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On 4th May 1960, The University Juan Agustín Maza was born as a civil society without means of profits, whose motif, "Horno res sacra homini" (The man is sacred for the man), was the cardinal rule of its development. From that foundational identity, it has run more than half a century of enriching and silent growth, generous in producing graduates of the proven idea, who are the best proof of the work that all its members, whose ideals are, making men and women of goodwill, whose goals are freedom, intellectual independence, humanism, ethical sense, hospitality, and justice. Those people who were students in the past, and now are teachers or authorities can tell of the transformation and growth of the University, that started with two faculties and, now it has two critical venues: Gran Mendoza and Valle de Uco, nine faculties, a high school, and a Language Center. The Language University Center, in its second year of creation, has managed to relate and cooperate with the various careers that are offered in the University. It has doubled the number of students coming to the language courses and has settled its seal in Tunuyàn, a city which is 100 km from Mendoza capital. The Faculty of Engineering has 48 years of experience making successful professionals, with studying programs permanently up-dated orientation and disciplinary tutoring Systems, research, extension, and laboratory scholarships, paid internships, professional practice in companies previously selected by students, supervised by NORMAS ISO 9001/08 Certification carried out by Bureau VERITAS Certification, and a quick job way out. The Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry has 51 years of experience being in the region. Its mission is making professionals with a reliable scientific, technical, and research capacity base. That with a profound ethical sense, they will be able to actively understand the relation science- technology and society. The careers are also given credits by COMEAU, which indicates its obedience with the quality standards that guarantee an excellent professional formation. From the year 1973, it is the unique Faculty of Nutritional Sciences in the province. Its mission is to form professionals with profound scientific knowledge, committed to improving the quality of life of the population, being conscious of their social responsibility, and producing the necessary modifications in the place that favors the well-being. Its academic bachelor programs and postgraduate studies allow our graduates to be placed within the labor force fields. From 1979, through its different academic offer of bachelor's degrees programs and postgraduate programs, the Faculty of Journalism aims at forming professionals that have the tools that let them insert actively and from a protagonist place in the field of communication that nowadays exists. This aim is based on human criteria mainly supported by a team of highly qualified professors, keeping a balance between a solid theoretical base and an intensive practice in managing most modern communicational resources. More than three decades of experience have allowed us to reach a high prestige supported by the acknowledgment achieved regionally, nationally, and internationally. The Faculty of Education pretends to educate on values and attitudes, generating pedagogic reflection spaces, formulating an integral formation of graduates to be able to work in different educational institutions. It has a team of teachers committed to teaching and the conviction that education transforms people's lives. Its graduates are recognized in different places where they develop excellence and creativity because they were prepared for a changing world, full of challenges, difficulties, and new possibilities. The Faculty of Veterinary and Environmental Sciences has the main interest in forming veterinarians with an excellent ethical and professional seal, with a service-orientated aim, able to act, develop, and transfer scientific and technological knowledge to society. The Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Therapy offers an integral formation of ethical and competent professionals in different specialties, who can relate efficiently in an inter and multidisciplinary team, regionally, nationally, and internationally. Besides, it promotes continuous training, research development, and technological transfer according to the present and future society. The Faculty of Business Sciences forms Computing Business Administration and Management professionals, who have a challenging spirit and are eager to do research, are prepared to work efficiently in the different roles that organizations need and can improve the quality of life and the social well being. From 1965, the University Juan Agustín Maza is a pioneer in South America in the formation of generations of enologists whose wines are well-known in international markets. Its prestige recognizes the Faculty of Enology and Agroindustries at the national and international level in the formation of ethical professionals. They are committed to the well-being, with attitudes to carry out research and creative processes. They can improve the quality of .life and favor the development of the viniculture and agro-food industry inserted in the world's comprehensive reality. View full university

The University of San Agustin is a private Catholic university in Iloilo City, Philippines. With 40 initial students, it was established in 1904 as a preparatory school for boys by the Spanish Catholic missionaries under the oldest religious Roman Catholic order in the Philippines during the American colonial period, the Order of Saint Augustine (San Agustin).In 1917, it was incorporated and became Colegio de San Agustin de Iloilo. In March 1953, San Agustin attained university status, making it the first university in Western Visayas. San Agustin is the first and only Augustinian university in the Asia-Pacific region. The University of San Agustin now provides programs from Basic Education up to post-graduate studies in Law, Business, Education, Computer Studies, Arts and Sciences, Performing Arts, Music, Engineering, Medical Technology, Nursing, and Pharmacy. In 2013, the university celebrated its 60th year as an institution of higher learning. The Co-Curricular Activities are practical and recreational school experiences as distinct from the classroom's academic proceedings designed to entertain, extend, reinforce, or complement academic experiences. They supplement the curriculum by providing opportunities for the development of the students' optimum growth and special abilities through the exploration and discovery of their interests and aptitudes by offering them a wide variety of worthwhile courses and guiding them in the choice of and in training them in different fields of productive endeavor. Culture and Arts open not only opportunities for the aesthetic experience but also an avenue for seeking the meaning and direction of human existence and search for the "True, Good and Beautiful." To this end, the school holds various culture and arts activities such as performances, lectures, workshops, exhibits, and literary- musical-dance competitions, among others. The College of Liberal Arts, Sciences, and Education (CLASE) is composed of what used to be the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education, and the Conservatory of Music. It is also the service college in charge of the General Education (GE) curriculum. With the recent vertical articulation of academic programs, the College also offers graduate programs, namely, Ph.D./M.A. Education, M.A. Guidance and Counseling, and M.A. Religious Studies to be under the Graduate School. The reorganized College offers undergraduate degree programs in four disciplinal clusters: Humanities, Social Science, Science, and Education. These include A.B. Communication, A.B. Literature, A.B. Philosophy, Bachelor of Music, A.B. Political Science, B.S. Foreign Service, B.S. Psychology B.S. Biology, B.S. Chemistry, Bachelor of Library and Information Science, B.S. Computer Science, B.S. Information Technology Bachelor of Elementary Education and Bachelor of Secondary Education. In addition to GE courses aligned with the programs above, the College also offers GE courses in the areas of Languages, Mathematics, Physical Education, and Social Science. The College of Education holds the distinction of being a CHED Center of Development for Teacher Education. The Arts and Sciences and Education programs (totaling nine) are accredited Level II by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities (PAASCU). The Ph.D. Education and M.A. Education programs are PAASCU-accredited Level I. The Information Technology and Computer Science programs are also PAASCU-accredited Levels I. The College of Health and Allied Medical Professions (CHAMP) is the merger of the former College of Nursing (CON) and College of Pharmacy and Medical Technology (CPMT) of the University of San Agustin. CHAMP is home to several board topnotchers, internationally and nationally acclaimed professors and instructors, scientists, and outstanding alumni. The College offers the university's flagship courses – Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Science. The vision of the University of San Agustin College of Law is to continuously strive to provide quality legal education through integral formation, instruction, research, community extension, and extra-curricular activities to produce ethical, moral, and competent Augustinian legal professionals who will be leaders in their fields of endeavors. As part of a Catholic Augustinian Educational Institution, the College of Law's mission is to provide each student with quality legal education and instill in them Christian Augustinian Values to guide them in their pursuit of assisting the state in the administration of justice. The Learning Resource Center is committed to supporting Augustinian education by providing instructional materials and facilities for teaching-learning processes, research initiatives, and recent innovations to meet client satisfaction in promoting life-long learning. The Learning Resource Center or Library usually reflects the standard and quality of education of the school. It is a multimedia center that supports the total educational program of the academe. It has a wide variety of resources in various formats from conventional printed materials, such as books and periodicals, to other forms (non-print) such as videotapes, slides, transparencies, CD-ROM databases other online e-resources. But today's technology has brought evolution to the stereotype libraries. The digital age is forcing the libraries to change. The Library, now renamed LRC, has installed Follett Destiny Library Manager, an easy-to-use, web-based library automation, and management solution. It makes the Library not only more efficient but more effective at supporting student learning collaboration. As a tech-savvy LRC of the 21st century, it gives students and faculty access to library resources anytime, anywhere, 24/7 through our university website or the Destiny Quest mobile application. On the Rada's ground floor, Hall Annex is the Stack Room, where collections of over 140,000 volumes of books are housed, while the Graduate School Library is located on the second floor. Adjacent to Rada Hall Annex is the Fray Luis de Leon Building which lodges, the Technical Section, Senior High School Library, the Current Loose and Bound Periodicals and Serials, the e-journals and other Electronic Databases at the ground floor, and the College of Law Library at the second floor. A Discussion Area is provided at the center between the Mentrida and Fray Luis De Leon Buildings. The Basic Education Department maintains their libraries in their respective buildings. The Learning Resource Center is committed to providing life-long learning and good quality customer-oriented services. View full university