From Benavides’ finger emanates four tongues of fire, serving as a beacon and a guiding light for the University as it makes its way to its fourth century. Taken apart, one could discern that the flame actually spells out U, S, and T. Each tongues of fire stoke leaders, fuels nationalism, inflames Catholicism, and charges knowledge. Taken as a whole, strips of fire also recall the stripes of the Tiger – whose endurance represents the spirit of UST.
 
          The number “400” is implemented in calligraphy style. Like this art, education is a careful and meticulous process of growth, the product of which is a graceful cadence of the heart and mind. Calligraphy is also considered as works in fine handwriting taken as a group and in this sense, it represents the culminated disciplines of the school and the assemblage of faculty and administration whose expertise and knowledge serve as the pillars of the school.