Tourism information on Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines

Dumaguete City College

Filipinos are very school-oriented. When family finances permit or with government scholarships [post high school only], many bright and ambitious Filipinos go to private [non-denominational, Catholic, and Protestant] elementary and secondary schools, and take post-high school training and education at the many vocational schools, colleges, and universities in the Philippines. Most classes are taught in English. Negros Island has many excellent colleges and universities.

Dumaguete is very famous in the Philippines for its top-notch, high-achieving colleges and universities: famous Silliman University [founded in 1901 and the only Protestant university in the Philippines], Central Visayas Polytechnical College [CVPC, a state-owned, low-tuition fountain of learning], St. Paul's College [over a century in existence and now a university], and Foundation University [a small but good quality university]. Dumaguete also has several post-graduate computer training schools: AMA, STI, and Acsat.

Bacolod and Kabankalan in Negros Occidental have several excellent colleges and universities.

NORSU

Negros ORiental State University

NegrosORiental State University is a vibrant place of intellectual, scientific, technological, social and cultural activities geared towards equipping the students with quality higher education and inculcating in them the twin cultures of excellence and service.

photo of the NORSU CEA building, located in the Main Campus II.

NORSU main Campus II CEA building .

NORSU has 2 main campuses within Dumaguete City and 7 external campuses within the Negros Oriental province. It was formerly known as the Central Visayas Polytechnic College (CVPC). Its Main Campus I is found in Kagawasan Avenue, Capitol Area of the city, in front of the Ninoy Aquino Freedom Park.

The inset photo (above) shows the NORSU College of Engineering & Architecture (CEA) building, located within the NORSU Main Campus II, Bajumpandan, Dumaguete City.

NORSU is known as the school for poor but deserving students, because of its low-cost tuition and miscellaneous fees while capable of producing many board passers and topnotch achievers each year. For more information about NORSU, please visit the NORSU official website.

The Foundation University (FU)

Foundation University programs are accredited not only by national accrediting agencies such as PAASCU and PACU-COA, but also internationally such as the IAU. This means that the credits and credentials a student can earn at FU are transferable and valid for further study anywhere in the world.

The inset photo (left) shows the FU Balay sa Alumni. Photo courtesy of www.foundationu.com.

Foundation University

Foundation University is also a known sports contender for local, regional and national tournaments. The student players are known as Greyhounds, dubbing the university as the "Home of the Greyhounds, Home of the Champions." FU gained national recognition when the Greyhounds (men's volleyball) team won the National Beach Volley University Challenge, and the basketball team ranked 4th in the National University Games (UNIGAMES). Learn more about the Foundation University...

Other tertiary institutions are the St. Paul University Dumaguete (SPUD), AMA Computer College, Asian College of Science and Technology (ACSAT), Colegio De Sta. Catalina (COSCA), Negros Maritime College Foundation, Inc., and STI College.

The city's secondary schools include Camanjac High School, Catherina Cittadini (St. Louis School), Don Bosco (St. Louis High School), Dumaguete Christian Academy, Dumaguete City High School, Dumaguete City Science High School, Dumaguete Chung Hua High School, Holy Cross High School, Junob High School, Living Word Christian School and Negros Oriental High School.