The UST System is one of the two educational institution systems of the Dominicans of the Philippine Dominican Province.[2] The other is the Letran System, which has four campuses.
Institutions
The University of Santo Tomas System consists of four existing campuses and one upcoming satellite campuses located in Southern Tagalog. The Manila campus is the main educational institution of the system.
The integration of select Dominican schools was a mandate of the 2012 and 2016 Provincial Chapters of the Philippine Dominican Province. In the 2012 Acts, the integration was planned to facilitate the coordination of the apostolic priorities and sharing of resources of several institutions.[3] In December 2014, the Aquinas University of Legazpi (AUL) in Albay, Angelicum College in Quezon City, and Angelicum School Iloilo, signed a memorandum of intent to integrate with UST Manila.[4] The future UST campus in Santa Rosa, Laguna, will also be part of the system. The integration plan was reinforced in the 2016 Acts.[3]
The two existing constituent units, UST–Legazpi and UST Angelicum College, are independent campuses.[5] Each campus is headed by a rector. The board of trustees of UST Angelicum College is composed of 12 representatives from UST Manila and three from UST Angelicum College.[6][3] Angelicum College's signature non-graded system of education is retained.
UST–Legazpi has fiscal and administrative independence from the main campus. The rector and board of trustees are also different.[7][8] The integration of AUL also entailed the renaming of its university hospital to UST–Legazpi Hospital.[9]
In December 2020, the construction of the Dr. Tony Tan Caktiong Innovation Center began in UST Santa Rosa. It is the first building in the campus.[10]
