History

It was founded on October 5, 1913 as the Instituto de Manila, by Apolinario G. delos Santos, Mariano V. delos Santos, Maria delos Santos, Buenaventura J. Bello and Antonio Rivero. The first three were siblings. They named their school Instituto de Manila, after the city of Manila and Apolinario G. delos Santos was elected as the first director of the school.

The University was first situated in Binondo and offered primary and secondary education. It then moved to Sampaloc, Manila.

Affiliations

The University of Manila is an active member of the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities (PACU), Commission on Higher Education, Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL), Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA), Philippine Association of Teacher Education (PAFTE), Philippine Society for Educational Research and Evaluation (PSERE), the University Belt Consortium, and the International Association of Universities.