UAAP

University Athletic Association of the Philippines
Current season, competition or edition: UAAP Season 79

Founded	1938
President	Rev. Fr. Ermito G. De Sagon, O.P. (University of Santo Tomas)
No. of teams	8
Country	Philippines
Venue(s)	Metro Manila
Most titles	Seniors' division: UST Growling Tigers (40 titles) Juniors' division: UST Tiger Cubs (17 titles)
Related competitions	National Collegiate Athletic Association

Seniors' division:
UST Growling Tigers (40 titles)

The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) or "ua-ap", established in 1938, is a collegiate athletic association of eight Metro Manila universities in the Philippines. Members include Adamson University (AdU), Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), De La Salle University (DLSU), Far Eastern University (FEU), National University (NU), University of the East (UE), University of the Philippines (UP), and University of Santo Tomas (UST). Varsity teams from these universities compete annually in fifteen sports to vie for the overall championship title, namely, badminton, baseball, basketball, beach volleyball, chess, fencing, football, judo, softball, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.

In 1924 seeing the need to regulate collegiate sports and set general athletic policies, Dr. Regino Ylanan (the University of the Philippines Physical Education Director) met with representatives of Ateneo de Manila (Jesuit fathers John Hurley, S.J. and Henry A. McCullough, S.J.), De La Salle University, San Beda College, National University, University of Manila, University of Santo Tomas, and Institute of Accounts (now Far Eastern University) to discuss possibilities of forming an athletic organization, which eventually became the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).