JOSE RIZAL’S

EDUCATION IN
EUROPE
(1882-1887)
MAY 3, 1882
RIZAL LEFT FOR SPAIN
“To observe keenly the keenly the life and culture, languages
and customs, industries and commerce, and government and
laws of the European nations in order to prepare himself in
the mighty task of liberating his oppressed people from
Spanish tyranny.”
PERSONS WHO KNOW RIZAL’s DEPARTURE. Paciano,
Antonia Rivera, Jesuit priests, close friends)
NOVEMBER 3, 1882
UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE
MADRID
• Medicine and Philosophy and Letters
• Studied painting and sculpture in Academy of Fine Arts of san
Fernando
• Took lessons on French, Germany and English under private
instructors
• Engaged in physical activities such as fencing and shooting in
the Hall of Arms
MARCH 1883
MASONIC LODGE
■ Joined the Masonic Lodge called Acasia in Madrid.(Reason: To
secure Freemasonry’s aid in his fight against Friars in the
Philippines)
■ Transferred to Lodge Solidaridad- became Master Mason in
November 15, 1890
■ Awarded diploma as Master Mason by the GRAND ORIENT DE
FRANCE in PARIS
■ • Science, Virtue and Labor- Rizal’s only Masonic writing; a
lecture which he delivered in 1889 at Lodge Solidaridad, Madrid
• Laennec Hospital- where Rizal observed Dr. Nicaise treating
his patients
•
• Lariboisiere Hospital- where Rizal observed the
examination of different diseases of women
JUNE 21, 1884
Completed Medical course; was conferred the
degree of LICENTIATE in MEDICINE

JUNE 19,1885
• Awarded the degree of Licentiate in Philosophy and Letters
with excellent rating (Sofresaliente)
• Received his licenced as Physician
 Rizal to Paris and
Germany
■ Specialization in Ophtamology at University of Heidelburg
■ November 1885- Rizal as apprentice of Dr. Louis de Weckert
■ February 1, 1886- left Paris
■ February 3,1886- arrived at Heidelburg
■ University Eye Hospital- attended lectures of Dr. Otto Becker
and Professor Wilhelm Kuehne
■ Worked under Dr. Becker
 Left Heidelberg a poem entitled “A LAS
FLORES del HEIDELBERG”. This is both an
evocation and a prayer for the welfare of his
native land and unification of common
values between East and West.
November 1, 1886 - berlin
■ Worked in the clinic of Dr. Karl Ernest Schweigger
■ Rizal as the first Asian to be recorded with honors
for being a member of the Anthropological Society,
Ethnological Society and the Geographical Society of
Berlin. (under the patronage of famous Pathologists
Rudolf Virchow)
1887
completed his eye specialization under
Professor Becker in Heidelberg
March 21 1887
NOLI ME TANGERE published in Berlin.
Half of the Novel in Madrid a quarter of it in
Paris and the rest in Germany
MAXIMO VIOLA
- loaned money for publishing and for Rizal’s
living expenses
NOLI ME TANGERE solely dedicated to the
Philippines; described the Philippines as a patient with
cancer that even with the most careful touch, it
awakens in it the sharpest pains.
Finished while living in Wilhelmsfield with the
reverend Karl Ullmer
Other Information
■ The winter of 1886 in Berlin was his darkest winter.
■ Took 5 hours of painting lessons while taking courses in
Medicine.
■ Attended theoretical presentations, music and poetry recitals
and book launching.
■ He could converse in more than 10 different tongues (23
languages and dialects).
■ Member of Chess Club from the students of University of
Heidelberg
■ Joined and won Greek competition.
SIGNIFICANT PERSONALITIES