While the University of Santo Tomas holds the distinction of being Asia’s oldest existing university, its age is coupled with its preeminence in Philippine education. Not only does it boast of several firsts in the different realms of education, it also has administrators and faculty members who are holding leadership positions in the Philippines’ policy-making bodies (e.g. Commission on Higher Education) and professional organizations, helping influence policies for the betterment of the society in general.

Identity

The University of Santo Tomas, the Pontifical, Royal, and Catholic University of the Philippines, is a Dominican institution of learning founded in 1611, under the patronage of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Motto

Veritas in Caritate (Eph 4:15)

Mission

The University, in pursuit of truth, guided by reason and illumined by faith, dedicates herself to the generation, advancement, and transmission of knowledge to form competent and compassionate professionals, committed to the service of the Church, the nation, and the global community.

Vision

Faithful to its centuries-old tradition of excellence, the University of Santo Tomas envisions itself as a premier Catholic institution of learning in Asia, committed to the professional and moral formation of her stakeholders for social transformation.

Thomasian Core Values

Competence

Commitment

Compassion

The SEAL of Thomasian Education and Graduate Attributes

The University of Santo Tomas, in pursuit of truth, guided by reason and illumined by faith, dedicates herself to the generation, advancement and transmission of knowledge to form competent and compassionate professionals committed to the service of the Church, the nation, and the global community.

I am a Thomasian. I carry the SEAL of Thomasian education. I am a Servant leader, an Effective communicator and collaborator, an Analytical and creative thinker, and a Lifelong learner.

The Nine Directional Areas

Thomasian Identity

To form servant leaders who espouse Thomasian ideals and values as they collaborate the university in fulfilment  of her mission and actively take part in nation-building

Leadership and Governance

To fully actualize a proactive, systematic, and mission oriented University leadership and governance in order to be recognized as a premier institution of learning in Asia.

Teaching and Learning

To be a world-class institution of higher learning

Research and Innovation

To become globally acknowledged expert in pioneering and innovative research in the arts and humanities, social science, business management and education, health and allied sciences, science and technology, and the sacred sciences

Student Welfare and Services

To promote and ensure student academic achievement and life success through responsive and empirical based services of global standards

Community Development and Advocacy

To become a vibrant community of evangelizers actively engaged in social transformation through advocacy and ministry

Public Presence

To be an institution of preeminent influence in the global community by taking proactive stance in social, cultural, and moral advocacies and assuming a lead role in national and international policy formulation

Internationalization

To promote internationalization and integrate it into the institution’s strategic plans and initiatives for the purpose of preparing students for a role in the global arena of ideas and work

Resource Management

To provide a conducive learning and working environment with state of the art facilities and resources in a self-sustainable University through the engagement of professional Thomasian workforce who meets international standards and adapts to global change

Institutional Recognitions

QS Four-Star University (since 2016)

One of the World’s Top 1000 Universities

Autonomous Status

since 2001

Associate Member (since 2016)

12 AUN-QA Certified Bachelor’s Programmes

National Historical Landmark (since 2012)

Pontifical University (since 1902)

The Catholic University of the Philippines (since 1947)

Home to Four National Cultural Treasures (2010)

Main Building, Central Seminary Building, Arch of the Centuries, and the Grandstand and Open Field

Highest Number of Accredited Programs in the Philippines and NCR

Highest Number of Level IV Accredited Programs in the Philippines

ISO 9001:2015 Certified

Philippine Quality Award (2006)