Jesuit Schools
Ateneo de Davao University
A private Catholic university administered by the Society of Jesus in Southern Mindanao in the Philippines. It was established in 1948. It is divided into five units including the School of Arts and Sciences, School of Business and Governance and College of Nursing.
Ateneo de Manila University
It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits. It was then a state-subsidized school. It became a private school during the American occupation of the Philippines, and has moved from Manila to its current location. It received its university charter in 1959.
Ateneo de Iloilo University
A private, Catholic preparatory school for run by the Society of Jesus' Philippine Province. Its programs are both Chinese and Filipino in character.
Ateneo de Naga University
A private university run by the Society of Jesus in Naga City in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. It was established in 1940.
The PILLARS Publication, founded in 1961, is the official tertiary student publication of the Ateneo de Naga University.
Ateneo de Zamboanga University
Catholic and Jesuit university in Western Mindanao. It is also known by the acronym AdZU . Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1912, it is the second oldest Jesuit school in the Philippines. It initially catered to primary and secondary education for boys. It became a college in 1952, and a university in August 2001. The Ateneo de Zamboanga began in 1912 as Escuela Catolica, a parochial school run by Spanish Jesuits at the old site of the Immaculate Conception Church, right across the Sunken Garden. Fr. Manuel Sauras, S.J. was the first director.
Ateneo de San Pablo
A former Jesuit elementary and high school in San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines. It was established in 1947. The school was closed by the Diocese of San Pablo in 1978, and turned into a diocesan school. It became known as Liceo de San Pablo.
Loyola College of Culion
A college run by the Society of Jesus in Brgy. Libis, Culion in the province of Palawan, Philippines. It was established in 1936, and became a college in 1985.
Sacred Heart School
The Sacred Heart School of the Society of Jesus, commonly known as Sacred Heart School - Jesuit is a private, Catholic college preparatory school for run by the Society of Jesus' Philippine Province. Its programs are both Chinese and Filipino in character.
The school was built in 1954 along Gen. Maxilom Ave., Cebu City. The school transferred to a much bigger campus in Canduman, Mandaue City, Cebu in 2007.
The school was primarily an all boys school. It opened its doors to female students on 1998 only up to a few levels in grade school. In 2006, the school produced its first batch of graduates with female students.
Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan University
It was founded in 1933 as the Ateneo de Cagayan by an American Jesuit Missionary, Fr. James T.G. Hayes S.J., who later became the first Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro. In 1958, Ateneo de Cagayan became a university and was renamed to its present name, Xavier University, in honor of the Jesuit Missionary, St. Francis Xavier. The rename was made in anticipation of sister-school Ateneo de Manila changing its name to "Loyola University" (in honor of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus) in 1959, a move which did not push through.
Xavier School
Located in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines, is a private Catholic college preparatory school for boys run by the Society of Jesus' Philippine Province. Its programs are both Chinese and Filipino in character.
Founded in 1956 as Kuang Chi School by a group of Jesuits expelled from China, Kuang Chi School opened its doors on June 6 of that year. Kuang Chi School was named after Paul Hsü Kuangchi, Minister of Rites during the Ming Dynasty. Xavier School currently bears the name of St. Francis Xavier, a Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus. The school has recently concluded celebrating its Golden Jubilee.