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Batangas State University is committed to the holistic development of productive citizens by providing a conducive learning environment for the generation, dissemination, and utilization of knowledge through innovative education, multidisciplinary research collaborations, and community partnerships that would nurture the spirit of nationhood and help national fuel economy for sustainable development. Together, we shall strive to achieve the University's vision of developing active participants in nation-building and responsive to 21st-century challenges. We shall continue serving the University and the community with vigor and a strong sense of commitment to situating B…
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The Bataan Peninsula State University was established under the Republic Act 9403, signed into law on 22nd of March 2007. It is a conglomeration of fair leading higher education institutions in Bataan seeking to contribute to the national and regional development through providing an excellent quality of services in instruction, research, production, and extension. Guided by one Vision of becoming a university of excellence acknowledged in the country and the Asia-Pacific Region, BPSU shall continue to gear toward realizing its mission of providing quality and relevant education to contribute to national and regional development. Before the conversion, BPSU used…
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Baliuag University began as Baliuag Institute in 1925, a small high school with only 75 students. Baliuag Institute closed down during the Japanese occupation in 1941. It reopened two years later and offered Junior Normal and Liberal Arts, both two-year courses, in 1946. In 1947, the government elevated the school's status from Institute to Junior College. Subsequent developments like campus improvements, new course offerings, and yearly growth of student population paved the way to another milestone – Baliuag Junior College became Baliuag Colleges in 1968. In 2001, Baliuag Colleges had declared a university and granted a status of full autonomy by the Commission on H…
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The State College shall primarily provide technical and professional training in the sciences, arts, teacher education, agriculture, engineering, technology, and short-term vocational courses. It shall likewise promote research, advanced studies, and academic leadership in the stated areas of specialization. ASCOT was officially established on December 30, 1993, according to Republic Act No. 7664. Aurora's son, Senator Edgardo J. Angara, and the late Congressman Benedicto G. Miran sponsored the bills that eventually became law, bringing much hope for a brighter future to the people of the Province. The CollegeCollege opened its first year of classes on June 6, 1994, wit…
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The Ateneo de Zamboanga began in 1912 as Escuela Catolica, a parochial school run by Spanish Jesuits at the Immaculate Conception Church's old site, right across the Sunken Garden. Fr. Manuel M. Sauras, S.J., was the first director. In 1930, the American Jesuits took over from the Spanish Jesuits with Fr. Thomas Murray, S.J. as the first American director. Classes were also held in the Knights of Columbus (K of C) building, now the site City Theater. The first high school students graduated from Ateneo in 1932. In 1938, a library was built on the first floor of the K of C Building. A facade, an auditorium, and an annex were also built. John Shinn was appointed headmaste…
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As a university, the Ateneo de Naga seeks the integral formation of men and women who will contribute to the family and human society's full development. As a Filipino University, the Ateneo de Naga fosters the country's love and a deep commitment to the culture of human life and care for creation. It commits itself to contribute to and benefit from global society for the transformation of the Filipino nation. Its particular task is the development of Bicol and the preservation and enhancement of its culture. As a Catholic university, the Ateneo de Naga is committed to the faithful service that promotes justice. It seeks to form men and women committed to the person and…
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Ateneo de Manila University is divided into two primary schools of higher education: the Loyola Schools, located in the Loyola Heights Campus, and the Professional Schools, located in the Rockwell and Salcedo Campuses in Makati. The Loyola Schools is the tertiary level school unit of the Ateneo de Manila University that offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the Arts and Sciences. It is composed of the School of Humanities, the John Gokongwei School of Management, the School of Science and Engineering, and the School of Social Sciences. Each undergraduate has a home base in a particular school. Still, most preserve the diverse spectrum of interests that help…
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The Ateneo de Davao University is a premiere Filipino, Catholic and Jesuit University founded by the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus in 1948. It aims to establish a standard of excellence in academic and spiritual formation in various fields. The University single-mindedly aspires to champion a strong tradition of academic excellence and more excellent service. It offers a comprehensive formation underscoring the holistic development of the person as an individual (mind and heart) and as a member of the human community. It labors to realize its mission of being “stronger in faith” (fortes-in-fide) in pursuit of God’s ultimate plan. In the spirit of service, …
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Inspired by St. Marie Eugenie, we passionately form persons and communities of faith and action through a transformative education that nurtures faith and spirituality, pursues academic excellence for service, and instills social responsibility, thus forging "character for life and life for God." In the 81 years of Marie Eugenie's life, seven political regimes followed one another in France. It was a troubled time, though, from the point of view of social, political, artistic, and ecclesial life, it was rich in change and innovation. The French Revolution of 1789 signaled a break with the past: new ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity shook the foundations of mon…
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Ever since his arrival in the Philippines, he was known to be the only Christian country in the Far East; he was struck by the widening gap between the rich and the poor. When the late Rufino Cardinal Santos, D.D., Archbishop of Manila, invited Fr. Senden to start an Asian Social Institute, he was hesitant, realizing that already there were prestigious educational institutions offering master's degrees in the social sciences. Yet, he could not deny that the Philippines was still longing for the Christian leaders who would commit themselves to address the great divide between the rich and the materially poor. He nevertheless decided to start a new social science graduate s…
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The Asian Institute of Maritime Studies (AIMS) is a merchant marine college in Pasay City, the Philippines, that provides highly technical learning in maritime education. It is one of the top-performing maritime schools in the Philippines. It was founded in 1993 by Captain Wilijado P. Abid along with his friends. Sometime in July 1993, thirteen educators and merchant marine officers established an institute of higher learning, the Asian Institute of Maritime Studies (AIMS).[2] The forerunners behind AIMS, namely: Capt. Wilijado P. Abid, a former Navy Officer and a maritime educator in training and upgrading Atty. Santiago N. Pastor, a corporate lawyer, banker, and educato…
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The Asian Institute of Management (AIM) is an Asian pioneer in management education. The Institute was founded in 1968 by a consortium of prominent business leaders, Philippine academic institutions, and the Harvard Business School.AIM is the first school in Southeast Asia to receive accreditation from the US-based Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), globally recognized as having the world's highest standards. Throughout its history, the Institute has sought to empower students to thrive in challenging, rapidly shifting environments. It achieves this by encouraging a more considerate, effective, and sustainable approach to business in society.…
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The Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC) is a Knowledge Management Center organized in 1980 as a journalism graduate school. It was founded on the philosophy that communication is a vital development resource to advance the common good. Today, AIJC has a solid record of more than thirty years in the communication field – as a graduate school for communicators and journalists, a center for continuing education in journalism, communication, and knowledge management, and a research and project management firm advocating policies and implementing programs and projects that address development issues and concerns both at the levels of national decision-maki…
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The 1980s witnessed exceptional growth in the Information Technology (IT) Industry. In line with this development, strong demand for IT professionals resulted in computer schools' proliferation. With the sprouting of these schools, concerns over the quality of education came into focus when it was observed that some graduates could not meet the high standards set by business and industry. IBM Philippines, the leading IT supplier in the country, together with SM (Shoemart) Foundation, the number one retail giant in the Philippines, explored the possibility of putting up a computer training institution that would produce high caliber graduates. These exploratory talks are…
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Student admission in Arellano University is governed by Article XIII, Section 60 of the Revised Manual of Regulations for Private Schools, which provides for the basic requirements of eligibility for admission to any collegiate educational program or course. Arellano University adopts an "open admission, selective-retention" policy. Consistent with its mission and vision statement, the University welcomes all students interested in the pursuit of academic learning, regardless of race, creed, religion, and personal circumstances. Everyone desirous of education within the school's framework, atmosphere, and standards is assumed to possess the minimum intellectual, emotion…
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Aquinas University of Legazpi (AUL) is a Catholic higher educational institution in Legazpi City, Albay. Known as the Dominican University of Bicol, AUL can trace her beginning on June 8, 1948, when Don Buenaventura de Erquiaga opened the portals of Legazpi Junior Colleges at a modest site with a two-story building on corner Rizal and Mabini Streets in the port district of Legazpi City. About two years later, the school had already expanded to the AUL downtown campus along Peñaranda and Gov. Forbes Streets, this time renamed Legazpi College. It offered elementary, secondary, vocational, tertiary, and graduate studies. AUL offers pre-elementary, elementary, and high scho…
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UST Angelicum College, the country's pioneer in the non-graded system, envisions herself to be the preferred Catholic Institution that forms individuals to become academically competent, socially responsive, environmentally conscientious, and morally upright through a progressive approach to learning for the service of the Church, the nation, and the world. Angelicum College started as an educator's simple dream to break free from the traditional educational system. When he was an elementary student at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Fr. Rogelio Alarcon, O.P had already begun toying with the idea of a school that would cater to the individual needs each student and d…
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Angeles University Foundation, a non-stock, non-profit educational institution, was established on May 25, 1962, by Mr. Agustin P. Angeles, Dr. Barbara Y. Angeles, and family. In less than nine years, the Institution was granted University status on April 16, 1971, by the Department of Education, Culture, and Sports. On December 4, 1975, the University was converted to a non-stock, non-profit educational foundation -- the Angeles couple and their children executed a Deed of Donation relinquishing their ownership. AUF was incorporated under Republic Act No. 6055, otherwise known as the Foundation Law, and became a tax-exempt institution approved by the Philippine governmen…
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In 1980, Ambassador Amable R. Aguiluz V, also known as the Father of Computer Education in the Philippines, saw the demand for fully trained computer professionals; however, during that time, no institution in the Philippines offered professional computer education. Knowing the impact of technology in the industry and how it will drive progress, Ambassador Aguiluz responded to the demand and decided to put up a school that will offer computer education; hence, AMA Institute of Computer Studies was founded and eventually led to the establishment of AMA Computer College, which was the first to offer courses in Computer Science and Computer Engineering. A few years after A…
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The college was established in 1956 as the Southern Mindanao branch of the Philippine Institute of Fisheries Technology (PIFT), the U.P.'s predecessor in the Visayas - College of Fisheries. In 1965, the SMSF became the first fishery school under the Department of Education to attain college status by R.A. No. 3434 and was renamed Mindanao Regional School of Fisheries (MRSF). In 1980, the MRSF was included as one of the eight project institutes of the Sixth Education Project of the Philippine government that were developed into Regional Institutes of Fisheries Technology (RIFTs) through a US$38 million loan package from the World Bank. In 1986, the college was granted it…
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To be a leading ASEAN University forming leaders of character by 2033. Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan is a Filipino, Catholic, and Jesuit educational community dedicated to the integral development of the person for the needs of Mindanao, the Philippines, and Asia-pacific. As a university, Xavier engages in the authentic search for the truth through teaching formation research and social outreach. It is dedicated to the renewal discovery, safeguarding, and communication of knowledge and human values. It trains men and women to think rigorously to act rightly, and serve humanity justly. As a Filipino University, Xavier is devoted to the appreciation, preservation, and…
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Xavier University is a co-educational Jesuit, Catholic university located in Norwood, an enclave of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The school is the sixth-oldest Catholic and fourth-oldest Jesuit university in the nation. Xavier has an undergraduate enrollment of 4,485 students and a graduate enrollment of 2,165. Xavier is primarily an undergraduate, liberal arts institution. Xavier University was the first Catholic institution of higher learning in the Northwest Territory. It is the fourth oldest Jesuit University and the sixth-oldest Catholic university in the United States. The school was founded in 1831 as a men's college in downtown Cincinnati, adjacent to St. Fran…
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The University is committed to providing quality and relevant advanced education, higher technological, professional instruction, and training in arts, sciences, education, architecture, engineering, agriculture, forestry, and other fields of study, thereby producing locally oriented, globally competitive, and eco-friendly human resources. It shall promote research and development programs to advance science and technology and undertake sustainable extension and production activities. ISAT University College of Arts and Sciences envisions itself as the center of excellence in arts and science education. The ISAT University College of Arts and Sciences is committed to ma…
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The Western Philippines University facilitates its Admission and Scholarships Grants by a collaboration of the different University units and colleges that ensure the proper enlistment, selection, settlement, and admission of the student, under the University's law, policy and standard. From being a humble farm settlement school in 1910, WPU has evolved into a prime mover, a leader, in sustainable development in Western Philippines and beyond through relevant instruction, research, and extension services. Its name has become synonymous with environmental protection and green technology, enabling more people to lead a better life. WPU commits to developing quality huma…
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While P.D. 1427, which legitimized its creation, embodied the above mission and defined its role in Western Mindanao, it merely echoed the same mission that saw the Zamboanga Normal School's establishment sixty years earlier. The institution, which started as a teacher training school in 1918 by the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, served the educational needs of the diverse cultural communities of the southern Philippine provinces. Today's Western Mindanao State University stands with the mandate of serving as a flagship educational institution and increasing access to quality education to a broader number of people in a more pluralistic social, economic, and cultural se…
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