Far Eastern University
| Pamantasan ng Malayong Silangan Universidad de Extremo Oriente |
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Official Seal of Far Eastern University
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| Motto | Sapientia Regnat (Wisdom Rules) |
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| Type | Private Research, Non-sectarian, Granted Autonomous Status |
| Established | 1928 |
| Chairman | Aurelio Reyes Montinola III |
| President | Michael M. Alba |
| Undergraduates | 23,928 |
| Postgraduates | 3,961 |
| Location |
Lerma St., Morayta, Manila, Philippines 14°36′14″N 120°59′08″E / 14.6038°N 120.9855°ECoordinates: 14°36′14″N 120°59′08″E / 14.6038°N 120.9855°E |
| Campus | 40,000 m² |
| Hymn | "The FEU Hymn" by Nick Joaquin |
| Colors |
 Green and Gold |
| Nickname | FEU Tamaraws |
| Mascot | TamTam |
| Affiliations | ASAIHL, IAU,PACU,PACUOCA, PAASCU, UAAP |
| Website | www.feu.edu.ph |
Far Eastern University (FEU) (: FEU) in the University Belt area, West Sampaloc, City of Manila, is a nonsectarian, private university in the Philippines. Created by the merger of Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accountancy (now Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance), FEU became a university in 1934 under the guidance of first president Dr. Nicanor I. Reyes, Sr. It has been noted as the leading proprietary (for profit) university in the Philippines. FEU's campus is noted for a number of historical buildings preserved from the first half of the 20th century.
Far Eastern University was founded in 1934 when the Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance (IABF) merged. Far Eastern College (now Jose Rizal University), founded in 1919 by Don Vicente Fabella, had been a liberal arts college in Quiapo; the IABF had been established (originally under the name Institute of Accountancy) by Dr. Francisco T. Dalupan Sr. and Dr. Nicanor I. Reyes, Sr., head of the Department of Economics of the University of the Philippines, with a number of other prominent educators in 1928. IABF had been originally predominately used by , and the new university, which was supported by the tuition provided by its students rather than government grants.
In its earliest days, FEU was housed in a converted tobacco factory already present on the four hectare (nearly 10 acre) plot which would eventually host the current campus. Reyes Sr. was appointed the first president of the University, which spent its early years establishing several of its institutes, including those of Law and Technology. Reyes commissioned Brother in law Arch. Pablo S. Antonio Sr., who would later be titled National Artist of the Philippines, to construct a building for the school. In 1939, the Nicanor I. Reyes Hall, which would later house the library and Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance, opened. Two other buildings by Antonio, the Girls’ High School Building and Boys High School Building, followed in 1940 and 1941, by which year FEU had 10,000 registered students, with an international student population of 400.
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