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Name | Adamson University | Native name | Pamantasang Adamson - Lungsod ng Maynila, Pilipinas | Motto | Thee Thy Will; Education with a Heart; Veritas in Caritate ("Truth in Charity") | Established | 1932 | Type | Private, Roman Catholic, Vincentian | President | Rev. Fr.Gregorio Bañaga, Jr ,CM | Students | 15,881 (1st semester SY 2009-2010) | City | Manila | Country | Philippines | Campus | Urban 11 acres | Hymn | Hymn | Athletic nickname | Adamson Soaring Falcons | Mascot | Falcons (Adam, Sonny, and Sonia) | Affiliations | ASAIHL, ACUP, CEAP, COCOPEA, FAAP, IAU, IFCU, PAASCU, PACU, PACUCOA, SMIIC, U-Belt, University Athletic Association of the Philippines | Website | www.adamson.edu.ph |
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Adamson University (also Adamson or AdU) is a private Catholic university in Manila, Philippines. It was founded on June 30, 1932 by Greek immigrant George Lucas Adamson as the Adamson School of Industrial Chemistry. On February 5, 1941, the school was granted university status by the Department of Education, and on December 4, 1964, the university was turned over to the Vincentian Fathers of the Congregation of the Mission (CM) and was incorporated into the Adamson-Ozanam Education Institutions, Inc.
Adamson University has programs in Graduate Education, Law, the Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Nursing, Pharmacy, Architecture, Business Administration, Teacher Education, as well as secondary, elementary, and preparatory education. Adamson has eight distinguished courses for Center of Development and Center of Excellence identified by the Philippines Commission on Higher Education and has been awarded "autonomous status". It is a member of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP).
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