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Pamantasang Foundation | |
Motto | Veritas |
Motto in English | Truth |
Established | July 4, 1949 |
Type | Private, non-sectarian |
President | Mira D. Sinco, Ph.D[1] |
Admin. staff | 200 |
Location | Dumaguete City, Oriental Negros, Philippines |
Campus | Urban 55,000 m² |
Former names | Foundation College (1949-1969) |
Colors | Maroon Grey |
Athletics | UNIGAMES |
Nickname | Greyhounds |
Website | www.foundationu.com |
Foundation University, sometimes simply called Foundation or FU, is a private non-sectarian university in Dumaguete City, Province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. It was founded by Dr. Vicente Guzman-Sinco, former president of the University of the Philippines and an alumnus of Silliman University.[2] It offers over 60 specialized higher education areas of study accredited with the PAASCU, CHED, and the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation.
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The university was established as Foundation College on July 4, 1949. It was granted the status of university by the Department of Education on January 28, 1969. The university offers many undergraduate courses such as in the fields of Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Nursing, Information Technology, Computer Science and many others. The university has schools for elementary and high school.
Established on the eve of the country's independence, it was then known as the Foundation College. The college was founded by Dr. Vicent Guzman Sinco, a known educator and legal luminary during his time.[2][a] His aim was to attract "men and women from all conditions of life, whose only passport is intellectual competence; whose pursuit is excellence in mind, body and character, and whose quest is for truth and freedom." Sinco envisioned the college to contribute to the overall national program of development. During the time of the college's founding, Filipinos were still in the process of building the nation.[3]
The college had a three-fold function — instruction, research, and community action. The success of this mission was recognized in 1963, when Foundation College received international recognition and was invited to become a member of the International Association of Universities. The college was the first institution in the Visayas and Mindanao to receive this honor, and the first institution in the world that was not a full university to become a member of this organization.[3]
On January 28, 1969, recognizing the college’s sincerity of purpose, its achievement and performance, its superior instructional facilities and the quality of its graduates, the Philippine Department of Education granted the college a university charter.[3]
Academic units of the university are organized into six colleges and five schools.[4]
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