The University of Santo Tomas is one of the worlds largest Catholic Universities in terms of enrollment found on one campus. The university is the oldest extant university charter in the Philippines and in Asia.
The University sits on an almost perfect square of 21.5 hectares bounded by España Boulevard, P. Noval, A.H. Lacson and Dapitan St, in Sampaloc, Manila. The University transferred to its present campus in 1927 when the Dominicans deemed the Intramuros Campus inadequate for the University’s growing population. The first structures in the campus were the imposing Main Building, the Santisimo Rosario Parish, the UST Gym (once the largest gym in the country), and the Arch of the Centuries.
The University sits on an almost perfect square of 21.5 hectares bounded by España Boulevard, P. Noval, A.H. Lacson and Dapitan St, in Sampaloc, Manila. The University transferred to its present campus in 1927 when the Dominicans deemed the Intramuros Campus inadequate for the University’s growing population. The first structures in the campus were the imposing Main Building, the Santisimo Rosario Parish, the UST Gym (once the largest gym in the country), and the Arch of the Centuries.