Ateneo de Manila University

Programmes

The Ateneo offers programmes at the elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate levels. Its academic offerings include the arts, humanities, business, law, the social sciences, philosophy, theology, medicine and public health, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science, engineering, environmental science, diplomacy, and government, with forty-eight Bachelor of Arts (AB), Bachelor of Science (BS), and Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degrees at the undergraduate level. At the postgraduate level there are forty-four Master of Arts (MA) and Master of Science (MS) degrees, six Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes, two Master of Laws concentrations, one Master of Public Management (MPM) degree, two professional Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Juris Doctor (JD) programmes, and twelve Doctor of Philosophy degrees. As is common in the Philippines, the primary medium of instruction is English, with a few classes taught in Filipino. Aside from teaching and research, the Ateneo de Manila also engages in social outreach. Known for its liberal arts tradition, the humanities are a key feature of Ateneo education at all levels of study. In 2015, QS Top Universities placed the university's undergraduate programmes 461st in the world and 114th in Asia.^[1]

Professional Schools

The Ateneo Professional Schools (APS) is the main professional education division of Ateneo de Manila, and comprises the following four schools. The Ateneo Graduate School of Business offers a variety of Master of Business Administration concentrations, including a Master in Health Services Administration. The Ateneo Law School confers the Juris Doctor (JD) and Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees. The Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health, opened in 2007, offers an integrated Doctor of Medicine and Master of Business Administration programme.^[2] The Ateneo School of Government confers the Master in Public Management and Ph.D. in Leadership Studies degrees. The professional schools also confer certificates for short courses.^[3]

• Ateneo Law School
• Ateneo School of Government
• Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health
• Ateneo Graduate School of Business (including the Center for Continuing Education and the Institute of Banking)

Loyola Schools

Xavier Hall, administration

Loyola Schools offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the arts and sciences. It confers the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. It is composed of four schools, the School of Humanities, the John Gokongwei School of Management, the School of Science and Engineering, and the School of Social Sciences.

A key feature of the Loyola Schools is a liberal arts undergraduate core curriculum, required for all undergraduates. It includes philosophy, English and Filipino literature, theology, history, various branches of social sciences, and a community service component. Ateneo follows the semester hour system common in American universities. Most classes are held below 40 students and student discussion is encouraged. The Loyola Schools' programs are geared toward student-centreedness.^[4][5] The Ateneo was one of the first schools in the Philippines to enact a Magna Carta for Undergraduates.^[4][6]

The Commission on Higher Education has designated several departments and programmes of the Loyola Schools as centres of excellence (COEs) and Centers of Development (CODs).^[7][8] Ateneo has Centers of Excellence in: Business Administration, Chemistry,^[9] English, Entrepreneurship, Information Technology, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology and Sociology. It has Centers of Development in Biology, Environmental Science and Filipino.

Basic Education

Chapel of the Holy Guardian Angels in the Grade School, looking up the aisle

The Ateneo de Manila Senior High School ("ASHS") is a Catholic senior high school for both male and female students. The high school was originally male-only but due to the K-12 program, the Ateneo opened its doors to female students in the senior high school level.^[10]

It includes the original 3rd year and 4th year level (now called 'grade 11' and 'grade 12' respectively) of the old Ateneo High School curriculum. In terms of curriculum options, the ASHS offers all four strands of the K-12 program's Academic Track: 1.) the Accountancy, Business, and Management (ABM) Strand; 2.) the General Academic (GA) Strand; 3.) the Humanities and Social Sciences (HumSS) Strand; and 4.) the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Management (STEM) Strand.^[11] The ASHS currently occupies the new senior high school building topped off in 2016.^[12]

Mrs. Carmela "Mel" Oracion, EdD served as the first principal of the Ateneo Senior High School. She served as principal for SY 2016 - 2017 and SY 2017 - 2018. She was replaced by Mrs. Maria Victoria "Bitchik" Panlilio-Dimalanta as principal for SY 2018 - 2019.

The Ateneo de Manila Junior High School ("AJHS"), originally called 'Ateneo High School,' was established to comply with the country's K-12 education system. It includes the former grade 7 (now renamed grade 7) of the old Ateneo Grade School curriculum and the original 1st year and 2nd year level (now called 'grade 9' and 'grade 10' respectively) of the old Ateneo High School curriculum. It currently occupies the old Ateneo High School campus.^[13]

The AJHS follows the 'cluster system' (or 'house system' in English parlance). The AJHS is divided according to the following four clusters: 1.) the Cardoner Cluster [consisting of four grade 7 sections, four grade 8 sections, four grade 9 sections, and four grade 10 sections]; 2.) the La Storta Cluster [consisting of four grade 7 sections, four grade 8 sections, four grade 9 sections, and four grade 10 sections]; 3.) the Montserrat Cluster [consisting of three grade 7 sections, four grade 8 sections, four grade 9 sections, and three grade 10 sections]; and the Pamplona Cluster [consisting of three grade 7 sections, three grade 8 sections, three grade 9 sections, and three grade 10 sections]. The clusters are named after special places in St. Ignatius's life. Each cluster has dedicated class moderators, subject teachers, guidance counselors, immersion coordinators, and staff to cater to the specific needs of the students. The cluster is led by a Cluster Coordinator who serves as a mini-principal to the cluster and organizes a variety of activities such as the Cluster Advancement Program (CLAP) along other programs.^[14]

AJHS offers the following subjects as part of its curriculum: Araling Panlipunan, Arts, Christian Living Education, Computer Education, English, Filipino, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, and Science. English, Filipino, Mathematics, and Science offers a regular program and an honors program. Students who choose to pursue the honors program are pulled out from their sections and are put in a separate class with a more advanced program.^[13]

The AJHS student body is governed by the Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral ng Nakababatang Mataas na Paaralang Ateneo de Manila (Sanggu-JHS). The Sanggu-JHS is led by a chairman, alongside three vice-chairs who supervises each branch of the Sanggu-JHS. These branches include the following: the Assembly of Class Officers or the ACO (which involves the governance of all class officers in each section and batch), the Council of Student Organizations or the CSO (which involves the governance of all officers in each org and 'groups of orgs' known as villages), and the Athletics Council or the AthC (which involves the governance of all varsity officers and 'groups of varsities' known as blocs). The chairman and the other three vice-chairs are aided by a Sanggu-JHS Secretary-General and a Finance Officer.^[13]

The AJHS campus has one library, the Instructional Technology Center, the Tanghalang Onofre Pagsanghan (Dulaang Sibol), and a large athletics complex with one of the largest school-based covered courts facilities in the country.^[15] In 2003 the high school opened a Center for Math, Science and Technology (commonly known as "MST") containing science and computer labs, classrooms for the special math and science classes (Honors Math and Science, Sections X and S), and a faculty room.^[15]

The AJHS's religious formation programme includes a Christian Service and Involvement Program (CSIP) with the Dungaw-Exposure Trip for freshmen, a Damá-Christian Service Program for sophomores, the Damay Immersion and Gawad Kalinga Programs for juniors, and Tulong Dunong programme for seniors, besides recollections and retreats. It also was the birthplace of the retreat program, Days With the Lord.^[16]

Carmela C. Oracion, EdD served as the first principal of the Ateneo Junior High School. She served as officer-in-charge of the transition AJHS from SY 2013 - 2014 and SY 2014 - 2015; she then became its first full-fledged principal from SY 2015 - 2016 until SY 2017 - 2018. She was replaced by Mr Jose Antonio "Jonny" Salvador as principal in SY 2018 - 2019.

The Ateneo de Manila Grade School^[17] is an elementary school for boys with a population of around 4,000 students before 2014, when it dropped the Prep level and kept grades First through Sixth, while contemplating adding kindergarten. The Ateneo Grade School is one of the first elementary schools in the Philippines to adopt the Singapore math curriculum.

Loyola School of Theology (federated)

The Loyola School of Theology is a Jesuit school of theology and pastoral studies, run separately from but federated with Ateneo de Manila University. It offers baccalaureate, licentiate, and doctoral ecclesiastical degrees in theology, as well as postgraduate degrees in theological studies, theology, and pastoral ministry from Ateneo de Manila University. It also supports the theology and religious education postgraduate programmes of Ateneo Loyola Schools' Department of Theology.^[18]

Magis Radio

On September 29, 2018 ADMU and affiliate with Audiovisual Communicators its an New AM frequency of 1206 khz as Magis Radio and its an changed to call signs DWDX-AM defunct DWAN to be broadcast.

DWDX 1206

On September 30, 2018 ADMU and partnership with Audiovisual Communicators acquired defunct station DWAN 1206 kHz its an changed to call sign DWDX-AM to be broadcast.

Research centres and auxiliary units

Journals

Ateneo publishes the following scholarly journals: Kritika Kultura, Asian Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities, Budhi, Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints, The Journal of Management for Global Sustainability, Landas, and Social Transformations: Journal of the Global South.

Social initiatives

The Church of the Gesù

The Ateneo has grounded its vision and mission in the Jesuit educational tradition which engages with the world at large, leading the university to be involved in civic activities. Social involvement is a key part of Ateneo education, integrated into the curricula of practically all university programmes.^[21] Social entrepreneurship is also integrated into many of its academic programmes.^[22]

The Ateneo's social projects include the Ateneo-Mangyan Project for Understanding and Development (AMPUD) and Bigay Puso in grade school and the Christian Service and Involvement Program, Damay Immersion, and Tulong Dunong programme for senior students in high school. In college, social development is fostered by programmes of the Office of Social Concern and Involvement, including house-builds with Gawad Kalinga, and the Ateneeo Labor Trials Program tied into junior Philosophy classes. Student organizations and offices of the Loyola Schools also operate their own social involvement programmes.^[21] At the Ateneo Professional Schools, programmes and units like the Graduate School of Business' Mulat-Diwa, the Leaders for Health Program, the Law School's Human Rights Center and Legal Aid programmes aim to form leaders.^[21] Other Ateneo initiatives include Pathways to Higher Education for gifted, underprivileged youth and the Ateneo Center for Educational Development (ACED) which conducts national teacher and principal training programmes.

The centrepiece social programme of the university is its university-wide social action programme in partnership with Gawad Kalinga which has helped build communities and schools in Payatas, Quezon City, in many Nueva Ecija municipalities, and in three villages in Bicol. GK-Ateneo has also driven Kalinga Luzon, the massive rehabilitation effort for victims of the late 2004 Luzon typhoons, GK Youth-Ateneo, arguably the largest and most active student social programme of the Ateneo, Kalinga Leyte, an ongoing programme which aims to provide long-term rehabilitation for the victims of the Southern Leyte landslide, and ongoing reconstruction efforts for typhoon-stricken Bicol.^[21][23]

The Ugat Foundation, an apostolate for grassroots families, is also located at Ateneo.^[24]

International exchange

Souvenir shop and cashiers at Xavier Hall

The Ateneo has international linkages with several universities, institutions, and organizations, particularly in Asia, Australasia, North and South America, and Europe. Through these cooperative efforts, the university hosts visiting faculty and research fellows from institutions abroad, and in turn, Ateneo faculty members also engage in teaching, research, and study in institutions abroad.^[25][26] International cooperation also includes active student exchange through Philippine immersion programmes for a month or two for small groups of 15-18 students or full study programmes wherein students from partner institutions abroad take regular courses.^[25]

Students of the John Gokongwei School of Management, the School of Social Sciences, the School of Science and Engineering and the School of Humanities can also sign up for the Junior Term Abroad programme, which allows them to spend a semester in one of the Ateneo's partner schools for undergraduate studies.^[25]

Since 2008, the Global Leadership Program was started for students from four Catholic, Jesuit universities in East Asia: Ateneo de Manila University in The Philippines, Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan, Sogang University in South Korea, and Sophia University in Japan.^[27]

Loyola Heights

Science Education Complex, home to the School of Science and Engineering

Horacio dela Costa Hall houses the School of Humanities, named after Horacio dela Costa, an eminent Filipino Jesuit

Ricardo & Dr. Rosita Leong Hall, home to the School of Social Sciences.

John Gokongwei School of Management

Matteo Ricci Hall, study hall named after Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit missionary to China

Overlooking the Marikina Valley, the 83-hectare main campus is located in Loyola Heights, along the eastern side of Katipunan Avenue, and is south of and adjacent to the campus of Miriam College. The Grade School, High School, and Loyola Schools are located in the Ateneo's Loyola Heights campus. Beside the Grade School is the Henry Lee Irwin Theater, built in 1995 to house the school's formal events and productions. Complementing the old buildings of the Loyola Schools are the Science Education Complex, as well as the PLDT Convergent Technologies Center-John Gokongwei School of Management Complex.^[29] In 2015, the university broke ground on a center for visual, practical, and performing arts called The Areté, which will house the Ateneo Art Gallery, a 1,000-seat auditorium, a black box theater, and spaces for Ateneo's collaborative degree program with Le Cordon Bleu.

Within this campus is the Rizal Library, the main university library. Also located here are numerous units and research centres affiliated with the Ateneo, such as the Institute of Social Order, Institute of Philippine Culture, Institute on Church and Social Issues, Asian Public Intellectuals Fellowships, the Philippine Institute for Pure and Applied Chemistry, the Jesuit Communications Foundation, the Jesuit Basic Education Commission, and others. Also situated here are the East Asian Pastoral Institute, Loyola School of Theology, and San Jose Seminary, all Jesuit formation institutions federated with the Ateneo de Manila University. The Manila Observatory is also located on campus.^[29] Athletic facilities include the Blue Eagle Gym, also known as the Loyola Center, standing at the southern end of the campus, and the Moro Lorenzo Sports Center (MLSC) on the northern end. The Blue Eagle Gym is one of the largest gymnasiums among the universities in Metro Manila while the MLSC is often used by the Philippine National Basketball Team as well as other professional teams for their training needs.^[29]

The Church of the Gesù, completed in July 2002, stands on top of Sacred Heart Hill and overlooks the rest of the campus. The school's chapels include the St. Stanislaus Kostka Chapel and the Chapel of the First Companions in the high school, the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception in the college complex's Gonzaga Hall, the chapel at the Loyola House of Studies, and the Chapel of the Holy Guardian Angels in the grade school, among others. Not a part of the university but located on its campus is San Jose Major Seminary also has a chapel. Moreover, within walking distance of the campus are two parish churches: Our Lady of Pentecost and Santa María della Strada which includes the university in its territory.^[29]

While the majority of its students live in Metro Manila, the university has three on-campus dormitories for college students: Cervini Hall, Eliazo Hall, and the University Dormitory. Located near the Loyola Schools, Cervini accommodates approximately two hundred male students, while Eliazo houses one hundred and sixty female students. The University Dormitory, completed in 2008, houses six hundred students. Other dormitories which are also open to college and graduate school students are those of the [Institute of Social Order], Arrupe International Residence, and the East Asian Pastoral Institute.^[29] Those who desire to live off-campus reside in nearby accredited dormitories and condominiums such as Oracle Residences, FBR Building, Xanland Plaza, One Burgundy Plaza, Prince David Condominium, and Berkeley Residences, sharing study and living areas with students from the University of the Philippines, Diliman and Miriam College.

The Ateneo de Manila is also home to the largest Jesuit community in the Philippines, most of whom reside at the Jesuit Residence in the Loyola Heights campus. These Jesuits are involved in teaching, administration, and research within the university and its affiliated units.^[29]

Recently, the majority of the units in the Loyola Schools Campus have been participating in the environmental initiatives started at the student organization and administrative levels. These have been grouped under the banner of the Ateneo Environmental Management Coalition, resulting in major changes in student lifestyle and resource management all over campus.

Rockwell Centre

The Rockwell Centre campus of the Ateneo de Manila University houses the Law School, Graduate School of Business, School of Government, AGSB-BAP Institute of Banking, and the Ateneo Centre for Continuing Education.^[29] The campus was donated by the Lopez Group of Companies to the Ateneo de Manila University. It includes several research centres, a moot court facility, and the Ateneo Professional Schools Library.^[29]

Salcedo Village

The Salcedo Village campus houses the different facilities of the former Ateneo Information Technology Institute (AITI) and the Ateneo Center for Continuing Education (CCE). This facility formerly housed the Professional Schools prior to the completion of the Rockwell campus in 1998.^[29]

Ortigas Centre

The Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health at the Don Eugenio López Sr. Medical Complex in Ortigas Centre, Pasig, opened its doors to its pioneering batch of students in June 2007. Beside the ASMPH is its partner hospital, The Medical City.^[29]

Ateneo Art Gallery

The Ateneo Art Gallery is housed in the Rizal Library's Special Collections Building. The gallery is the first museum of modern art in the Philippines, and is the only museum in the country dedicated to the collection, display, and interpretation of Philippine modern art. The heart of its collection is a large selection of post-war art donated to the university by Fernando Zóbel de Ayala.^[29]

University Archives

The University Archives are housed in the Rizal Library annex building. Since 1958 it has served as the central repository of non-current records of the administrative offices, academic departments, and student organizations. Among its collections are papers and documents from key university people, relics and personal effects of alumni, some archived publications, theses, and dissertations, as well as other materials such as maps, photographs, and art work.^[32]

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