De La Salle University, Research university in Malate, Manila, Philippines
De La Salle University is a research university in Malate, Manila, that spreads across several parcels along Taft Avenue and includes academic towers, library buildings, and research complexes. The grounds combine modern glass facades with older stone structures and create a campus where tens of thousands of students and faculty circulate daily between lecture halls, laboratories, and athletic venues.
Lasallian brothers founded the institution in 1911 as a small boys' school in Paco district before moving it to its current location along Taft Avenue during the 1920s. The school rebuilt after World War Two and expanded its academic programs considerably after gaining university status in the mid-1970s.
The campus carries the green and white colors of the Lasallian brotherhood and reflects the motto "Animo La Salle" that students chant during sporting events and academic gatherings. The community regularly celebrates the feast days of Saint John Baptist de La Salle and maintains Catholic traditions through daily masses held in the campus chapel.
Visitors reach the grounds most easily via Taft Avenue, where jeepneys and buses run in both directions and the entrance sits near the intersection with Estrada Street. The main campus remains generally open to the public outside semester breaks, though some buildings require security checks at the entrance.
The university operates its own museum of contemporary Philippine art inside the Henry Sy Sr. Hall, displaying works by local artists from different regions of the archipelago. The building also houses a planetarium that offers astronomy presentations for school groups and interested visitors.
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