine Arts and Design transferred from the Roque Ruano Building to the Beato Angelico Building in 2003 47 48 The southeast quadrant comprises the Alfredo M Velayo College of Accountancy and Multi Deck Carpark Building the Albertus Magnus Building the Roque Ruano Building and the Quadricentennial Pavilion complex 33 The Albertus Magnus Building houses the College of Education and the Conservatory of Music The Roque Ruano Building which houses the Faculty of Engineering was built in 1952 and designed by Julio Victor Rocha It initiated the application of the Niemeyer inspired brise soleil in local buildings 49 50 The Quadricentennial Pavilion was the venue of the CNN Philippines vice presidential debates in 2016 and vice presidential and presidential debates in 2022 51 52 The UST Quadricentennial Square Fountain The Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Building is located across the main campus and is connected by the UST Link Bridge The Frassati Building houses the Senior High School College of Information and Computing Sciences the DOST TOMASInno Center and several administrative offices At its completion in 2019 it became the tallest educational building in the Philippines with 23 floors 53 A stormwater drainage system that would help in mitigating UST s seasonal flood problem was completed in 2021 54 The underground system covers 7 street zones that can hold 11 25 million liters of water 55 56 As part of the celebration of the 2022 Thomasian Welcome Walk the new UST block letters and the Bengal Tiger statue were unveiled at the Plaza Mayor 57 58 59 The campus was declared a National Historical Landmark by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines in 2011 60 Four of the university s structures were also declared National Cultural Treasures by the National Museum namely the Arch of the Centuries Main Building the Central Seminary and the university s open spaces 61 62 Satellite campuses Edit University of Santo Tomas Legazpi in Albay The UST in Manila is the main campus of the University of Santo Tomas System which comprises two other existing campuses and two upcoming UST campuses in Santa Rosa Laguna and General Santos City in South Cotabato UST Angelicum College in Quezon City and University of Santo Tomas Legazpi in Legazpi Albay integrated with the UST System in 2017 63 64 UST Angelicum College is located in the Santo Domingo Church complex in Quezon City It offers basic education programs a home study program and undergraduate programs The campus was founded as the Angelicum School in 1972 by Rogelio Alarcon In 1995 undergraduate courses were offered and the school was renamed Angelicum College in 1996 65 It offers programs in communication entrepreneurship human resource management and information technology 66 UST Legazpi formerly known as the Aquinas University of Legazpi is located in Legazpi Albay It is the biggest catholic university in the Bicol Region offering courses in the fields of law medical architecture engineering accountancy teacher education and arts and sciences The university also has its own hospital 67 UST Santa Rosa is a 40 hectare campus in Laguna that will offer undergraduate programs in science and engineering 68 The campus first broke ground on April 19 2006 which was led by then university rector Tamerlane Lana and attended by UST board member and tycoon Lucio Tan 69 70 The development of the campus was delayed for several years by changes in the administration the Quadricentennial Celebration in 2011 and prioritization of the construction projects in the main campus On September 10 2017 a second groundbreaking ceremony was held and led by then university rector Herminio Dagohoy 71 The construction of the first building in the campus the UST Dr Tony Tan Caktiong Innovation Center began in December 2020 The center was named after an alumnus and Jollibee Foods Corporation founder Tony Tan Caktiong and it will be an annex of the Department of Science and Technology DOST TOMASInno Center 72 UST General Santos is an 80 hectare campus in southern Philippines that will initially offer programs in agricultural and fishery research 73 arts and humanities business and accountancy engineering and technology and pharmaceutical sciences 74 75 The university acquired the land of the new campus in 1997 but the construction was stalled by land classification problems and local politics 76 77 In 2013 the local city council approved the rezoning of the university site to institutional from agricultural 78 The consultation and public hearing for the first phase of the establishment of the new campus was conducted in 2017 79 The construction broke ground on April 20 2018 and was headed by then university rector Herminio Dagohoy 80 81 Administration and organization EditCollege school foundingCollege school Year foundedSacred Theology 1611Philosophy 1611Canon Law 1733Civil Law 1734Medicine amp Surgery 1871Pharmacy 1871Arts amp Letters 1896Engineering 1907Education 1926Science 1926Architecture 1930Commerce amp Business Administration 1934Graduate School 1938Music 1945Nursing 1946Rehabilitation Sciences 1974Fine Arts amp Design 2000Physical Education amp Athletics 2000Accountancy 2005Tourism amp Hospitality Management 2009Information amp Computing Sciences 2014Graduate School of Law 2017See also Colleges of the University of Santo Tomas The university operates under the laws of the Roman Catholic Church and the Philippine government 82 The university authorities are the chancellor the vice chancellor the rector and the vice rector The Master of the Order of Preachers is the ex officio chancellor of the university 83 He appoints the rector of the university upon the approval of the Holy See 84 The Prior Provincial of the Dominican Province of the Philippines is the ex officio vice chancellor of the university The rector is the chief executive officer of the university 82 85 He is assisted by the Council of Regents the Academic Senate and the Economic Council A dean heads an academic unit He is assisted by a faculty council and a regent who is a member Order of Preachers 22 The university has 19 civil colleges three ecclesiastical colleges and three secondary schools These academic units are organically interdependent with one another A college is called a faculty a college a school or an institute depending on the time it was founded 22 The faculties were founded during the Spanish colonial period while college and school have been used since the American period Institutes are organically independent units or adjuncts of a particular faculty or college An adjunct institute that has attained enough enrollment is separated from its faculty or college and is made into a college in its own right 86 The College of Information and Computing Sciences was founded as an institute when it separated from the Faculty of Engineering in 2014 It was elevated to the status of a college in 2021 87 The UST Central Seminary the UST Ecclesiastical Faculties and the UST Hospital have separate statutes but are still under the university citation needed UST has three basic education institutions the UST Junior High School the UST Education High School which serves as a laboratory for the College of Education and the UST Senior High School 88 The UST Elementary School used to offer primary education for children in the K 12 levels 89 but stopped accepting applications for the K Level sometime in the 2010s citation needed Academic profile EditUST offers over 63 undergraduate programs in over 100 undergraduate specializations 3 professional programs over 50 master programs and over 20 doctorate programs enrolling 40 375 students in 2019 5 The Graduate School excluding the Faculties of Ecclesiastical Studies Civil Law and Medicine and Surgery received the most freshmen with 1 371 students 1 In 2018 there were 371 foreign students majority were from Asian countries 90 The UST Hospital offers 21 residency training programs note 2 91 The university produced 8 131 graduates in 2022 92 Admissions Edit UST holds the University of Santo Tomas Entrance Test USTET annually 93 The results are released on January 28 feast of day of St Thomas Aquinas 94 In 2020 and 2021 the USTET was replaced by the UST Admission Rating USTAR because of the COVID 19 situation in the country 95 The USTAR is a score that computes a number of parameters obtained primarily from the academic records of the applicant 96 97 98 In 2021 the university received 48 411 applications for the USTAR admitting 7 772 college freshmen The Faculty of Engineering had the most freshmen for 3 consecutive years with 1 071 students 99 The USTET resumed in 2022 for the 2023 2024 school year 100 The Faculty of Medicine and Surgery separately conducts a psychological examination for the first year Doctor of Medicine program as part of the admission process However the scholastic standing and NMAT score are given the biggest weight in accepting applicants Applicants must have a GWA score of at least 2 00 B 86 and an NMAT score of at least 85 ile About 480 candidates are accepted out of 1 700 to 1 900 applicants annually 101 No entrance examination was held in 2021 102 For the B S in Basic Human Studies LEAPMed program the faculty shortlists the top 200 USTET college applicants using the UST Predictive Scoring It comprises the USTET score or USTAR rating the LEAPMed examination score and the IQ score After an interview and a psychological examination only the top 90 applicants are accepted 103 104 The Faculty of Civil Law also conducts a separate entrance examination for the degree of Juris Doctor 105 106 Faculty and curriculum Edit As of 2019 UST has 2 164 faculty members the most among private institutions and second in the country The faculty comprises 1 160 master s degree holders largest among private institutions and 333 doctoral degree holders 107 108 The academic year is divided into 2 terms The academic performance is graded through the use of the 5 point numerical grading system 1 00 as excellent 3 00 as passed and 5 00 as failed All bachelor s degrees in the university include theology courses in their curricula 22 In response to COVID 19 pandemic classes at the university were delivered through the enhanced virtual mode for school years 2020 2021 and 2021 2022 109 110 111 The Doctor of Medicine M D program offered by the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery is a four year post graduate degree that consists of three years of academic instruction in the medical school and one year of clinical clerkship in the UST Hospital The faculty implements a blended integrated approach adopting problem based learning PBL as a teaching model in appropriate teaching learning scenarios and recently outcome based education OBE a curriculum that emphasizes the achievement of expected learning outcomes 112 113 The Faculty of Civil Law offers a four year professional law degree which leads to Juris Doctor J D The curriculum mirrors the current model curriculum of the Legal Education Board 114 Master of Laws LL M and Doctor of Civil Law D C L are offered at the Graduate School of Law citation needed Research Edit The Thomas Aquinas Research Center the main venue for research in the university UST is a comprehensive research university 115 It is a member of the Philippine Higher Education Research Network PHERNET and Higher Education Regional Research Centers HERRC 8 116 The university spent 91 million and 116 million in research in 2017 and 2018 respectively 117 The university has several research centers namely Research Center for Natural and Applied Sciences RCNAS Research Center for Culture Arts and the Humanities RCCAH Research Center for Social Sciences and Education RCSSEd Research Center for Health Sciences RCHS Center for Religious Studies and Ethics CTRSE Center for Health Research and Movement Science CHRMS Center for Conservation of Cultural Property and Environment in the Tropics CCCPET and the Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies CCWLS 118 119 UST has recently discovered several plant species namely Vanda ustii 120 Hedyotis papafranciscoi 121 Mycetia dagohoyana 122 Pyrostria arayatensis 123 and Freycinetia nonatoi 124 The university established UST Herbarium in the 1870s as part of the requirement of the Spanish government before UST could offer science degrees Today the Herbarium holds more than 11 000 identified plant specimens It is also involved in plant curation storage and identification through DNA barcoding that aides in taxonomy and conservation 125 126 The UST Zooplankton Ecology Systematics and Limnology Laboratory is home to the first and only organized assemblage of zooplankton samples and specimens UST Zooplankton Reference Collection collected within the Philippines 127 The UST Collection of Microbial Strains as of 2019 holds 224 collections of indigenous clinical and biotechnological microbial strains The institute is a member of ASEAN Network on Microbial Utilization AnMicro World Federation for Culture Collections and the Asian Consortium for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Microbial Resources 128 Vanda ustii an orchid species is named after the university UST Eco Tigers I a team composed of mechanical and electrical engineering students and faculty members from the Faculty of Engineering ranked first in the prototype diesel category of the Shell Eco Marathon Asia SEMA 2019 held in May 2019 in Selangor Malaysia The team also ranked 8th in Asia from 26 participating teams under the prototype category with energy source internal combustion engine ICE 129 130 College of Science professors Nicanor Austriaco and Bernhard Egwolf are members of the OCTA Research team that is associated with forecasts and analyses of the country s COVID 19 situation 131 They also developed an epidemiological model UST CoV 2 Model which released COVID 19 cases and death projections in Metro Manila In the early part of the pandemic the study recommended the need to increase the daily testing capacity that would potentially control the outbreak 132 133 Austriaco is currently conducting experiments on a yeast based oral COVID 19 vaccine 134 135 A study group from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery proposed a strategy to the government entitled War Plan Mayon to combat the pandemic through herd immunity 136 Faculty of Engineering professor Anthony James Bautista invented the LISA robot Logistic Indoor Service a telepresence and service assistant robot that delivers medicine and allows medical workers to manage isolated patients in the UST Hospital 137 The university and the Philippine Department of Science and Technology DOST launched the DOST TOMASInno Center a technology business incubator TBI in 2019 The center was made possible through a research grant from the DOST 138 139 The Center for Conservation of Cultural Property and Environment in the Tropics CCCPET provides researches training and cultural mapping of various national cultural heritage 140 It assisted in the development of San Pablo City Heritage District conservation guidelines 141 rehabilitation of Immaculate Conception Parish Church in Guiuan Eastern Samar and churches in Bohol and Leyte 142 cultural mapping of cities and municipalities in Baguio Pampanga Iloilo City Samar and Leyte among others 143 144 145 Several publications include Acta Manilana the Antoninus Journal The Asian Journal of English Language Studies Boletin Ecclesiastico Journal of Medicine Tomas UST Law Review Philippine Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Unitas Established in 1922 Unitas is the oldest extant university based academic journal in the country 146 Acta Manilana founded in 1965 is a multidisciplinary journal that features research papers from the Research Center for the Natural and Applied Sciences 147 148 The university journals has been available in a web portal since 2018 149 UST is tenth in the country in the 2022 Alper Doger Scientific Index an institutional ranking system based on the performance and productivity of affiliated scientists Thirty nine Thomasian scientists placed in the ranking system 150 Libraries museums and collections Edit As of 2017 2018 the Miguel de Benavides Library held over 360 000 books and logged 10 948 882 access to electronic resources remotely 151 In 2018 2019 it received over 1 100 000 visitors 152 The main library is located in a six storey building along Alberto Drive It has sixteen sections and five branch libraries Ecclesiastical Health Science Education High School Junior High School and Senior High School 153 As of 2017 the Health Sciences Library had 20 904 titles and 25 311 volumes It was assessed to have sound and good quality collections based on Doody s Core Titles DCT among five select medical libraries in the Philippines 154 The Antonio Vivencio del Rosario UST Heritage Library keeps some 30 000 volumes published between 1492 and 1900 Among the collections are La Guerra Judaica 1492 by Josephus Flavius De revolutionibus orbium coelestium 1543 of Nicolaus Copernicus and the first book ever printed in the Philippines Doctrina Christiana 1593 155 In partnership with the Union Bank of the Philippines the library launched the Lumina Pandit spreading the light rare books exhibit in 2011 The partnership included a three phase program the conservation digitization and publication of the university s archives and historical collections 155 In 2015 Unionbank gave another 30 million to fund the digitization of historical collections from 1492 to 1900 as part of the Lumina Pandit II 156 In 2017 the conservation efforts continued with Semper Lumina always the light The project launched a 6 volume catalogue of rare books and periodicals and the UST Digital Library 157 158 As of the launching 1 5 million pages have been scanned by the library for restoration and online publication including the first edition of Jose Rizal s Noli Me Tangere 159 160 The university received the annual prize in the category of education and science in Casa Asia Awards 2021 in Spain 161 The library was also recognized for its efforts in preserving its heritage and digitizing its collections 162 The UST Museum of Arts and Sciences is located in the paraninfo of the UST Main Building The UST Museum of Arts and Sciences founded in 1871 as the Gabinete de Fisica Cabinet of Physics is the oldest museum in the Philippines 163 It houses the oldest zoological collection in the Philippines with over 100 000 specimens collected and curated in the 19th century by Castro de Elera a Dominican priest and professor De Elera also published Catalogo Sistematico de toda La Fauna de Filipinas Catalog of Philippine Fauna in 1895 It was the first systematic work in zoology in the country 164 The museum also holds 4 899 species and subspecies of Philippine mollusks the most among all mollusk museums in the world 165 Two of the five chairs used by the popes who visited the university are in permanent display 166 167 The UST Hall of Visual Arts features restored paintings from various foreign and local artists as well as works from several national artists 168 The collection includes a portrait of Jose Rizal by Victorio Edades El Studio Natural of Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo and four masterpieces of Fernando Amorsolo The museum s restoration project was funded by grants from the early editions of the UST Christmas Concert Gala 169 The Hall of Philippine Religious Images houses images collected from the various provinces of the country Part of its collection includes the largest ivory crucifix ever made in the Philippines which was controversially featured in the October 2012 issue of the National Geographic 170 171 Other museums include the UST Medicine Museum Dr Julieta Hayag Manchanda UST Anatomy Gallery and UST Beato Angelico Art Gallery 172 The Anatomy Gallery serves as a showcase of all the teaching materials in anatomy It features thick glass containers that holds dissected specimens for gross anatomy neuroanatomy and embryology 173 The Foundation Act of 1611 stored in the UST Archives The Archivo de la Universidad de Santo Tomas AUST houses old books various incunabula papal bulls university records and original documents relevant to the university foundation 174 175 AUST holds the biggest collection of extant ancient Baybayin scripts in the world 176 Two 17th century deeds of sale documents in Baybayin the oldest of their kind were declared National Cultural Treasure by the National Archives of the Philippines 177 The scholastic records of Jose Rizal in Ateneo Municipal de Manila and UST are also preserved in the archives 178 The archives collection of ancient Baybayin scripts were declared as National Cultural Treasures by the National Archives of the Philippines in 2014 179 The Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum or Vocabulario de la Lengua Chio Chiu A Lexicon of the Changzhou Language an early 17th century Spanish Chinese dictionary was discovered by Spanish and Taiwanese scholars in the archives in 2017 180 181 182 Publishing Edit See also List of University of Santo Tomas publications The UST Publishing House USTPH was established in 1996 through the merger of the Santo Tomas University Press and the UST Printing Office USTPH evolved from the UST Press which was founded in 1593 by Francisco de San Jose It is one of the oldest continuing press in the world today only next to Cambridge University in England 183 The publishing house maintains a bookstore which is located at the ground floor of the UST Main Building 184 Regular publications include Academia the international bulletin of university and The Varsitarian the student newspaper citation needed Rankings and reputation Edit Centers of Development Centers of ExcellenceCivil Engineering Communication Computer Science Electrical Engineering Electronics Engineering Industrial Engineering Information Systems Information Technology Journalism Library and Information Science Literature Mechanical Engineering Physical Therapy Biology Chemical Engineering Chemistry Hotel and Restaurant Management Medical Technology Medicine Music Nursing Pharmacy Philosophy Psychology Teacher Education Tourism Travel ManagementUST is one of only three private universities granted with the five year autonomous status by the Commission on Higher Education CHED It is the highest grant given by CHED which allows universities to implement programs and increase tuition fees with less government regulation 185 186 187 Twenty six programs in the university were declared as Centers of Excellence COE and Centers of Development COD by CHED the most of any private educational institutions and second in the country COE status was granted to 13 programs and COD status was also given to 13 7 UST is one of the only three Philippine universities recognized as Center of Excellence in the Doctor of Medicine program 188 The architecture program was one of the only two architecture programs in the country recognized as Center of Excellence 189 190 UST has been cited by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation PACUCOA as the university with the highest number of accredited programs in the country since 2011 As of December 2021 PACUCOA has accredited 59 programs of the university UST also has the most Level IV accredited programs with 26 and has the highest number of candidate programs 9 191 University rankingsGlobal OverallQS World 192 801 1000 2021 QS Employability 193 251 300 2022 Regional OverallQS Asia 194 186 2021 National OverallQS National 195 4 2021 UST is the first Philippine university to be awarded by the Quacquarelli Symonds QS Stars with four stars and five stars as an institution in 2015 and 2021 respectively The university achieved 5 stars for teaching employability internationalization and facilities while scoring 4 stars for academic development QS also gave a 5 star rating to the Doctor of Medicine program 196 It has been ranked in the QS Asian University Rankings 2021 186 QS World University Rankings 2021 801 1000 QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022 251 300 193 and THE Impact Rankings 2020 301 400 197 Four master s degree programs of the UST Graduate School were ranked as among the best in Far East Asia by Eduniversal in 2021 198 The Masters in Human Resource Management was ranked 20th in Far East Asia and 3rd in the Philippines The Masters in Communication and Masters in Economics were ranked 30th in Far East Asia and 3rd in the country The Masters Public Administration placed 40th in the region and 2nd in the Philippines UST was also recognized as one of the top 1 000 institutions in the world that offers programs in business and allied fields 199 200 UST became an associate member of the ASEAN University Network Quality Assurance AUN QA group in 2016 201 In 2020 it was the first associate member to receive an institutional certification 202 AUN QA also certified 18 programs from the university 5 203 All six engineering programs of the university namely civil chemical electric electronics industrial and mechanical were accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology ABET in 2020 204 205 International linkages Edit UST has partnerships and linkages with 171 foreign academic institutions in 32 countries 206 115 A dual degree program in Ph D Built Environment Architecture is offered in collaboration with the University of Reading 207 The university also offers a ladderised program in Master in Public Health International in partnership with the University of Leeds 208 209 The partnership between the university and the Duke University allow nursing students of both universities to attend global health courses and participate in clinical immersions 210 211 Select fourth year students from the B S Medical Technology program can participate in the International Internship Program at the Mahidol University in Thailand 212 Student life EditMain article Traditions of the University of Santo Tomas The UST Main Building during the 2019 Christmas season The university marks events with a variety of ceremonies largely influenced by the Hispano Filipino Dominican Catholic culture and Philippine culture This includes the Misa de Apertura and Discurso de Apertura the Mass and lecture opening the academic year 213 As one of the oldest traditions in the university the Discurso began in 1866 214 The Thomasian Welcome Walk where freshmen pass under the Arch of the Centuries at the start of their education at the university The UST Paskuhan a series of monthlong campus events that celebrate the significance and value of Christmas It features reenactments of the Christmas story a campus wide banquet live concerts and light and pyrotechnic displays 215 Just before graduation the academic year ends with the campus wide Baccalaureate Mass the Ceremony of the Light and send off rites The highlight of the closing ceremonies is the graduating students recessional parade through the Arch of the Centuries which signifies the culmination of their Thomasian life 216 217 Despite the COVID 19 situation in the country most of the traditional activities such as the Misa de Apertura and Discurso de Apertura the Thomasian Welcome Walk Paskuhan and closing ceremonies continued virtually 218 The Welcome Walk ROARientation and Send off Rites in particular were streamed live in a Minecraft server 219 220 In 2022 the university returned to holding these traditional festivities in person The closing ceremonies for the classes of 2020 to 2022 were held in July while the Welcome Walk for the classes 2026 and homecoming rites for the classes of 2024 and 2025 resumed in August 221 222 As is customary in many Catholic institutions activities and traffic within the campus stop at 12 00 and 18 00 PST GMT 8 for the Angelus and at 15 00 PST for the 3 o clock Prayer to the Divine Mercy daily 223 The tiger statue in Plaza Mayor which was installed in 2022 gained media attention when it transformed into a wishing well as students filled its open mouth with coins The statue was barricaded the following day 224 225 A sports competition among the university colleges is the annual Thomasian Goodwill Games which was inaugurated in the school year 2002 2003 Sporting events include basketball volleyball and football 226 Student organizations Edit UST hosts hundreds of student organizations which include a wide range of disciplines religious cultural performing media socio civic and student service 227 The Central Student Council is the highest governing student body of the university The Student Organizations Coordinating Council SOCC is the central body of all recognized organizations of the university The UST Singers is a mixed choral ensemble that has won Choir of the World twice and Choir of the World Champion of Champions in the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod 228 Founded in 1927 the UST Symphony Orchestra is composed of faculty and students that performs regularly as a resident company at the Cultural Center of the Philippines 229 The UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe both Cheer and Dance subteams have won local and international competitions 230 Bass drums of the UST Yellow Jackets In the 1960s the first LGBT organization Tigresa Royal was established but was never recognized by the university In 2013 HUE a new LGBT organization was established Like Tigresa Royal the university also denied HUE s recognition as a university organization 231 In 2015 the university ordered numerous organizations to take down all rainbow themed profile pics of its members in social media after the legalization of same sex marriage in the United States The order was defied by numerous students of the university marking the beginning of the UST Rainbow Protest In July 2016 various student organizations supported the filing of the SOGIE Equality Bill 232 233 In March 2018 during the passage of the bill numerous UST student organizations including UST Hiraya a feminist organization backed the bill s passage 234 Literature and media Edit The Varsitarian is the student publication of the university Established in January 1928 by students from the UST Literary Club led by Jose Villa Panganiban it is the oldest Catholic newspaper in the Philippines It is published fortnightly 235 The lampoon issue is called The Vuisitarian a portmanteau of Buwisit a Tagalog expression used for unlucky events and Varsitarian The publication hosts the annual Inkblots a national campus journalism fellowship that gathers student journalists journalism and communication enthusiasts and media professionals 236 237 The UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies hosts the National Writers Workshop annually 238 The fellows are graduate students and professionals that are selected based on the merits of their submitted works 239 The Academia is the international bulletin of the university The Tiger Media Network the university s broadcasting arm produces content through the Tiger TV and the Tiger Radio with the use of IPTV and internet 240 DZST 860 kHz was an AM radio station owned by the university from 1950 to 1963 The frequency eventually became the DZRV AM or Radyo Veritas 241 In 2013 in partnership with Radio Veritas the university launched the Blessed Pope John Paul II UST Radio Veritas electronic community board located at the corner of Espana Boulevard and Lacson Avenue 242 243 The USTv Students Choice Awards was an annual award event that recognized TV programs and personalities that promoted Filipino Christian values 244 Greek life Edit The Faculty of Civil Law and Faculty of Medicine and Surgery had several Greek organizations on campus but in 2018 following the death of civil law student Horacio Castillo III the UST Office of Student Affairs suspended the recognition of all fraternities and sororities 245 Tau Mu Sigma Phi founded in 1946 is the oldest among the 10 Greek groups in the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery 246 Athletics EditMain article UST Growling Tigers The Thomasian crowd at the 2006 UAAP men s basketball finals In 1920 UST and other catholic universities and colleges in Manila organized a sports league called Liga Catolica Four years later members of the Liga Catolica organized themselves to form the National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA 247 248 UST won its first basketball championship and only NCAA championship in 1930 249 In 1932 the university seceded from the NCAA and formed the Big 3 League with the University of the Philippines and National University 250 The Big 3 League and Far Eastern University eventually formed the University Athletic Association of the Philippines UAAP in 1938 251 The varsity sports teams originally called the Glowing Goldies have since been renamed as the Growling Tigers beginning the 1992 1993 UAAP season The women s teams are called the Tigresses while the juniors high school teams are the Tiger Cubs UST has the most general championship titles among the 8 member schools 252 UST has won the seniors division 45 times in the 74 seasons that the title has been awarded including the record high 14 year run The juniors team yielded 21 titles out of 26 seasons 253 The university is one of the only four universities that participates in all the UAAP events UST has the most championships in baseball beach volleyball judo 254 swimming 255 taekwando and poomsae tennis 256 and table tennis 257 or 7 out of the 16 sports in the UAAP The game 2 of the UST and Ateneo men s basketball finals in 2019 UST has won the men s basketball title 18 times in the UAAP since 1938 and one in the NCAA bringing the total to 19 In 2006 the Tigers captured the basketball championship defeating the Ateneo Blue Eagles in two of the three games held With the championship the UST tied with the UE Red Warriors with 18 UAAP men s basketball titles behind the league leading FEU Tamaraws with 20 The Tigers reached the finals four times in the last decade In 2012 the Tigers led by Jeric Fortuna and Carmelo Afuang finished second at the end of eliminations with a 10 4 record but were swept by the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the finals 258 In 2013 the fourth seed Tigers defeated the top seed National Bulldogs in the semi finals 259 The team led by Jeric Teng and Karim Abdul clinched the first game of the finals but the DLSU Green Archers went on to win the title 260 261 In 2015 the Tigers finished the elimination round as the no 1 seed with an 11 3 record 262 UST led by mythical five members Kevin Ferrer and Ed Daquioag lost in three games to FEU Tamaraws in the finals 263 In 2019 the Tigers entered the stepladder semifinals with an 8 6 card It defeated the FEU Tamaraws in a one game playoff for third seed The Tigers led by Renzo Subido and Soulemane Chabi Yo swept the Kobe Paras led UP Fighting Maroons in two games to face the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the finals 264 265 The Eagles won the series in two games Chabi Yo and Mark Nonoy were recognized as the season Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year respectively citation needed The Golden Tigresses the women s volleyball team is the UAAP s second winningest team with 16 titles Former players include national team members Mary Jean Balse Aiza Maizo Maika Angela Ortiz Aleona Denise Santiago Cherry Ann Rondina and Ejiya Laure citation needed The men s and women s beach volleyball teams are the winningest team in the same league The Tiger Jins the taekwando and poomsae teams have the most number of championships across all divisions in the UAAP The Salinggawi Dance Troupe and the UST Yellow Jackets have won 8 UAAP Cheerdance Competition titles from 1994 to 1996 and 2002 to 2006 266 Thomasians cheer the Go USTe chant in supporting the Thomasian athletes in the playing field UST Yellow Jackets founder Michael Ismael Flores created the iconic chant in 1990 getting inspiration from Vanilla Ice s Ninja Rap 267 268 The university sports facilities include a football field a swimming pool a tennis court a sand court and at least 9 basketball courts 3 courts at the Practice Gym a covered court beside the Practice Gym Education court P Noval court Seminary gym and open courts and Frassati gym 269 The Quadricentennial Pavilion houses a 5 792 seat arena a fitness center a two lane overall track and training halls for dance badminton fencing judo and table tennis 270 Notable people Edit Two of the university s foremost alumni Jose Rizal and Manuel L Quezon are honored by being displayed on each of the pillars on the Arch of the Centuries Main article List of University of Santo Tomas people Persons affiliated to the university either as students faculty members or administrators are known as Thomasians UST alumni and faculty include 11 canonised Catholic saints 271 the current master of the Order of Preachers 272 2 cardinals Jose Lazaro Fuerte Advincula Jr the 33rd and reigning Archbishop of Manila and Jose Tomas Sanchez 273 4 Presidents of the Philippines Manuel L Quezon Jose P Laurel Sergio Osmena and Diosdado Macapagal 9 Chief Justices note 3 former Speaker of the House of Representatives 274 20 national artists note 4 275 a National Scientist 276 and 5 billionaires note 5 11 12 13 Thomasians in the field of medicine include at least 13 out of 28 previous Secretaries of Health note 6 277 the current surgeon general 278 co founders of Makati Medical Center Mariano M Alimurung Jose Y Fores and Raul G Fores 279 founding chairman of the Asian Hospital and Medical Center Jorge Garcia 280 281 Belo Medical Group foundress Vicki Belo 282 and Aivee Clinic foundress Aivee Teo 283 May Parsons a UST Nursing alumna administered the world s first COVID 19 vaccine to a patient in the United Kingdom 284 Thomasians have played significant roles in the establishment of other educational institutions These include the first Filipino president of the University of the Philippines Ignacio Villamor 285 the first Filipino dean of University of the Philippines College of Medicine Fernando Calderon 286 founder of FEATI University and De La Salle Araneta University 287 founder of Lyceum of the Philippines University Jose P Laurel co founder of Manila Central University Alejandro M Albert 288 founder of Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation Martin Posadas 289 founder of Manuel S Enverga University Foundation Manuel Enverga 290 and founders of University of Perpetual Help System Jose G Tamayo Josefina Laperal Tamayo Antonio Laperal Tamayo 291 292 In sports UST alumni include Olympians Jethro Dionisio in shooting Donald Geisler and Tshomlee Go in taekwondo and Ernest John Obiena in pole vault 293 Recipients of the honoris causa include Douglas MacArthur Juan Carlos I Jaime Sin and Corazon Aquino 294 295 Jose Rizal 2nd President of the Philippines Manuel L Quezon 3rd President of the Philippines Jose P Laurel 4th President of the Philippines Sergio Osmena 9th President of the Philippines Diosdado Macapagal 1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Cayetano Arellano 26th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Diosdado Peralta Founder and Chairman of Jollibee Foods Corporation Tony Tan CaktiongIn popular culture EditUST has been referenced in popular culture including in works of film television and literature In One More Chance 2007 lead couple Popoy John Lloyd Cruz and Basha Bea Alonzo are Engineering and Architecture graduates of UST respectively 296 Basha is also a member of the UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe 297 She wears the 2003 UAAP Cheerdance Competition costume In Yesterday Today Tomorrow 2011 Eunice Eula Caballero daughter of the lead character Maricel Soriano is a UST High School student and a member of the UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe She wears the high school uniform and the UST costume of the 2011 UAAP Cheerdance Competition In Alone Together 2019 Raf played by Enrique Gil attends UST as a Biology undergraduate 298 He is seen wearing the UST College of Science uniform 299 He also becomes a graduate of the UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Gil also appeared in a video cheering the Go USTe chant as part of the movie s promotional campaign 300 In El Filibusterismo 1891 novel Father Millon and Placido Penitente are a professor and a student in the university respectively Notes Edit The list includes Thomas Aquinas Research Complex Albertus Magnus Building St Martin de Porres Building St Raymund de Penafort Building Beato Angelico Building Buenaventura Garcia Paredes O P Building and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Building The list includes Anesthesiology Dermatology Family and Community Medicine Internal Medicine Neurology and Psychiatry Obstetrics Gynecology Ophthalmology Otorhinolaryngology Pediatrics Pathology Anatomic and Clinical Radiology Rehabilitation Medicine Radiation Oncology Surgery General Neurosurgery Orthopedics Plastics Thoracic and Cardiovascular Urology The list includes Cayetano Arellano Victorino Mapa Manuel Araullo Ramon Avancena Roberto Concepcio Felix Makasiar Andres Narvasa Renato Corona and Diosdado Peralta The list includes but is not limited to Botong Francisco Victorio Edades Vicente Manansala Arturo Luz Jerry Navarro Elizalde Ang Kiukok Nick Joaquin F Sionil Jose Daisy Avellana Rolando Tinio Leandro V Locsin Francisco Manosa Jose Maria Zaragoza Cirilo Bautista Gerardo de Leon Ernani Cuenco Bienvenido Lumbera Ildefonso P Santos Jr Juan Nakpil and Salvacion Lim Higgins The list includes but is not limited to Tony Tan Caktiong George Ty Ricardo Po Sr Vivian Que Azcona and Carolyn Yao The list includes but is not limited to Basilio J Valdes Jose Locsin Antonio Villarama Paulino Garcia Elpidio Valencia Francisco Q Duque Jr Floro Dabu Manuel Cuenco Paulino Garcia Amadeo H Cruz Antonio Periquet Carmencita Reodica and Francisco Duque III References Edit a b c UST population stays at 40 000 The Varsitarian September 7 2019 Retrieved August 1 2021 University of Santo Tomas Visual Identity Manual PDF March 2019 Retrieved June 1 2020 Lim Pe Josefina 1973 The University of Santo Tomas in the Twentieth Century University of Santo Tomas Press Manila pp 1 19 Palafox Quennie Ann September 4 2012 Asia s Oldest University The Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas National Historical Commission of the Philippines Retrieved June 18 2021 a b c Academic Programs University of Santo Tomas Retrieved February 26 2022 Table 8 List of Centers of Excellence COEs and Centers of Development CODs as of May 2016 PDF Commission on Higher Education May 2016 Retrieved June 18 2021 a b Department Program level Recognitions University of Santo Tomas Retrieved June 18 2021 a b Carillo Clarita Higher education in the Philippines in transition Global Education News Retrieved June 19 2021 a b University of Santo Tomas has most number of accredited programs in NCR PHL Business Mirror February 13 2021 Retrieved June 19 2021 Which University Has Most Saints QS Top Universities March 5 2016 Retrieved December 2 2022 a b Where Did the Richest Filipinos Go to School Esquire Magazine Retrieved June 19 2021 a b Birds of a Feather These Top 9 Universities Produces The Most Filipino Billionaires Asian Money Guide October 5 2018 Retrieved June 19 2021 a b Which Universities Have Produced The Most Filipino Billionaires eCompareMo com Retrieved June 19 2021 Marquez CJ June 16 2020 UST set to be crowned UAAP Season 82 double general champion CNN Philippines Retrieved June 19 2021 1645 IN SUPEREMINENTI UST Museum of Arts and Sciences November 22 2021 Retrieved June 24 2022 El tricentenario de la Universidad de Santo Tomas de Manila The Tricentennial of the University of Santo Tomas of Manila in Spanish Philippines 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from UST prison camp GMA News Online Retrieved August 4 2021 De Guzman Nicai July 16 2018 When It Comes to Rescue Efforts the Philippines Holds a Place in History Esquire Philippines Retrieved August 4 2021 Melican Nathaniel February 4 2015 Seize the day people Kids of war revisit UST Philippine Daily Inquirer Retrieved August 7 2021 DID YOU KNOW UST gets royal title Philippine Daily Inquirer January 10 2018 Retrieved July 31 2021 Spanish Royal Couple s first visit to UST remembered The Varsitarian July 6 2012 Retrieved August 1 2021 Dela Cruz Jovee Marie July 7 2012 UST gives royal welcome to Queen Sofia The Manila Times Retrieved August 1 2021 a b Esguerra Christian January 11 2015 Pope Francis to make traditional visit to UST as pontifical university Philippine Daily Inquirer Retrieved July 31 2021 Yanoria Luigene January 13 2015 The favored university Why all popes visiting PH stop by UST Yahoo News Retrieved July 31 2021 Limos Mario Alvaro January 26 2021 Is the University of San 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of the Philippines Press p 430 ISBN 978 971 542 579 7 Alarcon Norma February 19 2010 UST Archi Mighty at 80 The Philippine Star Retrieved July 27 2021 Nicolas Fiona April 10 2016 All systems go for VP debates candidates ready CNN Philippines Retrieved February 27 2022 9 presidential candidates 7 VP bets confirm attendance to CNN Philippines debates CNN Philippines February 14 2022 Retrieved February 27 2022 Grade 11 IICS to move to new UST bldg next school year The Varsitarian November 28 2018 Retrieved July 30 2021 UST flood control project to be finished by mid 2021 CNN Philippines December 14 2020 Retrieved March 23 2022 Chamber of Secrets UST s flood control project 75 complete to end mid 2021 Yahoo Philippines December 3 2020 Retrieved March 23 2022 Martinez Madrid Jacqueline December 15 2020 How much water can UST s new drainage system hold The Varsitarian Retrieved March 23 2022 Madarang Catalina Ricci August 9 2022 Glow up Reactions to upgraded UST tiger statue Interaksyon Retrieved August 11 2022 UST reveals brand new tiger statue and block letters CNN Philippines August 9 2022 Retrieved August 11 2022 New UST symbols in campus unveiled ABS CBN News August 9 2022 Retrieved August 11 2022 UST declared a national historical landmark GMA News Online September 3 2011 Retrieved July 28 2021 Madrid R D August 11 2011 UST dineklarang national historical landmark The Varsitarian Retrieved August 12 2011 Annual Report 2010 PDF The National Museum Retrieved July 28 2021 5 Dominican schools to be integrated with UST The Varsitarian June 14 2016 Retrieved July 22 2021 UST General Santos campus soon to rise South Cotabato News November 2017 Retrieved July 22 2021 History of UST Angelicum College UST Angelicum College Retrieved July 26 2021 College Programs UST Angelicum College Retrieved July 26 2021 Bicol s Aquinas University is now UST Legazpi Rappler December 12 2017 Retrieved June 16 2021 UST Santa Rosa campus expected to open in 2020 ahead of GenSan The Varsitarian April 11 2016 Retrieved July 25 2021 UST Sta Rosa The Varsitarian April 29 2006 Retrieved July 25 2021 New UST campus The Philippine Star July 14 2006 Retrieved July 25 2021 Rector leads groundbreaking of new UST campus in Laguna The Varsitarian September 11 2017 Retrieved July 25 2021 Construction of P100 M innovation hub at UST Santa Rosa begins The Varsitarian February 16 2021 Retrieved July 25 2021 Going beyond borders The Varsitarian November 17 2008 Retrieved July 25 2021 UST Rector leads groundbreaking of new GenSan campus The Varsitarian April 20 2018 Retrieved July 22 2021 City council wants ban on improvements at UST GenSan lifted Mindanews September 25 2013 Retrieved July 25 2021 First outside Metro Manila UST to open campus in Gensan in 2015 The City Government of General Santos Retrieved July 24 2021 UST goes to Pacman s land Magkaka campus na sa Gensan Politiko Mindadano November 22 2017 Retrieved July 24 2021 UST to start full development of GenSan campus Mindanews January 24 2018 Retrieved July 25 2021 UST Gensan to rise soon General Santos City Government Website November 2 2017 Retrieved July 25 2021 Lumawag Reuel John April 20 2018 UST to make Gensan as education hub Sunstar Davao Retrieved July 25 2021 UST Mindanao breaks ground in GenSan The Manila Times May 13 2018 Retrieved July 25 2021 a b Very Rev Fr Richard G Ang O P is formally installed as 97th UST Rector Manila Bulletin June 1 2021 Retrieved June 20 2021 The Master of the Dominican Order Gerard Francisco Parco Timoner III Ordo Praedicatorum Retrieved June 20 2021 Vatican approves appointment of new UST rector report ABS CBN News May 7 2020 Retrieved June 20 2021 Magpali Charm Ryanne May 13 2021 Installed as 97th Rector Ang lays down Vision 2024 to lead UST out of pandemic rut The Varsitarian Retrieved June 20 2021 IT Computer Science set to separate from Engineering The Varsitarian July 17 2014 Retrieved June 20 2021 Cua Aric John July 22 2021 UST Info Systems institute now a college The Manila Times Retrieved June 25 2021 Laboratory School UST College of Education Retrieved July 29 2021 Elementary School Archived from the original on November 13 2011 Retrieved October 11 2010 UST aids foreign students in their second home The Varsitatian November 28 2018 Retrieved August 22 2021 Residency Training Program UST Hospital Retrieved August 11 2022 You are all achievers not just survivors Ang TomasinoWeb June 3 2022 Retrieved June 4 2022 USTET UST College Entrance Exam Results Reviewers and Tips to Pass Admission Test mypilipinas com Retrieved June 21 2021 Zarzuela Dyan January 28 2020 The UST Entrance Test Results Are Out And People Have Feelings Cosmopolitan Retrieved June 21 2021 Cruz Kaithreen September 1 2021 UST opens senior high college applications The Manila Times Retrieved September 27 2021 Magsambol Bonz September 1 2020 No college entrance exams in Ateneo UST for academic year 2021 2022 due to pandemic Rappler Retrieved June 21 2021 USTET canceled UST says college admission to be based on academic performance GMA News Online August 19 2020 Retrieved June 21 2021 USTET goes viral as netizens express mixed reactions to alleged cancellation of entrance test GMA News Online August 13 2020 Retrieved June 21 2021 Martinez Jacqueline August 5 2021 Rector tells 11 335 freshmen Netflix is tempting but focus on your goals The Varsitarian Retrieved August 20 2021 USTET back for AY 2023 2024 UPCAT urged to resume CNN Philippines August 27 2022 Retrieved August 28 2022 Admission Policies for Academic Year 2021 2022 UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Retrieved June 21 2021 Frequently Asked Questions UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Retrieved June 21 2021 Bolanos Isabelle August 22 2020 ChinoyTips For College Entrance Tests Chinoy TV Retrieved June 21 2021 Domingo Maglinao M D Ma Lourdes P October 2019 An Innovative Preparatory Program for Medicine in the UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Journal of Medicine University of Santo Tomas 3 2 386 387 doi 10 35460 2546 1621 2019 0055 Top 10 Law Schools in the Philippines LAE and PhilSat Prepper Retrieved June 21 2021 Admission UST Civil Law Retrieved June 21 2021 Table 9A Private Higher Education Institutions Number of Faculty by Program Level AY 2019 20 PDF Commission on Higher Education Retrieved April 21 2021 Table 8 State Universities and Colleges Number of Faculty by Program Level AY 2019 20 PDF Commission on Higher Education Retrieved April 21 2021 Ornedo Julia May 27 2020 UST to hold classes in enhanced virtual mode GMA News Online Retrieved July 7 2021 Baron Gabriela May 27 2020 UST to combine online and offline learning modes The Manila Bulletin Retrieved July 7 2021 Baron Gabriela July 3 2021 UST to continue distance learning in AY 2021 2022 The Manila Bulletin Retrieved July 7 2021 Doctor of Medicine UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Retrieved July 7 2021 Marcial Melvin Remulla May 2020 Amidst the COVID19 Pandemic The best online learning and teaching practices in Internal Medicine Clerkship program of Faculty of Medicine and Surgery University Santo Tomas Philippines Journal of Medicine University of Santo Tomas 4 2 479 485 doi 10 35460 2546 1621 2020 0022 Haro Sherwin Dane Zauro C December 15 2018 LEB merges LI B JD law programs The Varsitarian Retrieved July 7 2021 a b University Profile of University of Santo Tomas PDF Commission on Higher Education Retrieved June 21 2021 List of PHERNET and HERCC HEI PDF Japan International Cooperation Agency May 2015 Retrieved June 23 2021 Dagohoy The Builder The Varsitarian January 9 2020 Retrieved June 24 2021 Cua Aric John August 4 2022 UST Journalism prof named research director The Manila Times Retrieved August 28 2022 Gonzalez Suarez Consuelo October 2019 Issues and Challenges in Implementing Research Initiatives at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Santo Tomas Journal of Medicine University of Santo Tomas 3 2 doi 10 35460 2546 1621 2019 0047 New plant named after UST University of Santo Tomas November 17 2008 Retrieved June 23 2021 Macairan Evelyn March 24 2015 Plant species named after pope unveiled in UST exhibit ABS CBN News Retrieved June 23 2021 Alejandro Grecebio January 20 2017 Mycetia dagohoyana a new species of Argostemmateae Rubiaceae from Agusan del Norte Philippines Phytotaxa 292 1 91 doi 10 11646 phytotaxa 292 1 10 Retrieved June 23 2021 Manabat Ashley September 20 2020 Researchers discover new plant species in Pampanga Business Mirror Retrieved June 23 2021 Maribel Nonato is 2020 Outstanding Chemist Integrated Chemists of the Philippines September 20 2020 Retrieved June 23 2021 UST Herbarium History UST Herbarium Retrieved July 29 2021 Genes Don t Lie The Science of DNA Barcoding Department of Science and Technology One Expert April 11 2019 Retrieved July 29 2021 University of Santo Tomas Zooplankton Ecology Systematics and Limnology Laboratory Aquatic Biology Laboratory 1 Global Biodiversity Information Facility April 11 2019 Retrieved July 31 2021 University of Santo Tomas Collection of Microbial Strains ASEAN Microbial Database Retrieved July 31 2021 UST Eco Tigers I ranks first in Prototype Diesel Category of Shell Eco Marathon Asia 2019 University of Santo Tomas May 31 2019 Retrieved July 25 2021 UST lands 8th spot in prototype ICE Shell s make the future live Malaysia concludes with Thai team winning the prototype category Pilipinas Shell May 14 2019 Retrieved July 25 2021 Malasig Jeline March 9 2021 Are you confused between UP OCTA OCTA Research Here s the deal with UP and research team The Philippine Star Retrieved June 25 2021 UST predicts COVID 19 cases and deaths in NCR may increase during GCQ Manila Standard May 29 2020 Retrieved June 26 2021 UST experts Metro Manila needs to do 15 000 tests daily to contain COVID 19 spread CNN Philippines May 27 2020 Retrieved June 26 2021 OCTA Research fellow developing oral COVID 19 vaccine CNN Philippines February 7 2021 Retrieved June 26 2021 UST lab to develop oral COVID vaccine Daily Tribune March 6 2021 Retrieved June 26 2021 Galang Miguel Louis April 26 2020 UST doctors propose herd immunity in war plan vs Covid 19 The Varsitarian Retrieved June 29 2021 Antonio Josiah April 14 2020 UST engineer creates robot to assist COVID 19 medical frontliners ABS CBN News Retrieved June 29 2021 About We are TOMASInno Center TOMASInno Center Retrieved July 4 2021 HEIRIT Establishment of the DOST TOMASInno Center TBI Department of Science and Technology Philippine Council for Industry Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development DOST PCIEERD Retrieved July 4 2021 About Us UST Graduate School Center for Conservation of Cultural Property and Environment in the Tropics Retrieved August 22 2021 Historical Development San Pablo Heritage Zone Retrieved August 22 2021 Sembrano Edgar Allan December 9 2013 Heritage advocates come together for Guiuan Samar and damaged cultural treasures Philippine Daily Inquirer Retrieved August 22 2021 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September 2018 MdBL by the Numbers PDF News In Print UST Miguel de Benavides Library Retrieved June 29 2021 Lontoc Raquel September 2019 MdBL by the Numbers PDF News In Print UST Miguel de Benavides Library Retrieved June 29 2021 Cabbuag Jennylyn Pascua Sonia 2019 Assess Calculate Re evaluate Educate ACRE risk assessment framework for UST Miguel De Benavides Library Philippine Journal of Librarianship and Information Studies 39 2 25 36 Retrieved June 29 2021 Torres Efren Jr January 2017 Collection based analysis of selected medical libraries in the Philippines using Doody s Core Titles Journal of the Medical Library Association 105 1 20 26 doi 10 5195 jmla 2017 103 PMC 5234441 PMID 28096742 a b Montalvan II Antonio May 25 2015 Once again Lumina Pandit Philippine Daily Inquirer Retrieved June 30 2021 UST s Lumina Pandit II Academia recognized for PR excellence The Varsitarian February 27 2016 Retrieved June 30 2021 Original Noli Me Tangere other rare books go digital The Philippine Star 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Zulueta Lito February 8 2021 World s oldest and largest Spanish Chinese dictionary found in UST The Philippine Daily Inquirer Retrieved July 3 2021 POSTPONED Vale poco of little value a Forgotten Spanish Chinese Dictionary in a Manila archive Princeton University East Asian Studies Program March 6 2020 Retrieved July 3 2021 Pinoy Book Stop Tour 2017 UST Publishing House Bookstore UST Publishing House Retrieved July 17 2021 About Us National Book Development Board Retrieved July 17 2021 DLSU UST AdMU granted 5 year autonomous status by CHEd Philippine Daily Inquirer June 15 2016 Retrieved July 7 2021 CHEd grants UST 5 year autonomous status The Varsitarian April 16 2016 Retrieved July 7 2021 Extension of validity period of designated Centers of Excellence and Centers of Development for various disciplines PDF Commission on Higher Education Retrieved April 21 2021 Table 6 Distribution of Programs with COE COD by Region and Sector AY 2017 18 PDF Commission on Higher Education Retrieved 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Retrieved June 21 2021 PhD Built Environment Architecture British Council Retrieved June 21 2021 Master in Public Health International with Postgraduate Certificate British Council Retrieved June 21 2021 Calimag Melvin February 18 2018 PH UK initiative allows students to earn double degrees while in PH Newsbytes PH Retrieved June 21 2021 Relf Meets With Global Partners From UST CON Philippines Duke University July 25 2018 Retrieved June 22 2021 From OGACHI Five University of Santo Tomas Nursing Students Attend DUSON Summer Course Duke University September 22 2016 Retrieved June 22 2021 Calimag Melvin February 18 2018 MUMT Welcomed Professor and Students from University of Santo Tomas UST Philippines Mahidol University Retrieved June 21 2021 UST welcomes freshmen on campus The Manila Times August 11 2022 Retrieved December 4 2022 Carillo highlights 3Cs of resilience in UST inaugural lecture The Manila Times September 8 2022 Retrieved December 4 2022 De Jesus Julliane Love February 11 2014 UST shifts school calendar for 2014 2015 to start in July Philippine Daily Inquirer Retrieved August 31 2021 UST 8 000 grads to receive mission in Baccalaureate Mass Philippine Daily Inquirer May 21 2016 Retrieved August 31 2021 Sepe Basilio May 25 2018 Thomasian Graduation ABS CBN News Retrieved August 31 2021 Cua Aric John August 13 2020 UST opens new school year with online Mass The Manila Times Retrieved August 30 2021 Vivas Jules August 24 2020 UST freshmen tours will be held in Minecraft The Manila Bulletin Retrieved August 30 2021 UST Class of 2021 joins virtual send off exits Arch in Minecraft The Manila Bulletin August 25 2021 Retrieved August 31 2021 UST holds first in person back to back baccalaureate masses in three years Manila Bulletin July 12 2022 Retrieved August 30 2022 Madarang Catalina Ricci August 10 2022 No iPhone no entry UST freshmen s photo during welcome walk gains traction Interaksyon Retrieved August 11 2022 Castillo Ma Alena September 4 2021 Pause for Angelus 3 o clock prayers SecGen urges Thomasians The Varsitarian Retrieved September 6 2021 Malasig Jeline October 6 2022 New UST tiger statue becomes wishing well during students prelims week Interaksyon Retrieved October 7 2022 Malasig Jeline October 7 2022 New UST tiger statue gets barricaded after students offered items for prelims week Interaksyon Retrieved October 9 2022 SPORTS2012 Thomasian Goodwill Games kicks off TomasinoWeb September 8 2012 Retrieved June 4 2022 Recognized Student Organizations University of Santo Tomas Retrieved June 29 2021 UST Singers named Choir of the World Champion of Champions The Manila Times August 1 2019 Retrieved August 31 2021 UST Symphony Orchestra Cultural Center of the Philippines Retrieved August 31 2021 Salinggawi bags twin silver finishes in Sayaw Pinoy 2019 The Varsitarian October 25 2019 Retrieved September 4 2021 LGBT Org Strives for Recognition in UST TomasinoWeb Retrieved September 2 2018 Student org takes down gay pride profile pics 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