Adamson University is a private university

Private university

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 Catholic

Catholic

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 university

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 in Manila

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, Philippines

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, founded on June 30, 1932 by Greek

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 immigrant George Lucas Adamson as the Adamson School of Industrial Chemistry. On February 5, 1941, the school was granted university status by the Department of Education, and on December 4, 1964, the university was turned over to the Vincentian Fathers of the Congregation of the Mission (CM) and was incorporated into the Adamson-Ozanam Education Institutions, Inc.

Adamson University has programs in Graduate Education, Law

Law

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, the Arts

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 and Sciences, Engineering

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, Nursing

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, Pharmacy

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, Architecture

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, Business Administration, Teacher Education

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, as well as secondary, elementary, and preparatory education.