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|type = Private, Research university |affiliation = Roman Catholic, Dominican |chancellor = Bruno Cadoré |vice_chancellor = Gerard Francisco P. Timoner III |rector = Herminio V. Dagohoy |head_label = Secretary General |head = Winston F. Cabading |city = Sampaloc |state = Manila |country = Philippines |students = 42,271 (as of 2013)〔 |undergrad = 31,179 |campus = 21.5 hectares, Urban |free_label = Hymn |mascot = Bengal Tiger |nickname = Growling Tigers |affiliations = ICUSTA, IAU, ASAIHL, UAAP PAASCU, among others. |colors = White and Gold |website = |logo = }} The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, or simply the University of Santo Tomas (UST), is a private, Roman Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. Founded on April 28, 1611 by Miguel de Benavides, Archbishop of Manila, it has the oldest extant university charter in the Philippines and in Asia,〔(History of UST ) UST.edu.ph. Retrieved December 21, 2008.〕 and is one of the world's largest Catholic universities in terms of enrollment found on one campus.〔(Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas ). Retrieved from www.eskwelahan.net.〕 Run by the Order of Preachers, UST is also the largest university in Manila.〔('' 'Royal and Pontifical' '' ). Retrieved from www.inquirer.net〕 UST is the only university to have been visited by three popes four times: once by Pope Paul VI on November 28, 1970, twice by Pope John Paul II on February 18, 1981 and January 13, 1995, and once by Pope Francis on January 18, 2015.〔Romero, J.I., ''(University of Santo Tomas: 400 years of Unending Grace )''. Retrieved from www.ust.edu.ph.〕 The patron of the university is St. Thomas Aquinas, while St. Catherine of Alexandria is the patroness.〔Lim-Pe, Josefina. 2000. ''The University of Santo Tomas in the Twentieth Century''. University of Santo Tomas Press, Manila.〕 The university is composed of several autonomous faculties, colleges, schools and institutes, each conferring undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate degrees, and the basic education units. Several degree programs have been accredited by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as Centers of Excellence and Centers of Development. Moreover, it was awarded with an Institutional Accreditation by the CHED through the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines. In December 2013, the university was recognized to have the highest number of accredited programs in the country by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities' Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA).〔Ramirez, C. and Terre, G. December 2013. ''() UST has most number of accredited programs in the Philippines - PACUCOA''. Retrieved from opphil.org.〕 Prominent Thomasians include saints, Philippine presidents, heroes, artists, scientists, professionals, and religious figures, who have figured prominently in the history of the Philippines. The athletic teams are the Growling Tigers, who are members of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines and are consistent winners of the Overall Championship. ==History== (詳細はMiguel de Benavides, O.P., the third Archbishop of Manila. He came to the Philippines with the first Dominican mission in 1587. He went on to become bishop of Nueva Segovia, and was promoted archbishop of Manila in 1601. Upon his death in July 1605, Benavides bequeathed his library and personal property worth 1,500 pesos to be used as the seed fund for the establishment of an institution of higher learning. Fr. Bernardo de Santa Catalina carried out Benavides’s wishes and was able to secure a building near the Dominican church and convent in Intramuros for the College. In 1609, permission to open the College was requested from King Philip III of Spain, which only reached Manila in 1611. On April 28, 1611, notary Juan Illian witnessed the signing of the act of foundation by Baltasar Fort, OP, Bernardo Navarro, OP, and Francisco Minayo, OP. Fort, appointed that year to the post of Father Provincial, became the rector in 1619.〔De Ramos, N.V., 2000. ''I Walked with Twelve UST Rectors''.〕 The Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario was established on April 28, 1611, from the Benavides's library. Later renamed Colegio de Santo Tomás, it was elevated by Pope Innocent X to a university on November 20, 1645 in his brief, ''In Supreminenti''.〔(History of UST ) UST.edu.ph. Retrieved August 6, 2006.〕 This makes the institution the first in the islands to be formally elevated to the status of university. Its complete name is The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines ((スペイン語: La Real y Pontificia Universidad de Santo Tomás de Aquino, La Universidad Católica de Filipinas)).〔UST Museum of Arts and Sciences - University Rector's academic insignias〕 It was given the title "Royal," by King Charles III of Spain in 1785; "Pontifical" by Pope Leo XIII on 1902 in his constitution, ''Quae Mari Sinico'', and the appellative "The Catholic University of the Philippines" by Pope Pius XII in 1947.〔(History of UST ) UST.edu.ph. Retrieved October 30, 2008.〕 This makes the UST the first and only formally declared royal and pontifical university in the Philippines. The university was located within the walled city of Intramuros in Manila. It was started by the Spanish Archbishop of Manila in the early 17th century as a seminary for aspiring young priests, taking its name and inspiration from Saint Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican theologian. The first courses offered by the Colegio de Santo Tomás were canon law, theology, philosophy, logic, grammar, the arts, and civil law. In 1871, it began offering degrees in Medicine and Pharmacy, the first in colonized Asia.〔 At the beginning of the 20th century, with the growing student population, the Dominicans were given a 21.5 hectare land at the Sulucan Hills in Sampaloc, Manila and built its 215,000 square meter campus there in 1927 with the inauguration of its Main Building. Also that year, it began accepting female enrollees. In the last four decades, the university grew into a full-fledged institution of higher learning, conferring degrees in law, medicine, and various academic letters. The university has graduated Philippine national heroes, presidents, and even saints.〔 The Medicine and Civil Law courses were retained in Intramuros at that time. During World War II, the Japanese forces converted the Sampaloc campus into an internment camp for enemy aliens, mostly Americans, living in the Philippines. The original Intramuros campus was destroyed in 1944 by an arson created by the Japanese Kempeitai. More than 4,000 foreigners survived under difficult conditions in the internment camp for 37 months from January 1942 until February 1945 when the camp was liberated by American soldiers.〔(Victims of Circumstance: Santo Tomas Internment Camp ). Accessed September 11, 2011.〕 Since its establishment in 1611, the University's academic life was interrupted only twice: from 1898 to 1899, during the Philippine Revolution against Spain, and from 1942 to 1945, during the Japanese occupation of the country. In its long history, the university has been under the leadership of more than 90 Rectors. UST's first Filipino rector was Fr. Leonardo Legaspi, O.P. who served UST from 1971 to 1977. Its current rector is Fr. Herminio P. Dagohoy, O.P.〔 In recognition of its achievements, a number of important dignitaries have officially visited the university, among them, during the last four decades: Pope Paul VI on November 28, 1970; King Juan Carlos I of Spain in 1974 and 1995; Mother Teresa of Calcutta in January 1977 and again in November 1984; Pope John Paul II on February 18, 1981 and January 13, 1995 (as part of the World Youth Day 1995); Queen Sofia of Spain in July 6, 2012.〔 In January 1997, Chiara Lubich, foundress of the Focolare Movement also visited the University and was awarded an 'Honoris Causa' Degree in Sacred Theology. On January 18, 2015, Pope Francis also visited the university for the meeting with the students. On the 2013–2014 academic year, UST had 42,271 students enrolled. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「University of Santo Tomas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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