University of San Carlos (Philippines)

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University of San Carlos
File:USC university seal.svg
AbbreviationUSC
MottoScientia Virtus Devotio
EstablishedAugust 1, 1595
TypePrivate, Catholic
PresidentFr. Dionisio M. Miranda, SVD
RectorJesus N. Alcordo
CityCebu City
CountryPhilippines
NicknameCarolinians, USC Warriors
Websitewww.usc.edu.ph

The University of San Carlos (USC or commonly San Carlos) is a private, Catholic, coeducational research institution of basic and higher education. Since 1935 it has been run by the Philippine Southern Province of the missionaries of the Society of the Divine Word in Cebu City, Philippines. It offers basic education (Montessori academy, elementary school, junior high school and senior high school) and higher education (undergraduate and graduate studies).

It was originally founded in 1595 as the Colegio de San Ildefonso by the Jesuit fathers Antonio Sedeno, Pedro Chirino and Antonio Pereira. It closed after the expulsion of the Jesuit missionaries from the Philippines in 1768.[1] The Colegio reopened in 1783 as the Seminario-Colegio de San Carlos, and in 1924 the college separated from the seminary. The Colegio de San Carlos became a university on July 1, 1948.

The University of San Carlos has 5 campuses with a combined total area of 88 hectares or 217 acres (the Talamban campus has 78 hectares).[2] As of March 2016, the Commission on Higher Education had recognized 8 of its programs as Centers of Excellence and 12 of its programs as Centers of Development.[3][4][5]

British Standards Institution (BSI) International has certified the university under the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System for Institutional and Student Support Services. The certification runs from April 2022 to March 2025.

The University has more than 25,000 students (2022–2023), who are called Carolinians. More than 250 of them are international students. They are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs and served by approximately 1,040 faculty and academic staff, with a faculty-to-student ratio of 1:24. Around 500 Carolinian students are academic scholars.[6]

On August 1, 1995, the University of San Carlos celebrated its fourth centenary.[7] On July 1, 2023, it celebrated the 75th anniversary of its university charter.

The University of San Carlos and the University of Santo Tomas, founded on April 28, 1611, in Manila, dispute the title of the oldest existing university in Asia.

References

  1. ↑ About the University of San Carlos (USC)
  2. ↑ "University of San Carlos". usc.edu.ph. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  3. ↑ Cerdan, Joven (May 6, 2014). "University rankings: Find out how your school does!". Philippine Star.
  4. ↑ "CMO 37 series of 2015 : Extension of designation of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) granted as Centers of Excellence and Centers of Development in Teacher Education and Engineering Programs of Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering until March 30, 2016". Archived from the original on August 2, 2002. Retrieved August 2, 2002.
  5. ↑ "CMO 38 series of 2015 : Designated Centers of Excellence and Centers of Development for Various Disciplines Effective January, 2016 to December, 2018". Archived from the original on August 2, 2002. Retrieved 2002-08-02.
  6. ↑ "University of San Carlos students profile and scholarship". www.usc.edu.ph.[permanent dead link]
  7. ↑ USC History University of San Carlos

See also

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