USTe trivia ni yhangzkie :)

Alam nio ba na almost perfect sqaure ung land ng USTE? speaking of land… ang field ng uste is not 1km.. actually its .70-.75km lng

Yung chinese scriblings dun dun sa may likod ni benavides… mga pangalan ng certain na tao.. so parang puntod xa

UST has won 34 UAAP Over all Championship trophies since 1958 in the Seniors Division and 10 since 1986 in the Juniors Division.

Noong 1938, Angel de Blas, OP, sets up the Experimental Psychology Laboratory in the University of Santo Tomas .

Ang “The Varsitarian” ang pinakamayaman na student publication sa bansa. Hindi lang ito basta-bastang student publication dahil ang The V rin ang nag-oorganize ng Pautakan (longest-running university-wide quiz competition), Ustetika (longest-running campus literature competition), Inkblots (longest-running nationwide campus-based journalism workshop), etc. etc. kasabay ang paglimbag ng at least 12 issues per year hindi pa kasama magazines and folios. Ang mga V staffers lang ang nakaka-access sa mga prohibited corners ng USTe at mga close-door events dahil sa makapangyarihang press ID. Ang tawag sa alumni ng V ay Amihan.

“Universidad de Filipinas” ang nasa diploma ng UST noon.

Ang UST ay nagsilbing Ministry of Education noon. Tanging UST lang ang tertiary school noon , ang iba ay secondary schools lang gaya ng Ateneo, Colegio de San Jose , Letran, Colegio de Sta Rosa , St Catalina, etc. Hindi sila gagraduate ng walang approval from UST’s rector.

Ang cross atop the Main Building symbolizes that UST is Catholic. It also means salvation. While the clock, surrounded by the “tria haec”, means history. So, they are salvation history.

Ang araw sa Philippine flag was inspired by St. Thomas ‘s sun. Nakita ito ng mga ilustrado ng sila ay nag-aaral pa sa UST. Kaya ito nailagay sa ating flag.

ST Faculty of Engineering is the oldest engineering school in the country founded in 1907. It’s first course offering was Civil Engineering. Roque Ruaño was both a Dominican priest and a civil engineer who headed the construction of the engineering building.

Ang UST ang kaisa-isang may hawak ng Highest PQA sa bansa na Level 2.

Nakapreserve sa UST museum (main blg.) ang upuan ni Pope John Paul II