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The Southwestern University, officially the Southwestern University PHINMA (SWU PHINMA), is a private universityinCebu City, Philippines.
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| Motto | Scientia Integritas Fidelitas |
Motto in English | Science Integrity Fidelity |
| Type | Private, Nonsectarian, Co-educational basic and higher education institution |
| Established | 1946 |
| Founder | Matias Hipolito C. Aznar II and Anunciacion Barcenilla Aznar |
| Chairman | Chito B. Salazar, Ph.D (concurrently President) |
| Students | 16,456 (S.Y. 2022) |
| Address |
Urgello Street
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Cebu
, Philippines 10°18′07″N 123°53′31″E / 10.30207°N 123.89187°E / 10.30207; 123.89187 |
| Campus | Urban; Main Campus Urgello St. Cebu City Satellite Campus Aznar Road, Cebu City |
| Colors | Maroon and White |
Sporting affiliations | CESAFI |
| Mascot | Cobras |
| Website | swu |
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Founded and opened in the summer of 1946 by two pharmacists, SWU originally started as Southwestern Colleges and achieved university status on December 11, 1959.[1] The university and its base hospital were acquired by PHINMA Education, a subsidiary of PHINMA Corporation in 2015.[2] The university was renamed to Southwestern University PHINMA and the hospital from Sacred Heart Hospital to Southwestern University Medical Center. The university changed the logo and closed its South Campus in Basak San Nicolas, Cebu City.
It has a large number of international students from different countries. It is widely recognized as the most diverse institution in Cebu due to the various nationality of students that came from 34 countries in five continents.
Southwestern University is in the south of the City of Cebu, Philippines. The university has two campuses. The main campus is located on Urgello St. and the Aznar Coliseum Complex is on Aznar Road, just some 200 meters away from the main campus.
The university once had a South Campus (Basak Campus) on E. Sabellano St., Basak San Nicolas, Cebu City. The South Campus has since closed and has been in operation by another school. The closed South Campus formerly housed the College of Veterinary Medicine, the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, and the Elementary and High School Training Departments. All programs were transferred to the Main and Aznar Coliseum Complex campuses.
The main campus is the home of the colleges of School of Design + Communication, Arts and Sciences, School of Business, Computer Studies, Criminology, Dentistry, Engineering, Graduate School, Law, Maritime, Medical Technology, Medicine, Optometry, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, and Teachers' College.
The Southwestern Medical Center (formerly Sacred Heart Hospital), Pathology and Biology Museums, Library, Interfaith Chapel, Botanical Garden, and the Administrative Offices are found in the main campus.
Located about 200 meters from the main campus, the complex is made up of Aznar Memorial Coliseum, a ballpark, and the Anunciacion B. Aznar building which houses the Pre-Elementary, Elementary Department and High School Departments, the Maritime Regiment, the 540th NROTC Unit, Department of Physical Education and the College of Nursing.
Current programs since PHINMA acquisition (Graduate School inclusive):
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