Silliman University

Silliman University lettering

The oldest building in the university, Silliman Hall

The Silliman University is located in Dumaguete City , Province of Negros Oriental in the Philippines . It is located on Hibbard Avenue in Dumaguete City, near the city center. The University is run by the Presbyterian Churches in the Philippines. Over 10,000 students from 56 countries attend the university every year .

Faculties

Silliman University is home to nineteen different faculties , which are divided into higher education and technical schools and, in terms of vocational training, colleges , institutes and schools. These include the College of Agriculture, the Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Computer Studies, Education, Engineering and Design, Law, Mass Communication, Nursing, Performing and Visual Arts, Divinity School, Graduate Programs, Institute of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Institute of Rehabilitative Sciences, Medical School, School of Basic Education, School of Public Affairs & Governance.

history

The university's history began in 1898 when Arthur Carson, in his capacity as the third Silliman of the Presbyterian Churches in the United States, sought a way to improve the education of Filipinos as a result of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine-American War . He found a partner in the businessman Horace B. Silliman to finance an educational institution in the Philippines. Both surprised the board of the churches with the plan to take action in the Philippines, but the board of the churches objected that it was too early because of the war. However, Silliman had experience in founding and funding educational institutions in the United States, such as the Hampton Institute of Virginia, now Hampton University . Both convinced the board of directors of the Church to establish a school based on the Hampton model in the Philippines. The board then commissioned David S. Hibbard to look for a location for the school. He chose Dumaguete because there was no higher educational institution on Negros . On August 28, 1901, the Silliman Institute was opened. In 1938 the institute received university status.