Liceo de Cagayan University
| Pamantasan ng Liceo de Cagayan | |
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| Motto | Nil Sine Numine ("Nothing without Divine Will") |
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| Type | Private, non-Sectarian university |
| Established | 1955 (60 years) |
| Chairman | Dr. Rafaelita Pelaez - Pelaez |
| President | Dr. Mariano M. Lerin, CPA |
| Students | 13,693 (S.Y. 2011 - 2012) |
| Location | Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines |
| Campus | Kauswagan(Main) Campus R. N. Pelaez Memorial Campus |
| Hymn | Liceo Hymn |
| Colors | Maroon and golden yellow |
| Website | www.liceo.edu.ph a |
The Liceo de Cagayan University is a non-sectarian university in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. It has twelve colleges and five departments. Its president is Dr. Mariano M. Lerin. It is the second largest university in Cagayan de Oro City, after Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan.
It was founded by the late Rodolfo Neri-Pelaez of Cagayan de Oro City and his wife Elsa Pelaez Pelaez of Cebu City.
The institution got its University/Level III status in 1998 from the Commission on Higher Education. In 2003, Dr. Rafaelita P. Golez served as President of the university. It holds the most number of accreditations from PACU-COA in Region X.
During its first 25 years, the Liceo de Cagayan University was a tertiary-level institution offering courses in law, commerce, engineering and liberal arts. It was not until 1981 that the Basic Education Department, consisting of the primary and secondary levels, completed the three curricular levels that the university is currently offering.
The Liceo University offers courses in Nursing (both baccalaureate and graduate degrees), Physical Therapy, Radiologic Technology, Computer Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Tourism, and Computer Information Systems in Cagayan de Oro. In 1998, the university became the first in the country to offer a graduate program, the Diploma/Master of Local Governance Scholarship Program funded by the Canadian government and the Civil Service Commission. There are programs in Management, including Engineering, Environmental and Human Resource Management at graduate and postgraduate level. The university also offers Information Technology courses.
The College of Law was founded by the late Atty. and Mrs. Rodolfo N. Pelaez and was formally opened on February 4, 1955. It was temporarily closed in 1975 but reopened in 1993. It produced its first batch of lawyers in 1997, placing fourth in passing average among the seventy law schools throughout the country.
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The College of Nursing of Liceo de Cagayan University is committed to produce well-trained nurses who can exercise pleasant attitudes and practice their acquired knowledge and skills with great care for the promotion of health and prevention of diseases.
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