Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan, Ateneo de Manila University, Ateneo de Davao University, Xavier School, Ateneo de Zamboanga University, Ateneo de Iloilo, Loyola College of Culion, Ateneo de Naga University, Ateneo de Tuguegarao, List of Jesuit educational institutions in the Philippines, Sacred Heart School - Ateneo de Cebu, Ateneo de San Pablo. Excerpt: The Ateneo de Manila University (also called Ateneo de Manila or simply the Ateneo) is a private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits. It was then a state-subsidized school. It became a private school during the American occupation of the Philippines, and has moved from Manila to its current location. It received its university charter in 1959. Its main campus in Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Metro Manila is home to the university's college and graduate school units, as well as its high school and grade school. Two other campuses, in Rockwell Center and Salcedo Village, both in Makati City, house the university's professional schools of business, law, and government. A fourth facility in the Don Eugenio Lopez, Sr. Medical Complex in Ortigas Center, Pasig City houses its school of medicine and public health. The Ateneo offers programs in the elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate levels. Its academic offerings include the Arts, Humanities, Business, Law, the Social Sciences, Philosophy, Theology, Medicine and Public Health, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Information Technology, Engineering, Environmental Science, and Government. Aside from teaching and research, the Ateneo de Manila also engages in social outreach. It was granted Level IV accredita...