Background Information
The Ateneo de Manila University Background Information
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The Ateneo de Manila University
About the University
The Ateneo de Manila University is located in Quezon City which is in the south of the Luzon near the Capital Manila. Quezon City covers an area of 156 sq km with a population of 1.7 million people. It is the second largest cities and commercial center in Philippines.
The University established in 1859 which was originally only opened for the descendant of the Spain colonists and later it was available also for the local Filipinos. In 1921, the American New York Jesuits took the authorization of the university from the Spain colonists. And in 1932, the campus moved to Padre Faura. Ermita. In 1952, under the patronage of overseas funding, Ateneo moved to the current place, Loyola Heights in Quezon City. In 1959, it was authorized to grant undergraduate degrees and now the university continues to grow and expand, becoming a comprehensive university consisting of the Colleges of Art, Commerce, Laws and many other independent colleges. In addition, like many other universities in Philippines, the university has affiliated middle and primary schools.
The Ateneo de Manila University is one of four big well-known colleges and universities in Philippine. It Maintains elder's academic exchanges with American Multitudinous Universities and enjoys the high reputation in the overseas. The Ateneo Chinese translation name is multitudinous, for example: The Artney Austria, the Arab League Thore Europe, Andrey you wait. The name which Ateneo is the Chinese people or the missionary who speaks Chinese uses generally.
The Ateneo de Manila University is one of the world’s most exciting communities of leaders and scholars. The current president of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo once studied in this school and was one of the vice professor in the university before she became a politician. Nearly 150 years after the Jesuits returned to the Philippines in 1859, the Ateneo de Manila has grown into a major Jesuit university, whose schools include a college and graduate school, four professional schools, two basic education units, and an array of research and development centers.
The blue hawk is the Ateneo de Manila University's symbol, it indicates each graduation student like the blue hawk will hover equally in the future domain.