University of San Carlos
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| University of San Carlos | |
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| Motto | Witness to the Word |
| Established | 1595 |
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| President | Fr. Roderick Salazar, SVD |
| Location | Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines |
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| Enrollment | undergraduate, |
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| Official website | http://www.usc.edu.ph/ |
The University of San Carlos (USC) in Cebu City is the oldest school in the Philippines and in Asia. Founded by the Spanish Jesuits on August 1, 1595, it was formerly known as the Colegio de San Ildefonso. This makes the school older than the University of Santo Tomas (1611) in Manila and Harvard University (1636) in the United States. It was closed from 1769 at the expulsion of the Jesuits until 1783 when it reopenned and assumed its current name, and was run by the Society of the Divine Word. The College was granted its university charter in 1948.
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