Universities in Iloilo

As one of the progressive city in southern Philippines, Iloilo is the educational center of Western Visayas.The city is a host to two of the most recognized government-funded institutions - The University of the Philippines in the Visayas (est. 1948) and West Visayas State University  (est. 1902), and six private universities; The catholic, University of San Agustin (est. 1904) run by the Order of Saint Augustine Fathers located in the city proper, the Protestant, Central Philippine University (est. 1905) in Jaro district, the secular and formerly Lopez-owned, University of Iloilo of the Phinma Education Network, St. Paul University run by the Sisters of Saint Paul of Chartres and the John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University (the first maritime university in Southeast Asia).

Iloilo plays home to seven (7) highly commendable and outstanding universities.