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02

Aug

By Trisha Tamio

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UST to welcome nearly 12,000 freshmen for AY 2024-2025

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas is set to welcome a total of 11,921 first-year students in the basic and higher education levels for academic year (AY) 2024-2025, the University's public affairs office said. The in-person orientation for all college freshmen will be held on Aug. 5 at the UST Quadricentennial…

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02

Aug

By Trisha Tamio

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UST offers full Adobe suite to all Thomasians

ALL THOMASIANS will receive access to Adobe All Apps starting Aug. 9, according to the University’s Office of Information and Communications Technology. This is the first time the University is providing the full Adobe suite to the Thomasian community. The suite consists of 21 creative applications, including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator,…

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31

Jul

By Cali Asajar and Zoe Airabelle Aguinaldo

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Manila health permit policy to disrupt UST’s smooth functioning, labor coalition warns

THE UST employees’ unions called for an urgent review of the much-criticized health permit requirement imposed by the Manila city government, saying its implementation "falls short of a just and fair system" and threatens to disrupt the University's operations. In a letter addressed to the UST community dated July 31,…

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31

Jul

By Cali Asajar

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UST ranks 4th out of 364 PH schools in latest Webometrics

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas improved its ranking by one notch to fourth-best Philippine institution in the July 2024 publication of Webometrics' Rankings of World Universities. The University significantly rose to 2,379th from the previous 2,620th global ranking in the latest edition of the Webometrics Ranking. The 21-year-old Webometrics Rankings…

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26

Jul

By Joss Gabriel Oliveros

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‘UST storm water drainage not enough to address recurrent flooding’

THE UST stormwater drainage project is not enough to prevent flooding in the campus when surrounding areas are also inundated, the assistant head of the University's Facilities Management Office (FMO) said. According to FMO Assistant Director Albert Surla, the project transfers water into España Avenue and adjacent areas’ drainage systems,…

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03

Jul

By Shayne Lee Andreas Macaraeg and Mc Neil Zyh Serrano

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High-flyer SJ Moore not yet leaving UST Growling Tigers, team manager says

DESPITE REPORTS circulating online, athletic guard SJ Moore’s transfer to the College of Saint Benilde (CSB) Blazers is still unconfirmed. CSB backer Strong Group Athletics announced Moore’s potential comeback to the NCAA on Tuesday night, July 2, in a Facebook post. However, the post was deleted after about an hour.…

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01

Jul

By The Flame Sports

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UST Golden Tigresses boost intact line-up with ‘Blessing’

THE UST Golden Tigresses just got taller after tapping the services of a 6'2 middle blocker from Nigeria to strengthen their intact squad ahead of the UAAP Season 87 women’s volleyball tournament. Blessing Unekwe, 19, will hold the Tigresses’ foreign student-athlete slot. Her arrival, which was announced by the UST…

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01

Jul

By The Flame Sports

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Teletigers Chaos claims gold in collegiate Mobile Legends tourney

COMPOSURE PREVAILED for the UST Teletigers (TGR) Chaos as they clinched the Smart University Clash: Rise of Heroes title at the SM Megamall Megatrade Hall on Sunday. The Teletigers dominated the tournament after sweeping the University of Cebu Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue (UCLM) Aduana in a best-of-five Mobile Legends: Bang Bang…

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26

Jun

By The Flame News

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UST ranks second to the last among eight ‘research-productive’ schools

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas emerged as the second to the last among eight Philippine universities tagged as research-productive, a study by the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II) showed. The study of EDCOM II adopted the methodology of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings’ threshold for research…

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19

Jun

By Carlo Jose Ruga

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Manila places 103rd in 2025 QS best student cities worldwide

(Updated as of 11:21 a.m.) THE CITY of Manila ranked 103rd in the 2025 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Best Student Cities Rankings, which evaluates the best cities to live and study globally. Manila, home to some of the country's top universities, including the University of Santo Tomas, rose 12 notches from…

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