Universidad de Zamboanga
| Pamantasan ng Zamboanga | |
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Former names
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Zamboanga A.E. Colleges (1948-2005) |
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| Motto | La educacion es Libertad |
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Motto in English
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"Education is Freedom" |
| Type | Private, nonsectarian university |
| Established | October 12, 1948 |
| President | Dr. Arturo F. Eustaquio III |
| Location | Zamboanga City, Philippines |
| Hymn | UZ Hymn |
| Colors | Green and white |
| Mascot | UZ Wild Cat |
| Website | www.uz.edu.ph |
Universidad de Zamboanga (UZ) is a private university in Zamboanga City, Philippines, founded on October 12, 1948 by Arturo Eustaquio, Sr. It was formerly known as Zamboanga A.E. Colleges until it was changed to Universidad de Zamboanga in 2005, the year it was granted university status.
UZ holds 8% of all college enrolment in region 9 Western Mindanao. It has eight campuses spread out in an area of more than 80 hectares in and outside of the city. These campuses include the Main Campus in barangay Tetuan, City Campus, Cabatangan Campus, Pasonanca Campus, Veterans campus, San Jose Campus, Canelar Campus and the Ipil Campus in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay. UZ has two highschools: Arturo Eustaquio Memorial Science Highschool and the UZ Technical Highschool.
The university uses its official name in Spanish and Chavacano languages.
1948 - Engineer Arturo Francisco Eustaquio founded the Zamboanga Arturo Eustaquio Colleges (ZAEC), and opened its doors to 479 high school and college students. Classes were held at the former Mendoza Building, where Young Mart is now located.
1949 - First high school graduation
1951 - Bachelor of Laws was offered and phased out in 1996.
1955 - Bachelor of Arts (AB) with majors in English, Filipino, History earned government recognition.
1956 - A one-year course in Pre-Nursing (up to the summer of '79) and Graduate Course in Education M.A. were offered, which lasted up to 1962 and were offered again in 1969. A one-year Secretarial course was initially offered.
1969 - Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE) and Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering (BSChe) were first offered.
1970 - Two-year course in Foreign Service and Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology (BSMT) were first offered.
1971 - Two-year course in Architecture was offered.
1973 - Two-year Junior Secretarial Course was first offered.
1974 - Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE) earned government recognition.
1975 - Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology (BSMT) earned government recognition.
1976 - One-year course in Retail Merchandising, one-year course in Warehousing, one-year course in Salesmanship, Bachelor of Science in Secretarial Administration (BSSA), Bachelor of Science in Criminology (BS Crim) were first offered, and two-year course in Plumbing Engineering was given government recognition.
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