It also offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology, the only undergraduate microbiology program in the Philippines. and Bachelor of Science (B.S.). S.
The University of Santo Tomas College of Science, popularly known as "UST Science", is the Pure Sciences school of the University of Santo Tomas, the oldest and the largest Catholic university in Manila, Philippines. It offers six Bachelor of Science degree programs, two of which are recognized by the Commission on Higher Education as a Center of Excellence in Chemistry and in Biology as of July 2
, 2010 and one as a Center of Development in Psychology. It has been accredited Level IV by the Philippine Association of Colleges & Universities Committee on Accreditation (PACUCOA). The College is located at the third floor of the UST Main Building. The College of Science of the University of Santo Tomas was established in 1926 as the College of Liberal Arts. It then offered four-year programs leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) It also has a two-year program for Associate in Arts which served as preparatory courses for the Law and Medical schools. The offerings of the College became diversified, in response to the advancements made in the field of science. Thus, specialized degree programs in the various fields of science were developed and introduced through the years: B.S. Chemistry (1931), B.S. major in Zoology (1947), B.S. major in Psychology (1948), and B.S. Mathematics and Physics (1952). In 1959, the preparatory course for the Medical School was extended to three years, in compliance with the requirements of the Medical Act. In 1964, the College of Liberal Arts was re-organized. The A.B. program was ceded to the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters (now Faculty of Arts and Letters). The B.S. programs remained in the college, which became known as the College of Science. Consistent with its goals of being relevant to the fast-developing world, the College of Science introduced new degree programs in the succeeding years: B. Mathematics in 1966, B.S. Mathematics majoring in Actuarial Science in 1974; B.S. Microbiology in 1981; B.S. major in Biology in 1982, B.S. Mathematics major in Computer Science in 1984, which was converted into B.S. Computer Science in 1999, B.S. Information Technology and B.S. Information Management in 1999, B.S. Applied Physics in 2001, and B.S. Applied Mathematics in 2009.
