The University of Santo Tomas publishes its own programme list, one page per degree, and every page names the faculty, college or institute that confers it. That grouping matters more than the alphabetical list you find on aggregator sites: the unit you enter decides your entrance screening, your schedule of fees, and in practice which building you spend four years in.
Below is that list, organised the way UST organises it. If you want the address, contacts and level flags instead, those live on the University of Santo Tomas profile.
How UST is structured
UST lists nineteen degree-granting civil faculties, colleges, institutes and schools, three ecclesiastical faculties, and three basic education schools. The founding years in brackets are UST's own.
Civil units: UST-Alfredo M. Velayo College of Accountancy (2004), College of Architecture (1930), Faculty of Arts and Letters (1896), Faculty of Civil Law (1734), College of Commerce and Business Administration (1933), College of Education (1926), Faculty of Engineering (1907), College of Fine Arts and Design (2000), Graduate School (1938), Graduate School of Law (2017), College of Information and Computing Sciences (2014), Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (1871), Conservatory of Music (1945), College of Nursing (1946), Faculty of Pharmacy (1871), Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (2000), College of Rehabilitation Sciences (1974), College of Science (1926) and College of Tourism and Hospitality Management (2006).
Ecclesiastical: Faculty of Canon Law (1733), Faculty of Philosophy (1611), Faculty of Sacred Theology (1611).
Undergraduate programmes by unit
UST-Alfredo M. Velayo College of Accountancy
- BS Accountancy
- BS Accounting Information System
- BS Management Accounting
College of Commerce and Business Administration
- BS Business Administration, major in Business Economics
- BS Business Administration, major in Financial Management
- BS Business Administration, major in Human Resource Management
- BS Business Administration, major in Marketing Management
- BS Entrepreneurship (Department of Entrepreneurship)
Faculty of Arts and Letters
Thirteen four-year AB programmes, each run by its own department: Asian Studies, Behavioral Science, Communication, Creative Writing, Economics, English Language Studies, History, Journalism, Legal Management, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science and Sociology.
College of Science
- BS Applied Mathematics, major in Actuarial Science
- BS Applied Physics, major in Instrumentation
- BS Biology, major in Environmental Biology
- BS Biology, major in Medical Biology
- BS Biology, major in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
- BS Chemistry
- BS Data Science and Analytics (Department of Mathematics)
- BS Microbiology (Department of Biological Sciences)
- BS Psychology (Department of Psychology)
Computer Science is not in this college. UST puts it under the College of Information and Computing Sciences, below.
Faculty of Pharmacy
This is the unit that catches people out. UST places three health-science programmes here that other universities scatter across separate colleges.
- BS Biochemistry (Department of Biochemistry)
- BS Medical Technology (Department of Medical Technology)
- BS Pharmacy
- BS Pharmacy, major in Clinical Pharmacy (5 years)
If you are weighing this against other schools, our BS Pharmacy guide and BS Medical Technology guide cover what each licence actually requires.
College of Rehabilitation Sciences
- BS Occupational Therapy
- BS Physical Therapy
- BS Speech-Language Pathology
- BS Sports Science
College of Nursing
- BS Nursing
Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
- BS Basic Human Studies (the pre-medical entry route)
- Doctor of Medicine
Faculty of Engineering
Six departments, six programmes: BS Chemical Engineering, BS Civil Engineering, BS Electrical Engineering, BS Electronics Engineering, BS Industrial Engineering and BS Mechanical Engineering. UST lists all six as ABET-accredited on its academics page.
College of Information and Computing Sciences
- BS Computer Science
- BS Information Systems
- BS Information Technology
College of Education
- Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
- Bachelor of Elementary Education
- Bachelor of Elementary Education, major in Pre-School Education
- Bachelor of Secondary Education, majors in English, Filipino, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Biological Sciences Education, and Religious and Values Education
- Bachelor of Special Needs Education, major in Early Childhood Education
- Bachelor of Library and Information Science
- BS Food Technology
- BS Nutrition and Dietetics
Food Technology and Nutrition and Dietetics sitting inside the College of Education is a UST quirk worth knowing before you go looking for them under Science.
College of Architecture
- BS Architecture (5 years)
College of Fine Arts and Design
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, major in Advertising Arts
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, major in Industrial Design
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, major in Painting
- BS Interior Design
College of Tourism and Hospitality Management
- BS Hospitality Management, major in Culinary Entrepreneurship
- BS Hospitality Management, major in Hospitality Leadership
- BS Tourism Management, major in Cultural Heritage Management
- BS Tourism Management, major in Recreation and Leisure Management
- BS Tourism Management, major in Travel Operation and Service Management
Institute of Physical Education and Athletics
- BS Fitness and Sports Management
Conservatory of Music
The Conservatory accounts for the largest block of entries because every instrument is its own major. Bachelor of Music is offered in Composition, Jazz, Music Education, Music Technology, Music Theatre and Musicology, plus Bachelor of Music in Performance with majors in bassoon, choral conducting, clarinet, double bass, flute, French horn, guitar, oboe, orchestral conducting, percussion, piano, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, tuba, viola, violin, violoncello and voice.
What UST does not publish
A few things you will not find on the University's own pages, and should not assume from third-party listings:
- BS Travel Management is still linked from an older UST page but no longer has a live programme page under the current academic programme list. Treat it as discontinued unless the Office for Admissions says otherwise.
- Per-programme quotas. UST publishes the criteria mechanism but not the number of slots per course.
- Cut-off scores. There is no published USTET passing score by programme. Anyone quoting one is guessing.
How the USTET actually scores you
UST's admissions site sets this out clearly, and it is the single most useful thing on it:
- The overall final rating is 80 per cent entrance test score and 20 per cent computed average grades in English, Mathematics and Science, taken from the USTET Application Grades Form.
- College applicants choose two programmes: a priority programme and an alternative. The alternative is only processed if you miss the priority's criteria, and it is subject to that unit's own standards. Senior High School applicants choose one.
- Only Grade 12 students may apply for college entry. Graduates of previous school years, PEPT and ALS A&E passers, applicants from foreign schools and foreign nationals graduating from local schools may apply after securing clearance from the UST Manila Office of the Registrar.
- Passing the USTET is not the whole story. UST states that some programmes require an additional entry assessment — an interview, a talent test such as an audition or drawing, or something similar.
Application fees are set by category. UST's published schedule puts Filipino applicants from local schools, Filipino graduates of previous school years, and PEPT/ALS A&E passers at PHP 600.00 for Manila, satellite and provincial testing centres; graduating Filipino applicants from foreign schools, non-Filipino applicants in Philippine schools and international students at PHP 1,000.00; LEAPMed applicants at PHP 3,600.00; applicants with international credentials at PHP 3,000.00; and international testing centres at PHP 6,000.00. Fees are waived for public-school applicants awarded Highest Honors, for applicants eligible under the Free College Entrance Examinations Act (Republic Act No. 12006), and for children of UST Manila support staff.
If you are still deciding which entrance tests to sit, entrance exams compared lines up the major ones, and the USTET reviewer guide covers coverage and preparation.
Beyond Manila
UST publishes separate schedules of fees for UST General Santos, which currently lists BS Accountancy, BS Accounting Information Systems, BS Entrepreneurship, BS Industrial Engineering major in Systems Engineering, BS Civil Engineering, BS Medical Technology, BS Medical Biology and BS Pharmacy. There is also a UST Santa Rosa, Laguna campus. The programme mix outside España is much narrower, so check the fee schedules page rather than assuming the Manila list applies.
Graduate and professional programmes
Above the bachelor's level UST runs the Graduate School, the Graduate School of Law, the Faculty of Civil Law (Juris Doctor), the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (Doctor of Medicine), and the Faculty of Pharmacy's Doctor of Pharmacy, plus the three ecclesiastical faculties offering Bachelor, Licentiate and Doctorate in Theology, Canon Law and Philosophy.
Graduate admission is handled separately by the Graduate School and has its own published policy: a bachelor's general weighted average of at least 2.00 for master's entry and at least 1.35 at master's level for doctoral entry, an admission examination, and a bar or board licence where the degree requires one. Foreign graduate students pay an out-of-state fee set at USD 2,750 for master's and USD 3,500 for doctoral programmes.
Cost
UST publishes a schedule of fees per faculty and college for the first term of A.Y. 2026-2027, plus separate schedules for the General Santos programmes and for its basic education units. Because those are per-term figures with unit-load and laboratory components, the honest answer to "how much is UST" depends on your programme and load. Our UST tuition fee guide works through the published schedules college by college, and the UST Legazpi tuition guide covers that separate institution.
Sources
- University of Santo Tomas, Academic Programs — https://www.ust.edu.ph/academics/programs/
- University of Santo Tomas, Faculties, Colleges, Institutes, and Schools — https://www.ust.edu.ph/academics/faculties-colleges-institutes-and-schools/
- University of Santo Tomas, Academics (institutional and programme recognitions, ABET list) — https://www.ust.edu.ph/academics/
- University of Santo Tomas, Tuition Fees — https://www.ust.edu.ph/tuition-fees/
- UST Office for Admissions, USTET application guidelines and fee categories — https://ustet.ust.edu.ph/
- University of Santo Tomas, Admission Policies and Procedures (Graduate School) — https://www.ust.edu.ph/admission-policies-and-procedures/
