Universidad de Santa Isabel | Naga City, Camarines Sur

Universidad de Santa Isabel in Naga City, Camarines Sur.

     The Universidad de Sta. Isabel in Naga City, Camarines Sur is a private Catholic Vincentian university owned and run by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. It was established in January 1868 by the first five Daughters of Charity that arrived in the Philippines with Bishop of Caceres, Most Rev. Francisco Gainza, O.P., the founder of Colegio de Sta. Isabel through the royal order of Queen Isabella II of Spain. 

Mater Salutis College Seminary in Daraga, Albay

Mater Salutis College Seminary

Sipi, Daraga, Albay

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University of Sto. Tomas

      The University of Santo Tomas, is a private Roman Catholic university run by the Order of Preachers in Manila. 

      Founded on April 28, 1611 by Archbishop of Manila Miguel de Benavides, it has the oldest extant university charter in the Philippines and in Asia.  

      As a Pontifical University in Asia, UST is the only university to have been visited by two popes three times: once by Pope Paul VI on Nov. 28, 1970, and twice by Pope John Paul II on Feb. 18, 1981 and January 13, 1995.

Aquinas University of Legazpi

Aquinas University of Legazpi (AUL) is a school in Legazpi City run and owned by the Dominican fathers. It was founded by Don Buenaventura de Erquiaga in 1948 as Legazpi Junior Colleges; the name subsequently changed to Legazpi College, and it became a university in 1968.

UP Oblation

The Oblation (Pahinungod) is a concrete statue by Filipino artist Guillermo E. Tolentino which serves as the iconic symbol of the University of the Philippines. It depicts a man facing upward with arms outstretched, symbolizing selfless offering of oneself to his country.