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Former names | 1907: School of Civil Engineering |
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| Established | 18 May 1907 |
| Dean | Angelo R. Dela Cruz |
| Regent | Roberto L. Luanzon, Jr. |
| Students | 7,196 (as of 2011)[1] |
| Location | Roque Ruaño Building, Ruaño Drive,Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines |
| Patron saint | Blessed Jordan of Saxony |
| Colors | Gray |
| Website | www |
TheUniversity of Santo Tomas Faculty of Engineering, orUST-Eng, is the engineering school of theUniversity of Santo Tomas, the oldest and the largestCatholic university inManila, Philippines.
Established on May 18, 1907,[2] the faculty is the first engineering school in the Philippines. It is proclaimed as aCenter of Excellence inchemical engineering and as aCenter of Development incivil engineering,electronics engineering,industrial engineering,mechanical engineering andelectrical engineering by theCommission on Higher Education.
| Establishment of Degree Programs of UST Faculty of Engineering | |
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| 1907 | Civil Engineering |
| 1930 | Architecture 1930–1938 under the Faculty |
| 1934 | Mining Engineering Phased out in1948 |
| 1934 | Chemical Engineering |
| 1940 | Mechanical Engineering |
| 1946 | Electrical Engineering |
| 1963 | Electronics Engineering |
| 1977 | Industrial Engineering |
| 2004 | Computer Science Information Technology 2004–2014 under the Faculty |
| 2006 | Information Systems 2004 as Information Management 2006–2014 under the Faculty |
The Faculty of Engineering of theUniversity of Santo Tomas (UST) is the oldest engineering school in the Philippines. It was established on May 18, 1907, asSchool of Civil Engineering[2] with one program offering leading to the degree of Master of Science in Civil Engineering (MSCE). From faculty records, it appears that it was only in 1912 when the earliest batch of students were conferred their MSCE degrees. The institution was actually patterned after theUniversity of Havana in Cuba and was first set up at the second floor of the old UST building inIntramuros.[3] Taking into consideration the pioneering works of the teaching staff and students, the college got its first taste of prestige as the government, under PresidentManuel L. Quezon gave her recognition on July 12, 1921.[3]
After the formation of the Engineering's Students' Association in 1927, the first Engineering Student Council was organized the following year. Three years later, in 1930, the school established Architecture as its new program, withRev. Fr. Roque Ruaño, O.P. as the new school dean.[4] In 1931, UST Engineering includedPlane and Spherical Trigonometry on its curriculum.[2]
The number of students enrolling in Civil Engineering decreased in 1934. So as to compensate this, another program was offered in the college, Mining Engineering. This new program was placed under the Mining Department which was headed byTheodore Lawson. On the same year, a famousDominican engineering alumnus, Maurico Andres, CE, became the provincial superior and vice grand chancellor of Dominicans in the Philippines. The college also introduced courses in Chemical Engineering, which were first placed under the Chemical Department of theCollege of Liberal Arts.[2]
Eventually in 1938, the Department of Architecture became a separate college—School of Architecture and Fine Arts.[4] With the addition of the other engineering disciplines, theSchool of Civil Engineering eventually became theFaculty of Engineering in 1940.[2] The Department of Mechanical Engineering was also established on that year.
The university held classes up to 1941 but had to close when the Japanese turned itsSampaloc campus into a military camp duringWorld War II. The Intramuros campus was burned down on February 8, 1944. On January 7, 1946, the university reopened at its present site in Sampaloc and the Faculty of Engineering was temporarily based in theUST Main Building. UST Engineering reopened with 300 students. Chemical Engineering accepted the first batch of women enrollees in the faculty. Electrical Engineering was offered on the same year to attract more students.[2]
In 1948, Mining Engineering was phased out due to the decreasing number of students interested in mining.[2]
Things started to look good as the Faculty was given a new separate home in February 1950. The four-story, E-shaped building known as theRoque Ruaño Building, in honor of great civil engineer alumnus, Rev. Fr. Roque Ruaño, O.P. (Batch 1912) who is responsible for the construction of the UST Main Building. It housed not only the Faculty but included theCollege of Architecture and Fine Arts. On the same year, the Faculty produced the first women engineer: Purita Sarandi, Carmelita Reyes and Josefina Lamban, who graduatedMagna cum laude.[2]
From four-year course, in 1954, engineering course was extended to a five-year course to accommodate more subjects related to engineering. Electronics Engineering paved the way for a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering in 1963. TheInstitute of Technological Courses became part of the Faculty in 1972. Industrial Engineering is integrated into the college in 1977, with Dean Francisco G. Reyes as head. In 1979, the Engineering Sciences division that houses first and second year engineering students is formed to offer basic engineering-related subjects.[2]
In 2003, College of Architecture andCollege of Fine Arts and Design vacated the Roque Ruaño Building, and replaced byDepartment of Information and Computer Studies.[2]
Founded in 1999 asInstitute of Computer Sciences under theCollege of Science, Information and Computer Studies was formally integrated to the Faculty of Engineering in 2004 due to its technically oriented character. However, in 2014, the department became a separate institute, and in 2021 it was elevated to a college,[5][6] becoming theCollege of Information and Computing Sciences.
| Deans of University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Engineering | |
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| Name | Years of deanship |
| Don Ramón de Irureta-Goyena | 1907–19?? |
| Don Santiago Artiaga | 19??–19?? |
| Roque Ruaño | 1930–1935 |
| Alberto Guevara y Sanchez | 1935–1942 |
| Manuel Mañosa y Trounqued | 1946–1950 |
| Jose M. Mijares | 1950–1951 |
| Jose G. Cortez | 1951–1954 |
| Jose M. Mijares | 1954–1956 |
| Jose M. Inocencio | 1956–1975 |
| Francisco G. Reyes | 1975–1981 |
| Mariano M. Pangan | 1981–1984 |
| Alberto A. Laurito | 1985–2000 |
| Marilyn C. Mabini | 2000–2006 |
| Peter S. Lim | 2006–2009 |
| Josefin S. de Alban Jr. | 2009–2012 |
| Philipina A. Marcelo | 2012–2022 |
| Angelo R. Dela Cruz | 2022–Present |
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