page_title: Silliman University
section_title: Colleges
hierarchical_section_title: Silliman University / Academics / Academic units / Colleges
caption_attribution_description: English: The Uytengsu Foundation Computer Studies Hall of the Silliman University College of Computer Studies
context_page_description: Silliman University is a private research university in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, the Philippines. Established in 1901 as Silliman Institute by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, it is the first American institution of higher learning in the Philippines and the entire Asian continent.
  The university is named after Dr. Horace Brinsmade Silliman, a retired businessman and philanthropist from Cohoes, New York who gave the initial sum of $10,000 to start the school. Starting as an elementary school for boys, the school expanded to become a college in 1910, acquiring university status in 1938. For the first half of the 20th century, Silliman was run and operated by Americans. After the Second World War Filipinos began to assume more administrative positions, culminating in the appointment of Silliman's first Filipino president in 1952.
  In terms of accreditation, Silliman is one of only five universities in the Philippines with "Institutional Accreditation" by the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines.
context_section_description: The College of Agriculture offers undergraduate programs in Agribusiness, Agronomy and Animal Science.  Located in a 29-hectare agricultural complex, two kilometers north of the main campus, the college's beginnings can be traced to as early as 1913, when Dr. David S. Hibbard, first president of Silliman Institute, was instructed by the founders to make provisions for a “school garden and a farm”.  In 1950, it was formally established as a Department, and in 1976, was elevated into what was then known as the School of Agriculture.  The years 1977 to 1980 saw the construction of modern classrooms, a laboratory complex, eight dormitories and a library, transforming it into what is now known as the “College of Agriculture”.
  The College of Arts and Sciences has 18 major courses leading to several degree programs.  At present, it is composed of the departments of Anthropology and Sociology, Biology, Chemistry, English and Literature, History and Political Science, Filipino and Foreign Languages, Mathematics, Philosophy and Religion, Physics, Psychology, Social Work Department. During the early years of its founding (1902 up to the war years), the College of Arts and Sciences was composed of the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Sciences. Starting in 1947, however, both colleges merged to become the College of Arts and Sciences.
  The College of Business Administration offers five undergraduate courses in Business Administration (majors in General Business, Management and Economics), Accountancy, Entrepreneurship, Business Computer Applications, and Office Management. It also has one graduate program in Business Administration namely Master in Business Administration.  Established as a college in 1938, it is currently composed of the departments of Management, Economics, Accountancy, Business Computer Applications, Entrepreneurship, and Commercial Science. Due to its consistently high performance in accountancy board examinations, the college has been designated by CHED as a Center of Development in Accountancy Education. In the October 2009 CPA Licensure Examinations (10–25 examinees category), Silliman ranked 2nd in the country.
  The College of Computer Studies offers undergraduate courses in Computer Science, Information Technology, and Information Systems. Due to its established IT infrastructure and well-developed curriculum, the college was designated by CHED as a Center of Excellence in Information Technology Education.  Silliman is one of only two universities in the Philippines that has an extensive fiber-optic backbone and the only school in the country that owns its fiber-optic system. Costing US $2.5 million in 1997, this backbone connects all buildings in the campus. Silliman was also the first school in the country to use wireless Wi-Fi B2B LAN technology.  Recently, the college opened its master's degree in Information Systems, and pilot tested the Silliman Online University Learning (SOUL) website, a virtual classroom for students.  It has also formed partnerships with Microsoft and IBM. The Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance has given the college a 3-year complimentary MSDNAA subscription which allows it to download available software in MSDNAA for free to all students and faculty for teaching and learning purposes, while  the college's partnership with IBM resulted in the introduction of the IBM Academic Exchange Offering. Electives under the program are developed for junior and graduating students majoring in Information Technology, Information Systems and Computer Science.
  The College of Engineering and Design started as a Department of Engineering in June 1932, offering an undergraduate program in civil engineering. In March 1935, the board of trustees authorized the change in status of Silliman from an institute to a university. With government approval of this change, Silliman proceeded to adopt additional undergraduate programs in mining engineering, chemical engineering and industrial engineering. Today, the college offers five undergraduate courses in: architecture, civil engineering;
caption: The Uytengsu Foundation Computer Studies Hall of the College of Computer Studies.
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