University of Manila

Not to be confused with Universidad de Manila or University of the City of Manila.

The University of Manila

University Seal
Former names	Instituto de Manila (1913-1921)
Motto	Patria Scientia et Virtus
Type	Private
Established	October 5, 1913
President	Emily Dodson de Leon, Ed. D.
Academic staff	800 including non-teaching staffs
Students	over 9,000
Location	Manila, Philippines
Campus	Sampaloc, Manila
Alma Mater Song	"UM Forever"
Colors	Green      and      Gold
Nickname	Hawks
Affiliations	ASAIHL PACU
Mascot	Hawk
Website	www.um.edu.ph

The University of Manila (UM) (Filipino: Pamantasan ng Maynila) is a private university in the heart of Sampaloc District in Manila, Philippines. It was founded on October 5, 1913, by Apolinario G. de los Santos, Mariano V. de los Santos, Maria de los Santos, Buenaventura J. Bello and Antonio Rivero. The first three were siblings. They named their school Instituto de Manila, after the city of Manila and Apolinario G. de los Santos was elected as the first director of the school.

Academics

The University of Manila offers programs in the elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate levels. Its academic offerings includes the following:

Graduate Programs:

• Doctor Of Education
• Doctor Of Public Administration

• Master Of Public Administration
• Master Of Business Administration
• Master Of Laws
• M.A. in Education

major in: Administration & Supervision Guidance & Counseling

• M.A. in Political Science
• M.A. in History

Undergraduate Programs:

• Bachelor Of Science in Accountancy (BSA)
• Bachelor Of Science in Business Administration (BSBA)

major in: Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Operation Management, Human Resource Development Management, Marketing Management, Business Management, Business Economics

• Bachelor Of Science in Industrial Engineering (BSIE)
• Bachelor Of Science in Civil Engineering(BSCE)
• Bachelor Of Science in Criminology (BSCRIM)
• Bachelor Of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS)
• Bachelor Of Science in Computer Science (BSCS)
• Bachelor Of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management (BSHRM)
• Bachelor Of Arts (AB)

major in: Political Science, History, Economics, Public Administration, English

• Bachelor Of Secondary Education (BSEd)

major in: English, Filipino, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Computer Education,Guidance & Counseling

• Bachelor Of Elementary Education (BEEd)
• Bachelor Of Arts major in Cultural Languages (AB Japanology)

Short Terms Courses:

• Associate in Computer Technology (2 years)
• Associate in Hotel & Restaurant Management (2 years)
• Certificate in Bookkeeping (2 years)
• Certificate in Political Science & Technology (2 years)
• Certificate in Computer Secretarial (2 years)
• Certificate in Tourism (1 year)
• Certificate in Hotel & Restaurant Management (1 year)

Basic Education:

• High School
• Elementary

International Language School

M.V. Delos Santos Hall of the university.

• The International Language School offers courses in the English language to foreign students like the Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans. It also offers courses in the Chinese language and (Nihongo) language. The International Language School building likewise provides accommodations for foreign students. The University boasts of having topnotchers in the board exam for Criminology and its Japanology lectures.

Campus

• Noli-Fili Building
• Main Building
• Elementary & High School Building
• Dr. Ma. Corazon Ramona de los Santos Building
• Dr. Virgilio de los Santos Building (International Language School)

Emiramona Garden Hotel

• The Emiramona Garden Hotel serves as a training center of the Hotel and Restaurant Management and Tourism Students of the University located at Tagaytay City.

UM HAWKS - University of Manila Basketball Team

The University of Manila UM Hawks won seven (7) Championship in the NAASCU League. The university was also a former member of University Athletic Association of the Philippines from 1952 to 1954.

Inter-University Relations

On April 7, 1957, UM entered into a sisterhood relationship with Dohto University of Sapporo and Monbetsu cities, Hokkaido, Japan. Since then, it has undertaken various projects including faculty exchange visits, technological and library assistance. UM students have also been given the opportunity to study at Tokai University in Tokyo, Japan through an arrangement with the Philippine-Japan Students' Friendship Exchange Association. Twenty years later, October 31, 1977, UM concluded a sisterhood relationship with Hansung University in Seoul, Korea. On January 1, 1997, in Taipei, our high-school department also linked a sisterhood relationship with Cheng Kung Commercial and Technical High School in Pate City, Taiwan, Republic Of China. A sisterhood relationship was again entered into by the University with Meio University of Nago City, Okinawa, Japan on Dec. 5, 1988.

Affiliations

The University of Manila is an active member of the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities (PACU), Commission on Higher Education, Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL), Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA), Philippine Association of Teacher Education (PAFTE), Philippine Society for Educational Research and Evaluation (PSERE), the University Belt Consortium, and the International Association of Universities.

Scholarships Offered

• Dr. Emily Dodson de Leon Scholarship
• Yamamoto Scholarship

External links

• University of Manila