Ateneo de Manila University

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Ateneo de Manila University
Pamantasang Ateneo de Manila
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motto Lux in dominoes
founding December 10, 1859
Sponsorship ecclesiastical (Roman Catholic)
place Quezon City , Philippines
president Bienvenido Nebres, SJ
Students 11,709 (2008)
Employee 1,103 (2008)
Networks AUN
Website www.ateneo.edu

The Ateneo de Manila University (also Ateneo de Manila or Ateneo for short ) is a Jesuit- run private university in the Philippines . It was founded in 1859 and started out as a state-funded school. It became a private school during the American occupation. It achieved university status in 1959.

The East Asian Pastoral Institute (EAPI) is affiliated with the Ateneo .

Well-known university graduates are José Rizal , Felipe Agoncillo , Epifanio de los Santos , Pedro Paterno , Pedro Pelaez , Patricio G. Mariano and Valentim Ximenes .

Web links

Commons : Ateneo de Manila University  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. AUN Member Universities. In: www.aunsec.org. ASEAN University Network, 2012, accessed August 24, 2019 .
  2. ^ Ateneo de Manila University - Quezon City. WHED - IAU 's World Higher Education Database, accessed June 18, 2015 .

Coordinates: 14 ° 38 ′ 20 ″  N , 121 ° 4 ′ 40 ″  E