The oldest universities, colleges, vocational schools and the first modern public education system in Asia were created during the Spanish colonial period. The earliest schools were founded by Spanish
The Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, established by the Dominican missionaries in 1611 and raised to the rank of a university in 1645 by Pope Innocent X through the petition of Philip IV of Spain, is currently the educational institution with the oldest extant university charter in Asia.
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The University of Santo Tomas, officially the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines or colloquially as Ustê, is a private Catholic research univers
Dispute over the oldest school in the Philippines
…educated people in all of Asia. Of the many educational institutions established during the colonial era, only a few remain extant today, such as the University of Santo Tomas (1611), Colegio de San Juan de Letran (1620), Real Colegio de Santa Potenciana (1590), Universidad de San Ignacio (1590), Colegio de San Ildefonso…
The UST Main Building and the Central Seminary building in the 1940s
The liberation of internees in front of the UST Main Building by the Americans in February 1945
The UST Main Building is the first earthquake-resistant building in Asia.
The Arch of the Centuries was declared as a National Cultural Treasure by the National Museum on January 25, 2010.