University of Santo Tomas - Legazpi

UST-Legazpi is a Catholic higher educational institution devoted to the holistic formation of its students through academic excellence, moral formation, and emotional maturity.

UST-Legazpi offers pre-elementary, elementary, high school (General Curriculum, Special Program in the Arts, and PAASCU Level III-candidate Science High School), Senior High School, and twenty–three (23) programs (in the College of Arts, Sciences and Education; College of Business Management and Accountancy; College of Health Sciences; and College of Engineering, Architecture and Fine Arts), the newest of which are the BS Pharmacy, the first and only program in the Region, and BS Medical Technology, both supervised by UST-Manila. The Peñaranda campus hosts the College of Business Management and Accountancy, College of Law (the Center of Excellence in Legal Education in Bicol), the Graduate School, and the Center for Continuing Education.

• The only Dominican university in Bicol
• Commitment to Academic Excellence, Moral Formation, and Emotional Maturity
• Highly-esteemed faculty members
• High-end facilities
• Enriching industry exposure
• Holistic student life

We envision the University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi as a leading university in the region – nurturing with truth, love, and gratitude the mind, heart, and spirit of each member to be committed to Christian social transformation. Specifically, we see UST-Legazpi to be:

• A Christ-centered educational community;​
• A respected HEI with consistently high academic standard and​ values-oriented, socially responsive and globally competitive​ academic programs;
• A leader in Bicol in the fields of Law, Teacher Education, Business​ Management, Accountancy, Engineering, Architecture, Communication​ Arts, and Health Sciences;​
• A center for Bicol studies, environmental protection, disaster risk​ management and preparedness;​
• And a deregulated university by 2025.

The University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi, a nurturing community of Dominican learning… transforming and perfecting, under the patronage of St. Thomas Aquinas, commits itself to;

• The pursuit of academic excellence through dedicated study;​
• The strengthening of one’s moral integrity through fervent prayer ​and witnessing;​
• The sharing with others the fruits of one’s endeavor through loving service;
• The enhancement of one’s emotional maturity towards a​  more Christian community; and​
• The promotion of cultural advocacy for a genuine appreciation of​ Catholic, Filipino and Bicol identity.