Metro Cebu - Education

Education

Metro Cebu is the seat of well-known and highly-regarded educational institutions in the country.

These includes:

  • University of San Carlos (1595)
  • University of San Jose–Recoletos (1947)
  • University of the Philippines Cebu (1918)
  • Cebu Normal University (1915)

Other note-worthy universities and colleges include:

  • Cebu Doctors' University (1975)
  • Southwestern University (1946)
  • University of Cebu (1964)
  • University of the Visayas (1919)
  • Velez College (1957)
  • Cebu Institute of Technology – University (1946)
  • University of Southern Philippines Foundation (1927)
  • Don Bosco Technology Center (1954)
  • Asian College of Technology (1988)
  • Cebu Technological University (CTU) (1911)
  • Cebu Eastern College (1915)

A large number of students from the neighboring provinces such as Bohol and Misamis Oriental to name a few, prefer to go to Metro Cebu to take up tertiary-level education.

There is also a sizable number of South Korean and Iranian students who take up tertiary-level courses in Metro Cebu. Most of these Koreans came here to learn the basics of conversational English while the majority these Iranians study Medicine and other medical-related courses.

Cebu has two internationally-connected educational institutions. They are: the Cebu International School, which is located in Pit-os, Talamban in Cebu City, and the Centre for International Education (CIE), which is a secondary-level educational institution offering some tertiary-level courses.

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