University of Santo Tomas System

The University of Santo Tomas System is a private educational system established by the Dominican Province of the Philippines of the Order of Preachers.[1] The system is composed of the campuses at Manila, Quezon City, Legazpi City, Santa Rosa City, and General Santos City.

University of Santo Tomas System
TypePrivate Catholic non-profit
Established2012 (2012)
FounderMiguel de Benavides
Religious affiliation
Roman Catholic (Dominican)
ChancellorGerard Timoner III
Vice-ChancellorFilemon Dela Cruz, Jr.
Location
Philippines
Campus3

The UST System is one of the two educational systems of the Dominican Province of the Philippines.[1] The other is the Letran System, which comprises of four campuses.

Institutions

The University of Santo Tomas System comprises of three existing campuses and two upcoming higher education institutions. The Manila campus is the main university.

The integration of select Dominican schools was a mandate of the 2012 and 2016 Provincial Chapters of the Dominican Province of the Philippines. In the 2012 Acts, the integration was planned to facilitate the coordination of the apostolic priorities and sharing of resources of several institutions.[2] In December 2014, the Aquinas University of Legazpi in Albay (AUL), Angelicum College in Quezon City, and Angelicum School Ilolo, signed a memorandum of intent to integrate with UST Manila.[3] The future UST campuses in Santa Rosa, Laguna and General Santos City will also be part of the system. The integration plan was reinforced in the 2016 Acts.[2]

The two existing constituent units are independent campuses.[4] Each campus is headed by a rector. The Rector Magnificus of UST Manila is also the rector of UST Angelicum.[5] Its board of trustees is composed of 12 representatives from UST Manila and three from UST Angelicum.[6][2] 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 UST-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
(formerly Aquinas University of Legazpi)		 Legazpi City 1948 2017 Ernesto M. Arceo Basic education, undergraduate, and
graduate[11][12]
University of Santo Tomas-Santa Rosa Santa Rosa Upcoming
University of Santo Tomas-General Santos City General Santos City Upcoming
UST Angelicum College
(formerly Angelicum College)		 Quezon City 1972 2017 Richard Ang Basic education and undergraduate
Angelicum School Iloilo Iloilo City 1978 Planned Basic education

References
  1. "UST now in Legazpi with Aquinas University name change". UST.edu.ph. University of Santo Tomas. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  2. "UST, Angelicum QC formalize integration". UST.edu.ph. University of Santo Tomas. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  3. Barcia, Rhaydz (December 11, 2017). "Bicol's premier school renamed as UST-Legazpi". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  4. "5 Dominican schools to be integrated with UST". The Varsitarian. June 14, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  5. "Angelicum College in QC officially under UST". The Varsitarian. June 29, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 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.
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