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| Established | 1938 |
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| Dean | Prof. Michael Anthony C. Vasco, PhD |
| Regent | Rev. Fr. Jose Antonio Aureada, OP, S.Th.D. |
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Thomas Aquinas Research Complex, UST, Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
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| Patron saints | St. Antoninus of Florence | Blessed Iustus Takayama Ukon |
| Colors | Gold, white and blue |
| Website | graduateschool |
The University of Santo Tomas Graduate School is the graduate school of the University of Santo Tomas, the oldest and largest Catholic university in Manila, Philippines.
As early as the seventeenth (17th) century, the University of Santo Tomas (UST) had already been granting master's and doctoral degrees. The different faculties and colleges supervised their respective undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs[1]
Academic programs have grown from a handful of academic offerings to around ninety graduate degree programs, spanning a cross-section of disciplines.[2] Regular classes, colloquia and oral defenses are held at the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex. Laboratories and conference halls are maintained at the left wing of the Benavides Building. The UST Graduate School publishes The Antoninus Journal (formerly Ad Veritatem), a refereed multidisciplinary scholarly journal.
The UST Graduate School is recognized by the Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines as a Center of Excellence in several fields of the arts and humanities, allied health sciences, natural sciences, and engineering.[3] Its programs in business management, public management, and education were also recognized by the Commission on Higher Education's Fund for Center of Excellence also and Assistance to Private Education (FAPE) in its periodic and systemic Evaluation of Graduate Education Programs (EGEP).[2]
Six of its business-related degrees are also included in the 2011-2017 list of top international master's programs by the Paris-based Eduniversal International Scientific Committee.[4] The following programs are ranked in the Far East Asian region, according to their respective categories: MA in Communication (10th place); MA in Economics (14th); MS in Human Relations Management (14th); Master of Public Administration (17th); MS in Management Engineering (39th); and MBA in Entrepreneurship program (99th).
More importantly, the Graduate School now enjoys Level III accreditation status for its Master’s programs granted by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA), maintains two Centers of Development (M.S./Ph.D. Psychology and M.A. Literature) and three Centers of Excellence (M.A./Ph.D. Philosophy, Master in Music and M.S./Ph.D. Chemistry) and has been recognized by EDUNIVERSAL as one of best Master’s Programs worldwide.
The Graduate School has produced the following alumni:[5]
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