The Ateneo de Zamboanga University, also referred to by its acronym AdZU, is a private, Catholic, co-educational, basic and higher education institution in Zamboanga City, Philippines. Founded in 1912
The site of Escuela Catolica at the Immaculate Conception parish church.
The Ateneo building in the 1930s, formerly the Mindanao Theater. Their motto was "The School for Boys" at the time.
All-male students in front of the main building, with the school retaining their pre-war motto.
New wooden buildings replaced the old nipa-sawali classrooms in 1949.
On August 18, 2026, a school shooting occurred at the junior high school building of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University in Zamboanga City, Philippines. Two people were killed, including the gunman, an
Ateneo de Zamboanga University
…Law partnered with the AdZU College of Law (now Rosendo U. Castillo, Jr. College of Law) to offer a Masters of Law program in AdZU. On August 18, 2026, a school shooting occurred on the University's junior high campus, leaving twenty-three people injured and two, including the perpetrator dead. The Ateneo offers…
The building where the shooting occurred, pictured in 2019