University of Manila

Facilities

International Language School

The International Language School offers courses in the English language to a variety foreign students. Some of the students are from the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean communities. It also offers courses in the Chinese language and Japanese (Nihongo) language. The International Language School building likewise provides accommodations for foreign students.

Emiramona Garden Hotel

The Emiramona Garden Hotel serves as a training center of the Hotel and Restaurant Management and Tourism students of the university, and is located in Tagaytay, Cavite.

College of Law

In 2025, the university's College of Law was ordered closed by the Legal Education Board due to failure to meet quality standards and poor performance in the Philippine Bar Examinations.

Sports

The University of Manila was one of the original members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which was founded in 1924. The university was also a former member of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines from 1952 to 1954. Its varsity, the UM Hawks, joined the National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (NAASCU) from 2001 to 2012 where it won seven championships.

Inter-university relations

On April 7, 1957, UM entered into a sisterhood relationship with Dohto University of Sapporo and Monbetsu cities, Hokkaido, Japan. Since then, it has undertaken various projects including faculty exchange visits, and technological and library assistance. UM students have also been given the opportunity to study at Tokai University in Tokyo, Japan through an arrangement with the Philippine-Japan Students' Friendship Exchange Association (or P-JSFEA). A score later, October 31, 1977, UM suggested a sisterhood relationship with Hansung University in Seoul, South Korea. On January 1, 1997, in Taipei, UM's high-school department and building also linked a sisterhood relationship with Cheng Kung Commercial and Technical High School in Pate City, Taiwan, Republic Of China where UM students can work independently. A sisterhood relationship was again entered into by the university with Meio University of Nago City, Okinawa, Japan on Dec. 5, 1988 when UM announced a plan for its sisterhoods.

Notable alumni

• Emmanuel Pelaez - 6th Vice President of the Philippines
• R. Lee Ermey - Hollywood actor
• Fabian Ver - military officer, chief of staff, and martial law enforcer
• Alex Niño - comic artist
• Alejo Santos - World War II hero and Governor of Bulacan
• Oscar Moreno - Mayor of Cagayan de Oro
• Alberto A. Villavert - Governor of Antique
• Dimasangcay Pundato - Moro revolutionary leader and undersecretary of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process
• Dominador Aytona - late Secretary of Finance of the Philippines, senator, lawyer
• Reynel Hugnatan - professional basketball player
• Ronnie Matias - professional basketball player
• Serafin R. Cuevas - former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines

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.

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