The UST Graduate School of Law (GS Law) met with the officials of the Philippine Embassy in Thailand to forge collaborations on March 10, 2025, in Bangkok, Thailand.

The two groups plan to partner with Thailand’s academic institutions to stage webinars and conferences to examine and produce insights from tourism law.

The topic they will explore is aligned with their International Tourism Law course, currently offered in their DCL program, which focuses on the rudiments of laws and regulations in travel and tourism.

GS Law Dean Atty. Jacqueline O. Lopez-Kaw, DCL, Regent Rev. Fr. Dexter A. Austria, O.P., SThD, and Faculty Secretary Ms. Leidy May G. Alnajes, LPT, MA, met with the Third Secretary and Vice Consul Susan Phoebe R. Sabado and Commercial Counsellor Maria Emmanuelle S. Burgos.

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The 九色 formalized its ties with Pazmany Peter Catholic University (PPKE) in a Memorandum of Understanding.

The partnership between the two universities will pave the way for academic and research cooperation through joint activities, exchange of information, as well as to promote relations and mutual understanding through academic and and administrative staff exchange.

Last November 29, 2024, the two Universities held an an online workshop on copyright entitled “Copyright Protection in the Age of Social Media and AI”, which was attended by academic staff of UST Graduate School of Law (GS Law) and their counterparts in PPKE.

The lecturers in the said online workshop were GS Law faculty member Mr. Allan B. Gepty, and PPKE Faculty of Law professors Ms. Anett Pogacsas and Mr. David Ujhelyi.

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The 2025 rankings, which look into international outlook, teaching, research environment, research quality, and industry, saw UST maintain its #3 position among Philippine universities, landing in the 1501+ bracket along with three other universities.

UST was also third in the country for research quality, measured through citation impact, research strength, research excellence, and research influence. According to THE, the data from Elsevier from 2019 to 2024 help show 鈥渉ow much each university is contributing to the sum of human knowledge鈥o expand the boundaries of our understanding, irrespective of discipline.鈥�

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The APHEN-ICH Secretariat is composed of four member universities: 九色 as the lead together with the bureau members; University of Dhaka in Bangladesh for South Asia, Vietnam National University-Hanoi in Vietnam for Southeast Asia, and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in South Korea for East/North Asia.

USTGS-CCCPET, with its wealth of experience and expertise, will serve for two years as the Secretariat of APHEN-ICH. Assoc. Prof. Eric B. Zerrudo, PhD, the Executive Director of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and Program Lead of the UST Graduate School 鈥� Cultural Heritage Studies, will serve as the Head of the Secretariat alongside CCCPET Officer-in-Charge Ms. Beverly Macayan-Bautista, MAED, who will serve as the International Coordinator of the network. In this role, USTGS-CCCPET will be instrumental in orchestrating the activities and programs of the network, ensuring its seamless operation and the effective execution of its mission.

The election of the USTGS-CCCPET was grounded on its successful hosting of the Intangible Cultural Heritage International Conference and APHEN-ICH Field School in the Philippines with the City Government of Mabalacat and other LGU partners in the Pampanga province last 2023.

APHEN-ICH, a collaborative initiative established in September 2018 in partnership with the International Information and Networking Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia Pacific Region (ICHCAP) under the auspices of United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), stands as a testament to the joint dedication to preserving intangible cultural heritage in the Asia-Pacific. Aligned with the 2003 UNESCO Convention, the network is focused on nurturing and reinforcing this capacity through joint programs and activities to promote the 2003 Convention for Intangible Cultural heritage. As of 2024, the network proudly counts 23 member universities in the Asia-Pacific Region.

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BS-SLP students Mariela Anya Sori帽o, Kathleen Megan Torres, Emilia Andrea Coronel, Robert Anthony Bertumen, and Vinz Adrian Chan were under the supervision of Inst. John Arden Romanillos, MHPEd, RSLP, who together showcased how UST runs its BS-SLP program. 

First offered in 2009, the four-year bachelor鈥檚 degree program involves at least 1,200 hours of supervised clinical training in various settings, such as the community and hospital. Such training endeavors allow students to screen, evaluate, and assess patients and help in individual and group therapy sessions. Apart from equipping students to handle concerns on speech, language, and swallowing disorders, aural habilitation and rehabilitation and augmentative and alternative communication are integrated in the curriculum.

Graduates of the program may proceed to take advanced studies in the fields of health professions education, clinical audiology, and medicine (all offered in UST), bringing with them sound training in practice and research. The Department of Speech-Language Pathology includes as part of its thrusts the conduct of research that will adapt and make culturally relevant SLP interventions, develop evidence-based practices, and promote professional growth and continuing education.

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The 2+2 program entails first two academic years of schooling in UST, with the final two years being completed in HKPolyU. The agreement allows UST to nominate a maximum of five students of good academic performance to HKPolyU, where they must complete graduation requirements to earn the dual degree. HKPolyU evaluated UST鈥檚 curriculum and for the first two years and found the courses to be comparable and sufficient for credit transfer, without prejudice to HKPU mandating the completion of several other courses that may be needed to graduate. At the end of the program, graduates will receive diplomas from UST and HKPolyU.

In a social media post on March 28, 2025, Commission on Higher Education Chairman J. Prospero de Vera IV said that with the program, 鈥渕ore Filipinos can now break into the global creative industry鈥through the] dual-degree program that will elevate local talent to the global stage.鈥� CHED approved the program with Republic Act 11448 (Transnational Higher Education Act) as basis.

Third-year BFA major in Industrial Design students Beatrice P. Rodriguez and Kristine Marie C. Faelnar are set to enjoy full tuition scholarships from HKPolyU to finish the dual degree. They are accompanied by Industrial Design Chair Romano S. Macaisa, MFA.

The dual degree program, which will run until Academic Year 2028-2029, was operationalized with the agreement signed on March 15, 2024 by UST Rector fr. Richard G. Ang, O.P., PhD and HKPU Vice-President (Education) Prof. Kwok-yin Wong.

Interested UST Industrial Design students may also apply for the program sans a scholarship from HKPolyU.

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The collaboratory is a four-part webinar series featuring Thomasian experts. Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Cheryl R. Peralta, DrPH provided the overview of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education on August 12, 2024, while Educational Technology Center Acting Director April Joy M. Gascon, MAN, RN spoke about Innovating Teaching and Learning with AI.

On August 28, 2024, College of Education Assistant Dean Louie B. Dasas, PhD will discuss (Re)Designing Learning Assessments with AI in Mind, while Institute of Religion academic researcher Leo-Martin Angelo R. Ocampo, MA will close the series with the talk 鈥淪trengthening Humanity and Human Agency in the Era of Artificial Intelligence,鈥� in a big to refocus the discourse on the role of humans in the use of technology.

Interested participants may register here:

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Names of the Participants:

1. Amponin, Erika Maxinne
2. Antonio, Mariff Shendelyn
3. Ardina, Norween
4. Bajenting, Nica Camille
5. Baleva, Eisabella Joy
6. Baviera, Ma. Antoinette
7. Bayadas, Ana Bianca Marie G.
8. Bulatao, Samantha Pepper
9. Camarce, Sofia Glynette
10. Castillo, Wesley James
11. Ching, Clarizza Mae
12. Chiu, Kirsten Leigh
13. Chua, Rhuezette Angheline
14. Cortez, Charleine Aramei
15. De Los Santos, Martin Alexander Blythe
16. Dognidon, Zenen Clarisse
17. Emeterio, Gayle Hjacel
18. Enguero, Ghaylle Jermaine
19. Eugenio, Shantalle Denise
20. Fernando, Dana Marie
21. Flores, Junise Isabel D.
22. Javier, Avegail Mae
23. Manango, Julianne Isabel
24. Marbella, Benedict John
25. Marujie, Princes Angel
26. Meridor, Jose Miguel
27. Monares, Charlotte
28. Ongkiko V, Dylan Placido
29. Pascual, Kriszha Pearlyn
30. Rudas, Thean Adrianne
31. Serrano, Dinah Franchette
32. Veronesi, Milena Julia

As the biggest delegation of interns leaving the University for international internship the first time after the pandemic, the partnership between CTHM and The Ritz-Carlton is a promising endeavor for our future Thomasian Tourism and Hospitality Professionals.

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According to Dean Lopez-Kaw, the discussions with Hungarian diplomats centered on student exchanges, faculty residency, and co-advisorship of GS Law theses and dissertations. In a Facebook post by the Hungarian Embassy, they expressed optimism in 鈥渂ringing together higher education institutions to maximize student and faculty potential, most especially with our Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship program.鈥�

The Graduate School of Law offers the degrees Master of Laws and Doctor of Civil Law programs online. Students from both the Philippines and abroad are welcome to apply.

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The presence of international students, academic staff, and collaborations was touted as UST鈥檚 greatest strength as it made its debut in the Times Higher Education Asia Rankings, where it was ranked in the 601+ bracket. This position made it rank #3 among Philippine universities.

International outlook, which accounted for 7.5% of the total score, includes proportion of international students, proportion of international staff, and international collaboration. With a score of 67, this was UST鈥檚 strongest suit, followed by Teaching and Research Quality.

Teaching includes indicators such as teaching reputation, staff-to-student ratio, and doctorate-to-bachelor鈥檚 ratio, among others. Meanwhile, Research Quality credits citation impact, research strength, research excellence, and research influence.

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