Ateneo de Manila University
The Ateneo de Manila University began in 1859, a small private school for 33 children of Spanish residents. As a University, the Ateneo de Manila seeks to preserve, extend, and communicate truth and apply it to human development and the preservation of the environment.
The Fine Arts Program seeks to strengthen and reassert Ateneo's voice in Philippine fine arts--initially in creative writing, theater arts, art management, and information design--and in the future, in music, dance, and film.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts, major in Theater Arts exposes students to the range of theater activities, on stage and offstage. On the whole, the program is seen as a way to increase the number of trained women and men to sustain theater activities in the present and future, to provide another venue for the training of theater professionals, and to prepare students to apply their knowledge of theater craft for work in film, radio and television.