HISTORY
photo taken at The Old Cebu
The University of the Visayas was founded by the late Don Vicente A. Gullas in 1919 as the Visayan Institute (V.I.) in Cebu City. The second World War razed to the ground the physical facilities of the V.I. at its original site. Undaunted by adversities, Don Vicente reopened classes in Argao, Cebu in 1946. A year later the V.I. moved back to its present site in Colon Street, Cebu City.
As early as its founding, the V.I. had pioneered in education innovations to provide equal education opportunities for those who have the capability and the desire for improving themselves. It was the first to conduct night school class for working students in Cebu City in the 1940s. The “study now pay later plan” had been a practice at the V.I. long before it was adopted by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) in the 1980s.
In 1948, the Visayan Institute was awarded university status, the first to become a university in Cebu, and was renamed the University of the Visayas. Since then the expansion in its baccalaureate and post graduate course offerings and in its physical facilities has been phenomenal. From an initial enrollment of 37 students the V.I. evolved into a university with an enrollment of 30,000 distributed throughout its campuses. Its alumni have distinguished themselves in government service and public administration, and in the professions of law, engineering and architecture, pharmacy, medicine, nursing, education, criminology, maritime and nautical, computer studies as well as in sports and the arts.
The University of the Visayas is an eight-campus, province-wide system of higher education and lower level laboratory schools.
The Gullas Medical Center is located at Banilad, Mandaue City. It houses the Vicente Gullas Memorial Hospital, the Gullas College of Medicine, the UV College of Nursing, the Gullas College of Dentistry, VIP Gullas College of Music, the Tan Kim Ching Cancer Center and the up-coming Cosmetic Surgery Center including other health-related courses. Vicente Gullas Memorial Hospital is a 100-bed tertiary care hospital accredited by PhilHealth.There are two campuses in Cebu City: the main campus occupying almost one city block bounded by Colon, D. Jakosalem and Sanciangko Streets and a laboratory high school in Pardo. The main campus has six multi-storey buildings including a gymnasium.
The campus in Punta Engano, Lapulapu City, has a port for the Maritime College's practical training at sea.
Other campuses are in the cities of Mandaue, Toledo and in the towns of Dalaguete, Minglanilla and Compostela in the province of Cebu. on 2019, The University will have its 100th Anniversary with new improvements and offers.
VISION
By 2019, the University of the Visayas is a research-driven university geared towards the development of human capital imbued with social conscientiousness.
MISSION
The University of the Visayas builds and embraces a sustainable research culture while harnessing the talents and potentials of its stakeholders and promoting cultural, environmental, spiritual and societal responsibility.
With this commitment, the University of the Visayas capacitates students, faculty, and staff wtih research skills. While espousing scholarly inquiry in both academic and non-academic endeavors, it utilizes and communicates results to produce principled professionals who are responsive to the demands of time.
CORE VALUES
In UV, We LEAD and WE SERVE
W - orkship (Advocating high quality and relevant outputs consistently.)
E - ffciency (We do things right the first time and all the time.)
L - eadership (As we lead, we endeavor to trainsform visions into reality)
E - ndurance (We must endure the bad so we will live to see the good.)
A - chievement (We embrace sacrifices to attain greater achievement.)
D - iversity (Having a high regard for socio-cultural uniqueness.)
W - isdom (We imbbibe the ability to judge what is true, right and lasting.)
E -nthusiasm (achieveing something great with zeal, fervor and passion.)
S - ervice (Success transcends about anything, including serving others.)
E - mpathy (We reach out not only with our hands but with our hearts.)
R - esponsibility (We exist to shape one's future and being. That is our duty.)
V - irtuousness (We conform to moral and ethical principles.)
E - quality (Advocating justice, impartiality and fairness.)
ACADEMIC TRACKS
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
- BS Nursing
- BS Pharmacy
- BS Occupational Therapy
- BS Biology
- Medicine
- Dentistry
- BS Civil Engineering
- BS Computer Engineering
- BS Electrical Engineering
- BS Electronics Engineering
- BS Industrial Engineering
- BS Mechanical Engineering
- BS Marine EngineeringZSDF
- BS Marine Transportation
HUMMS (Humanities and Social Sciences)
ABM (Accountancy, Business, and Management
GAS (General Academic Strand)
Enrollment is ongoing.
Enrollment starts regularly in March 2016
Requirements for GRADE 11 Enrollees
- Admission filled-in Form
- Original copy of Grade 10 Report Card (Form 138)
- Original copy of Certificate of Good Moral Character
- Original and 1 photocopy of Birth Certificate issued PSA piece
- Four (4) pieces 2x2 ID picture with a nametag and a green background
- Accomplished Enrollment Form
ENROLL NOW
FOR MORE INQUIRERS CALL
Registration Office
Telephone Number: +63 (32) 256 - 2630
Email add: registrar @uv.edu.ph
University of the Visayas Information
Telephone Number: +63 (32) 253 - 7885
Email add: info @uv.edu.ph / www.universityofthevisayas.com
