| Colegio San Agustin – Bacolod | |
| Motto: | Latin: Virtus et Scientia (Latin) |
| Mottoeng: | Virtue and Science |
| Type: | Private, Catholic, coeducational, basic and higher education institution |
| Founder: | Order of Saint Augustine |
| Religious Affiliation: | Roman Catholic (Augustinian) |
| Academic Affiliations: | PAASCU |
| President: | Rev. Fr. Jose Rene C. Delariarte, O.S.A. |
| Administrative Staff: | Approximately 350 |
| Undergrad: | Approximately 3,200 |
| City: | Bacolod |
| State: | Negros Occidental |
| Country: | Philippines |
| Coordinates: | 10.6626°N 122.9764°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Visayas#Philippines |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Visayas##Location in the Philippines |
| Campus: | Urban 1.7827ha |
| Free Label: | Patron saint |
| Free: | Augustine of Hippo |
| Colors: | Red and gold |
| Mascot: | Eagle |
| Sporting Affiliations: | NOPSSCEA |
Colegio San Agustin – Bacolod, also referred to by its acronym CSA-B, is a private, Catholic coeducational basic and higher education institution run by the Augustinian Province of Santo Niño de Cebu, Philippines of the Order of Saint Augustine in Bacolod City Negros Occidental, Philippines. It was founded by the Augustinians in 1962.
Colegio San Agustin – Bacolod is a Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU)-accredited institution, bearing a Level II accredited status in the majority of its academic programs.[1]
The Augustinians acquired the Casanova School founded by Doña Soledad Locsin on August 9, 1961. On July 8, 1962, the Casanova School ceased to be and officially became Colegio de San Agustin de Bacolod; the school offered kindergarten, elementary and high school education.[2]
Construction of the first building commenced in May 1963; it was inaugurated later that same year. On July 19, 1964, the College Department opened with curricular offerings ranging from Liberal Arts, Education, Commerce and Secretarial. CSA-B is the first school in Bacolod to offer the technology courses Chemical and Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry and Medical Technology.[2]
The school's student population doubled after the College Department opened in 1964, and the administrators had another four-storey building constructed in early 1969. Inaugurated during the Christmas season of that year, this building was then the site of the Grade School and High School Department, the Audio-Visual Center and some offices of the deans of the departments.[2]
The school opened the College of Nursing in 1970, its most prominent alumna to date being singer Kuh Ledesma.[3] [4] Construction of the school gymnasium began in 1975 and was completed two years after; this edifice was destroyed by a fire in 2014.[5] In 2023, the new gymnasium finished construction. In 1987 a building intended for the Basic Education Department was completed. In the 1990s, the school's name was simplified to Colegio San Agustin – Bacolod. The structure housing the College of Engineering was completed in 1998. In 2003, the Sto. Niño Early Childhood Learning Center campus was inaugurated.[2] This is now called the CSA-B Villa San Agustin Campus (VSAC).