LIWORIZ_RIZAL'S EDUCATION 2

• Ateneo Municipal

  Formerly known as Escuela Pia or Charity School of Manila
• Jose Rizal Mercado


  Name used by Rizal in his application in Ateneo
• Titay


  Rizal's first landlady in Ateneo
• Doña Pepay


  Owner of the house where Rizal stayed when he was in his second and third year in Ateneo
• Jesuit System of Education

  Emphasized on rigid discipline, character building, and religious instruction<|>Encouraged competition among students
• Romans

  Students living inside the Ateneo, called internos, symbol used was a red flag
• Carthaginians


  Students living outside the Ateneo, called externos, symbol used was a blue flag
• Fr. Jose Bech


  Rizal's first professor in Ateneo
• Rizal's favorite books

  Universal History by Cesar Cantu<|>Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas<|>Travels of the Philippines by Feodor Jagor
• Santa Isabel College


  Where Rizal took private lessons in Spanish during his break time
• Fr. Francisco Paula de Sanchez


  Rizal's favorite teacher whom he met during his fourth year
• Rizal's poems in Ateneo

  • Mi Primera Inspiraccion (My First Inspiration)
  • Felicitacion - Felicitation
  • Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo (In Memory of My Town)
• Rizal as Painter and Sculptor

  Agustin Saez - famous painter<|>Romualdo Teodoro de Jesus - noted Filipino sculptor
• Rizal's carvings

  Image of the Blessed Virgin Mary<|>Image of the Sacred Heart - requested by Fr. Lleonart
• Fr. Jose Villaclara


  Rizal's professor who once told him not to pay attention to the arts and sciences and balance his attention to other fields such as science and philosophy
• Doña Teodora


  Wanted her son to return to Calamba and look after the family business upon Rizal's graduation from Ateneo
• University of Santo Tomas


  Rizal enrolled in 1877 taking Philosophy and Letters
• Fr. Pablo Ramon


  Vice Rector of Ateneo; whom Rizal asked for advice on what to take up in College
• Land Surveying Course

  A vocational course which Rizal took in Ateneo, he was awarded the title peritoagrimensor or expert surveyor
• Fr. Joaquin Fonseca, OP

  Rector of the University during Rizal's stay; was the one responsible for erecting the Benavides Monument
• Doña Concha Leyva


  Rizal's first landlady in UST, her house is beside the house of Leonor Valenzuela
• Antonio Rivera


  Rizal's uncle, his land lord for his remaining years in UST
• Jose Franco


  Rizal's lay teacher in Physics who threatened to fail the entire class
• In First Year Medicine, there were 24 students, 17 dropped out due to academic failures, 7 students managed to take the final examination, Rizal was second to Cornelio Mapa
• El Compañerismo (The Comradeship)

  A group formed by students for mutual support and companionship, Rizal was the president, Galicano Apacible was the secretary, members called themselves Compañeros de Jehu (Companions of Jehu)
• Liceo Artistico Literario de Manila

  An organization of art lovers in the city, which conducted regular competition in literary writing
• Rizal's literary works

  • A La Juventud Filipina (To the Filipino Youth)
  • El Consejo de los Dioses (The Council of the Gods)
  • Junto Al Pasig
  • A Filipinas
• Rizal had his first taste of Spanish brutality during his first summer vacation in Calamba after his freshman year at UST, when he failed to greet the lieutenant of the Guardia Civil and the latter whipped out his sword and slashed it at Rizal's back
• Oldest Universities in the World

  • University of Bologna - Italy 1088
  • University of Paris - France 1090
  • University of Oxford - United Kingdom 1096
  • University of Salamanca - Spain 1134
  • Royal and Pontifical University of the Kings of Lima - Peru 1515
  • Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico - 1551
  • Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Santissimo Rosario - 1611
• Oldest Universities in Asia

  • St. Paul University College - Macau 1594
  • University of Santo Tomas - 1611
  • Temmonkata - Japan 1684
  • Kelo University - Japan 1858
  • Serampore College - India 1818
  • University of Calcutta - India 1857
  • University of Indonesia - Indonesia 1849
  • Rangoon University - Myanmar 1878
  • University of Punjab - Pakistan 1882
  • Nanking University - China 1888
  • Imperial University of the Capital - China 1898
  • National Taiwan University - Taiwan 1898
• Oldest Schools in the Philippines

  • Colegio Maximo de San Ignacio - 1595
  • University of San Carlos - 1595
  • Colegio de San Jose - 1601
• Fr. Miguel de Benavides


  Founder of UST, appointed and ordained Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Archbishop of Manila, donated P1,500.00 and his personal library for the establishment of a "seminary-college"
• Pope John Paul II visited the University of Santo Tomas twice, in 1981 and 1995
• Fr. Jose Noval, OP

  Rector Magnificus of the University from 1910-1914, it was during his rectorate that the property for the Sulucan was purchased, his term spans the 300th founding anniversary of UST in 1911, Father of UST Sampaloc Campus
• Fr. Roque Ruaño, OP

  Originally planned to build 10 structures in the Sampaloc campus, 1925 - start of the construction of the Main Building, 1927 - inauguration of the Main Building
• Fr. Leonardo Legaspi


  First Filipino Rector of UST, became Archbishop of Nueva Caceres (Naga)
• The University of Santo Tomas was declared as National Cultural Treasures by the National Museum on January 25, 2010, including the Main Building, Arch of the Centuries, Central Seminary, and Open Spaces
• Academic Dimension of UST

  • 1611 - Faculty of Sacred Theology, Faculty of Philosophy
  • 1733 - Faculty of Canon Law
  • 1734 - Faculty of Civil Law
  • 1871 - Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Pharmacy
  • 1896 - Faculty of Arts and Letters
  • 1926 - College of Education, College of Science
  • 1928 - Junior High School
  • 1930 - College of Architecture and Fine Arts
  • 1933 - College of Commerce and Accountancy
  • 1938 - Graduate School
  • 1945 - Conservatory of Music
  • 1946 - College of Nursing
  • 1950 - Education High School
  • 1974 - College of Rehabilitation Sciences
  • 2000 - College of Fine Arts and Design
  • 2004 - UST-AMV College of Accountancy
  • 2006 - College of Tourism and Hospitality Management
  • 2013 - Institute of Physical Education and Athletics
  • 2014 - Institute of Information and Computing Sciences
  • 2016 - Senior High School
  • 2017 - Graduate School of Law