Ateneo de Manila University
The Ateneo de Manila University (Filipino: "Pamantasang Ateneo de Manila;" Spanish:" Universidad Ateneo de Manila") is a private Roman Catholic research university in Quezon City, Philippines. Founded in 1859 by the Society of Jesus, Ateneo is the third-oldest university in the Philippines. Ateneo offers elementary and secondary education exclusively to male students (and has recently opened the Senior High School to girls). The undergraduate and graduate programmes are coeducational and organised into four schools, collectively known as the Loyola Schools, which are located at its main campus at Loyola Heights. Four professional schools occupy campuses in different parts of Metro Manila.
Ateneo School of Social Sciences
In 2000, the School of Arts and Sciences of the university, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, restructured into the four Loyola Schools of Humanities, Management, Science and Engineering, and Social Sciences. The departments of the school were formerly housed at the Social Sciences Building of the university, except for the Communication Department housed beside the covered courts, and the Manila Observatory. The Ricardo and Dr. Rosita Leong Hall, the school's present main building, was inaugurated in 2007. The Social Sciences Building now houses the Communication and Education Departments, the Psychology Department Laboratories, classrooms, and offices.