A Brief History of Liceo de Cagayan University

Founded in 1955 by Atty. Rodolfo N.

Pelaez of Cagayan de Oro City and his wife
Elsa Pelaez Pelaez of Cebu City, the University was
established with the primary mission to impart professional

education to the youth of Northern Mindanao

especially those who are deserving, but are
financially-challenged. Envisioned to make relevant and quality
education accessible to the youth, this
higher institution of learning was founded as
a catalyst in their total human formation anchored on universal
moral values and Christian precepts.
In 1996, most effective private secondary SCHOOL IN THE
Division And Regional LEVELS BY THEN the Department of
education, culture and SPORTS (DECS).

In 1997, elevated to University status by the Commission on

Higher Education Center of Excellence in Nursing for Region
X, XII and Caraga. In 1998, 4th ranking Law School
nationwide by the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
In 2008, Higher Education Institution in Mindanao conferred
Category A, based on the Institutional Quality Assurance
Monitoring and Evaluation (IQuAME) by the Commission on
Higher Education (CHED).

From 2009 to 2019, granted the meritorious Autonomous Status

Award by CHED, based on its consistent demonstration of
exemplary performance in instruction, research, and community
service

For 2012, the University’s Asian Journal of Biodiversity (ISSN-

2094-1519), indexed in Thomson Reuters Master Journal for
2011-2014, was declared as CHED Accredited Research Journal (Category A-1), one of
the first three (3) universities to earn this distinction; the other two
included Ateneo de Manila University
(Kritika at Kultura, ISSN-0119-3058) and
UP Los Baños (Journal of Environmental Science and
Management, ISSN-0119-1144)
To date, the following 21 programs have been accredited in the
different levels, with Level IV being the highest: Liberal Arts,
Business Administration, Master of Arts in Nursing, Master in
Management, and Nursing in Level IV; Elementary Education,
Secondary Education, Biology, and Psychology in Level III;
Doctor in Management, Radiologic Technology, Information
Technology, Tourism, Accountancy, Junior High School, and
Elementary in Level II; and Master of Arts in Education, Physical
Therapy, Medical Technology, Criminology, and Pharmacy in
Level I Status.
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On her 65th year this year, the University confers degrees in the
baccalaureate level and professional degrees such as Law,
School of Graduate Studies and Medicine.

Today, the University, prides herself in offering all levels in the

educational system, from the K-12 of the Basic Education,
Bachelor’s degrees to Post Graduate and professional studies
including Law and Medicine.

Over the years, a menu of degrees in the Bachelor and Graduate

levels were introduced. Her health-related degrees pioneered the
offering of Nursing in both the Bachelor’s and Graduate levels in
Northern Mindanao as did the other paramedical degrees.
Rehabilitation Sciences (Physical and Occupational Therapy),
Radiologic Technology, Medical Laboratory Science, Pharmacy
and in 2017, the Doctor of Medicine.

The non-paramedical degrees are in Accountancy and Business

Administration Management Accounting, and Real Estate
Management, Bachelor of Arts degrees in Communications,
Economics, International Studies, Literature and Performing Arts
Political Science; the Bachelor of Science are in Biology, Library
and Information Science, Criminal Justice, Education,
Engineering, Hospitality Management, Tourism management and
Information Technology and Law.

The Conservatory of Music, Theater and Dance offers the

degrees of Bachelor of Music in Pedagogy and in Performance.
The Institute of Short Studies offers the following: Associate in
Hotel and Restaurant Management, Diploma Culinary Arts,
Diploma in Theater and Performing Arts, Certificate in Culinary
Foundation, Certificate in Basic Patisserie, International
Caregiver, Certificate in Professional Education, Certificate in
Early Childhood Education, PC Operations/Hardware Servicing,
English Immersion Camp and German Language.

For the past 65 years, Liceo graduates have excelled

professionally in different areas in meeting the manpower
requirements of both developed and developing economies.