Ateneo de Naga University

The Ateneo de Naga University is a private research university run by the Society of Jesus in Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines. It was established in 1940, the fourth school named Ateneo opened in the Philippines by the Jesuits. Typical of universities in the Philippines, AdNU has primary, secondary and tertiary levels, alHistoryEarly historyThe Ateneo de Naga University was established in 1940 when American Jesuits took over the Camarines Sur Catholic Academy, a small private school under the supervision of the Diocese of Nueva Caceres, at the invitation of the bishop. The Jesuits changed the name of the school to Ateneo de Naga. During the first year it included intermediate grades 4-6 of elementary school. In 1941, however, the elementary school students were transferred to the nearby school run by the Daughters of Charity, and the Ateneo became an all-boys high school until 1946-47. It was only in June 2014 when AdNU reopened classes for Grades 1-3. The college department opened with 20 male students on June 5, 1947. Six years later, on October 26, 1953, the college became coeducational with the admission of five female students.Recent historyThe Graduate School, which had a brief existence in the 1970s, was revived in 1993. In 1997 the Ateneo expanded into four colleges: Arts and Sciences, Commerce, Education, and Information Technology and Engineering. In 2001, a College of Computer Studies was established.