Rizal’s Higher

Education in
Ateneo and UST
 Rizal in Ateneo
-ONJUNE 10, 1872, RIZAL TOOK HIS ENTRANCE EXAM IN ESCUELA PIA,
WHICH IS KNOWN TODAY AS ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY.

-ESCUELA PIA OR CHARITY

SCHOOL OF MANILA WAS ORIGINALLY
LOCATED WITHIN INTRAMUROS.

-RIZAL WANTEDTO GO TO ATENEO BECAUSE THERE WAS EQUAL

TREATMENT OF STUDENTS EITHER MESTIZOS OR FILIPINOS.

-ATENEOWAS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE JESUITS WHICH

IMPOSED THE JESUIT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.

-FR.MAGIN FERNANDO – THE PRIEST WHO DENIED HIS APPLICATION

BECAUSE OF THESE REASONS:
1) HE WAS LATE FOR REGISTRATION
2) HE APPRED FRAIL, SICKLY AND UNDERSIZED (4’11” FT)

-HE WAS ACCEPTED IN ATENEO THRU MANUEL XERES BURGOS.

 Rizal in Ateneo
-MANUEL XEREZ BURGOS – THE NEPHEW OF FR. JOSE BURGOS

-RIZAL WAS AN
“EXTERNO”, OR A STUDENT WHO LIVES FROM A HOUSE
NEAR THE SCHOOL.

-HE LIVED IN CARABALLO ST., STA. CRUZ, MANILA

(THE STREET DOES NOT EXIST NOW, THE STREET’S NAME WAS BELIEVED
TO BE CHANGED)

-ATENEO’SCURRICULUM CONSISTED OF SPANISH, LATIN, GREEK, AND

FRENCH LANGUAGES, WORLD GEOGRAPHY, RELIGION, GEOMETRY,
TRIGONOMETRY, PHYSICS, ZOOLOGY, HUMANITIES, PHILOSOPHY, AND
MANY OTHERS.

-*FUNFACT #1– ATENEO DURING THE SPANISH PERIOD WAS THE BITTER
RIVAL OF THE DOMINICAN’S COLEGIO DE SAN JUAN DE LETRAN.

-*FUN FACT #2 – RIZAL’S DREAM SCHOOL WAS LETRAN.

RIZAL’S FIRST PHOTOGRAPH IN ATENEO DURING HIGH SCHOOL
ESCUELA PIA, 1872, INTRAMUROS
 Rizal in Ateneo (1st Year HS, 1872)
-STUDENTS WERE DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES:
1) ROMAN EMPIRE (MESTIZOS)
2) CARTHAGINIAN EMPIRE (FILIPINOS)

THERE ARE FIVE RANKS IN ROMAN AND CARTHAGINIAN EMPIRE:

1) EMPEROR – EXCELLECT STUDENTS
2) TRIBUNE – VERY GOOD STUDENTS
3) DECURION – GOOD STUDENTS
4) CENTURION – FAIR STUDENTS
5) FLAG-BEARER – SLOW-LEARNER STUDENTS

-RIZAL WAS A PART OF CARTHAGINIAN EMPIRE

-IN BOTH EMPIRES, YOU INCREASE IN RANK FOR EVERY CORRECT
ANSWER

-RIZAL’S FIRST PROFESSOR IN ATENEO WAS FR. JOSE BECH

 Rizal in Ateneo (1st Year HS, 1872)
-DUE
TO RIZAL’S INTELLECT, HE BECAME AN EMPEROR WITH JUST A FEW
MONTHS

-RIZAL TOOK PRIVATE LESSONS IN SANTA ISABEL COLLEGE TO IMPROVE

HIS SPANISH . HE PAYS THREE PESOS FOR EACH PRIVATE LESSON.

-HEEARNED A VERY EXCELLENT GENERAL MARK OR ALSO CALLED AS

“SOBRESALIENTE” AND WENT BACK TO CALAMBA, HIS HOMETOWN.

-HERECEIVED EXCELLENT GRADES IN ALL HIS SUBJECTS AND ALSO

RECEIVED A GOLD MEDAL.
ROMAN EMPIRE CARTHAGINIAN EMPIRE
 Rizal in Ateneo (2nd Year HS, 1873)
-RIZAL STAYED IN A WIDOW NAMED DONA PEPAY WHO THEN HAD FOUR
GRANDCHILDREN LIVING WITH HIM WHICH BECAME A HINDRANCE
FOR RIZAL’S STUDY MAKING HIM DISTRACTED AND UNFOCUSED.

-RIZAL WAS AWAKENED BY THE TRUTH THAT NOT EVERYTHING IN

MANILA IS PERFECT AND IDEAL.

-HE
SUFFERED HARDSHIPS IN STUDIES AND LACK OF FOCUS IN SCHOOL
WORKS.

-AT
THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, HE ONLY GOT ONE RECOGNITION
AND A MEDAL IN THE LATIN LANGUAGE.
 Rizal in Ateneo (3rd Year HS, 1874)
-DESPITE RIZAL’S HARDSHIPS, HE MANAGED TO DO GOOD IN CLASSES.

-HEMANAGED TO HAVE GOOD BUT NOT EXCEPTIONAL GRADES IN ALL

SUBJECTS BUT DISAPPOINTINGLY GOT ONLY A MEDAL IN LATIN
LANGUAGE.

-HE WAS NOT IMPRESSED OF HIS SCHOLASTIC WORK

-THEN PROMISED TO DO BETTER IN HIS 4TH AND 5TH YEAR IN ATENEO.

Rizal in Ateneo (4th Year HS, 1875)
-ON JUNE 16, 1875, RIZAL BECAME AN “INTERNO” OR A STUDENT WHO
LIVES WITHIN THE SCHOOL/ SCHOOL DORM.

-RIZAL METFR. FRANCISCO PAULA DE SANCHEZ – RIZAL’S MOST

FAVORITE TEACHER IN ATENEO, HE WAS THE ONE WHO INSPIRED RIZAL
TO WORK EVEN HARDER

-HEDESCRIBED FR. SANCHEZ AS “MODEL OF UPRIGHTNESS,

EARNESTNESS AND LOVE FOR THE ADVANCEMENTS OF HIS PUPILS.

-WITHFR. SANCHEZ’S MOTIVATION, RIZAL GOT FIVE MEDALS OF

EXCELLENCE IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
FR. FRANCISCO PAULA DE SANCHEZ
 Rizal in Ateneo (5th Year HS, 1876)
-RIZAL WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE “MOST BRILLIANT ATENEAN”

-ONMARCH 23, 1877, HE RECEIVED HIS BACHILLER EN ARTES (DEGREE OF

BACHELOR IN ARTS)

-HE ALSO WAS PART OF THE HIGHEST HONORS.

Rizal in UST (College, 1877)
-RIZAL UPON HIS GRADUATION IN ATENEO, ENROLLED IN UST IN APRIL
1877 TAKING UP PHILOSOPHY AND LETTERS.

-HEENROLLED IN THIS COURSE BECAUSE HE WAS STILL UNCERTAIN AS

TO WHAT CAREER TO FOLLOW.

-DONA TEODORA WAS HEAVILY OPPOSING RIZAL IN STUDYING IN UST

BECAUSE FOR HER FURTHER EDUCATION OF RIZAL WILL GET HIM
KILLED.

-HISFATHER WANTED HIM TO TAKE METAPHYSICS COURSE BUT ENDED

UP IN PHILOSOPHY AND LETTERS

-RACISMIN UST WAS VERY BLATANT, EVEN RIZAL EXPERIENCED

OPPRESSION AND PROFESSORS IN UST WERE HEAVILY FAVORING
SPANISH STUDENTS.
UNIVERSITY OF STO. TOMAS, 1877
Rizal in UST (College, 1878)
- HE TOOK UP LAND SURVEYING VOCATIONAL COURSE IN ATENEO
AND HE WROTE A LETTER TO FR. PABLO RAMON ASKING FOR
GUIDANCE ON WHAT REALLY IS HIS COURSE TO TAKE.

- FR. PABLO RAMON – RECTOR AND PRESIDENT OF ATENEO DURING

RIZAL’S TIME. FATHER RAMON WAS IN MINDANAO WHEN RIZAL
WROTE A LETTER FOR HIM CAUSING THE DELAY OF FR. RAMON’S
RESPONSE.

- HE EVENTUALLY HAD THE TITLE OF PERITO AGRIMENSOR (EXPERT

SURVEYOR) UPON TAKING IT IN ATENEO.

- WITH FR. RAMON’S DELAYED CONSULTATION RECOMMENDING

RIZAL IN MEDICINE AND WITH RIZAL’S MOTHER HAVING A FAILING
EYESIGHT, HE DECIDED TO SHIFT TO MEDICINE COURSE.
Rizal in UST (College, 1879)
- RIZAL HAS OPENED HIS EYES TO THE PAINFUL TRUTH OF THE
EXISTENCE OF BULLYING TOWARDS THE FILIPINO PEOPLE.

- THIS HAS LED HIM TO WRITE EL FILIBUSTERISMO’S 13TH CHAPTER:

THE CLASS IN PHYSICS.

- RIZAL WROTE A POEM TITLED, “A LA JUVENTUD FILIPINA (TO THE

FILIPINO YOUTH)” WHICH RECEIVED ACCLAIM IN 1879’S LICEO DE
ARTISTICO LITERARIO DE MANILA (LYCEUM OF ARTISTIC-LITERARY
OF MANILA)

- THE GRANZ PRIZE OF HIS POEM WAS A FEATHER-SHAPED SILVER PEN

DECORATED WITH GOLD RIBBON FOR THE BEST POEM.
Rizal in UST (College, 1880)
- THE NEXT YEAR, RIZAL WROTE “EL CONSEJO DE LOS DIOSES (THE
COUNCIL OF THE GODS) FOR AN ENTRY IN LICEO DE ARTISTICO
LITERARIO DE MANILA.

- HE ALSO GOT THE GRAND PRIZE - RECOGNITION AND A GOLD RING

ENGRAVED WITH MIGUEL DE CERVANTES’S BUST FOR THIS CONTEST
WAS HELD TO COMMEMORATE THE LATTER’S 400TH DEATH
ANNIVERSARY.
EL CONSEJO DE LOS DIOSES )THE COUNCIL OF THE GODS
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES’ BUST
SOURCES:
- BARLISO (2015), ATENEO MUNICIPAL DE MANILA AND DR. JOSE RIZAL

- ZAIDE, GREGORIO F., ZAIDE, SONIA (2014), JOSÉ RIZAL: LIFE, WORKS,
AND WRITINGS OF A GENIUS, WRITER, SCIENTIST, AND NATIONAL
HERO. PHILIPPINES, ANVIL PUBLISHING INC.

- DUKA, CECILIO (2010), RIZAL: HIS LEGACY TO THE PHILIPPINE SOCIETY.

PHILIPPINES, ANVIL PUBLISHING.

- HELLINGMAN, CRAIG (2015) PROJECT GUTENBERG’S RIZAL’S OWN

STORY OF HIS LIFE. PHILIPPINES, NATIONAL BOOK COMPANY