Universidad de Zamboanga
Pamantasan ng Zamboanga | |
Former names | Zamboanga A.E. Colleges (1948-2005) |
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| Motto | La Educacion es Libertad (Spanish) |
Motto in English | Education is Freedom |
| Type | Private nonsectarian Research Non-profit Coeducational Secondary and Higher education institution |
| Established | October 12, 1948 |
| Founder | Engineer Arturo Francisco Eustaquio |
Academic affiliations | DepEd, CHED, TESDA and PACUCOA |
| President | Abram M. Eustaquio |
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| Address | Don Toribio Street, Tetuan , , |
| Campus | Urban Main Barangay Tetuan, Zamboanga City Satellite Cabatangan, Pasonanca, Veterans, Gov. Alvarez St. Barangay Zone-III (High School), Barangay Tiguma, Pagadian City Zamboanga del Sur, Poblacion Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay. |
| Alma Mater song | UZ Hymn |
| Colors | Green and White |
| Mascot | Wildcat |
| Website | uz |
The Universidad de Zamboanga (often abbreviated to UZ) is a non-profit, private university founded in Zamboanga City, Philippines. Originally named the Zamboanga Arturo Eustaquio Colleges in 1948 in honor of its founder, it is the largest private university in the Zamboanga Peninsula in terms of the number of enrollments across all of its campuses. The university is owned and operated by the Eustaquio family, with 6 campuses within Zamboanga City and satellite campuses in Ipil and Pagadian. In 2012, the president of the university, Arturo F. Estaquio III, was shot and killed in Zamboanga.