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Graduate School (1938)
Degree Programs
Biology Education (Master’s)
Chemistry Education (Master’s)
Clinical Psychology (Master’s, Doctorate)
Communication (Master’s)
Creative Writing (Master’s)
Cultural Heritage Studies (Master’s)
Curriculum and Instruction (Master’s, Doctorate)
Development Studies (Master’s, Doctorate)
Economics (Master’s, Doctorate)
Education (Master’s)
Educational Management and Leadership (Master’s, Doctorate)
English Language Studies (Master’s, Doctorate)
Guidance and Counseling (Master’s, Doctorate)
Health Professions Education (Master’s)
History (Master’s | Doctorate)
Industrial Psychology (Master’s)
Journalism (Master’s)
Literature (Master’s, Doctorate)
Marketing Communication (Master’s)
Mathematics Education (Master’s)
Philosophy (Master’s, Doctorate)
Political Science (Master's | Doctorate)
Public Administration (Master’s, Doctorate)
Social-Pastoral Communication (Master)
Theology (Master, Doctor)
Built Environment / Architecture (Doctorate by Research)
Biological Sciences (Doctorate)
Biology (Master’s)
Chemical Engineering (Master’s)
Chemistry (Master’s, Doctorate)
Civil Engineering (Master’s)
Electronics Engineering (Master’s)
Food Science (Master’s)
Library and Information Science (Master’s)
Management Engineering (Master’s)
Medical Physics (Master’s)
Metallurgical Engineering (Master’s)
Microbiology (Master’s)
Physical Planning (Master’s)
Public Administration (Master’s)
Urban Design (Master’s)
Urban Heritage Preservation (Master’s)
Contact Information
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Administration Office, Ground Floor,
Thomas Aquinas Research Complex
University of Santo Tomas
España Boulevard, Sampaloc,
Manila 1008, Philippines - +63-2-8731-5396
- +63-2-3406-1611 local 8247
- +63-2-8740-9732
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- Website
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Research Journal
The Antoninus Journal
First released in 2015 as the successor of ad Veritatem, The Antoninus Journal (ISSN: 2423-3084) is a multidisciplinary journal published annually by the Graduate School of the University of Santo Tomas (Manila, Philippines). It is written in English/Filipino, with an English abstract, and contains high-quality peer-reviewed research articles, theoretical and critical essays, and reviews.
The journal accepts manuscripts from a broad range of disciplines covering the natural and applied sciences, social sciences and education, arts and humanities, health sciences, business and management – core program offerings in the UST Graduate School. The journal aims to build up quality information that are relevant and of significance to the Church, society, and the environment.
Recognitions
Level IV Accreditation
(Master of Arts | Master of Arts in Education | Master of Arts in Nursing | Master of Business Administration | Master of Science | Master of Science in Pharmacy | Master of Science in Medical Technology)
Level I Accreditation
(Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instruction | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Management and Leadership | Doctor of Philosophy in Human Resource Management | Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacy)
Vision, Mission & Goals
Updates
Vision, Mission & Goals
We envision a Graduate School that stands for excellence and innovation and that will be globally identified for the distinction of its programs and quality of its research.
We are a Catholic institution dedicated to advancing the frontiers of knowledge in the theoretical and applied fields through quality graduate education that is comprehensive and responsive to the needs of society. We are committed to the formation of scholars and high level professionals who are ethical, competent, compassionate and committed to the service of the Church, the Nation and the Global Community.
The Graduate School commits itself within the next five (5) years:
— To develop the intellect and creativity through excellence in instruction, research, and extension work;
— To form scholars and high level professionals in the arts and humanities, the natural and allied health sciences, the social and management sciences who are ethical and who demonstrate competencies functional in both the local and global workplace;
— To hone the professional and social skills, and critical capabilities of students enabling them to become responsible leaders in their careers and community;
— To provide students opportunities to serve the larger community through extension work and community service;
— To produce quality research in the various fields of knowledge that is internationally recognized;
— To recruit Faculty who are acknowledged experts in the field and to complement the teaching staff by inviting international scholars in the various disciplines;
— To build partnerships and linkages between the Graduate School and academic institutions, industry and government entities at the local and international level; and
— To enhance the image and visibility of the Graduate School and its work in both the local and global community.
Updates
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Partners
University of Reading (offering of PhD in Architecture)
University of Leeds (offering of Master of Public Health International; Leeds provides the post-graduate certificate in public health)
Curtin University (offering of MS in Chemical Engineering, major in Metallurgical Engineering)
Student Organizations
UST Graduate School Human Resource Management Association
Patron Saint

(1389-1459), archbishop
Patron of the UST Graduate School
Feast Day: May 10
Belonging to a high-standing Florentine family, Antoninus applied for admission to the Dominican Order at age 15. However, it was not until a year later that he was accepted, after having memorized the entire Decretals to prove his ability and commitment. Eventually, he assumed the responsibility as the Prior of the convents in Cortona, Fiesole, Siena, Naples and Rome. In these convents, he strived with great wisdom and firmness to raise the standard of regular observances. While he was Prior in Rome, he had the incorrupt remains of St. Catherine of Siena enshrined in a golden sarcophagus. Returning to Florence, he founded the Priory of San Marco, where he made its library accessible to scholars, thus making it a center of Renaissance spirituality and culture and the first public library in Europe. In 1436, he participated in the Council of Florence.
Although reluctant, Antoninus was compelled by Pope Eugene IV to become the Archbishop of Florence in 1446. In his archdiocese, he was noted for his mercy to the poor, his prudence and good counsel. He devoted himself to pastoral visitations, the remedy of abuses, the strengthening of discipline, the preaching of the Gospel, the amelioration of the condition of the poor, and the writing of books for the clergy and laity. Having received the anointing of the sick and having embraced the crucifix, he passed away in 1459, and was canonized by Pope Adrian VI in 1523.
As the ‘father of the poor’, he showed compassion for the needy. As the ‘innovative superior’, he served with commitment to his subjects. As a Dominican scholar imbued with holy competence, he engaged in writing books on moral and ascetical theology, and he has been widely acclaimed as a preacher, reformer, economist, sociologist and historian. Providentially, Antoninus is the patron of the UST Graduate School, which promotes excellence and innovation through quality research, and commits itself to advance the frontiers of knowledge in the theoretical and applied fields through quality education that is comprehensive and responsive to the needs of society.
Sources:
- Maccarani, Domenico, Vita di San Antonino, Florence, 1708.
- Bartoli, Giovanni Gugielo, Istoria dell' Arcivescovo San Antonino e de suoi più illustri discepoli, Florence, 1782.
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Administrators
Administrators
Prof. Michael Anthony C. Vasco, PhD, Dean
Rev. fr. Rodel E. Aligan, O.P., SThD, Regent
Prof. Camilla J. Vizconde, PhD,
Assistant Dean
Assoc. Prof. Elizabeth H. Arenas, PhD, Faculty Secretary
Program Leads
Program Leads
Assoc. Prof. Tobias A. Bonaobra, PhD
ARCHITECTURE
Assoc. Prof. Leah P. dela Rosa, PhD
BUILT ENVIRONMENT/ARCHITECTURE (Transnational Education)
Prof. Elizabeth O. Recio, MS Com
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION / COMMERCE
Asst. Prof. Mary Christie D. Que, MS
CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDIES / FINE ARTS
Assoc. Prof. Rodrigo A. Litao, PhD
EDUCATION / LIBRARY SCIENCE / HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION
Prof. Maria Natalia R. Dimaano, PhD
ENGINEERING (CHEMICAL ENGINEERING / ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING / MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING)
Prof. Consuelo G. Suarez, MD
HEALTH RESEARCH
Assoc. Prof. Leonardo M. Canoy, Jr., PhD
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Assoc. Prof. Augusto V. de Viana, PhD
HISTORY
Prof. Edilberto P. Manahan, PhD
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Assoc. Prof. Antonio P. Africa, PhD
MUSIC
Prof. Rowena L. Escolar-Chua, PhD
NURSING / HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION
Prof. Belen L. Tangco, O.P., PhD
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Assoc. Prof. Noel L. Lansang, PhD
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Prof. Maria Claudette A. Agnes, PhD
PSYCHOLOGY / GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING
Faculty Council
Faculty Council
Prof. Michael Anthony C. Vasco, PhD,
Chair
Rev. fr. Rodel E. Aligan, O.P., SThD,
Member (Ex-Officio)
Assoc. Prof. Leonardo M. Canoy, Jr., PhD,
Member
Directors and Supervisors
Directors and Supervisors
Assoc. Prof. Eric B. Zerrudo, PhD
CENTER FOR CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE TROPICS
(Director)
Assoc. Prof. Jocelyn F. Agcaoili, MSPT, MHPEd
CENTER FOR CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Director)
Rev. Fr. Edgardo C. de Jesus, PhD
PSYCHOTRAUMA CLINIC (Director)
Coordinators
Coordinators
Support Staff
Support Staff
Ms. Irene P. Evangelista
Secretary to the Dean, Office Operations
Administration Offices
Mr. Linoy D. Marcaida
Office Clerk, Written Comprehensive Exams and Student Records
Administration Offices
Ms. Maylene M. Pailma
Office Clerk, Inquiries and New Student Applications
Administration Offices
Mr. Jackniel G. Rivera
Office Clerk
Administration Offices
Mr. Johannes F. Cortez
Technical Support
Administration Offices
History
History
As early as the seventeenth (17th) century, the University of Santo Tomas (UST) had already been granting masterate and doctoral degrees. The different faculties and colleges supervised their respective undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate programs.
It was in 1619 when Pope Paul V granted the faculty to confer degrees to all Dominican colleges in the New World including the Colegio de Santo Tomas which had been founded on 28 April, 1611 by the Superiors of the Dominican Province of the Holy Rosary. In 1629, Pope Urban VIII issued a Papal Document renewing the authority of Santo Tomas to confer degrees. On 20 November, 1645, Pope Innocent X raised the Colegio to the status of a University with civil and ecclesiastical faculties. It was placed under the continued administration of the Order of Preachers, and its authority to confer degrees became permanent. In 1785, King Charles III of Spain granted the University the title of Royal. In the twentieth (20th) century, the University operated under the laws of the state that exercised jurisdiction over the civil faculties. Permission and approval were granted and renewed by the Bureau of Education during the Commonwealth, later by the Department of Education of the Republic of the Philippines, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (MECS), and again by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS); and now, since 1994, by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). In 1902, Pope Leo XIII awarded the title of Pontifical while in 1947, Pope Pius awarded the title the Catholic University of the Philippines.
The University of Santo Tomas is distinguished as an educational institution with the title, Royal, Pontifical and Catholic University of the Philippines – a title it truly deserves because of its unswerving commitment to the goals of Catholic education and national progress, of the expertise of the faculty, of the sterling intellectual, moral and skill-oriented qualities of its graduates and the contributions of the accomplished men and women who passed its portals and helped shape the course of Philippine history. Without any iota of doubt, the Graduate School of the University has played a prominent and pivotal role in contributing to the prestige of the University as well as to its national, regional and global acceptance.
The earliest existing records in the Archives of the University marked the first twelve (12) graduates from 1629 to 1645. These graduates were conferred the Doctorate degree in Theology as well as Masterate and Licentiate degrees in the Arts respectively. From 1645 to 1911, there was a total of some 1,176 graduates in the Doctorate, Masterate, Licentiate levels in Theology, Philosophy, Arts, Civil Law, Canon Law, Latin, Pharmacy and Medicine. Investitures held since 1663 were recorded in the official graduation book of the University entitled Libro de Asiento de Grados de la Universidad de Santo Tomas.
It is interesting to note some of the academic highlights between the years 1896 and 1917. The University conferred among others such degrees as Doctor in Natural Science in 1896 (1), Licentiate in Philosophy and Letters in 1897 (2), Doctor of Physical Science in 1906 (1), Licentiate in Dentistry in 1908 (1), Doctor of Philosophy and Letters in 1909 (1), Licentiate in Civil Engineering in 1912 (3), Master of Science in 1961 (1), and Master of Science in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering in 1917 (1).
In 1926, Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy major in Economics as well as Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Education were offered. Records show that three (3) out of the first four (4) graduates of Master of Arts in Education in 1930 were females while the first graduates of Doctor of Philosophy in Education in 1934 were all females, and all became faculty members, possibly the first female teachers in the University. The first woman granted a Licentiate in Pharmacy was graduated in 1924 while the first women graduates of Doctor of Pharmacy were graduated in 1925 – four (4) out of the five (5) graduates then. Although the different degrees of Master of Science in Chemistry were first offered in 1928, it was only in 1936 when the University first conferred the degree of Master of Science in Chemistry and in Physics. In 1928, the University offered five (5) more courses: M.A. and Ph.D. major in English; M.A. and Ph.D. major in Political Science; M.S. and Ph.D. in Biology; Ph.D. in Chemistry; and Ph.D. in Mathematics. It was in 1934 that M.S. and Ph.D. in Commerce were first offered by the University. The first candidates for the degree of Ph.D. in Chemistry and Mathematics graduated in 1935.
Within the period of eleven (11) years, from 1926 to 1937, UST granted ten (10) honorary degrees to nine (9) recipients. One of them was Rev. Eugene I. McGuinnes who was awarded both degrees of Doctor of Canon Law and Doctor of Sacred Theology in 1927 while the two most prominent awardees were the Honorable Sergio Osmeña, Sr. In 1929, and His Excellency Commonwealth President, Manuel L. Quezon in 1936, both of whom were given Doctor of Laws, honoris causa.
In 1938, the University established formally the Graduate School to take charge of all graduate and post-graduate studies in the civil faculties except that of Medicine and Surgery and that of the Ecclesiastical Faculties. The first Dean was Father Rector himself, Very Rev. Fr. Silvestre Sancho, O.P., S.Th.D. From 1938 to 1946 the Graduate School granted degrees in the following disciplines: Master of Science (M.S.) in Chemical Engineering; Master of Laws (Ll.M.) and Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.); M.S. and Ph.D. major in Chemistry; M.S. and Ph.D. in Commerce; M.S. in Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy (Phar.D.); M.A. and Ph.D. in Education; M.A. and Ph.D. in English; M.A. and Ph.D. major in Philosophy; M.A. and Ph.D. major in Political Science; Doctor of Letters; Master of Science in Civil Engineering; Master of Science in Mathematics; and Master of Science in Physics.
All the Graduate courses offered before 8 December, 1941 had their respective certificates of government recognition. However, after World War II, in 1945, the UST Graduate School applied for and received new certificates of recognition for said courses except for Civil Engineering and Physics.
In 1951, permission was renewed by the Director of Private Schools of the Department of Education for the UST Graduate School to continue offering different majors covered by the certificates of government recognition for the different degrees. Thus, apart from the already existing courses, the Graduate School began offering other majors: M.S. and Ph.D. in Biology; M.S. and Ph.D. in Zoology; M.S. and Ph.D. in Economics; M.A. and Ph.D. in Guidance and Counselling; M.A. and Ph.D. in History; M.S. in Botany; M.S. in Elementary Education; M.A. in Library Science; M.A. in Linguistics; M.A. in Filipino; M.A. in Public Administration; and M.A. in Social Sciences.
In 1955 the UST Graduate School was granted certificates of recognition for a Masterate Program in Music and in Spanish to be followed by Master of Arts in Nursing in 1960; Master of Arts in Higher Religious Studies in 1965; and Doctor of Letters in 1966. On 18 May, 1972, permission to continue offering these different majors covered by certificates of recognition was again granted by the director of Private Schools. Likewise, in 1974, the Department of Education, Culture and Sports granted permission for the Graduate School to offer Master of Science in Chemistry Education.
In 1975, the Graduate School applied for permission to offer three (3) new majors: M.S. Architecture; M.S. Medical Technology, major in Laboratory Management, and Master in Business Administration (MBA).
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