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Type
  
Private

Phone
  
+63 2 735 5093

Alma Mater Song
  
"UM Forever"

Colors
  
Green, Gold

Students
  
over 9,000

Total enrollment
  
10,000 (2010)

Mascot
  
Hawk

University of Manila

Former names
  
Instituto de Manila (1913-1921)

Motto
  
Patria Scientia et Virtus

Established
  
October 5, 1913 (7009326516580100000♠103 years and 170 days)

Academic staff
  
800 including non-teaching staffs

Address
  
546 Delos Santos St, 403, Manila, 1008 Metro Manila, Philippines

President
  
Emily Dodson de Leon, Ed. D

Notable alumni
  
Manuel Roxas, R Lee Ermey, Emmanuel Pelaez, Nelson Asaytono, Luis Taruc

Similar
  
Universidad de Manila, University of the East, Manuel L Quezon University, Polytechnic University of the Phil, University of the Philippin

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The University of Manila (UM) (Filipino: Pamantasan ng Maynila) is a private university in the heart of Sampaloc District in Manila, Philippines. It was founded on October 5, 1913, by Apolinario G. de los Santos, Mariano V. de los Santos, Maria de los Santos, Buenaventura J. Bello and Antonio Rivero. The first three were siblings. They named their school Instituto de Manila, after the city of Manila and Apolinario G. de los Santos was elected as the first director of the school.

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International Language School

The International Language School offers courses in the English language to foreign students like the Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans. It also offers courses in the Chinese language and (Nihongo) language. The International Language School building likewise provides accommodations for foreign students.

Emiramona Garden Hotel

  • The Emiramona Garden Hotel serves as a training center of the Hotel and Restaurant Management and Tourism Students of the University located at Tagaytay City.
  • Sports

    The University of Manila UM Hawks won seven (7) Championship in the NAASCU League. The university was also a former member of University Athletic Association of the Philippines from 1952 to 1954.

    Inter-University Relations

    On April 7, 1957, UM entered into a sisterhood relationship with Dohto University of Sapporo and Monbetsu cities, Hokkaido, Japan. Since then, it has undertaken various projects including faculty exchange visits, technological and library assistance. UM students have also been given the opportunity to study at Tokai University in Tokyo, Japan through an arrangement with the Philippine-Japan Students' Friendship Exchange Association. Twenty years later, October 31, 1977, UM concluded a sisterhood relationship with Hansung University in Seoul, Korea. On January 1, 1997, in Taipei, our high-school department also linked a sisterhood relationship with Cheng Kung Commercial and Technical High School in Pate City, Taiwan, Republic Of China. A sisterhood relationship was again entered into by the University with Meio University of Nago City, Okinawa, Japan on Dec. 5, 1988.

    Affiliations

    The University of Manila is an active member of the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities (PACU), Commission on Higher Education, Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL), Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA), Philippine Association of Teacher Education (PAFTE), Philippine Society for Educational Research and Evaluation (PSERE), the University Belt Consortium, and the International Association of Universities.

    References

    University of Manila Wikipedia