Lyceum-Northwestern University (L-NU) is a medical college located in Dagupan City

Dagupan City

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, Philippines

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founded by Dr. Francisco Quimson Duque and Mrs. Florencia Tiongson Duque in 1969.

History

Lyceum-Northwestern started as a single-room nursing school at the Dagupan City Polyclinic Hospital and was then called the Dagupan City School of Nursing.

First medical school of the north

In 1974, Dr. Duque acquired the Northwestern Educational Institution. From the merger emerged the name Lyceum-Northwestern. In the latter part of the year, Lyceum-Northwestern spearheaded a consortium of local tertiary schools and founded the Northern Philippines Institute of Medicine. Lyceum-Northwestern became the "first medical school of the north." The institute began with an enrolment of 19 students. The consortium lasted only for two years.

In 1980, the Francisco Q. Duque (FQD) Medical Foundation College of Medicine garnered distinction of having a 100% Medical Board Examination passers. In 1983, the college garnered the recognition of being judged as the third best medical school in the Philippines and was ranked No. 5 worldwide based from the 1982 Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Exam Results (ECFMG) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

On November 19, 2001, Lyceum-Northwestern was granted its university status.

Tertiary

• College of Business Education
• College of Criminology
• College of Dentistry
• College of Teacher Education
• College of Engineering
• College of Information & Computing Studies
• College of Law
• College of Maritime Education
• College of Medical Technology
• College of Medicine
• College of Nursing
• College of Optometry
• College of Pharmacy
• College of Physical Therapy
• College of Radiologic Technology
• College of Tourism
• Graduate Studies
• Midwifery Department
• Vocational Technology Department

Secondary

• Francisco Q. Duque Medical Foundation Special Science High School
• General High School