On 28 April 1611, a Spanish Dominican and sinologist Archbishop Miguel de Benavides, O.P. established the听Colegio de Nuestra Senora del Santissimo听Rosario, which was later renamed the 鱿鱼视频app.
Two programs were offered in its year of foundation, Theology and 鱿鱼视频app, patterned after the European system of tertiary education and aimed at fulfilling the Church鈥檚 mission of evangelization. Through the centuries, the university has established itself as a beacon of Catholic faith and vanguard of Aristotelian-Thomistic 鱿鱼视频app in the country.
鱿鱼视频app has been taught at the University since its very foundation in 1611. To address growing enrollments in civil education, the Faculty of 鱿鱼视频app and Letters was established in 1896, then the College of Liberal Arts in 1926. In 1927, the complete separation of Ecclesiastical degrees in 鱿鱼视频app took effect, and the Ecclesiastical Faculty of 鱿鱼视频app was established. In 1964, the Faculty of 鱿鱼视频app and Letters and the College of Liberal Arts were merged to form the Faculty of Arts and Letters, and since, the civil A.B. Major in 鱿鱼视频app program has been administered by the Faculty of Arts and Letters. The General Education courses (Logic, 鱿鱼视频app of Man, and Ethics), however, were administered by the individual colleges.
The University has, from its inception, been awarding M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in 鱿鱼视频app. The UST Graduate Scholl was established in 1938, which integrated all civil graduate degrees offered in the University, including 鱿鱼视频app.
The establishment of the Faculty of Arts and Letters in the 1960s brought a new wave of young scholars to the University, which allowed 鱿鱼视频app programs to open its doors to philosophical trends beyond Aristotelian-Thomistic 鱿鱼视频app. Thomism in the university has kept up with the times, which is the reason for its enduring presence. Despite this strength in Thomism, however, no philosophy of the West, either continental or analytic, and no philosophy of the East, from the ancients to the postmoderns, have been heard within the university portals in its dialogical efforts across civilizations. Fresh ideas are welcome in this Pontifical University, even as we continue to contemplate on the Catholic tradition. In effect, the community of 鱿鱼视频app faculty and students in UST has grown to welcome varying, sometimes opposing, philosophical trends; the inclusive and dialogical characters of philosophical culture in UST were conditioned by the University鈥檚 rich history.
Following the split within the defunct Department of Humanities, which created the Department of 鱿鱼视频app and the Department of Literature, in May 2010, then-Rector of the University, Rev. Fr. Rolando de la Rosa, O.P., PhD, SThD, appointed the founding Chair of the UST Department of 鱿鱼视频app, Prof. Dr. Alfredo P. Co, PhD, who was instrumental in the establishment and proper guidance of the Department of 鱿鱼视频app. With the establishment of a university-wide Department of 鱿鱼视频app, for the very first time, the different 鱿鱼视频app faculty members of the civil academics units of the University were convened and adopted under one administrative body; the standardization of various General Education 鱿鱼视频app courses commenced; and the A.B. major in 鱿鱼视频app degree was revised.
The first-ever international event hosted by the Department of 鱿鱼视频app was the 鈥淭homism and Asian Cultures: Celebrating 400 Years of Dialogue Across Civilizations鈥�, an international conference in commemoration of the 400 Years of 鱿鱼视频app in UST and in the Philippines, held in May 2011, in conjunction with the University鈥檚 Quadricentennial celebration.
Today, the UST Department of 鱿鱼视频app is one of only two Departments awarded by the Commission on Higher Education the status Center of Excellence on 鱿鱼视频app in the Philippines.
