Colleges of the University of Santo Tomas

The University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines has 22 colleges and 3 secondary school departments. The colleges are academic constituents of the university that offer undergraduate and graduate programs. Historically, the colleges are named as Faculty, College, Institute, School, or Conservatory. There are 19 colleges that offer civil courses and 3 faculties that also offer ecclesiastical programs.

The Faculty of Civil Law, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, the Graduate School, and the Graduate School of Law offer masters and doctorate programs. The Faculty of Sacred Theology, Faculty of Philosophy and Faculty of Canon Law, offer bachelor, masters, and doctorate programs. The rest of the colleges offer only undergraduate programs.

Each of the independent units is headed by a dean and supervised by a Dominican regent.

Founded in 2017, the Graduate School of Law is the newest unit in the University.

Types of college

Colleges that were founded with the University in 1611 up until the beginning of the twentieth century uses the title of Faculty. This is an accordance with statutes of the medieval University of Salamanca and the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico which used "facultad" for their constituent colleges. The Faculty of Sacred Theology, Faculty of Philosophy, and the Faculty of Canon Law, which are housed in the Faculties of Ecclesiastical Studies, are considered to be the oldest faculties in the university. The Faculty of Civil Law, founded in 1734, is usually dubbed as the "oldest lay faculty", while the Faculty of Engineering, founded in 1907, is regarded as the "youngest faculty". The term faculty is only historical and does not signify dominance over the "newer" colleges. UST is the only university in the Philippines that uses faculty.

College is used by independent degree-granting units that were founded since the American period in the 1920s until the present time. The College of Education, founded in 1926, is often called to be the "oldest college".

A department under a certain college, which is being developed to become an independent entity, is usually given the title Institute. In 1974, the Institute of Physical Therapy was founded and was supervised by the College of Science and the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. The institute was granted a full autonomy in 1993 and became independent in 2000.[1][2] In 2006, the Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management was founded from the College of Education. It became an independent college in 2008.[2][3] The Institute of Information and Computing Sciences was established in 2014 from the Faculty of Engineering. Though referred to as an "Institute", the Institute of Religion does not confer undergraduate or graduate programs. It is a department that supervises the theology classes in the lay colleges.

School was earlier used by the School of Civil Engineering, School of Architecture and Fine Arts, School of Commerce, School of Nursing, and the defunct Normal School. Only the Graduate School uses the style today.

Conservatory is used by the University's music school, the Conservatory of Music. It offers complete bachelor's degrees in music.

List of colleges

College	Foundation	Programs	Reference
Faculty of Sacred Theology	1611	Sacred Theology	[4][5]
Faculty of Philosophy	1611	Philosophy	[4][6]
Faculty of Canon Law	1733	Canon Law	[4][6]
Faculty of Civil Law	1734	Law	[4]
Faculty of Medicine & Surgery	1871	Clinical Audiology, Medicine	[4][6][7]
Faculty of Pharmacy	1871	Biochemistry, Medical Technology, Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy	[4][6][7]
Faculty of Arts and Letters	1896	Asian Studies, Behavioral Science, Communication, Economics, English Language Studies, History, Journalism, Legal Management, Literature, Creative Writing, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology	[7][8]
Faculty of Engineering	1907	Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Electronics and Communications, Industrial, and Mechanical	[5][9]
College of Education	1926	Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Special Needs Education, Library and Information Science, Food Technology, and Nutrition and Dietetics
College of Science	1926	Applied Physics major in Instrumentation, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics major in Actuarial Science, Microbiology, and Psychology	[5]
College of Architecture	1930	Architecture	[5][10] [11][12]
College of Commerce and Business Administration	1934	Business Administration (Marketing Management, Financial Management, Human Resource Management, and Business Economics), Entrepreneurship	[13][14]
Graduate School	1938
Conservatory of Music	1945	Music	[5]
College of Nursing	1946	Nursing	[5]
College of Rehabilitation Sciences	1974	Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech–Language Pathology, Sports Science	[2][3][15]
College of Fine Arts and Design	2000	Advertising, Industrial Design, Interior Design, and Painting	[5][11][12]
Institute of Physical Education & Athletics	2000	Sports and Wellness Management	[5]
Alfredo M. Velayo College of Accountancy	2005	Accountancy, Accounting Information System, and Management Accounting	[14][16][17]
College of Tourism & Hospitality Management	2009	Hospitality Management, Hotel and Restaurant Management, Tourism Management, and Travel Management	[17][3]
Institute of Information and Computing Sciences	2014	Computer Science, Information Systems, and Information Technology	[18]
Graduate School of Law	2017

Defunct colleges

College	Founded	Notes	Reference
Faculty of Liberal Arts	1611		[4]
Faculty of Morals, Sacred Scripture & Liturgy	1825		[4]
School of Drawing and Painting	1865		[4]
College of Notaries	1875		[4][19]
School of Matrons/Midwifery	1879		[4][20]
School of Ministering Surgeons	1880		[4]
School of Pharmacy for the Practitioner	1880		[4]
Faculty of Sciences	1896		[4][7]
College of Dentistry	1904		[21]
College of Liberal Arts	1926	The college was reorganised to become two separate colleges of the Faculty of Arts and Letters and College of Science in 1964.	[8]
Normal School	1940	Merged with the College of Education in 1971.	[19]
Institute of Nutrition	1970	Formed as an independent body from the College of Education. It eventually closed in the 1980s.	[19]
Institute of Technological Courses	1972

Elementary and secondary Education

Name	Founded	Notes	Reference
UST Junior High School	1928		[19][22]
Education High School	1950	Laboratory school which was taught by the 4th year students of Bachelor of Secondary Education of College of Education. It was founded on August 1, 1950 in the time of Rector Magnificus Angel de Blas by Caridad Z. Sevilla.	[22]
Elementary School (defunct)	1941	The last batch of grade 6 students graduated in March 2011.	[19]
UST Senior High School	2016

Renamed and separated colleges

In 1896, the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters was founded. It became the Faculty of Arts and Letters when part of the programs of the College of Liberal Arts were merged with it. The programs of the College of Liberal Arts leading to Bachelor of Science degrees where reorganised to become the College of Science.[8] The College of Science retained the college color and seal of the College of Liberal Arts.

The Faculty of Medicine and Surgery and the Faculty of Pharmacy were both founded in 1871 as the Facultad de Medicina y Farmacia and separated in 1901 to become two different faculties.

The College of Commerce and Business Administration had several name changes. It was first called as the School of Commerce in 1933. Later on, it developed to become the College of Commerce in 1934, College of Commerce and Accountancy in 1988, and eventually to its present name. The Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management became the College of Tourism and Hospitality Management in 2008.[3]

The College of Fine Arts and the Conservatory of Music were originally part of the College of Architecture and Fine Arts.[23] The Department of Fine Arts separated from the College of Architecture and became the College of Fine Arts in 2000. The Institute of Physical Therapy was renamed as the College of Rehabilitation Sciences in 2001.

The Alfredo M. Velayo College of Accountancy became an independent college from the College of Commerce and Accountancy in 2004.[12] It was also the first college of the university to be named after an alumnus.

College insignias

The coat of arms of the older faculties and colleges of the university were designed by Cenon M. Rivera, former director of the Fine Arts department of UST.[24][25] Each college also has a patron saint that was chosen based on the field or profession of the college. The selection is administered by the council of regents of the university.

College	Names in Filipino, Spanish, and Latin	Blazon	Patron saint	Colors	Ref.
Faculty of Sacred Theology	Spanish: Facultad de Teología	Holy chalice	St. Thomas Aquinas		[26]
Faculty of Philosophy	Spanish: Facultad de Filosofía	Owl of Minerva and Catherine wheel	St. Catherine of Alexandria		[26]
Faculty of Canon Law	Spanish: Facultad de Cánones	Keys of Heaven	St. Raymond of Peñafort		[26]
Faculty of Civil Law	Filipino: Pakultad ng Abogasya Spanish: Facultad de Jurisprudencia, Facultad de Derecho, Facultad de Derecho Civil Latin: Facultas Legis Civilis	Balance scale and sword	St. Raymond of Peñafort		[26]
Faculty of Medicine and Surgery	Filipino: Pakultad ng Medisina at Pagtitistis Spanish: Facultad de Medicina y Cirugia Latin: Facultas Medicinae et Chirurgiae	Rod of Asclepius	Sts. Cosmas and Damian		[26][27] [28]
Faculty of Pharmacy	Filipino: Pakultad ng Parmasya Spanish: Facultad de Farmacia	Bowl of Hygieia	Sts. Cosmas and Damian
Faculty of Arts and Letters	Filipino: Pakultad ng Sining at Panitik Spanish: Facultad de Filosofia y Letras (defunct)	Athena, owl, scroll, quill	St. Thomas More		[26][28] [29]
Faculty of Engineering	Filipino: Pakultad ng Inhinyeriya Spanish: Facultad de Ingenieria	Pylon, tower, factory, microprocessor, gear wheel, Erlenmeyer flask, and laptop	Blessed Jordan of Saxony		[26][28] [30]
College of Education	Filipino: Kolehiyo ng Edukasyon Spanish: Colegio de Pedagogia	Torch	St. Joseph of Calasanz		[26][28]
College of Science	Filipino: Kolehiyo ng Agham Spanish: Colegio de Artes Liberales (defunct)	Globe	St. Albertus Magnus		[26]
College of Architecture	Filipino: Kolehiyo ng Arkitektura Spanish: Colegio de Arquitectura y Bellas Artes (defunct)	Ionic capital	Thomas the Apostle		[26][28]
College of Commerce and Business Administration	Filipino: Kolehiyo ng Komersyo at Pamamahalang Pambisnes Spanish: Colegio de Comercio y Administracion	Winged wheel	Matthew the Evangelist		[26]
Graduate School	Filipino: Paaralang Gradwado	Biretta and an open book	St. Antoninus of Florence		[31]
Conservatory of Music	Filipino: Konserbatoryo ng Musika Spanish: Conservatorio	Harp of David	St. Cecilia		[26][28] [32]
College of Nursing	Filipino: Kolehiyo ng Narsing Spanish: Escuela de Enfermeras	Maltese cross and Lamp of Nightingale	St. Elizabeth of Hungary		[33]
College of Rehabilitation Sciences	Filipino: Kolehiyo ng Agham Pangrehabilitasyon	Symbol of Access	St. Martin de Porres		[28]
College of Fine Arts and Design	Filipino: Kolehiyo ng Pinong Sining at Disenyo	Paint brush, pencil, technical and dip pens	Blessed Fra Angelico		[28]
Institute of Physical Education and Athletics	Filipino: Instityut ng Pisikal na Edukasyon at Atletiks	Bengal tiger	Pope John Paul II
Alfredo M. Velayo College of Accountancy	Filipino: Kolehiyo ng Akawntansi	Abacus	St. Joseph
College of Tourism and Hospitality Management	Filipino: Kolehiyo ng Turismo at Mabuting Pakikitungo	Globe, laurel, and torch	St. Hyacinth
Institute of Information and Computing Sciences		Binary numeral system, artificial intelligence, gear wheels, and mathematical symbols	St. Vincent Ferrer
Graduate School of Law		Balance scale, Sword, and an open book
Junior High School		UST Main Building tower	Blessed Mannes of Guzman		[34]
Education High School		Bible and torch	St. Joseph of Calasanz		[35]
Senior High School		Arch of the Centuries	Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
Institute of Religion		Bible, Bahay kubo, and Palm leaf cross	St. Mary Magdalene

Roll call

In university events, like the Thomasian Welcome Walk and The Sending-off rights, the roll call of the university colleges is done according to their foundation year instead of the usual alphabetical order. Founded in 1611, the Faculty of Sacred Theology is called and introduced first. Being the youngest, founded in 2014, the Institute of Information and Computing Sciences is called last.

The Thomasian, the university website, USTET application forms, and most official publications follow the same way of presenting the colleges.

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