History
Arellano University was created through the initiative of Florentino Cayco, Sr., the first Filipino Undersecretary of Public Instruction and an educator. In 1938, he established the Arellano Law College in Intramuros. The university closed on December 1941 to 1945 because of the Japanese invasion in the Philippines during World War II. It reopened in April 1945 and was renamed as Arellano Colleges. In June 1946, Cayco became the first President of Arellano University and through his efforts Arellano Colleges became Arellano University on 22 February 1947. Arellano University moved it site on Plaza Guipit in 1948 before being relocated back to Sampaloc. In 1954, Arellano University opened an institute of nursing and later a law school, followed by the other institutes, and since has expanded into six constituent universities which was named after several national heroes of the Philippines as follows; Andres Bonifacio, Apolinario Mabini, Jose Abad Santos, Jose Rizal, Juan Marquez–Sumulong, and Marcelo H. del Pilar.
The celebration for the World Intellectual Property Day for 2010 on the Philippines was held at the university, with Hon. Harry K. Thomas, Jr. delivering the welcome message.
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