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Founded by Jeannine Manuel in 1954, the then Ecole Active Bilingue became an associated UNESCO school in 1957. Since 1959, the School has also been linked to the French national education system through a « contract d’association » with the Ministry of Education, which provides substantial subsidies to independent schools in France. In 1979, the School changed its name to Ecole Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel (EABJM) and moved to its current main campus, 70 rue du Théâtre in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. The next year, EABJM became the first independent International Baccalaureate (IB) school in France and, in 1992, opened its Lille campus with boarding facilities. In 2004, the Fondation Jeannine Manuel was created shortly after the passing of the School’s founder and, ten years later, the School marked its sixtieth anniversary by shortening its name to, simply, Ecole Jeannine Manuel, thereby honoring her and affirming the School’s identity. The following year, the School’s namesake opened in London where the dream had begun more than seventy years before. Today, Ecole Jeannine Manuel is the largest non-profit coeducational independent school in France. We welcome over 3,200 students from nursery to twelfth grade, in Paris, and Lille, representing almost eighty nationalities and every major cultural and religious tradition. Students follow an enriched bilingual curriculum and, in eleventh grade, choose between the French track leading to the international option of French baccalaureate (American section) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB). Academic standards are high: Ecole Jeannine Manuel is consistently ranked among the top French schools (ranked first among French high schools – public or private – in 2013, 2014, and 2015). There are three campuses in Paris: Dupleix, Suffren, and Théâtre with a total of almost 2,400 students a campus in Lille with 860 students (including 120 boarders) and a sister school in London with 350 students from nursery to 8th grade (September 2016), which will grow into a primary and secondary school of 1,100 students leading – as in France – to the French baccalaureate or the IB Our School's mission is to promote international understanding through the bilingual education of a multicultural community of students and to foster pedagogical innovation by exploring best practices in an ever-changing global environment. View full school

The Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation went through a period of managed growth built on the foundations already laid by the Founder-President, Dr. Manuel S. Enverga, within the capacity of the financial and human resources available to the institution. We relentlessly pursued our drive for academic excellence that has reaped the University recognition and inclusion in the elite category of the top higher education institutions today. We focused our resources on accreditation and ISO certification to maintain quality, efficiency, and effectiveness, even as we continued to update administrative systems and practices. We expanded our scholarship programs, allocated resources for faculty development, research, and community extension, and have made our resources, both human and financial, available for the uplift of distressed and marginalized communities. We have also established networks and linkages with alumni, industry, government, and non-government agencies to draw best practices and assistance for the University's improvement. We will continue our thrusts towards improving quality, relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, and adaptability. Today, the Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation offers various post-graduate programs in the liberal arts, education, physical education, business administration, public administration, and computer studies, and undergraduate programs in the arts and sciences, public administration, accountancy, business administration, law, education, engineering, criminology and law enforcement, architecture and fine arts, computer studies, maritime education and also technical courses. The various colleges and institutes have qualified, dedicated, and competent faculty members and academic administrators who make education in the University excellence-driven, relevant, and adaptable to new global needs. Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation is a private non-sectarian educational foundation with a three-fold function - instruction, research, and community service - offering responsive and alternative programs supporting national development goals and global excellence standards. Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation shall produce graduates with research-based knowledge, leadership, managerial skills, and professionalism. Manuel S. Enverga University is an excellent choice for those who choose higher education to enrich them and better their lives. When a student decides to enroll in the University, they become part of a learning community where extraordinarily selective and competitive programs at par with those of the Philippines' finest institutions are offered. A distinctive hallmark of Manuel S. Enverga University is excellence in the delivery of instruction, adaptability to the individual student's characteristics, learning styles and needs, and adherence to the truth for the development of creative, proactive, productive, and God-fearing individuals who will help in the transformation of Filipino society. Thus, at the heart of the different academic programs is student-centered learning. Teaching and training go beyond the classroom's confines and where students can comfortably progress as far as their abilities can take them. Enverga University promotes a caring learning environment among the community of teachers and scholars. The acquisition of knowledge and skills is attained through interaction with the world outside the academy, even as it encourages students to be proactive in their learning and growth. The University's emphasis informs the excellence-driven instruction on research activities where both students and faculty members are motivated to undertake laboratory or community research, special projects, and other academic requirements to produce new knowledge and new ways of thinking, doing, and seeing. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the Manuel S. Enverga University was born from World War II's smoldering ruins. The debilitating aftermath of the war brought education to a halt. The economic dislocation that ensued left many young people of school age with little chance of getting an education. Parents from many parts of Quezon Province had to mortgage their lands or sell their last carabao to send their children to college in Manila. The situation presented both a challenge and an opportunity to a group of pioneering and vision-driven individuals led by Dr. Manuel S. Enverga, who founded the Luzonian Colleges on February 11, 1947, needy students access to higher education. The Securities and Exchange Commission granted Luzonian Colleges its charter on February 11, 1947. A little more than a month later, the Bureau of Private Schools issued a government permit for the school to open in April 1947. In the summer of 1947, 102 students, mostly youthful war veterans, enrolled in the two-year Associate in Arts program in the College of Liberal Arts, the first college to be established. The secretarial course opened on May 2, 1947, even as the young college obtained official permission to open the secondary school and the education programs in June 1947. Meanwhile, in 1948 heeding the clamor of the citizens of Sampaloc, Quezon, a high school was put up in that town. Barely two years after, the College of Law opened to serve the needs of Associate in Arts graduates who wanted to take up law at nighttime. The complete commerce program was given the authority to open on October 5, 1949. The year 1950 saw the opening of a satellite campus in Catanauan, Quezon. The Institute of Graduate Studies and Research and the College of Engineering opened in 1955, giving Luzonian students more varied career choices. The San Antonio, Quezon campus, was set up on June 22, 1959. In 1960, the school started to offer technical courses, and two years later, the College of Architecture became a fully independent academic program from the College of Engineering. View full university

The Manuel L. Quezon University (MLQU) is a non-sectarian and educational private institution of learning, registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a stock corporation and operates with the authority of the Department of Education (DepEd), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Technical Education and Skills Department Authority (TESDA). It offers academic programs in Basic Education, which consists of Kindergarten, Elementary, and Secondary with the inclusion of Junior and Senior High School and Tertiary and Graduate Studies. Manuel L. Quezon University is an educational institution that provides holistic quality education through excellent instruction rendered by educators and leaders in their specialization fields. It shall be the learning center of nation builders and stewards of sustainable development. Manuel L. Quezon University shall contribute to nation-building and social and economic development by producing nationalistic, competent, learned, and upright Filipinos imbued with the spirit of selflessness and committed service to society through quality education and training. It shall contribute to creating a sustainable nation/society by producing globally competitive professionals who shall serve as innovators and integrators of ideas and technology across all sectors and stewards of the physical and social environment. The University's glorious beginnings took inspiration from the Filipino leader of unequaled charisma - the fiery, controversial, and fearless Manuel L. Quezon, a man willing to sacrifice all so that his people may enjoy the dignity of living as free men. The University is founded on the principle of Pro Patria Et Jure: For Country and Law and on the Philosophy of Know Thyself. MLQU owes its existence to the following men's idealism, namely: Justice Carmelino G. Alvendia, Atty. Manuel O. Chan, Dr.Anselmo S. Claudio, Justice Arsenio P. Dizon, Dr. Leoncio B. Monzon, Justice Jose B.L. Reyes, and Senator Lorenzo M. Tañada. Headed by the first Chairman of the Board and the first President of Manuel L. Quezon University, Dr. Leoncio B. Monzon, envisioned an institution that would provide ambitious yet financially disadvantaged young people with the Education and professional training needed to get ahead in life. The original name of MLQU was Manuel L. Quezon Educational Institution. It was changed in 1958 to Manuel L. Quezon University, having achieved its status as a University. The vision was realized on November 1, 1947, when Dr. Monzon, dean, was joined by eighteen professors from the school in an old building at the corner of Mendiola and Legarda Streets to form a law school with an enrollment of 643 students. The fledgling school produced its first batch of graduates in the following academic year, and in the same year, the school registered a passing average of 97.5% in the Bar Examinations. In 1949, it exceeded its first record with a 100% passing average, with three of its graduates making it to the Top Ten. The brilliant record of MLQU in the Bar Examinations attracted more students, making it imperative to transfer to a new site on R. Hidalgo Street, Quiapo, where a one-story structure was constructed and later rebuilt into a 4-story edifice. In the coming years, the Law School's continuous burgeoning enrollment required more space, and thus the Legarda Mansion on R. Hidalgo Street and the Arlegui Compound were also acquired. As the University grew, several academic units were established to complement the Law Curriculum namely, School of Arts and Sciences in 1948, Education in 1949, Commerce in 1952, Graduate Studies in 1953, Engineering in 1954, and Architecture in 1956, but the last two programs were later merged into a single unit. However, the School of Architecture became a separate unit in 1970. In 1975, Criminology, a former department of the School of Arts & Sciences, acquired the status as an academic unit. In 1981, the Department of Secretarial Education under the School of Commerce umbrella likewise became an academic unit. In 1984, the School of Information Technology was added. The need to streamline operations in the 1990s required merging the Secretarial Education program with Commerce, resulting in establishing the School of Accountancy and Business Arts in 1997 and the merger of the Arts and Education into the School of Education, Arts, and Sciences in 2001. To address students' library needs to be enrolled in the various curricular programs offered by the University, the Justice Arsenio P. Dizon Research Center was established. In October 2014, property developer New San Jose Builders, Inc. (NSJBI) acquired ownership of MLQU. NSJBI is a Filipino-owned company established in 1986 headed by its Chairman and Owner, Mr. Jose Rizalino Acuzar. Its acquisition of MLQU has opened more doors to the University and its graduates. The continuous upgrading of facilities, offering new programs, procurement of equipment, partnership with government agencies, educational institutions, etc. have created a more conducive learning environment for students to push their limits and do their best. NSJBI joins every Filipino student in achieving a better life through Education. The MLQU has every reason to be proud of producing alumni who have reached the top echelons of power in the government service and the academe, business and industry, and private practice. Some of the illustrious alumni of MLQU are former Secretary of Justice Ricardo C. Puno, Sr., Human Rights Advocate Sedfrey Ordoñez, Retired Supreme Court Justice Isagani A. Cruz, Two of Justice Puno's students, Jose Melo and Jose Vitug, became Supreme Court Justices, Congressman Antonio Abueg, Jr., COMELEC Commissioner Vicente Lima, former NBI Director Mariano Mison, Assemblyman Alejandro Finder, among others. "These thoughts, these hopes, these dreams and the trials that its founders shared benefit to the fullest measure by thousands of students, present and past, and thousands yet to come and are enshrined in the name of Manuel L. Quezon University" (as cited by Ricardo C. Puno, Sr. , The MLQU Story). View full university