Location: National University, M. F. Jhocson Street, Sampaloc, Manila
Category: Association/Institution/Organization
Type: Institutional marker
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1952
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
THE FIRST PRIVATE NON-SECTARIAN UNIVERSITY IN THE PHILIPPINES. FOUNDED, AUGUST 1, 1900, AS COLEGIO FILIPINO BY MARIANO F. JHOCSON. RENAMED COLEGIO MERCANTIL, 1905; NATIONAL ACADEMY, 1916. CONVERTED INTO A UNIVERSITY, 1921. CAMILO OSIAS, FIRST PRESIDENT.
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