What is Silliman University?

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Silliman University AnswerSilliman University, sometimes simply referred to as SU or Silliman, is a private university located in Dumaguete City, Philippines. The University was established as Silliman Institute in 1901 by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., upon a grant bequeathed by an American businessman named Dr. Horace Brinsmade Silliman. Silliman Institute initially operated as a school for boys but later expanded to become a college in 1910. In 1913, it admitted its first female students and in 1938 acquired university status.

During World War II, the University was occupied by the Japanese forces and was converted into a garrison. It was liberated in 1945 by a combined American and Filipino forces and control was restored to the university administration.

With the rise of student activism in the 1970's, the University was temporarily closed-down in 1972 by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos when he declared martial law. The University was one of the first two schools to be closed, and the last to be re-opened.

At present, the University is composed of ten colleges, four schools, and two institutes with an enrollment of at least 8,600 students from around the Philippines and from at least 20 foreign countries. As the first American private university in the Philippines, it is registered as a National Landmark by the National Historical Institute.

Accreditation:

Silliman is one of only five universities in the Philippines with "Institutional Accreditation" by the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP) and one of few universities that have been granted full autonomous status by the Commission on Higher Education. Currently, it has the highest number of accredited programs in the country, fourteen of which are on Level IV accreditation status.

The University is accredited mainly with three agencies: the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU), the Association of Christian Schools, Colleges and Universities-Accrediting Agency, Inc., and the Association for Theological Education in South East Asia.