University of the Visayas


The University of the Visayas is a private institution located in Cebu City, Philippines. It is the first school in the province of Cebu to attain university status.
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History

Vicente Gullas founded the University of the Visayas in 1919 aiming to educate young people from average-income families. It was initially called the Visayan Institute, and occupied two rooms rented at the City Intermediate School. The number of students had increased from 37 in 1919 to 87 in 1920, and kept growing, but Gullas could not find a permanent building for the institute and kept moving over various locations in Cebu, borrowing auxiliary facilities from other schools nearby, such as physical education grounds of the Cebu Normal School and the public library near Fuente Osmeña. Finally, in 1946 the institute moved to its present site at Colon Street, and in 1948 received the university status.
In the 1980s–90s, the university added new master's degrees, in education, engineering, maritime studies, criminology and nursing. In 1994, four of the university programs were recognised by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation. Earlier in 1994 the Gullas Medical Center and the College of Medicine were opened in Banilad.

Campuses and location

The university has seven campuses:
The College of Dentistry and Nursing is situated on a separate campus in Banilad, Mandaue City, alongside the Vicente Gullas Memorial Hospital and the Gullas College of Medicine. Previously, the Gullas College of Medicine operated from a campus in downtown Cambaro, Mandaue City. As of 2025, the UV Gullas College of Medicine has been relocated to the Banilad campus; little to no known released information about the campus' closure. The former Cambaro site has since been demolished, to make way for a new Jollibee branch.

Administration


  • President: Dr. Conrado E. Iñigo, Jr.
  • Vice President for Academic Affairs: Dr. Anna Lou C. Cabuenas
  • Vice President for Finance & QMS: Dr. Rosemarie Cruz- Español
  • Vice President for Administration: Mr. Elmer S. Ocaba

Notable alumni