Rizal at the Dominican

University of the
Philippines

Chapter 8

Enrollment at the
University of Santo
Tomas

Academic
Performance at UST


Rizals Scholastic
Record at the
University of Santo
Tomas

Philosophy and Letters

1877-1878

Cosmology and
Metaphysics

Excellent

Theodicy

Excellent

History of Philosophy

Excellent

1st Year Medicine

1878-1879

Physics
Chemistry
Natural History
Anatomy 1
Dissection 1

Fair
Excellent
Fair
Good
Good

2nd Year Medicine

1879-1880

Anatomy 2
Dissection 2
Physiology
Private Hygiene
Public Hygiene

Good
Good
Good
Good
Good

3rd Year Medicine

1880-1881

General
Pathology
Therapeutics
Surgery

Fair
Excellent
Good

4th Year- Medicine

1881-1882

Medical Pathology
Surgical
Pathology
Obstetrics

Very Good
Very Good
Very Good

3 factors of Rizals Unhappiness at

UST

the hostility of the Dominican

professors to Rizal;

racial discrimination against

Filipino students; and
obsolete and repressive method
of instruction at UST


3 Factors of His Below
Par Academic
Performance at UST

1. Medicine, not Rizals real vocation

it was obvious from his

scholastic records that Rizal
was not a good material for a
medical course

2. Dissatisfaction with the Dominican

system of education

his dissatisfaction could be due to

obsolete and repressive method of
teaching utilized by the Dominican
professors
Rizal stressed his dissatisfaction in El
Filibusterismo thru Father Millon,
the professor in Physics, and Placido
Placente, one of the Filipino students

3. The Exciting Distractions of Youth

Rizal became fascinated with women

during his student days

Segunda Katigbak Rizal became

infatuated with
Leonor Orang Valenzuela Rizal
courted but then he stopped upon knowing
that she was engaged
Leonor Rivera Rizal concentrated his
efforts on courting; his first cousin

Segunda Katigbak
Rizal became infatuated with

Leonor Orang Valenzuela

Leonor Rivera
Rizals first cousin

Liberalism and
Filipino Students at
UST

Important Literary
Works as a University
Student

Student Activism at
UST

First Taste of Spanish

Brutality

Fernando Primo
de Rivera y
Sobremonte

Decision To Go To
Europe

Dr. Jose Rizal in University of

Santo Tomas

Paciano
(Jose Rizals older brother)

Don Francisco
(Jose Rizals

Dr. Jose Rizal in Madrid