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Far Eastern University started out as a dream, born virtually out of its founder’s head, Dr. Nicanor Reyes, in 1928 with the help of a reputed group of educators from the Department of Economics in University of the Philippines.
The university practically began life as the Institute of Accountancy that initially offered a three-year program designed to meet the minimum requirements for the certified public accountant examination.
In order to respond to the needs of the times, the Institute soon branched out to other fields of study. A year after, it became the Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance (IABF).

In November 1933, FEU became a result of the fusion of Far Eastern College which offered courses in the liberal arts founded in 1919 and the IABF which offered courses in accountancy, economics, business administration, and banking and finance founded in1929.

Being the first president of the university, Dr. Reyes envisioned a school that would promote the teaching of accounting to Filipinos. The 30′s and 40′s became the building years of FEU.

When the Pacific War broke out, the FEU campus became the headquarters of the Kempetai, right in the heart of Manila. Aside from burning and destroying the university records and facilities, the enemy forces also took the life of the great founder and some of his family members.

Though bereft of its founding president, the university reopened in 1945 and ran by eminent educators as presidents-Dr. Hermenigildo Reyes, Jaime Hernandez, Dr. Francisco Dalupan, Clemente Uson, Dr. Leoncio Monson, Belen Enrile-Guitierrez, Dr. Vidal Tan, Dr. Teodoro Evangelista and the founder’s eldest son, Dr. Nicanor Reyes, Jr.
After embarking on a massive expansion program of physical plant and facilities to accommodate its growing student population and to cope with the demands of modern, relevant education for a developing country during the post-liberation years, FEU also geared towards elevating the level of academic excellence by advanced instruction and professional training to qualified students by establishing the Institute of Graduate Studies.

Various curricula were also reviewed which paved the way for new academic programs. According to former FEU president Lydia Echauz, DBA, the university is a premiere university in the country. It is a university of choice among high school graduates because FEU has had long and rich history in education, culture, arts and sports, she enthuses.

In addition to academic excellence, the university strives to impart a well-rounded education by providing alternatives to students. And with the pronounced effort to upgrade the faculty, the research program, and the physical plant, the university climbs further towards quality education.

For the past years since its founding, FEU has produced business tycoons, ambassadors, justices of Supreme Court and other judicial bodies, technocrats in private and government sectors, finance wizards, acclaimed physicians, nurses, educators, theater and media luminaries and so many others in different fields of expertise.

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Vision, Mission, and Goals and Objectives

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Vision, Mission, and Goals and Objectives

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Vision

Guided by the core values of Fortitude, Excellence, and Uprightness, Far Eastern University aims to be a university of choice in Asia.

Mission

Far Eastern University provides quality higher education through industry responsive and outcomes based curricular programs.

FEU produces globally competitive graduates who exhibit the core values of fortitude, excellence, and uprightness.

FEU promotes sustainable and responsive research, extension services, and heritage and environment stewardship toward national and global development

Core Values

The FEU core values are fortitude, excellence, and uprightness.

The FEU core values serve as both guiding principles and objectives

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The University of Santo Tomas (UST) is the oldest existing university in Asia founded on April 28, 1611.

The institution was established through the initiative of Miguel de Benavides, the third Archbishop of Manila. In 1605, he bequeathed a modest amount from his personal funds for the establishment of a seminary-college to prepare young men for the priesthood. Those funds and his personal library became the nucleus of the University of Santo Tomas, which was founded in 1611.

UST was first called the Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario, and was later renamed Colegio de Santo Tomas, in honor of the foremost Dominican theologian, Thomas Aquinas. The original campus was located in Intramuros, the walled city of Manila.

In 1624, the Colegio was authorised by the King of Spain to confer academic degrees in theology, philosophy, and the arts. In 1645, Pope Innocent X elevated the college to a university.

In 1680, it was subsequently placed under the royal patronage of the Spanish monarchy. It was King Charles III of Spain who granted it the title of “Royal University” in 1785, for its exceptional loyalty in defending Manila against the British invasion. In 1902, Pope Leo XIII declared the University of Santo Tomas a Pontifical University, and in 1947, Pope Pius XII bestowed upon it the title of The Catholic University of the Philippines.

In 1911, the university campus transferred from Intramuros to its present site, which covers a total of 21.5 hectares in the Sampaloc district.

In terms of student population, it is the largest Catholic university in the world in a single campus. Since its establishment in 1611, the university academic life was disrupted only on two occasions: the first was from 1898 to 1899, due to the Philippine revolution against Spain; and the second time was from 1942 to 1945, when the Japanese Occupation Forces converted the UST Main building into an internment camp during the Second World War.

Today, UST’s commitment to spreading the light to the youth, through education and evangelisation, has garnered reaffirmation through the recognitions it has received both in the national and international scene.

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“Be brave.”

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Wellness and Recreation Program

Arts and Culture

Student Leadership and Student Engagement

Matched Projects

The Fortitude Project

Internship to Employment Projects

Regulatory Projects (Community Extension)

UAAP

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Vision

Faithful to its centuries-old tradition of excellence, the University of Santo Tomas envisions itself as a premier Catholic institution of learning in Asia, committed to the professional and moral formation of her stakeholders for social transformation.

Mission

The University, in pursuit of truth, guided by reason and illumined by faith, dedicates herself to the generation, advancement, and transmission of knowledge to form competent and compassionate professionals, committed to the service of the Church, the nation, and the global community.

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Veritas in Caritate

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Freshmen orientation

The Thomasian welcome walk

Pistang Tomas Community Trade Fair

‘Recruitment 101’

Paskuhan (Christmas celebration)

The Baccalaureate Mass

Misa de Apertura

Discurso de Apertura

Retreats and Recollections

UAAP

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Founded in 1925 by Don Tomas Mapúa, an architecture graduate of Cornell University in the United States and the first registered architect of the Philippines, Mapúa University is the Philippines’ premier engineering and technological university.

Mapúa is a top Asian university, entering the prestigious Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings for 2019. It is a QS-rated university, obtaining a 3-star overall rating for excellence and 5-star rating in the categories of employability, facilities, and social responsibility. It has also been recognized by Times Higher Education (THE) for its social and economic impact, placing in the Partnership for the Goals category of the inaugural THE University Impact Rankings.

Envisioning itself to be among the best universities in the world, Mapúa unceasingly fosters its tradition of excellence in engineering and sciences, architecture and design, information technology, business and management, media studies, and social sciences education. It provides students a learning environment that will make them globally competitive, engaging in economically viable research, development, and innovation to provide state-of-the-art solutions to problems of industries and communities.

The University is the first school in Southeast Asia to obtain accreditation from the United States-based ABET (www.abet.org) and has the most number (14) of accredited engineering and computing programs in a single campus in the Philippines. It also has the most number of engineering programs (Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Environmental and Sanitary Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering; Information Technology) recognized as Centers of Excellence by the Philippine Commission Higher on Education.

Mapúa has been granted ISO certification on environmental management systems (ISO 14001:2015), testifying its dedication in reducing its carbon footprint, and has upgraded its ISO certification on quality management systems (ISO 9001:2008 to 9001:2015), demonstrating its processes and management systems’ adherence to international standards.

It has utilized digital technologies for learning and instruction, particularly Blackboard Learn, its learning management system, and Blackboard Collaborate, a video conferencing tool. Through these resources, Mapúa has conducted synchronous online lectures, dubbed as Digital Days, and has offered a set of online courses, also known as Digital Rush.

The University’s strong academic foundation ensures its graduates are of high caliber taking lead roles in the global arena. To date, it has produced more than 360 topnotchers across 11 of national professional licensure examinations since 2000. Its students are also prepared for the world of practice through their exposure to international on-the-job trainings, and research and development undertakings, which are achieved through the University’s continuous forming of international linkages with prestigious companies and universities.

Continuing its efforts to bolster the University’s world-class quality of education, Mapúa has strategized an advancement of its game plan envisioning itself as a digital, research-driven, outcomes-based, international domain (DROID) in response to globalization and the explosion of knowledge.

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Vision, Mission, and Goals and Objectives

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Vision, Mission, and Goals and Objectives

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Vision

Mapua shall be among the best universities in the world.

Mission

The University shall provide a learning environment in order for its students to acquire the attributes that will make them globally competitive.

The University shall engage in publishable and/or economically viable research, development, and innovation.

The University shall provide state-of-the-art solutions to problems of industries and communities.

Educational Philosophy

The Mapúa University offers its students professional and advanced scientific and engineering education with a healthy dose of the arts, letters, philosophy and social sciences to form men and women who shall possess not only technological expertise but also the human values and perspective that promote moral development.

Mapúa upholds academic excellence and social responsibility as core values.

Mapúa provides quality academic curricula that are current in content and state-of-the-art in delivery.

Mapúa provides a learning environment that encourages the exercise of creativity and the experience of discovery.

Mapúa captures the full synergy among instruction, research and extension work to heighten the learning experience of its students.

Mapúa builds linkages with industry and government in order to maintain the relevance of its academic programs and to engage in collaborative research.

General Objectives

The University seeks to become an international center of excellence in integrated engineering, architecture and IT education. It seeks to develop young Filipinos into highly competent engineers, architects and IT professionals in order to meet local and global human resource requirements. It seeks to generate new knowledge to heighten the nation’s competitiveness in today’s knowledge-based and global economy. It seeks to apply knowledge in order to make the world a better place for Filipinos and humankind.

Special Objectives

Aside from the objectives stated above, the University declares the following for itself:

Develop in the student quality values and attitudes needed to produce moral and ethical professionals.

Provide opportunities to develop critical thinking and sound judgment essential in the practice of one’s profession.

Foster strong ties among the faculty, students and alumni.

Develop workable technologies that could tap the potentials of the country’s resources.

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Foundation Week and Intramurals

FROSH Orientation

Team Building

NCAA

Student Exchange (Credit Course, Dual Degree Program)

Faculty Exchange

Plant Visit

English Camp

Short Term Summer Program

OJT/Internship

Research Internship

Research Collaborations

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a) What are the significant differences of the schools in terms of the indicated gathered information?

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a) What are the significant differences of the schools in terms of the indicated gathered information?

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All the mentioned universities aimed to be the best university in their field and be recognized locally and internationally. The significant differences between the schools is that University of Santo Tomas (UST) is a private sectarian university while Far Eastern University (FEU)  and MAPUA University (MU) are private non-sectarian. FEU was originally established to be grounded in economics. UST was originally established for priesthood purposes. Lastly, MAPUA is a university that was founded to have deep roots in focusing on architecture. In terms of extracurricular activities, UST and FEU both participate in UAAP while MAPUA is one of the universities that participates in NCAA.

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b) How does the culture of each school reflected in the information gathered?

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b) How does the culture of each school reflected in the information gathered?

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The culture of each school can be reflected on their history, mission , vision and goals on how they will provide education for their students. Aside from these, it can be  also reflected through the different activities that these universities/institutions have provided their students. The variety and purposes of each activity offers wide opportunities for the students to be engaged and to be future ready allowing them to be equipped with the knowledge and skills needed for learning and life skills.

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c) Cite the advantages and disadvantages of the culture of each of the schools presented. 

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c) Cite the advantages and disadvantages of the culture of each of the schools presented. 

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Far Eastern University (FEU)
Advantages

Encourages student advancements that are focus on industrial innovations

Offers comprehensive local and global opportunities for their graduates.

Focus on excellence and high quality education. Provides education that is industry responsive.

Disadvantages

Some students may be left behind for limited resources

Tuition fee increase; some students may not able to continue their schooling.

University of Santo Tomas (UST)
Advantages

Grounded in religious belief.

The school has tested their reliability as a school through time; Trusted by students and the community in providing quality education.

Focus on moral, excellence, and truth. Also commits to professional and moral formation for the students' social transformation.

Disadvantages

Some student do not participate in some religious activities in the school due to differences in belief.

Strict with their values and may not accommodate other students' beliefs or personal culture.

Mapúa University
Advantages

Focus on Globally competitiveness, moral development. Provides a professional and advanced education.

Envision and perform to be recognized globally in terms of engineering or industrial courses and workforce.

Open for foreign students and encourages inclusivity.

Disadvantages

High academic achievement and expectations that can be pressuring.

In general, the three universities has the following advantages:

Envision a global competitiveness and employment among their graduates.

Provide a wide variety of comprehensive projects and activities for their students.

Offers courses that are responsive to human resources in the country and abroad.

Offers scholarship and financial assistance programs

Develops sustainability Programs.

Stresses the importance of diversity to promote inclusivity.

Immersed in community development activities.

While the common disadvantage is  the high academic or admission  fee due to being one of the prestigious universities in the country—which somehow affects the population of the students who want to get enrolled.

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d) In our own experience as a student, how does the culture of your former and current school influenced you?

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d) In our own experience as a student, how does the culture of your former and current school influenced you?

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The similarities between our former schools were, it all provided extra curricular activities and imposed strict rules/discipline measures. Thus it influenced us in a way of being disciplined and active students. Each school also gives importance to virtue and excellence that is why we also acquired it by being responsible and righteous students.  While for our current school, it is actually almost the same with our past schools. The University also influenced us mostly with our attitudes, behaviors, and understanding. Since the University’s mission is to nurture innovative teachers, this affects the way we think, we as students have become more creative and competitive with all the things we are doing especially when it comes to teaching. While for the behaviors and beliefs, the University enlightened us and influenced us to be always understanding, inclusive, sensitive, and to have fair judgement.