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21 unusual facts about University of Santo Tomás


Al Dimalanta

When Dead Ends disbanded following Jay's death in 1996, Al went into a four-year musical hiatus and focused on his marketing communications work and his stint at the academe in the University of Santo Tomas.

Andrea Torres

When Ka-Blog! went off the air, Torres concentrated for a while in her studies she's taking up Communication Arts in University of Santo Tomas and in commercial modelling.

Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez

Sandoval-Gutierrez earned her law degree from the University of Santo Tomas in 1960.

Aric del Rosario

Under his tutelage, University of Santo Tomas (UST) Growling Tigers won 4 straight championships in the 90's starting in 1993 up to 1996 and during that time they earned the reputation of being the best college team of the 90's playing excellent brand of basketball and produced players who became successful in their basketball careers.

Bernardo P. Pardo

He was a graduate of Law from the University of Santo Tomas in 1955, and passed the bar examinations with a bar rating of 81.55%, on March 6, 1956.

David Basa

He continued playing in college, becoming captain of the University of Santo Tomas team.

Hayden Kho

He proceeded to take his pre-med course, B.S. Medical Technology at the University of Santo Tomas from 1997 to 2001.

Jesus T. Peralta

He earned university degrees from the University of Santo Tomas (Manila), the University of the Philippines and finally earning his doctorate from the University of California, Davis.

Lucas Bersamin

Justice Bersamin was a professor at the Ateneo Law School, the University of the East College of Law, and the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law.

Mark Salvatus

Graduated Cum Laude at the University of Santo Tomas College of Fine Arts and Design, Manila with a degree in Advertising Arts (2003) and awarded Benavidez Outstanding Student Achievement Award in the same year.

Myk Perez

After then, he decided to pursue and focus to be a singer-musician where he took up Conservatory of Music in University of Santo Tomas in Manila.

Ponciano B. P. Pineda

With the help of former secretary of the Department of Filipino, Jose Villa Panganiban, Pineda finished his studies at the University of Santo Tomas in 1948 in the course of Associate in Arts.

Roberto A. Abad

The late Chief Justice Roberto C. Concepcion, then University of Santo Tomas (UST) faculty of civil law dean, recruited Abad from the OSG in 1978 to teach political law at the UST.

Sangley

The Spanish government created schools and colleges run mostly by religious Orders, including the Colegio de San Juan de Letran, the Ateneo Municipal, the Universidad de Santo Tomás in Manila, or the Colegio de San Ildefonso in Cebu, that were opened to all types of students, regardless of race, gender or financial status in case of primary instruction.

University of Santo Tomas

Four of the University's structures are also declared National Cultural Treasures by the National Museum: Main Building, Arch of the Centuries, Santissimo Rosario Central Seminary, as well as the Grandstand and the University field.

Philippine Journal of Allied Health Sciences, a research journal of the UST Center for Research on Movement Science (ISSN 1908-5044)

The University has started to develop upcoming campuses in Santa Rosa City (60 hectares), General Santos City (80 hectares), and Negombo, Sri Lanka, (5 hectares).

University of Santo Tomas Field

The University of Santo Tomas Athletic field and open spaces, located at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, is a National Cultural Treasure as declared by the National Museum of the Philippines.

Wilson Tortosa

Wilson studied in the Philippine Cultural High School and graduated in the University of Santo Tomas in 2000 with a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts, majoring in advertising.

Xander Angeles

Xander Angeles was born in Manila, Philippines and attended high school and college at the University of Santo Tomas.

Yannick Tuason

He once played for the University of Santo Tomas in the UAAP and started professional football at Kaya in 2008.


Arch of the Centuries

In January 25, 2010, it was declared a National Cultural Treasure, along with the University Main Building, the Central Seminary Building, and the university field, by the National Museum of the Philippines.

Arturo Tolentino

He was a law professor in the University of the Philippines, University of Santo Tomás, University of the East, University of Manila, Arellano University, FEU, Manila Law College, Philippine Law School, San Beda College and Quezon College.

Bambang LRT Station

The station is near major hospitals such as Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center, San Lazaro Hospital, and Metropolitan Medical Center; as well as educational institutions such as Saint Stephen's High School, Doña Teodora Alonzo High School, Hope Christian School, Francisco Balagtas Elementary School, and the University of Santo Tomas.

Battle of Morayta

FEU left NCAA in 1936 and later on to form the University Athletic Association of the Philippines along with University of Santo Tomas, National University and the University of the Philippines in 1938.

Danny Sillada

Sillada obtained his BA Philosophy and Literature at the Queen of Apostles College Seminary, Davao (1986); his graduate and post graduate studies in Bachelor in Sacred Theology (1990) and Pastoral Theology (1991) at the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, and his MBA (units) at the Ateneo de Manila University (1993), Philippines.

Dimples Romana

Romana, who was taking up BS Tourism in University of Santo Tomas (UST) College of Education, was the courtside reporter on games involving the UST Growling Tigers on the 2002 season of ABS-CBN's coverage of the UAAP men's basketball tournament.

España railway station

Major landmarks near the station include the University of Santo Tomas, Dominican School Manila, the Ramon Magsaysay High School, the Legarda Elementary School and the España Tower.

Jordan of Saxony

Jordan is honored as the patron saint of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Santo Tomas, in Manila, which was founded by the Dominican Order.

Leonardo Hidalgo

His art studies continued at University of Santo Tomas and was also granted an Italian government art scholarship at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome, Italy.

Leonardo Legaspi

In 1968 he served as the first Filipino Rector Magnificus of the University Of Santo Tomas Central Seminary, and in 1970, he was appointed as the first Filipino Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas.

He was appointed as the first Filipino Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas in 1970.

Maces of the Rector Magnificus of the University of Santo Tomas

The Maces of the Rector Magnificus of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) are 17th Century silver maces which are considered to be the oldest symbols of the office Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, the oldest extant European chartered University in Asia.

Manuel Argüello Mora

He obtained his education at the University of Santo Tomás in Costa Rica and the Universidad de San Carlos in Guatemala, where he obtained a degree in law.

Marvelous Alejo

She is in her first year as a veterinary medicine student at De La Salle Araneta University in Malabon City; prior to that, she declined to study as a scholar at University of Santo Tomas due to financial woes.

Mr. Fu

He graduated from high school on Lourdes School of Quezon City and graduated in college on University of Santo Tomas, Faculty of Arts and Letters.

Red Mass

The University of Santo Tomas and the Colegio de San Juan de Letran, both Dominican institutions, also celebrate the Red Mass as Misa de Apertura that is followed by the Discurso de Apertura to formally open the academic year.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caceres

The Archbishop Leonard Legaspi O.P., who was also the first Filipino Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, and the first Vicar of the Dominican Province of the Philippines.

UAAP Football Championship

As of today, seven out of the eight member universities field a team in the men and women divisions: the Ateneo de Manila University, the De La Salle University, the Far Eastern University, the National University, the University of the East, the University of the Philippines, and the University of Santo Tomas.