Father Saturnino Urios University | |
Latin Name: | Latin: Pater Saturnino Urios Universitas |
Motto: | Luceat Lux Vestra (Latin) |
Mottoeng: | Let Your Light Shine |
President: | Rev. Fr. Randy Jasper C. Odchigue, S.Th.D.[1] |
Country: | Philippines |
Pushpin Map: | Mindanao#Philippines |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mindanao##Location in the Philippines |
Free Label1: | Newspaper |
Free1: | The Urian Publication |
Free Label2: | Alma Mater song |
Free2: | "The FSUU Hymn" |
Colors: | Urian Blue White Green Yellow |
Sports Nickname: | Urians |
Father Saturnino Urios University (Latin: Pater Saturnino Urios Universitas; Filipino; Pilipino: Pamantasang Padre Saturnino Urios), also referred to by its acronym FSUU, is a private Roman Catholic coeducational basic and higher education institution run by the Diocese of Butuan in Butuan, Philippines. It offers preschool, elementary, junior & senior high school and college (undergraduate and graduate) courses.[2] It was founded byFather Saturnino Urios, SJ, a Spanish Jesuit missionary in 1901.
The school is named in honor of its founder Father Saturnino Urios, SJ, a Spanish Jesuit missionary who led the establishment of the institution in 1901. In 2006, then Urios College was elevated into a university. On June 30, 2008, the elementary and high school departments moved to a new campus (Morelos Campus) in Brgy. Libertad. The institution complies with the K-12 program of the Philippine government.[3]
Name | Term | Notes | |
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Fr. Saturnino Urios, SJ | 1901–1914 | Founder of Butuan Parochial School for Boys. | |
Fr. Jose Buxo, SJ | 1914–1939 | ||
Antonius Jansen | 1939–1947 | ||
Gerald Tangelder | 1947–1954 | ||
Venancio Portillo | 1954–1955 | ||
Francisco van Dijk | 1955–1959 | ||
Henry van Engelen | 1959–1963 | ||
George Haggenburg | 1960–1971 | ||
Juanito A. Lao | 1976–1998 | Longest-serving president of the university | |
Wilma B. Balmocena | 1998–2001 | ||
Juan de Dios M. Pueblos | 2001–2004 | second Bishop of Butuan | |
Rev. Fr. John Christian U. Young | 2004–2024 | The President who renamed the Father Saturnino Urios University | |
Rev. Fr. Randy Jasper C. Odchigue | 2024-present |
Campus | Tenants | Notes | |
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Main Campus | College Students Vice-president Offices (Academic, and Administrative and Student Affairs) Employees Offices Property Management Office School Clinic Libraries Computer Laboratories Biology, and Chemistry Laboratories | ||
College Building South | Arts and Science Office (Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Social Sciences Divisions) Criminology Office Scholarship Office Physics Laboratory Haggenburg Hall Student and Alumni Affairs University Gym | Formerly the high school building until May 31, 2008, and Bishop Pueblos Senior High School until June 15, 2024 | |
College Building East | College Students Office of the University President | Formerly the elementary building until May 31, 2008. Re-opened on October 7, 2015.[4] | |
Morelos Campus | Basic Education Students including Senior High School Swimming Pool |