St. Paul University Philippines, also referred to by its acronym SPUP or SPU Philippines is a

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non-profit

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al basic and higher education institution run by the

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. It was founded by the Paulinian Sisters on May 10, 1907. It is one of 40 schools owned, managed, and operated by the

(SPC) in the Philippines. It offers basic, undergraduate, and graduate education.

History

The university was established on May 10, 1907, as the Colegio de San Pablo by six nuns from the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres (SPC) led by Mother Ephrem Marie Fieu. The nuns came to the

Cagayan Valley Cagayan Valley ( ilo, Tanap ti Cagayan; fil, Lambak ng Cagayan), is an administrative region in the Philippines, located in the northeastern section of Luzon Island. It is composed of five Philippine provinces: Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nue ...

region upon the invitation of Bishop Dennis Joseph Dougherty. The school was initially hosted inside a Spanish convent adjacent to a cathedral. The institution changed its name to Colegio del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus in 1909 and later to Sacred Heart of Jesus Institution (SHOJI) in 1925. The school was moved from its previous location in a convent to separate grounds acquired by the SPC from the

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due to the increased number of enrollees and the expansion of its curriculum. During the

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in 1941, the school complex was used as a military garrison and hospital by the Japanese. The entire campus of the school was razed when the Japanese forces garrisoned in the school were attacked by the Allied forces during the Liberation of Tugguegarao. After the war, the school changed its name to St. Paul College of Tuguegarao (SPCT) in 1948 as part of an initiative to become the first Teacher-Training Institution in Cagayan Valley. In 1961, the SPCT began offering college education and became the first

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(PAASCU) accredited institution. On January 18, 1965, the entire complex was razed by a fire. The school became the first university in Cagayan Valley in 1982. It received accreditation from more bodies and institutions such as TUV Rheinland which gave the SPUP, ISO 9001 Certification in 2000 and the Asian Association of Schools of Business International in 2014. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines through the Episcopal Commission on Culture (CBCP-ECC) designated the SPUP as a Catholic Center for Culture in 2012.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Paul University Philippines Catholic universities and colleges in the Philippines Catholic elementary schools in the Philippines Catholic secondary schools in the Philippines Universities and colleges in Cagayan Education in Tuguegarao Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia Educational institutions established in 1907 1907 establishments in the Philippines

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