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The Main Building of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila, Philippines functions as the university's administrative center, and home of the Faculty of Civil Law, Faculty of Pharmacy, and the College of Science. The Main Building is also the home of the Museum of Arts and Sciences.
UST High School Building: ca. 1950: 1975: The UST High School (USTHS) Building was burned down in a fire in 1975. On 1976, classes in high school were transferred to the UST Central Seminary. The new USTHS building was inaugurated in the same year and is now known as the Benavides Building. [27] UST Printing Press Building: 1953: 1990
The Arch of the Centuries (Filipino: Arko ng mga Siglo) is a triumphal arch at the Plaza Intramuros of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines.Half of the current structure, the side facing the UST Main Building is the ruins of the 17th-century arch door of the first UST campus in Intramuros, while the side that faces España Boulevard is a replica inaugurated in 1954.
Although a few Dominican missionaries worked together to establish the university – including Miguel de Benavides, Bernardo Navarro, and other old professors from the higher colleges and universities in Spain – the founding of the university is attributed mainly to Miguel de Benavides, the first to give a fund for the maintenance of the institution.
The Fountain of Knowledge. The fountain also features a sculpture of a lady on top of a lotus flower while holding a globe. The lady stands on a cylindrical pedestal adorned by the early disciplines offered in the university, namely the Caduceus for medicine, the Balance Scale for law, the Bowl of Hygieia for pharmacy, the ionic order for architecture, the atom for the sciences, and the total ...
The Plaza Mayor was the location where the Americans declared the liberation of the Santo Tomas internees in 1945. [1]Prior to the existence of the plaza, the front yard of the UST Main Building served as a parking area and pedestrian.
The annual UST Inter-School On-the-Spot Painting Competition is usually held in the plaza. [15] When Queen Sofía of Spain visited UST in 2012, she was welcomed by the university rector at Rizal Lane before laying a wreath at the Benavides Statue. [16] [17] In 2015, Pope Francis entered the UST campus through the Arch of the Centuries. He then ...
The University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi in Albay. The UST in Manila is the main campus of the University of Santo Tomas System, which comprises three other existing campuses and one upcoming UST campus in Santa Rosa, Laguna. UST Angelicum College in Quezon City and University of Santo Tomas–Legazpi in Legazpi, Albay integrated with the UST ...