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University of San Carlos

• Location & Contact Information
  • Address, Directions, & Map:
    • P. del Rosario St., Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
  • Telephone Numbers:
    • +63 (32) 253-1000
    • +63 (32) 255-4341 (fax)
  • Official Website: [1]
  • E-mail: information@usc.edu.ph
• History & Memorable Moments

“Following Church tradition, the foundation event and date of University of San Carlos should be the decree of Bishop Romualdo Jimeno on 15 May 1867 (turning over the seminary to the Congregation of the Missions) and the first day of classes in the history of what is now USC is 1 July 1867, the day P. Jose Casarramona welcomed the first lay students to attend classes at the Seminario de San Carlos,”-- Fr. Aloysius Cartagenas. Cartagenas is a professor at the Seminario Mayor de San Carlos of Cebu.

In 1924, San Carlos split into two under a Vatican decree that seminaries should only be for priestly training. In the 1930s, the San Carlos college moved to a different location, P. Del Rosario Street, while the seminary remained at Martires Street. The Society of the Divine Word took over the college in 1935. It became a university in 1948. The seminary, meanwhile, was returned to diocesan control in 1998.

The Second World War saw the closure and occupation of CSC by Japanese troops. And shortly before Liberation, in 1944, bombs from US planes fell on San Carlos, almost reducing the school to rubbles. San Carlos became a university in 1948, three years after it reopened.

Following Communist persecution of the foreign clergy in China in 1949, the University of San Carlos would benefit from the migration of SVD priest-scholars to the Philippines. This accidental émigré culture in USC spawned pioneering research in anthropology, physics, engineering, philosophy, and other fields, here in the Philippines. This would have tremendous impact on the nation’s Post-War reconstruction.

Rapid expansion of the University during the 60s under the leadership of foreign priest-academicians came with the decade’s wave of militant nationalism, which culminated in calls for the Filipinization of the administration of all Catholic schools in the country. In 1970, Fr. Amante Castillo became the first Filipino president of USC. USC continued to experience growth in the decades that followed, even as the school became witness, and often involved, in the turmoil and triumphs of the times, such as during the dark years of Martial Law in the 70s and the People Power Revolution in EDSA in 1986. Today, the University regularly produces topnotchers in board exams and alumni who have earned public recognition for achieving excellence in their own fields. This is proof that USC has remained true to its commitment to excellence in education.

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• Good Classes & Teachers
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• Chapters
• Teachers (Where are they now?)
  • Castillo, Maria Theresa ()
  • Chavez, Rhea May ()
  • Dilan, Gerald Jay ()
  • Galeos, Maria Chelo ()
  • Galler, Maria Elaine ()
  • Jazul, Leila ()
  • Talaid, Ebron Jan ()
  • Tan, Rose Joy ()
• Alumni Directory
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