University of Santo Tomas System

University of Santo Tomas System
TypePrivate Catholic organization
Established2012; 12 years ago (2012)
FounderOrder of Preachers
Religious affiliation
Roman Catholic (Dominican)
Location
Philippines
Campus6 urban campuses:
MascotBengal Tigers[1]

The University of Santo Tomas System is a network of private schools that belong to the Philippine Dominican Province of the Order of Preachers.[2] The system is composed of its six campuses at cities of Manila, Legazpi, Quezon, General Santos, Santa Rosa, and Iloilo.

The UST System is one of the two educational institution systems of the Dominicans of the Philippine Dominican Province.[2] The other is the Letran System, which has four campuses.

Institutions

The University of Santo Tomas System consists of four existing campuses and one upcoming satellite campuses located in Southern Tagalog. The Manila campus is the main educational institution of the system.

The integration of select Dominican schools was a mandate of the 2012 and 2016 Provincial Chapters of the Philippine Dominican Province. In the 2012 Acts, the integration was planned to facilitate the coordination of the apostolic priorities and sharing of resources of several institutions.[3] In December 2014, the Aquinas University of Legazpi (AUL) in Albay, Angelicum College in Quezon City, and Angelicum School Iloilo, signed a memorandum of intent to integrate with UST Manila.[4] The future UST campus in Santa Rosa, Laguna, will also be part of the system. The integration plan was reinforced in the 2016 Acts.[3]

The two existing constituent units, UST–Legazpi and UST Angelicum College, are independent campuses.[5] Each campus is headed by a rector. The board of trustees of UST Angelicum College is composed of 12 representatives from UST Manila and three from UST Angelicum College.[6][3] Angelicum College's signature non-graded system of education is retained.

UST–Legazpi has fiscal and administrative independence from the main campus. The rector and board of trustees are also different.[7][8] The integration of AUL also entailed the renaming of its university hospital to UST–Legazpi Hospital.[9]

In December 2020, the construction of the Dr. Tony Tan Caktiong Innovation Center began in UST Santa Rosa. It is the first building in the campus.[10]

Campus Location Foundation Integration Rector Programs
University of Santo Tomas Manila Manila 1611 (Main campus) Richard Ang Basic education, undergraduate, graduate, and professional
University of Santo Tomas Legazpi Legazpi City, Albay 1948 2017 Edwin Lao Basic education, undergraduate, and
graduate[11][12]
University of Santo Tomas General Santos General Santos City 2024 Richard Ang Undergraduate
University of Santo Tomas Santa Rosa Santa Rosa City, Laguna Upcoming
UST Angelicum College Quezon City 1972 2017 John Stephen Besa Basic education and undergraduate
Angelicum School Iloilo Iloilo City 1978 Basic education

References

  1. ^ "UST, Angelicum QC formalize integration -". 29 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b "UST now in Legazpi with Aquinas University name change". UST.edu.ph. University of Santo Tomas. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "UST, Angelicum QC formalize integration". UST.edu.ph. University of Santo Tomas. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  4. ^ Barcia, Rhaydz (December 11, 2017). "Bicol's premier school renamed as UST-Legazpi". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  5. ^ "5 Dominican schools to be integrated with UST". The Varsitarian. June 14, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  6. ^ "Angelicum QC signs UST integration". TomasinoWeb. June 29, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  7. ^ "Bicol's Aquinas U now UST Legazpi, to remain an 'independent' campus". The Varsitarian. September 15, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  8. ^ ""Aquinas University of Legazpi" now "University of Santo Tomas – Legazpi"". International Council of Universities of Saint Thomas Aquinas. May 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  9. ^ "Aquinas U is now UST Legazpi". Bicol Mail. December 14, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  10. ^ Doctor, Mel Matthew (December 23, 2020). "UST Inaugurates Innovation Center in Sta. Rosa Campus". The Post. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  11. ^ "Bicol's Aquinas University is now UST-Legazpi". Rappler. December 12, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  12. ^ "Aquinas U to be renamed 'UST Legazpi'". Bicol Standard. January 8, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2021.