Summary
The University Belt is the name of a de facto subdistrict in Manila, Philippines, referring to an area that has a significant concentration of major colleges and universities in the city.[1] The districts of Quiapo, Sampaloc, and San Miguel are traditionally considered to be the University Belt,[2] although other clusters of schools that lie along the southern bank of the Pasig River, mostly at the districts of Intramuros and Ermita, as well as the southernmost part of Malate near the city limits are also sometimes included.[3] Each of the colleges and universities found in the district are a short walking distance of each other.
History edit
Since the Spanish colonial period, Manila was the center of education in the country and Intramuros was home to various academic institutions. The first schools in the district were the Colegio de Santa Potenciana founded in 1589,[4] Universidad de San Ignacio in 1590,[5] San Jose Seminary in 1601, the University of Santo Tomas in 1611,[6] the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in 1620, the Santa Isabel College Manila in 1632, Universidad de San Felipe de Austria in 1640, and Ateneo de Manila University in 1859.[7] Today, only Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Santa Isabel College Manila, University of Santo Tomas, and the Ateneo de Manila University continue to operate.
During the American period, the city planner, Daniel Burnham, originally planned to make Santa Mesa the city's education hub, although the Americans wanted institutions to be located near the national government center in Rizal Park, with several institutions opening in Calle Rizal (present-day Taft Avenue), among them the University of the Philippines Manila, the oldest of the constituent universities of the University of the Philippines System, and De La Salle University.[8] Nevertheless, the University Belt within Quiapo, Sampaloc, San Miguel, and Santa Cruz began growing organically. By the early 1900s, nine institutions were present in the area: National University, Manila Law College, University of Manila, San Beda University, Saint Rita College, La Consolacion College Manila, College of the Holy Spirit, and Centro Escolar University, as well as the University of Santo Tomas, which moved from Intramuros to Sampaloc in 1927 although the older campus continued to host the College of Law.[8]
World War II devastated the city and several schools were forced to shut down during the war. In Intramuros, the University of Santo Tomas did not rebuild their campus in the district, while Ateneo de Manila University moved their institution to Sampaloc and eventually to Loyola Heights, Quezon City. Meanwhile, non-sectarian schools were built in the district before and after the war: Far Eastern University was founded in 1928, Mapúa University moved from its campus in Santa Cruz in 1956, while Lyceum of the Philippines University and Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila were established in 1952 and 1965 respectively. Outside Intramuros, new institutions were also founded, such as the Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology in 1945 and the University of the East in 1946, among others.
List edit
Within northeastern Manila edit
Included are major universities and colleges located in Sampaloc, Quiapo, Santa Cruz, Santa Mesa, and San Miguel.
Taft Avenue edit
All institutions are located along or near Taft Avenue, stretching from Ermita to Malate, with a distance of 2.25 miles (3.60 kilometers) from Universidad de Manila in the north to De La Salle University in the south.
| Institution | Founded | Founded as |
|---|---|---|
| Adamson University | 1932 | Adamson School of Industrial Chemistry |
| De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde | 1980 | College of Career Development |
| De La Salle University | 1911 | De La Salle College |
| Emilio Aguinaldo College | 1957 | Marian School of Midwifery |
| Philippine Christian University | 1946 | Manila Union University |
| Philippine Normal University | 1901 | Philippine Normal School |
| Philippine Women's University | 1919 | Philippine Women's College |
| St. Paul University Manila | 1912 | St. Paul Institutions |
| Santa Isabel College Manila | 1632 | Colegio de Santa Isabel |
| St. Scholastica's College, Manila | 1906 | |
| Technological University of the Philippines | 1901 | Manila Trade School |
| Universidad de Manila | 1995 | City College of Manila |
| University of the Philippines Manila | 1905 | Philippine Medical School |
Intramuros edit
All institutions are located within the walled city of Intramuros. It also lies close in the northern tip of the Taft Avenue cluster.
| Institution | Founded | Founded as |
|---|---|---|
| Colegio de San Juan de Letran | 1620 | Colegio de Niños Huerfanos de San Juan de Letran |
| Colegio de Santa Rosa | 1750 | Beaterio y Casa de Ensenanza |
| Lyceum of the Philippines University | 1952 | Lyceum of the Philippines |
| Mapúa University | 1925 | Mapúa Institute of Technology |
| PNTC Colleges | 1994 | Philippine Nautical Training Institute |
| Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila | 1965 | University of the City of Manila |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "A Glimpse Inside Manila's University Belt". Inside Manila. September 26, 2018. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- ^ Pateña, Aerol John (March 22, 2019). "U-Belt streets 'relatively safe' for students: study". Philippine News Agency. Archived from the original on November 24, 2022. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
- ^ Baroña, Franco Jose C. (August 13, 2022). "LTFRB wants carousel buses along U-Belt". The Manila Times. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
- ^ Perez Dasmarinas, Luis. Letters from Luis Perez Dasmariñas to Felipe II. In The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898. Ohio: A.H. Clark Company, 1903-9. Vol. 9
- ^ The First Hundred Years of the Ateneo de Manila Archived September 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Ateneo de Manila University website May 1, 2012
- ^ Lim-Pe, Josefina (1973). The University of Santo Tomas in the Twentieth Century. University of Santo Tomas Press, Manila. pp. 1–19.
- ^ Ricklefs, M. C.; Lockhart, Bruce; Lau, Albert (November 19, 2010). A New History of Southeast Asia. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-137-01554-9. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ^ a b Yu, Anson (September 1, 2015). "25 things you didn't know about Manila's University Belt". Coconuts Media. Retrieved November 25, 2022.