Colleges of the University of Santo Tomas
Colleges of the University of Santo Tomas — The University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines has 22 colleges and 3 basic education school departments. The colleges are interdependent academic constituents of the university that offer undergraduate and graduate programs.[1] 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 Faculties of Ecclesiastical Studies, though governed by its particular statutes, is still an integral part of the university.[1]
A dean heads a faculty, college, or school. He is assisted by a faculty council and an assistant dean. All academic units are also supervised by a Dominican regent. In a faculty, college or school where the dean is a member of the Order of Preachers, the dean also functions as the regent. A director heads an institute.[1]
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 use 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.[2] Various faculties on grammar, humanities, arts, and sciences existed in the early years of the university. These faculties evolved to become the present colleges, like the College of Science and the College of Fine Arts and Design. 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.[3] The College of Education, founded in 1926, is often called to be the "oldest college".
A department under a certain academic unit, which is being developed to become an independent entity, is given the title Institute.[1] An Institute may also be established in the university as an organically independent body, like the Institute of Physical Education and Athletics.[1] 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, renamed as the College of Rehabilitation Sciences.[4][5] In 2006, the Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management was founded from the College of Education. It became an independent college in 2008.[5][6] The Institute of Information and Computing Sciences (IICS) was established in 2014 from the Faculty of Engineering. In 2021, the IICS was elevated to the status of a College. 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.[7]
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 and Graduate School of Law 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.
Academic units
Present colleges
Below is the list of the present academic units of the university with their corresponding logos and symbols. 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 the university. 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.
- Founded — College
Other names — Departments/Programs — Logo symbols — Patron saint — Colors — Ref. - 1611 — Sacred Theology
Spanish: Facultad de Teología — Sacred Theology — Holy Chalice — St. Thomas Aquinas — [8][9]
[10] - 1611 — Philosophy
Spanish: Facultad de Filosofía — Philosophy (Classical) — Owl of Minerva,
Catherine wheel — St. Catherine of Alexandria — [11] - 1733 — Canon Law
Spanish: Facultad de Cánones — Canon Law
Doctor of Canon Law
Licentiate in Canon Law — Keys of Heaven — St. Raymond of Peñafort — [12] - 1734 — Civil Law
Filipino: Pakultad ng Batas Sibil
Spanish: Facultad de Jurisprudencia, Facultad de Derecho, Facultad de Derecho Civil
Latin: Facultas Legis Civilis — Juris Doctor — Balance scale, sword — St. Raymond of Peñafort — [8][13]
[14] - 1871 — Medicine and Surgery
Filipino: Pakultad ng Medisina at Siruhiya,
Pakultad ng Panggagamot at Pagtitistis
Spanish: Facultad de Medicina y Cirugia
Latin: Facultas Medicinae et Chirurgiae — Basic Human Studies
Master of Clinical Audiology
Master of Pain Management — Rod of Asclepius — Sts. Cosmas and Damian — [15][16]
[17][18] - 1871 — Pharmacy
Filipino: Pakultad ng Parmasya
Spanish: Facultad de Farmacia — Biochemistry
Medical Technology
Pharmacy (Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy, Doctor of Pharmacy) — Bowl of Hygieia — Sts. Cosmas and Damian,
Immaculate Conception — [8][19]
[20][21] - 1896 — Arts and Letters
Filipino: Pakultad ng Sining at Panitik
Spanish: Facultad de Filosofia y Letras (defunct) — Asian Studies
Behavioral Science
Creative Writing
Communication
Economics
English Language Studies
History
Journalism
Legal Management
Literature
Philosophy
Political Science
Sociology — Athena, owl, scroll, quill — St. Thomas More — [22][23] - 1907 — Engineering
Filipino: Pakultad ng Inhinyeriya
Spanish: Facultad de Ingenieria — Chemical
Civil
Electrical
Electronics and Communications
Industrial
Mechanical — Pylon, tower, factory,
microprocessor, gear wheel,
Erlenmeyer flask, laptop — Blessed Jordan of Saxony — [24][25] - 1926 — Education
Filipino: Kolehiyo ng Pagtuturo
Spanish: Colegio de Pedagogia — Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
Secondary Education (English, Filipino, Mathematics, Religious and Values Education, Science, Social Studies)
Special Needs Education
Food Technology
Library and Information Science
Nutrition and Dietetics — Torch — St. Joseph of Calasanz — [16] - 1926 — Science
Filipino: Kolehiyo ng Agham
Spanish: Colegio de Artes Liberales (defunct) — Applied Physics major in Instrumentation
Biology (Environmental, Industrial, Medical)
Chemistry
Data Science and Analytics
Mathematics major in Actuarial Science
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Microbiology
Psychology — Globe — St. Albertus Magnus — [26] - 1930 — Architecture
Filipino: Kolehiyo ng Arkitektura
Spanish: Colegio de Arquitectura y Bellas Artes (defunct) — Architecture — Ionic capital — Thomas the Apostle — [27][28]
[29] - 1934 — Commerce and Business Administration
Filipino: Kolehiyo ng Kalakal at Pamamahalang Pang-negosyo
Spanish: Colegio de Comercio y Administracion — Business Administration (Marketing Management, Financial Management, Human Resource Management, and Business Economics)
Entrepreneurship — Winged wheel — Matthew the Evangelist — [30] - 1938 — Graduate School
Filipino: Paaralang Gradwado — Accountancy, Business, and Management
Health
Humanities and Social Sciences
Music, Arts, and Design
Sacred Sciences
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics — Biretta,
an open book — St. Antoninus of Florence — [31] - 1945 — Music
Filipino: Konserbatoryo ng Musika
Spanish: Conservatorio — Music — Harp of David — St. Cecilia — [16]
[32] - 1946 — Nursing
Filipino: Kolehiyo ng Impirmeriya
Spanish: Escuela de Enfermeras — Nursing — Maltese cross,
Lamp of Nightingale — St. Elizabeth of Hungary — [33] - 1974 — Rehabilitation Sciences
Filipino: Kolehiyo ng Agham Pampabagong-tatag — Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Speech–Language Pathology
Sports Science — Symbol of Access — St. Martin de Porres — [5][34] - 2000 — Fine Arts and Design
Filipino: Kolehiyo ng Sining at Dibuho — Advertising Arts
Industrial Design
Interior Design
Painting — Paint brush, pencil,
technical and dip pens — Blessed Fra Angelico — [16] - 2000 — Physical Education and Athletics
Filipino: Instituto ng Edukasyong Pang-pisikal at Pang-palakasan — Sports and Wellness Management — Bengal tiger — Pope John Paul II - 2005 — Accountancy
Filipino: Alfredo M. Velayo Kolehiyo ng Akawntansi, Kolehiyo ng Pagtutuos — Accountancy
Accounting Information System
Management Accounting — Abacus — St. Joseph — [35] - 2009 — Tourism and Hospitality Management
Filipino: Kolehiyo ng Turismo at Pangasiwaang Pang-hospitalidad — Hospitality Management
Hotel and Restaurant Management
Tourism Management
Travel Management — Globe, laurel, torch — St. Hyacinth — [6][36] - 2014 — Information and Computing Sciences
Filipino: Kolehiyo ng Agham Pang-kaalaman at Pang-kompyuter — Computer Science
Information Systems
Information Technology — Binary numeral system, artificial intelligence, gear wheels, mathematical symbols — St. Vincent Ferrer — [37] - 2017 — Graduate School of Law
Filipino: Paaralang Gradwado ng Batas — Master of Laws
Doctor of Civil Law — Balance scale, Sword, an open book — St. Ivo of Kermartin — [38]
Defunct colleges
- Faculty of Liberal Arts - 1611[8]
- Faculty of Morals, Sacred Scripture & Liturgy - 1825[8]
- School of Drawing and Painting - 1865[8]
- College of Notaries - 1875[8]
- School of Matrons/Midwifery - founded in 1879. It is the first academic unit to that accepted women.[8][21]
- School of Ministering Surgeons - 1880[8]
- School of Pharmacy for the Practitioner - 1880[8]
- Faculty of Sciences - 1896[8]
- Facultad de Carreras Especiales
- College of Dentistry - 1904[2]
- College of Liberal Arts - founded in 1926.[23] The college was reorganised to become two separate colleges of the Faculty of Arts and Letters and College of Science in 1964.
- Normal School - founded in 1940, merged with the College of Education in 1971.[39]
- Institute of Nutrition - founded in 1970. It formed as an independent body from the College of Education. It eventually closed in the 1980s.[39]
- Institute of Technological Courses - 1972
Basic education schools
- Founded — High school unit — Logo — Patron saint — Colors
- 1928 — Junior High School[40] — UST Main Building tower — Blessed Mannes of Guzman
- 1950 — Education High School and Senior High School[41][42] — Bible and torch — St. Joseph of Calasanz
- 2016 — Senior High School[43][44] — Arch of the Centuries — Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
Renamed and separated colleges
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.[45]
In 1896, the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters was founded, while the College of Liberal Arts was founded in 1926. In 1964, the College of Liberal Arts was reorganized, with the A.B. programs merged with the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, becoming the Faculty of Arts and Letters. The programs leading to Bachelor of Science degrees were reorganized to become the College of Science.[23] The College of Science retained the college color and seal of the College of Liberal Arts.
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 in 2004.
The College of Fine Arts and Design and the Conservatory of Music were originally part of the College of Architecture and Fine Arts.[46] The Conservatory of Music separated in 1946, while the remaining Departments of Fine Arts and Architecture separated in 2000 to become the College of Fine Arts and Design and the College of Architecture, respectively.
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.[28] It was also the first and currently, the only college of the university to be named after an alumnus.
In 2006, the Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management was founded from the College of Education. It became the College of Tourism and Hospitality Management in 2008.[5][6]
The Institute of Information and Computing Sciences was established in 2014 from the Faculty of Engineering. Originally named as the Institute of Information and Computer Studies, it became the College of Information and Computing Sciences in 2021.
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 2017, the Graduate School of Law 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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