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The University of Santo Tomas (UST; Filipino: Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas), officially the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila or colloquially as USTè (pronounced), is a private, Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines.
Founded on April 28, 1611, by Spanish friar Miguel de Benavides, third Archbishop of Manila, it has the oldest extant university charter in Asia and is one of the world's largest Catholic universities in terms of enrollment found on one campus. It is the main campus of the University of Santo Tomas System that is run by the Order of Preachers.
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The University of Santo Tomas is one of the oldest existing universities and holds the oldest extant university charter in the Philippines and in Asia. It was founded on April 28, 1611, by the third Archbishop of Manila , Miguel de Benavides , together with Domingo de Nieva and Bernardo de Santa Catalina.
