THE MAIN VENUE FOR RESEARCH IN UST IS THE THOMAS AQUINAS RESEARCH Complex. This is a four-storey building named after the patron saint of the university. It is a semi-centralized system for the productive exchange of ideas among researchers in the fields of science and technology, social sciences and education, arts and humanities, and the ecclesiastical sciences.

The building houses research centers and research laboratories where faculty members and students work together to generate new knowledge or new technology in their field of specialization. It also has seminar/workshop rooms and an auditorium where knowledge is shared and disseminated.