Announcements
The timeliness and timelessness of the University of Santo Tomas extend beyond the four walls of the campus. Recognizing the value of strong and beneficial partnerships, UST maintains linkages with partner universities and educational institutions here and abroad, with the top players in the industry, with Philippine government institutions, and with the respected professional organizations.
Such partnerships and linkages allow UST to engage in meaningful collaboration, that leads to student and faculty mobility, research collaboration, joint scientific activities, scholarship grants, curricular enhancement, and policy formulation, among others.
Internationalization is a thrust of the University of Santo Tomas, in its attempt to foster mutually beneficial and enriching partnerships with educational institutions, associations, and consortia. Such a thrust has several facets: student mobility, academic and administrative staff mobility, program mobility, research collaboration, and the conduct of joint scientific/academic activities.
All these are facilitated by the Office of International Relations and Programs (OIRP), established in 2013. The OIRP liaises with the different faculties, colleges, institutes, and schools, which have their own Internationalization Coordinators, for the efficient management of the University’s linkages.
Read about our INTERNATIONALIZATION efforts.
Student Mobility in the University of Santo Tomas takes the form of:
Among the activities done are:
Transnational Education takes any of the three forms:
These are done with partner universities abroad.
The University actively engages the industry, appreciating the fact that for its curricular offerings to be relevant, they must be responsive to the needs of the industry. UST’s graduates are employed in respectable institutions and companies locally and abroad, and members of the industry involve themselves in revising and updating curricular offerings in several academic units. Likewise, our partners in the industry help make Thomasians’ dreams come true, through their generous support and continued assistance through scholarships and other forms of grants.
These are some of the Partner Foundations that provided scholarship grants to Thomasians, through the San Martin de Porres External Scholarships:
The University of Santo Tomas has partnered with these media outfits over the years for meaningful and educational projects:
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ASEAN International Mobility for Students (AIMS)
European Union – Support for Higher Education in the ASEAN Region (EU-SHARE)
Asian University Presidents Forum (AUPF)
Association of Southeast Asian Institutes of Higher Learning (ASAIHL)
International Association of Universities (IAU)
International Council of the Universities of Saint Thomas Aquinas
International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU)
N.B. Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy, O.P., PhD, is a board member.
The Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP)
University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP)
Cumulus International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Media, and Design
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
South and Southeast Asian Association for the Study of Culture and Religion (SSEASR)
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization – Regional Center for Education Innovation and Technology (SEAMEO-INNOTECH)
University Museums and Collections (UMAC)
New Colombo Plan
Prof. Ma. Frieda Z. Hapan, PhD
Prof. Ma. Claudette A. Agnes, PhD
Chair
Representative for Luzon
Assoc. Prof. Archie B. Resos, PhD
Faculty of Arts and Letters
Representative for Social Studies Teachers
Asst. Prof. Louie Benedict Ignacio, PhD
President, 2020
Philippine Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Prof. Grecebio Jonathan D. Alejandro, Dr. rer. nat.
Treasurer
Asst. Prof. Andrea Vargas, PhD
Auditor
Prof. John Donnie A. Ramos, PhD
Immediate Past PresidentÂ
Philippine Medical Association
Prof. Maria Minerva P. Calimag, MD, PhD
President (2022-Present; 2014-2016)
Prof. Leilani Mercado-Asis, MD
President (2019-2021)
Linguistic Society of the Philippines
Prof. Rachelle B. Lintao, PhD
Vice-President (2021-2023)
Assoc. Prof. Alejandro S. Bernardo, PhD
President (2019-2021)
The University of Santo Tomas likewise has standing memoranda of agreement with educational institutions in the Philippines.
