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University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Arts and Letters

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The University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Arts and Letters, popularly known as "UST Artlets" or "UST AB", is the liberal arts school of the University of Santo Tomas, the oldest and the largest Catholic university in Manila, Philippines. Established in 1896 with the name Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, following Spanish tradition, the faculty is the first and oldest liberal arts tertiary school in the Philippines. It offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in different areas of Media Studies, Social Sciences and Humanities. It is proclaimed to be a Center of Excellence in Philosophy and a Center of Development in Communication, Literature, and in Journalism by the Commission on Higher Education.

History The University of Santo Tomas started offering courses in liberal arts and philosophy since its foundation in 1611. These courses were later institutionalized with the establishment of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters in 1896. A College of Liberal Arts was also established in 1926 which was known for its preparatory courses for Law and Medical schools. The College of Liberal Arts was divided into Arts and Pure Sciences. The Pure Sciences department diversified due to scientific advancements in the era and has since developed into the UST College of Science. Consequently, the College of Liberal Arts merged with the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters in 1964, thus modifying the faculty's name into "Arts and Letters". At its onset, the faculty offered a limited number of programs—Associate in Arts (A.A.), Bachelor of Arts (A.B.), Bachelor of Literature (Litt. B.), and Bachelor of Philosophy (Ph. B.). In later years, new courses and majors gradually developed. In 1971, the faculty started offering Bachelor of Arts degree programs in Asian Studies, Behavioral Science (originally Liberal Arts-Commerce), Communication Arts, Economics, Journalism, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, and Translation. The A.B. major in Translation was eventually phased out due to lack of enrollment and funding. In 1994, the faculty started offering a major in Legal Management, an interdisciplinary degree program in business management and law designed to suit the needs of students intending to go to law school after graduation with intentions to have other career prospects. In 2002, the faculty teamed up with the UST College of Education to offer a double degree—Bachelor of Arts-Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Social Sciences/Studies (AB-BSE). The program was discontinued in 2007 because of government regulations that would stretch the time to complete the AB-BSE degree to at least 5 years and 4 summers. In June 2011, the faculty started offering A.B. History and A.B. English Language Studies; and in August 2018, the faculty started offering A.B. Creative Writing. The faculty is set to offer A.B. Modern Languages in 2028, with Spanish and French as its initial specializations.

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Academics The UST Faculty of Arts and Letters offers thirteen undergraduate degrees, having been recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as a Center of Excellence in Philosophy and as a Center of Development in Communication, Journalism, and Literature. As of 2026, twelve undergraduate programs have been assessed by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA): Economics, Legal Management, Literature, and Philosophy are reaccredited at PACUCOA Level IV (valid through September 2030). Asian Studies, Behavioral Science, Communication, Journalism, Political Science, and Sociology hold PACUCOA Level III reaccreditation (valid through March 2026), while History and English Language Studies have Level II accreditation (valid through September 2030). The Communication and Journalism programs were accredited with the ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN‑QA) certification in November 2022. All undergraduate degrees offered by the faculty are Bachelor of Arts (AB/BA).

Programs/Degrees

The most populated programs in 2024 were Communication, Political Science, Behavioral Science, Legal Management, and Journalism.

Facilities

St. Raymund de Peñafort Building

The faculty is located in the first and second levels of St. Raymund de Peñafort Building in the northeastern part of the UST campus, near Dapitan Street. The college shares the building with the College of Commerce and Business Administration, which occupies the third and fourth levels. It has several audio-visual conference rooms, a fully wired computer laboratory, a student activity center, a faculty hall, fully air-conditioned classrooms, free Wi-Fi access, photocopying machines, and formerly a medium-sized auditorium (Jose Rizal Conference Hall) which was transformed into three expandable multimedia rooms.

Buenaventura Garcia Paredes, O.P. Building

Two of its programs, Communication and Journalism, utilize the 11th and 12th floors of the Buenaventura Garcia Paredes, O.P. Building which is also home to the university's Communications Bureau.

Miguel de Benavides Library

Among its many departments, the Miguel de Benavides Library has nine departments which suit the academic requirements of the college:

Humanities Section – books on world literature and philosophy. Languages Section – books on languages, linguistics, and speech communication. Filipiniana Section – books on economics, history, arts, culture, literature, etc. that was published in the Philippines. Civil Law Section – books on laws and jurisprudence. Social Sciences Section – books on history, education, economics, political science, psychology etc. Asian Studies Section – books on Asian history, geography, politics, society, etc. Religion Section – books on religion and philosophy. Periodicals Section – hard copies of major newspapers and magazines from the pre-war period up to the present. General References Section – encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, almanacs, etc. Educational Technology Center (Ed-Tech Center) – supervises the Tomcat, a student-run cable television network. The center has mini-theatres, audio-visual rooms, and an archive of important films, television documentaries, and audio-CDs. The library also has conference rooms readily available and free-of-charge to students and faculty upon prior reservation.

Research centers Arts and Letters faculty members are affiliated with the following research institutes:

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