St. Paul University Manila (also known as SPU Manila) continues to thrive and provide cutting-edge and innovative education from Senior High School, College to Graduate School guided by the St. Paul System core values, and the principles of Outcomes-Based Education. We are a Catholic, private, and co-educational institution located in Manila, Philippines. The University was first established in 1912 by the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres (SPC), a Congregation founded in Levesville, France in 1696.
St. Paul University Manila offers a a diverse academic program that aims to inculcate the Paulinian core values and Outcomes-Based Education Life Performance Outcomes to its students.
Dear Paulinian Community,
Warm greetings of peace and excellence!
As we continue our journey of transformative education, I thank our students, faculty, staff, and alumni for embodying the Paulinian values of Christ-centeredness, excellence, and service.
This year, we remain committed to fostering innovation, strengthening our programs, and building a community that inspires compassionate leadership and meaningful change. Together, let us uphold the Paulinian legacy and live out our motto, “Caritas Christi Urget Nos”—The Love of Christ Impels Us.
May God guide us in all we do.
St. Paul University Manila’s Music Education is hailed as a Center of Excellence. Music is an unsung power in most societies. Music resonates from ancient period to our contemporary world. St. Paul University Manila enhances the importance of music education in the formation of character, balance between body and spirit, and in healing.
Whether listening to music or making it, performing for others or for one’s own enjoyment, music has had a profound effect in our lives. The College of Music and the Performing Arts of St. Paul University Manila understands this and for more than 80 years, St. Paul University Manila’s music education program has continuously produced graduates who are both musically competent and devotedly compassionate. With its distinguished faculty, under the leadership of Dr. Raul Sunico, the College is fully committed to making our students not just an excellent musician, but the best person that they can be.
Aside from this, St. Paul University Manila Music Therapy Center is the FIRST in the Philippines to provide music therapy services for children and youth with disabilities. As such, the Center undertakes the task to advance public awareness of the benefits of music therapy and increase access to quality music therapy services in a rapidly changing world through the unique knowledge and skill of degree holders in music therapy.
St. Paul University Manila continues to produce innovative leaders in the Marketing, Tourism, and Entrepreneurial fields.
In the global stage, there was a call for strategies to reduce unemployment, particularly amongst the youth, through the encouragement of entrepreneurship. St. Paul University Manila fosters “entrepreneurial ecosystem”. These are conditions that bring people together and foster economic prosperity.
St. Paul University Manila encourages its students through hands-on experience to establish sustainable, engaging, and innovative businesses that will not only help the economy but help other people as well.
Paulinian entrepreneurs, marketing, and tourism professionals are catalysts for social change.
St. Paul University Manila’s Education and Liberal Arts programs are committed to forming globally competent and values-driven professionals across various disciplines. Home to a dynamic range of programs— Communications & English, Teacher Education, and Psychology—the college nurtures future educators, mental health practitioners, communication specialists, and language professionals through a strong academic foundation grounded in Paulinian values.
The College offers comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs, including master’s and doctoral degrees in Education, Communications, and English, as well as a master’s program in Guidance and Counseling. Innovative program pathways, such as the straight Bachelor’s-to-Master’s option in Teacher Education, allow students to fast-track their professional development.
Through a learner-centered and technology-enabled approach, the college develops graduates who are creative, critical thinkers, effective communicators, and collaborative leaders, ready to make a meaningful impact in their fields locally and globally.
St. Paul University Manila’s Nursing Program is hailed as a the Center of Development. The Paulinian education in Nursing aims to strengthen Paulinian leadership, ensure that nurses play a crucial role not only in health care but policy-making and decision-making and to contribute to the effectiveness of healthcare systems in the Philippines and the world.
The Nursing program is one of the highly-regarded professions in the world. St. Paul University Manila provides and in-depth education on the theoretical foundations, concepts, and frameworks guided by the core values of the institution for the promotion of health. Paulinian nurses are exemplars in their field.
Paulinian nurses are armed with crucial skills that enable them to respond by improving the health care system in respective communities. Paulinian nurses drive effective healthcare system outcomes in the Philippines and in the world.
St. Paul University Manila’s Nursing program is one of the best Nursing schools in the Philippines.