De La Salle University

{{Short description|Roman Catholic university in Manila, Philippines}} {{Other uses|La Salle University (disambiguation)}} {{Use Philippine English|date=February 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox university | name = De La Salle University | native_name = {{native name|fil|Pamantasang De La Salle}} | image = De La Salle University Seal.svg | image_size = 180px | other_name = De La Salle or La Salle | former_name = De La Salle College (1911–1975) | motto = {{lang|la|Religio, Mores, Cultura}} (Latin) | mottoeng = Religion, Morals, Culture | established = June 16, 1911 {{nowrap|({{age in years and days|June 16, 1911|sep=and}})}}<ref name="DLSU history"/><ref name="dlsp dlsu"/> | founder = Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools | type = Private, research, non-stock, coeducational higher education institution | religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic | academic_affiliations = ACUCA ASAIHL ASEACCU AUN IALU IAU IFCU PATE SMIIC UBCHEA UNCOFIN | chairman = Dr. Fortunato T. de la Peña | chancellor = | head_label = President | head = Br. Bernard S. Oca, FSC | academic_staff = 1,432 (A.Y. 2025–26)<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=About DLSU|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/about/|publisher=De La Salle University|access-date=May 4, 2026}}</ref> | students = 26,747 (A.Y. 2025–26)<ref name="about"/> | undergrad = 23,574 (A.Y. 2025–26)<ref name="about"/> | postgrad = 3,173 (A.Y. 2025–26)<ref name="about"/> | administrative_staff = | module = {{Audio sample|embed=yes | type = song | header = ''De La Salle Alma Mater'' | file = De_La_Salle_Alma_Mater.ogg | description = {{small|De La Salle University Chorale and produced by the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde-Center for Institutional Communications (Benilde-CIC)}}}} | pushpin_map = Philippines City of Manila#Metro Manila#Luzon mainland#Philippines | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Manila##Location in Metro Manila##Location in Luzon##Location in the Philippines | campus = '''Main:''' '''Manila:''' Urban 2401 Taft Avenue, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines {{convert|5.45|ha|sqm}} '''Satellite:''' '''Makati:''' Urban RCBC Plaza, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines '''Rufino:''' Urban University Parkway, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines {{convert| 0.14|ha|sqm}} '''Laguna:''' Suburban LTI Spine Road, Biñan, Laguna, Philippines {{convert|50|ha|sqm}} '''Lian''': Suburban Sitio Matuod, Binubusan, Lian, Batangas, Philippines {{convert|1|ha|sqm}} | free_label = Student moniker | free = Lasallian (English), Lasalyano/Lasalista (Filipino) | free_label2 = Acceptance Rate | free2 = 37.95% (2022) | colors = Green and white<ref>{{cite web|title=Why Green and White?|url=https://old.dlsu.edu.ph/inside/lasalliana/greenwhite/|publisher=De La Salle University|access-date=May 4, 2026}}</ref> {{color box|#087830}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} | sports_nickname = Green Archers | sporting_affiliations = {{plainlist| *UAAP *PCCL *PFFWL *UNIGAMES *AsiaBasket *PBA D-League *Filoil EcoOil Sports<ref name="dlsu osd">{{cite web|url=https://old.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/osa-reference/osd/|title=Office of Sports Development|publisher=De La Salle University|access-date=May 4, 2026}}</ref> }} | mascots = Archers named Gordo, Flaco, and Sally | website = {{URL|www.dlsu.edu.ph}} | logo = | logo_size = 250px }}

'''De La Salle University''' ('''DLSU'''; {{Langx|fil|Pamantasang De La Salle}}) is a private Catholic research university run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools with its main campus on Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was established by the Christian Brothers in 1911 as '''De La Salle College''' (DLSC) in Nozaleda Street, Paco, Manila with Br. Blimond Pierre Eilenbecker, FSC serving as director, and is the first De La Salle school in the Philippines.<ref name="DLSU history">{{cite web|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/history-and-timeline/|title=History and Timeline|publisher=De La Salle University|access-date=May 4, 2026}}</ref> The college was granted university status on February 19, 1975, and is the oldest constituent of De La Salle Philippines (DLSP), a network of 16 educational institutions, established in 2006 replacing the De La Salle University System.<ref name="dlsp dlsu">{{Cite web|url=https://www.delasalle.ph/dlsp-schools|publisher=De La Salle Philippines|title=DLSP Schools – De La Salle University|access-date=May 19, 2021}}</ref><ref name="DLSP history">{{Cite web|url=https://www.delasalle.ph/identity-mission|publisher=De La Salle Philippines|title=Identity & Mission – De La Salle Philippines|access-date=May 19, 2021}}</ref>

The institution started as an exclusive all-boys elementary and high school. In 1920, it began offering a two-year Associate in Arts Commerce program, which was later discontinued in 1931 in favor of a Bachelor of Science in Commerce program.<ref name="DLSU history"/><ref name="centennial 1920"/> The patron saint of the university is St. John Baptist de La Salle, the Vatican's patron saint for those who work in education.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lasalle.org/en/lasallian-holiness/st-john-baptist-de-la-salle/|title=St. John Baptist de La Salle|website=La Salle.org|access-date=July 1, 2020|archive-date=March 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312105557/http://www.lasalle.org/en/who-are-we/|url-status=dead}}</ref> thumb|Logotype of De La Salle University De La Salle University has been cited by the Philippine Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as a Center of Excellence in 14 of its programs and a Center of Development in five.<ref name="dlsu ched">{{Cite web|url=https://old.dlsu.edu.ph/ched-recognizes-dlsu-programs-centers-excellence-coes-centers-development-cods/|title=CHED Recognizes DLSU Programs as Centers of Excellence (COEs) and Centers of Development (CODs)|date=January 5, 2016|publisher=De La Salle University|access-date=May 4, 2026}}</ref> The university is among 40 institutions granted autonomous status by CHED as of 2010.<ref name="number of auto">{{cite news | url =http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=582119&publicationSubCategoryId=108 | newspaper=The Philippine Star | title = CHED grants autonomous status to CDU | author=Jessica B. Natad | date = June 7, 2010|access-date = May 14, 2011}}</ref> It is the first of only two institutions granted the highest-level accreditation (Level IV) by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU).<ref name="dlsp dlsu" /><ref name="PAASCU">{{cite web|url=http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/iaa/articles/.asp|title=PAASCU awards DLSU Level IV status|publisher=De La Salle University|access-date=May 16, 2011}}</ref> The university is a member of the ASEAN University Network (AUN) and International Association of Universities (IAU) as well as the local South Manila Inter-Institutional Consortium.<ref name="linkages">{{cite web|url=http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/linkages/links.asp|publisher=De La Salle University|title=Linkages|access-date=May 14, 2011}}</ref><ref name="linkages 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/ovperi/links-to-universities-and-organizations/|title=Links to Universities and Organizations|publisher=De La Salle University|access-date=December 12, 2020}}</ref>

==History== {{main|History of De La Salle University}}

The Philippines was one of the last Southeast Asian countries in which the De La Salle Christian Brothers established themselves. The De La Salle Christian Brothers had established several De La Salle schools in British and French Southeast Asian colonial territories a century before settling in the new American colony.<ref name="DLSU history"/> Initially, the De La Salle Brothers were reluctant in establishing a school in the Philippines due to the Americans' insistence that the first school should only educate the children of the ruling Filipino elite. The Americans instructed the Christian Brothers to Americanize future Filipino leaders through their Catholic Lasallian education. The American demand ran contrary to the original spiritual teachings and charism of St. John Baptist de La Salle, the Vatican's patron saint of Christian educators whose main religious vocation was to "Teach Minds, Touch Hearts and Transform Lives" while providing tuition-free education to the poor. The De La Salle Christian Brothers eventually agreed to establish a school in Manila, conceding that the "upper-class children of the ruling elite families also needed good Catholic moral and spiritual training."<ref name="DLSU history"/>

De La Salle University traces its founding roots to Manila Archbishop Jeremiah James Harty. Harty, an alumnus of a Christian Brother–Lasallian school in St. Louis, Missouri, believed that the establishment of a De La Salle school in Manila would be instrumental in preempting the spread of Protestantism in the Philippines through the arrival of the Thomasites and American Protestant church missions.<ref name ="Handbook">{{Cite book | url =http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/mco/publications/student_handbook/primer.pdf | title = Student handbook 2003–06 | publisher=De La Salle University | date = June 26, 2003 | access-date = May 15, 2011 | location = Manila}}</ref> His request was endorsed in 1907 by Pope Pius X. An envoy of the De La Salle Christian Brothers arrived in 1910. Together with Manila Archbishop Harty, the Christian Brothers searched for a suitable campus location. A {{convert|13000|sqm|sp=us|adj=on}} property in Nozaleda Street, Paco, Manila was purchased for this purpose.<ref name="dlsp 100 years">{{cite web | url = http://100years.lasallian.ph/history/#page=page-1 | title = The founding (1911–1920): Prologue: A Harty Request | publisher = Philippine Lasallian Family | access-date = May 15, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110810133846/http://100years.lasallian.ph/history/#page=page-1 | archive-date = August 10, 2011 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref>

thumb|Construction of St. La Salle Hall {{circa|1921}}|left|200px left|200px|thumb|St. La Salle Hall {{circa|1925}}

===Early history=== De La Salle College was established by nine De La Salle Christian Brothers. Three, Blimond Pierre Eilenbecker, Aloysius Gonzaga McGiverin, and Augusto Correge, arrived on March 10, 1911, and the remaining six, Ptolomee Louis Duffaux, Goslin Camillus Henri, D. Joseph, Celba John Lynam, Imar William Reale, and Martin, on May 13. De La Salle College formally opened on June 16, 1911, with 125 students. By July 10, the number of students reached 175.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.delasalle.ph/the-brothers | publisher=De La Salle Philippines | title = The Brothers – De La Salle Philippines | access-date = May 19, 2021}}</ref><ref name="dlsp 100 years 2">{{cite web | url = http://100years.lasallian.ph/history/#page=page-2 | title = The founding (1911–1920): The House on Nozaleda Street | access-date = May 15, 2011 | publisher = Philippine Lasallian Family | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110810133846/http://100years.lasallian.ph/history/#page=page-2 | archive-date = August 10, 2011 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="dlsp 100 years 3">{{cite web | url = http://100years.lasallian.ph/history/#page=page-3 | title = The founding (1911–1920): School Year 1911–1912 | access-date = May 15, 2011 | publisher = Philippine Lasallian Family | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110810133846/http://100years.lasallian.ph/history/#page=page-3 | archive-date = August 10, 2011 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="news history">{{cite news | url = http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/317028/dlsu-through-100-seasons-mission-and-learning | title = DLSU through 100 seasons of mission and learning | newspaper=Manila Bulletin | date = May 6, 2011 | author=Rachel C. Barawid | access-date = May 15, 2011}}</ref>

On February 12, 1912, the college was incorporated under the sole ownership of the college director, Br. Eilenbecker. In March 1912, four more Brothers arrived, Wilfrid, Basilian Coin, Dorotheus Joseph, and Egbert Xavier Kelly.<ref name="dlsp 100 years 3"/> The college was permitted to confer high school diplomas in the same year. It received a charter from the Governor-General of the Philippines, allowing the college to confer associate degrees in commerce.<ref name="centennial 1910">{{cite web | url = http://centennial.dlsu.edu.ph/celebration/history.html | title = History: 1910 | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date = May 15, 2011}}</ref> It started offering the degree as a two-year program in 1920.<ref name="centennial 1920">{{cite web | url = http://centennial.dlsu.edu.ph/celebration/history/1920.html | title = History: 1920 | publisher = De La Salle University | access-date = May 15, 2011 | archive-date = June 29, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110629041832/http://centennial.dlsu.edu.ph/celebration/history/1920.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> Brothers Donatian Felix, V. Andrew, Albinus Peter, Flavius Leo, Alphonsus Henry, Felix and David King were sent to the school to teach various subjects from 1917 to 1929.<ref name="dlsu nhcp">{{cite web | url = https://nhcp.gov.ph/de-la-salle-university/ | title = De La Salle University | website=National Historical Commission of the Philippines | date= September 4, 2012 | access-date = May 23, 2021}}</ref>

The college had 425 students by 1921. Due to the lack of space on the original Nozaleda Campus in Paco, Manila, it moved to 2401 Taft Avenue in Malate, its present location. Brother Acisclus Michael, FSC was able to secure a {{convert|30300|sqm|sp=us|adj=on}} lot at the southernmost boundary of Manila.<ref name="centennial 1920"/><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://100years.lasallian.ph/history/#page=page-4 | title = The founding (1911–1920): Outgrowing Nozaleda | publisher = Philippine LaSallian Family | access-date = 2011-05-15 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110810133846/http://100years.lasallian.ph/history/#page=page-4 | archive-date = 2011-08-10 }}</ref> In 1931, the college discontinued its two-year commerce program in favor of a three-year Bachelor of Science in Commerce program, which was approved a year earlier.<ref name="DLSU history"/><ref name="centennial 1920"/>

===World War II=== During the Second World War, the American De La Salle Christian Brothers were interred in the Japanese Los Baños Internment Camp for the duration of the three-year Japanese occupation of the Philippines while the other non-American Brothers were allowed to stay on and continue to teach at the Taft Campus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Home of the brave|url=https://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?title=Home-of-the-brave&id=33414&src=2|website=Business World Online|date=21 June 2011|access-date=22 May 2021|archive-date=May 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522045644/https://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?title=Home-of-the-brave&id=33414&src=2|url-status=dead}}</ref>

thumb|The Chapel of the Most Blessed Sacrament on the southwestern wing of St. La Salle Hall

Initially, the De La Salle campus served as a secret shelter for several displaced civilians, nearby families, wounded soldiers, and some Filipino guerrilla freedom fighters at the beginning of the Japanese occupation. However, it was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army and made into military defense quarters on January 2, 1942.<ref name="DLSU history"/> Several bombings severely damaged the DLSC campus. Despite this, classes continued during the Japanese occupation. During this time, several Lasallians set their sports rivalries aside to share their De La Salle College classrooms with students from various neighboring schools in and around Manila.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Avanceña|first=Miguel P.|title= PGH 1945: Days of terror, nights of fear|url= https://globalnation.inquirer.net/26127/pgh-1945-days-of-terror-nights-of-fear/amp|date=2011-08-09}}</ref> The DLSC high school classes were later transferred to its neighbor St. Scholastica's College, Manila in 1943.<ref name="centennial 1940">{{cite web | url = http://centennial.dlsu.edu.ph/celebration/history/1940.html | title = History: 1940 | publisher = De La Salle University | access-date = May 15, 2011 | archive-date = July 4, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110704143848/http://centennial.dlsu.edu.ph/celebration/history/1940.html | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="dlsp 100 years 4">{{cite web | url = http://100years.lasallian.ph/history/taftavenue.html#page=page-3 | title = Taft Avenue (1921–1945): War comes to Manila | access-date = May 15, 2011 | publisher = Philippine Lasallian Family | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120311081232/http://100years.lasallian.ph/history/taftavenue.html#page=page-3 | archive-date = March 11, 2012 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref>

Classes were eventually discontinued at the De La Salle campus by the end of 1944. On February 1, 1945, as the war was coming to a close, retreating Japanese forces ordered the occupants of the DLSC and the surrounding vicinity to vacate the college. However, Br. Egbert Xavier Kelly, FSC refused the order to vacate. On February 7, 1945, he was abducted by Japanese soldiers and was believed to have been tortured and killed. On February 12, shortly after noon, 20 Japanese soldiers forcibly entered the DLSC campus and massacred 16 of the 17 De La Salle Brothers residing in the chapel of the campus, along with 25 other residents.<ref name="DLSU history"/> Only one Brother (Antonius von Jesus) and 21 others survived.<ref>{{cite web|title=Massacre at La Salle College, 1945|url=https://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=9&title=Massacre-at-La-Salle-College,-1945&id=58910|website=Business World Online|date=24 September 2012|access-date=22 May 2021|archive-date=May 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522045641/https://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=9&title=Massacre-at-La-Salle-College,-1945&id=58910|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A horrible day never to be forgotten|url=https://opinion.inquirer.net/119491/a-horrible-day-never-to-be-forgotten|website=Inquirer|date=12 February 2019|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref>

===Post–war period=== thumb|200px|left|St. Miguel Hall (formerly St. Benilde Hall) Classes resumed in July 1945 with a class of incoming freshmen that was composed of 60 high school graduates. One year later, the College of Commerce reopened with its three-year BS Commerce program extended to a four-year program.<ref name="DLSU history"/><ref name="centennial 1940"/>

The High School Department of De La Salle College on Taft Avenue, Manila, was dissolved in 1968 and transferred to La Salle Green Hills on Ortigas Avenue, Mandaluyong, which was then a part of Rizal province.<ref name="centennial 1960"/>

The College of Commerce, together with Ateneo de Manila University, gave birth to the Asian Institute of Management in the same year with assistance from the Ford Foundation and Harvard University.<ref name="centennial 1960">{{cite web | url = http://centennial.dlsu.edu.ph/celebration/history/1960.html | title = History: 1960 | publisher = De La Salle University | access-date = May 15, 2011 | archive-date = August 9, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110809032333/http://centennial.dlsu.edu.ph/celebration/history/1960.html | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="AIM">{{Cite web | url = http://www.aim.edu/index.php/historical-highlights.html | title = History | publisher = Asian Institute of Management | access-date = May 15, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110502170245/http://www.aim.edu/index.php/historical-highlights.html | archive-date = May 2, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Several other units were established in the following years.

===During the Martial Law era=== {{see also|Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos|Student activism in the Philippines (1965–1972)}} The school continued to change even as the nation went through the difficulties of the Marcos dictatorship era. It became co-educational in 1973. On February 19, 1975, De La Salle College was granted university status and became known as De La Salle University (DLSU).<ref name="dlsp dlsu"/><ref name="official name">{{Cite journal | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/mco/publications/2401/20080811.pdf | date = August 11, 2008 | volume = 40 | issue = 6 | journal=2401 | page = 2 | title = Official name of the university | access-date = May 16, 2011 | location = Manila}}</ref> Since 2008, it has referred to itself as De La Salle University, its registered name in the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission.<ref name="legalities">{{cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/legalities/trademark_policy.asp | title = Legalities | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date = May 16, 2011}}</ref> The Grade School Department was deprecated in 1978.<ref name="centennial 1970">{{cite web | url = http://centennial.dlsu.edu.ph/celebration/history/1970.html | publisher = De La Salle University | access-date = May 14, 2011 | title = History: 1970 | archive-date = July 19, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110719153823/http://centennial.dlsu.edu.ph/celebration/history/1970.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In 1981, De La Salle University shifted from the traditional semestral academic calendar to a trimestral one.<ref name="DLSU history"/> Prior to this, students were referred to as ''Lasallites'', but this was replaced with ''Lasallian'', the present term.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buhaybatangas.date/2014/11/lasallian.html|title=When 'Lasallian' Replaced 'Lasallite'|date=November 20, 2014|access-date=March 6, 2020|archive-date=September 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928140837/https://www.buhaybatangas.date/2014/11/lasallian.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In comparison to other schools in the capital, where massive protests were typical, the De La Salle campus was relatively quiet during the First Quarter Storm and Martial Law years.<ref name="GutierrezNicolasandPunsalan2022">{{Cite web |last1=Gutierrez |first1=Barbara |last2=Nicolas |first2=Clyde |last3=Punsalan |first3=Kisha |date=2022-12-03 |title=The USG's role in rounding up Lasallians for nation-building |url=https://thelasallian.com/2022/12/04/the-usgs-role-in-rounding-up-lasallians-for-nation-building/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208092931/https://thelasallian.com/2022/12/04/the-usgs-role-in-rounding-up-lasallians-for-nation-building/ |archive-date=2022-12-08 |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=The LaSallian |language=en-US}}</ref> However, there were some constituents who were active in the resistance against the Marcos dictatorship, even in its early years. At one point, soldiers went into the campus hunting for student activist (and later La Sallian editor in chief) William Chua, who was forced to hide in the trunk of a sympathetic faculty member's car.<ref name="BantayogProfileWilliamChua">{{Cite web |date=2023-05-27 |title=Martyrs & Heroes: William Chua |url=https://bantayogngmgabayani.org/bayani/william-chua/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Bantayog ng mga Bayani |language=en-US}}</ref> Outside of the campus, a number of alumni actively resisted the regime, such as prominent businessman and De La Salle high school alumnus Alfonso Yuchengco, who became an important part of the Light-A-Fire Movement.<ref name="BantayogProfileAlfonsoYuchengco">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-18 |title=Alfonso Tiaoqui Yuchengco |url=https://bantayogngmgabayani.org/bayani/yuchengco-alfonso/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Bantayog ng mga Bayani |language=en-US}}</ref>

The broader student population became more active in protests against the authoritarian regime in 1983, becoming part of what was called the "middle force opposition" that grew across the nation after the Assassination of Ninoy Aquino.<ref name="GutierrezNicolasandPunsalan2022"/><ref name="ClaudioMnemonic">{{Cite journal |last=Claudio |first=Lisandro E. |date=2010 |title=Memories of the anti-Marcos movement: The Left and the mnemonic dynamics of the post-authoritarian Philippines |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23750950 |journal=South East Asia Research |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=33–66 |doi=10.5367/000000010790959884 |jstor=23750950 |issn=0967-828X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Youngblood |first=Robert L. |title=Marcos against the church : economic development and political repression in the Philippines |date=1993 |publisher=New Day Publ |isbn=971-10-0512-3 |location=Quezon City |oclc=312239945}}</ref> A particular leader during this time was Immanuel "Imo" Obispo, a student activist who was a junior when he was killed under mysterious circumstances in October 1984.<ref name="BantayogProfileImmanuelObispo">{{Cite web |date=2023-06-19 |title=Martys & Heroes: Immanuel Obispo |url=https://bantayogngmgabayani.org/bayani/immanuel-obispo/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Bantayog ng mga Bayani |language=en-US}}</ref>

Chua, Yuchengco, and Obispo are all honored at the Philippines' Bantayog ng mga Bayani memorial, which honors the martyrs and heroes of the resistance against the authoritarian regime of Ferdinand Marcos.<ref name="BantayogProfileWilliamChua"/><ref name="BantayogProfileAlfonsoYuchengco"/><ref name="BantayogProfileImmanuelObispo"/>

===Later 20th century=== In 1987, the university, together with four other Lasallian institutions, became part of the De La Salle University System.<ref name="centennial 1980">{{cite web | url = http://centennial.dlsu.edu.ph/celebration/history/1980.html | title = History: 1980 | publisher = De La Salle University | access-date = May 16, 2011 | archive-date = July 19, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110719154734/http://centennial.dlsu.edu.ph/celebration/history/1980.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> The system was later dissolved in favor of De La Salle Philippines, a network of 16 Lasallian institutions. De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (DLS–CSB) became independent of the university in 1988.

===Recent history=== {{further|2010 Philippine Bar exam bombing}} right|200px|thumb|St. La Salle Hall in 2014 (with Henry Sy Sr. Hall in the background)

A Mk 2 grenade was detonated outside the southern portion of the DLSU campus in front of a popular burger shop along Taft Avenue on September 26, 2010, at around 5:05 pm by opposing rival Law fraternities, the same day as the Philippine Bar exams conducted by the university.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://thelasallian.com/2014/10/21/the-darker-moments-in-dlsus-history/|title = The darker moments in DLSU's history|publisher = The Lasallian|date = October 21, 2014|access-date = 23 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="blast2">{{Cite news| title = Blast rocks end of bar exams at DLSU; 35 hurt | url = http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20100926-294437/Blast-rocks-end-of-bar-exams-at-DLSU-35-hurt | author=DJ Yap | newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer | date = September 26, 2010 | access-date = May 16, 2011}}</ref> The blast injured 47 individuals,<ref name="blast">{{cite news | url = http://balita.ph/2010/10/27/doj-confident-prime-suspect-in-de-la-salle-blast-will-be-arrested/ | title = DOJ confident prime suspect in De La Salle blast will be arrested | date = October 27, 2010 | agency = Philippine News Agency | newspaper = Balita | access-date = May 16, 2011 | archive-date = December 8, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111208121834/http://balita.ph/2010/10/27/doj-confident-prime-suspect-in-de-la-salle-blast-will-be-arrested/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> two of whom required limbs to be amputated.<ref name="amputee">{{cite web | url = http://www.english.rfi.fr/asia-pacific/20100928-students-legs-amputated-after-manila-student-bombing | title = Students' legs amputated after Manila bombing | date = September 8, 2010 | publisher=Radio France International | access-date = May 16, 2011}}</ref> Anthony Leal Nepomuceno was indicted by the Philippine Department of Justice on April 29, 2011, on the charge of detonating the device.<ref name="ALN">{{cite news | url = http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=680638&publicationSubCategoryId=92 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130131160531/http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=680638&publicationSubCategoryId=92 | url-status = dead | archive-date = January 31, 2013 | title = La Salle 'bomber' kasuhan! – DOJ | language = tl | author = Doris Franche | date = April 29, 2011 | newspaper = Pilipino Star Ngayon | access-date = May 16, 2011 }}</ref>

In 2012, De La Salle Canlubang was formally integrated with De La Salle University and became an extension of DLSU. It was inaugurated as the De La Salle University – Science & Technology Complex (DLSU–STC), and later renamed as the De La Salle University – Laguna Campus.<ref name="lasallian historic">{{Cite news | url = http://thelasallian.com/2010/11/21/dlsu-taft-to-partner-with-canlubang-campus/ | title = DLSU Taft, to partner with Canlubang campus | author=Audrey Virgula | date = November 21, 2010 | newspaper=The LaSallian | location = Manila | access-date = May 16, 2011}}</ref> In 2015, DLSU announced that it would open its Manila campus for senior high school students in response to the K–12 implementation.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.philstar.com/metro/2015/10/31/1517041/dlsu-offer-senior-high-school | title = DLSU to offer senior high school | publisher=The Philippine Star | date = October 31, 2015}}</ref> The Senior High School (SHS) classes officially opened on June 1, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelasallian.com/2016/06/01/dlsu-senior-high-school-opens-today/ | title = DLSU Senior High School Opens Today | publisher=The LaSallian | date = June 1, 2016}}</ref> In December 2018, DLSU announced its plan to launch a new Learning Management System (LMS) called AnimoSpace, built based on the Canvas LMS software.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@DLSUManila/animo-space-the-lasallian-learning-management-system-ff836eb17970 | title = AnimoSpace: The Lasallian Learning Management System | publisher=Medium.com | date = December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelasallian.com/2018/12/04/the-new-learning-management-system-animo-space/ | title = The New Learning Management System: Animo Space | publisher=The LaSallian | date = December 4, 2018}}</ref> AnimoSpace was officially launched on January 15, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelasallian.com/2019/01/15/dlsu-officially-launches-animospace/ | title = DLSU officially launches AnimoSpace |first1=Deo|last1=Cruzada|first2=Enrico Sebastian|last2=Salazar| work=The LaSallian | date = January 15, 2019}}</ref>

==Campuses== ===Manila=== thumb|right| An aerial shot of the DLSU Manila Campus and the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex

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The main campus is situated on a {{convert|5.45|ha|sp=us|adj=on}} lot at 2401 Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila. It is part of the University Belt with several other colleges and universities, including St. Scholastica's College, Manila and Philippine Women's University, which are both located nearby. Some buildings that are part of the campus are also situated at other nearby lots along Taft Avenue and at the nearby Fidel Reyes Street, formerly named Agno Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.dlsu.edu.ph/campuses/manila/|title=Manila Campus|publisher=De La Salle University|access-date=May 4, 2026}}</ref>

The buildings have a combined floor area of {{convert|136685.98|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}. Six of the DLSU Manila campus buildings – Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall, Don Enrique T. Yuchengco Hall, Enrique M. Razon Sports Center, Gokongwei Hall, Henry Sy Sr. Hall, and Velasco Hall – were funded and provided by DLSU alumni. Most of the buildings in the DLSU campus feature neoclassical design.<ref name="congested">{{cite news | url = http://thelasallian.com/2011/01/23/lasallians-suffer-from-limited-campus-space/ | title = Lasallians suffer from limited campus space | author=Kim Mendoza | author2= David Pagulayan | author3 = Lyzette Siazar | date = January 23, 2011 | access-date = May 16, 2011 | newspaper=The LaSallian | location = Manila}}</ref> These include:

*'''St. La Salle Hall''', the first building on the campus. A four-story building, its construction started in 1921 and was completed in 1924.<ref name="bldg history">{{Cite web|url=https://thelasallian.com/2012/08/22/will-it-stand-strong-on-dlsus-structural-integrity/|title=Will it stand strong? On DLSU's structural integrity|date=August 23, 2012|website=The LaSallian|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref><ref name="SC">{{cite news | url = http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/publications/benchmark/2007/09/090721.php | title = The Buildings of La Salle | author=Annie A. Laborte | publisher=Supreme Court of the Philippines Public Information Office | access-date = May 16, 2011 | date = September 2007 | newspaper=Benchmark}}</ref> The classic H-shaped LS main building was designed by Cornell University alumnus Tomás Mapúa, the first Filipino registered architect and subsequent founder of Mapúa Institute of Technology.<ref name="Mapua">{{cite web | url = http://www.nhi.gov.ph/downloads/ca0036.pdf | title = Tomas B. Mapua (1888–1965) | publisher = National Historical Commission of the Philippines | access-date = May 16, 2011 | archive-url = https://www.webcitation.org/5ywDQJ9xc?url=http://www.nhi.gov.ph/downloads/ca0036.pdf | archive-date = May 25, 2011 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> St. La Salle Hall was one of the very few buildings that survived the near total destruction of Manila during the 1945 Battle of Manila. It has undergone retrofitting since 2011, and was completed in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://thelasallian.com/2010/11/21/st-la-salle-hall-to-undergo-retrofitting/|title = St. La Salle Hall, to undergo retrofitting|website= The LaSallian|date = November 21, 2010}}</ref><ref name="retrofit">{{cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/announcements/default.asp?id=782 | title = Retrofitting of St. La Salle Hall | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date = May 16, 2011}}</ref> It is the only Philippine structure featured in ''1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die: The World's Architectural Masterpieces'', a book published by Quintessence Editions Ltd. in 2007.<ref name="before you die">{{cite news|url=http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20090412-198937/DLSU-building-included-in-intl-best-of-list |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |access-date=May 16, 2011 |author=Augusto Villalon |title=DLSU building included in int'l best-of list |date=April 12, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726225855/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20090412-198937/DLSU-building-included-in-intl-best-of-list |archive-date=July 26, 2012 }}</ref> St. La Salle Hall also houses the College of Business and School of Economics.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://thelasallian.com/2013/08/07/a-la-salle-storey/ |title = A La Salle Storey|website= The LaSallian|date = August 6, 2013}}</ref> *'''St. Joseph Hall''', a six-story building completed in 1956.<ref name="bldg history"/><ref name="SC"/><ref name="centennial 1950">{{cite web | url = http://centennial.dlsu.edu.ph/celebration/history/1950.html | title = History: 1950 | publisher = De La Salle University | access-date = May 16, 2011 | archive-date = July 19, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110719154731/http://centennial.dlsu.edu.ph/celebration/history/1950.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> It was the location of the DLSU library from 1956 to 1985.<ref name="library joseph">{{cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/library/history.asp | title = History | access-date = May 16, 2011 | publisher=De La Salle Philippines}}</ref> It houses the College of Science and DLSU's Discipline Office.<ref name="discipline">{{cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/sps/do/paragons.asp | title= Programs and Services | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date = May 16, 2011}}</ref> *'''St. Miguel Febres Cordero Hall''', a four-story building completed in 1969.<ref name="bldg history"/> Originally known as the St. Benilde Hall, it was renamed in 1989 and houses the College of Liberal Arts, academic offices, and some laboratories belonging to the College of Engineering.<ref name="centennial 1980"/> *'''Urbano J. Velasco Hall''', a five-story building completed in 1981.<ref name="bldg history"/><ref name="SC"/> It houses the College of Engineering.<ref name="centennial 1980"/> *'''Don Enrique T. Yuchengco Hall''', a nine-story building completed in 2002.<ref name="bldg history"/> The building has 20 classrooms, six conference rooms, DLSU's administrative offices and the Teresa G. Yuchengco Auditorium.<ref name="Yuchengco Hall">{{cite journal|volume=34 |issue=12 |url=http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/mco/publications/newsletter/volume34/no12/default.asp |title=Don Enrique T. Yuchengco Hall to be inaugurated |journal=DLSU Newsletter |access-date=May 16, 2011 |date=June 12, 2002 |location=Manila |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717182929/http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/mco/publications/newsletter/volume34/no12/default.asp |archive-date=July 17, 2011 }}</ref> *'''John Gokongwei Sr. Hall''', a four-story building completed in the 1990s. Originally named the INTELLECT (Information Technology Lecture) Building, the building houses the College of Computer Studies, the university's Information Technology Services (ITS) facilities, National Service Training Program and Formations Office, and 24-hour study hall. The ground floor of the building underwent renovation from 2019 to 2021, which included additional classrooms and study spaces.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-19|title=Lack of 'Manpower': The growing concern over the return of Gokongwei Hall|url=https://thelasallian.com/2020/02/20/lack-of-manpower-the-growing-concern-over-the-return-of-gokongwei-hall/|access-date=2021-07-28|website=The LaSallian|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-17|title=For better student facilities: On ongoing campus dev't plans, building renovations|first1=Roselin|last1=Manawis|first2=Enrico Sebastian|last2=Salazar|first3=Helen|last3=Saudi|url=https://thelasallian.com/2019/08/17/for-better-student-facilities-on-ongoing-campus-devt-plans-building-renovations/|access-date=December 13, 2021|website=The LaSallian|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://architizer.com/projects/the-gokongwei-hall/|title=The Gokongwei Hall by THE SAGE GROUP ASIA|website=Architizer|date=June 2021 |access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref> *'''William J. Shaw Hall''', a seven-story building that houses the College of Science and the William Shaw Little Theater.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/colleges/cos/|title=College of Science|website=De La Salle University|access-date=December 4, 2021}}</ref> *'''Br. Gabriel Connon Hall''', a five-story building that houses the university clinic, Waldo Perfecto Seminar Room, discussion rooms, and office of various university departments and student organizations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thelasallian.com/2013/02/28/sps-building-and-library-construction-developments/|title=SPS Building and library construction developments|first1=Michelle|last1=Lojo|first2=Carina|last2=Cruz|date=February 28, 2013|work=The LaSallian|access-date=December 4, 2021}}</ref><ref name="DSA" /> *'''Br. Alphonsus Bloemen Hall''', a building that houses food stalls and the studio of Green Giant FM.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/pdf/avccs/list-of-concessionaires.pdf|title=List of DLSU Concessionaires|website=De La Salle University|accessdate=December 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/osa-reference/smo/student-media-groups/green-giant-fm/|title=Green Giant FM|website=De La Salle University|accessdate=December 4, 2021}}</ref> *'''Br. Celba John Hall''', a three-story building south of St. La Salle Hall that houses the offices of foundations and non-government organizations including De La Salle University Science Foundation, Inc. and DLSU-Parents of the University Students Organization (DLSU-PUSO).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/affiliates/sfi/|title=De La Salle University Science Foundation, Inc.|website=De La Salle University|access-date=December 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dlsu-pusomanilainc.com/about-us|title=About Us|website=De La Salle University - Parents of the University Students Organization|access-date=December 4, 2021}}</ref> *'''Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall''', a 20-story, {{convert|90|m|sp=us|adj=on}} tall building, making it the tallest academic building in the Philippines.<ref name="congested"/><ref name="inauguration">{{cite journal|url=http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/mco/publications/2401/20070305.pdf |title=DLSU–M inaugurates the Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall |page=7 |date=March 5, 2007 |volume=38 |issue=20 |access-date=May 16, 2011 |journal=2401 |location=Manila |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717184727/http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/mco/publications/2401/20070305.pdf |archive-date=July 17, 2011 }}</ref> The building, completed in 2006, houses more than 100 classrooms and faculty rooms, a satellite library called Br. Benedict Learning Resource Center, the Natividad Fajardo–Rosario Gonzalez Auditorium, a retreat facility called Center for Lasallian Formation,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thelasallian.com/2018/08/12/center-for-lasallian-formation-launched-and-inaugurated/|title=Center for Lasallian Formation launched and inaugurated|first1=Gershon|last1=Dela Cruz|first2=Johanna Elice|last2=Tantoco|date=August 12, 2018|accessdate=June 19, 2022|work=The LaSallian}}</ref> and offices of various colleges especially the College of Education.<ref name="bldg history"/><ref name="Recto">{{Cite web | url = http://www.rectoarchitects.com/design.php?go=news&show=1 | title = Edifice for Bro. Andrew | publisher=Philip H. Recto Architects | access-date = May 16, 2011}}</ref> *'''Enrique M. Razon Sports Center''', a 10-story building that is the main sports facility of De La Salle University. It was built in 1998 to replace the old Br. Athanasius Sports Complex, which was demolished in 2000 to give way to the construction of the Don Enrique T. Yuchengco Hall. The Sports Center stands on a {{convert|3155|sqm|sp=us|adj=on}} lot located at the corner of Fidel Reyes (formerly named Agno) and Noli Streets. It has an Olympic-sized pool, a track and field oval with a balcony. It has basketball and volleyball courts, table tennis courts, a dance and martial arts studio, and weight training rooms.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelasallian.com/2014/05/06/enrique-razon-m-sports-center-the-history-of-a-landmark/|title=Enrique M. Razon Sports Center: The history of a landmark|work=The LaSallian|date=May 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelasallian.com/2016/03/27/enrique-m-razon-sports-center-the-nucleus-of-dlsu-fitness/|title=Enrique M. Razon Sports Center: The Nucleus of DLSU Fitness|work=The LaSallian|date=March 27, 2016}}</ref> The George T. Yang Performing Arts Studios are located on the sixth floor of the building.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2018/08/23/supplements/dlsu-honors-mcdonalds-ph-founder-george-yang/433356/|title=DLSU honors McDonald's PH Founder George Yang|work=The Manila Times|date=August 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1024428/mcdonalds-ph-chairman-founder-george-t-yang-turns-over-three-performing-arts-studios-for-dlsu-manila|title=McDonald's PH Chairman & Founder, George T. Yang turns over three performing arts studios for DLSU Manila|work=Inquirer|date=August 24, 2018}}</ref> The sixth floor also houses the Gold's Gym Taft branch which opened in late 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelasallian.com/2017/03/07/function-versus-form-new-gyms-around-taft/|title=Function versus form: New gyms around Taft|work=The LaSallian|date=March 7, 2017}}</ref> *The '''Faculty Center''', a four-story building built in 1985. Located behind the St. Joseph Hall, it houses the offices of departments belonging to the College of Liberal Arts and to the College of Business, respectively, and formerly the university library. *The '''Science & Technology Research Center''', a four-story research center along Fidel Reyes (formerly named Agno) Street that houses various research facilities and laboratories belonging to the Colleges of Science and Engineering, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/colleges/gcoe/academic-departments/chemical-engineering/laboratory-and-facilities/|title=Laboratory and Facilities|website=De La Salle University|access-date=December 17, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/colleges/cos/departments/chemistry/chemistry-department-laboratory-facilities-chem/|title=Chemistry Department Laboratory Facilities (CHEM)|website=De La Salle University|access-date=December 17, 2021}}</ref> *'''Henry Sy Sr. Hall''', a 14-story building housing the academic services hub, administrative offices, and the university library, now called the Learning Commons.<ref name= "dlsu facts and figures">{{Cite web|url=https://xsite.dlsu.edu.ph/admissions/undergraduate/_pdf/dlsu-facts-figures.pdf?|title=DLSU Facts and Figures|date=2012|website=dlsu.edu.ph|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> Construction of the Henry Sy Sr. Hall began on December 2, 2010, as part of the university's Centennial Renewal Plan.<ref name="Henry Sy 1">{{cite news | url = http://thelasallian.com/2010/12/30/its-really-happening-centennial-building-construction-commenced/ | title = It's really happening: Centennial Building construction, commenced | newspaper=The LaSallian | author=Jan-Ace Mendoza | date = December 30, 2010 | access-date = May 16, 2011}}</ref> Named after its first donor and businessman Henry Sy, the building was constructed on the location of the former DLSU football field adjacent to Velasco Hall. It was completed by December 2012 and inaugurated on February 13, 2013.<ref name="Henry Sy 2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/262163/dlsu-expands-by-4-hectares-with-centennial-building/story/|title=DLSU expands by 4 hectares with Centennial building|date=June 16, 2012|website=GMA News|access-date=May 1, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Henry Sy 3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/cbb/content/295570/pnoy-attends-inauguration-of-new-dlsu-building/story/|title=PNoy attends inauguration of new DLSU building|date=February 19, 2013|website=GMA News|access-date=May 1, 2021}}</ref> The project had an estimated cost of {{Philippine peso|1.4 billion}} ({{US$|32.5 million|link=yes}}).<ref name="conversion"/><ref name="Sy cost">{{cite news | url = http://thelasallian.com/2010/11/21/presenting-our-usg-officers/ | title = Presenting… our USG officers! | newspaper=The LaSallian | author=Jessy Go | date = November 21, 2010 | access-date = May 18, 2011 | location = Manila}}</ref> In line with this, DLSU entered an eight-year agreement with the Philippine Sports Commission. Under the contract, DLSU would fund the {{Philippine peso|7.4 billion}} ({{US$|171,000}})<ref name="conversion">Approximate conversion value as of May 2011</ref> renovation of the Rizal Memorial Track and Football Stadium. DLSU would get to use the facilities in return.<ref name="football">{{cite web | url = http://www.gmanews.tv/story/183504/rizal-memorial-football-field-up-for-renovtion | title = Rizal Memorial football field up for renovation | date = September 2, 2010 | access-date = May 16, 2011 | publisher=GMA News}}</ref><ref name="football 2">{{cite news | url = http://www.bandera.ph/mainitinitpa/mainitinitpa/view/20100508-9056/PSC-La-Salle-forge-deal | title = PSC, La Salle forge deal | newspaper = Bandera | author = Mike Lee | date = May 8, 2010 | access-date = May 16, 2011 | location = Manila | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100510062629/http://www.bandera.ph/mainitinitpa/mainitinitpa/view/20100508-9056/PSC-La-Salle-forge-deal | archive-date = May 10, 2010 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="football 3">{{cite news | url = http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideSports.htm?f=2010/february/4/sports4.isx&d=2010/february/4 | title = La Salle eyes football field at Rizal arena | author = Peter Atencio | date = February 14, 2010 | newspaper = Manila Standard Today | access-date = May 16, 2011 | archive-date = February 6, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100206022812/http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideSports.htm?f=2010/february/4/sports4.isx&d=2010/february/4 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

The campus will also open the following facilities as part of its ongoing development: *'''St. Mutien-Marie Wiaux Hall''', a 10-story building behind Miguel Hall that broke ground on July 6, 2023, and topped off on July 29, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/give/infrastructure-and-facilities/|title=Infrastructure and Facilities|website=De La Salle University|date=July 11, 2023}}</ref> It will house art and music facilities, collaboration areas, and more classrooms and offices.<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=The LaSallian |user=TheLaSallian |number=1678643383470813184 |title=UNIVERSITY: A groundbreaking ceremony commenced the first phase of construction for St. Mutien Marie Hall last July 6. The four-story building will include several classrooms, offices, and communication laboratories. Photo Credits: De La Salle University|access-date=July 11, 2023|date=July 11, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|author=The LaSallian |user=TheLaSallian |number=1578307707043426305 |date=October 7, 2022 |title=JUST IN: The new Mutien Marie Hall, a 10-story building, will be erected where the Mutien Marie building and Eco/Solar Car shed are currently situated along Agno St. Construction is set to begin on October 21. |access-date=July 11, 2023 }}</ref> Expected to be complete by January 2025,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/la-salle-holds-topping-off-ceremony-to-mark-st-mutien-marie-hall-phase-1-completion/|title=La Salle holds topping-off ceremony to mark St. Mutien Marie Hall Phase 1 completion|date=July 31, 2024|accessdate=August 23, 2024|website=De La Salle University}}</ref> it would replace its previous incarnation, which was demolished alongside the adjacent Eco/Solar Car shed. The old building was also where the university's Harlequin Theatre Guild annually stages their "Haunted Hall" production due to its reputation for its ghostly rumors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelasallian.com/2018/11/02/overnight-at-dlsu-defer-part-two/|title=Overnight at DLSU: Defer – Part Two|work=The LaSallian|date=November 2, 2018|first1=Ramon|last1=Castañeda|first2=Kaycee|last2=Valmonte|first3=Frank|last3=Santiago|display-authors=2|access-date=December 30, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thelasallian.com/2016/06/27/writers-recap-haunted-hall-vii-break-a-leg/|first=Adrienne|last=Tan|title=Writer's Recap – Haunted Hall VII: Break a leg!|access-date=December 30, 2021|work=The LaSallian|date=June 27, 2016}}</ref>

The DLSU–Manila campus, which is relatively small in size for its large student population, suffers from limited space. According to ''The LaSallian'', each student had only {{convert|7.1|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} for himself in 2009.<ref name="congested"/> Crowding is expected to only get worse. It has also expressed concerns regarding fire safety, citing possible evacuation difficulties should a fire occur at the Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall, and accessibility issues for fire trucks, given the lack of wide roads to major buildings. At least three fires have occurred in the campus, including two at St. Joseph Hall.<ref name="conflagration">{{cite news | url = http://thelasallian.com/2010/11/21/i-don’t-want-to-die/ | title = I don't want to die | author=Audrey Virgula | date = November 21, 2010 | access-date = May 17, 2011 | newspaper=The LaSallian | location = Manila}}</ref> To address the problem of limited space, DLSU has resolved to vertical expansion. However, this has resulted in overcrowded elevators.<ref name="congested"/>

===Laguna=== {{For|its predecessor|De La Salle Canlubang}}

The Laguna campus, also known as the Leandro V. Locsin Campus, has been an extension of De La Salle University since 2012 and is located adjacent to Laguna Technopark in Biñan, Laguna, Philippines. The {{convert|50|ha|sp=us|adj=on}} campus was built on land donated by the family of the late National Artist for Architecture and De La Salle alumnus Leandro Locsin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.dlsu.edu.ph/laguna-campus/|title=Laguna Campus|publisher=De La Salle University|access-date=May 4, 2026}}</ref> It was originally known as De La Salle Canlubang (DLSC), a district school of De La Salle Philippines that provided science-and-technology-based primary, secondary, and tertiary education. In 2012, the administrations of DLSU and DLSC approved the integration of DLSC into DLSU, becoming the De La Salle University – Science & Technology Complex (DLSU–STC), and later renamed as the De La Salle University – Laguna Campus. By 2010, {{convert|6000|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} of the campus had been developed.<ref name="lasallian historic" /> The Laguna campus offered 18 undergraduate degree programs by 2017, as well as pre-school, primary, and secondary education at the DLSU Integrated School (DLSU IS).<ref>{{cite web |title=DLSU Laguna Campus offers 18 undergrad programs in AY 2017–2018 |date=July 24, 2017 |url=https://thelasallian.com/2017/07/24/dlsu-laguna-campus-offers-18-undergrad-programs-in-ay-2017-2018/ |publisher=The LaSallian |access-date=June 29, 2020}}</ref> Its college division is called the School of Innovation and Sustainability.<ref name="quick facts and figures">{{cite web|url=https://old.dlsu.edu.ph/inside/|title=Quick Facts and Figures|publisher=De La Salle University|access-date=May 4, 2026}}</ref>

In 2016, DLSU signed an agreement with Ubisoft to open a new studio in the Philippines and to offer two new undergraduate courses in game development, as well as entertainment and multimedia computing. The Laguna campus was selected as the site of the studio.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://cnnphilippines.com/lifestyle/2016/03/30/dlsu-la-salle-ubisoft-game-development-courses.html|title = La Salle and Ubisoft created these new courses|website = CNN Philippines|date = March 30, 2016|access-date = February 2, 2024|archive-date = October 3, 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231003090058/http://www.cnnphilippines.com/lifestyle/2016/03/30/dlsu-la-salle-ubisoft-game-development-courses.html|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.rappler.com/technology/144785-dlsu-ubisoft-game-development-track/ |title = DLSU-Ubisoft partnership spurs game development program|website= Rappler|date = August 31, 2016}}</ref> The studio opened two years later in 2018, and is the first AAA game studio in the country.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/life/07/30/18/look-ubisoft-opens-new-studio-in-laguna |title = LOOK: Ubisoft opens new studio in Laguna|website= ABS-CBN News|date = July 30, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://mb.com.ph/2018/09/11/ubisoft-philippines-expands-operations-with-new-studio-in-laguna/ |title = Ubisoft Philippines expands operations with new studio in Laguna|website= Manila Bulletin|date = September 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.rappler.com/technology/208597-ubisoft-philippines-new-studio-opening/ |title = WATCH: Ubisoft opens new PH studio|website= Rappler|date = August 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://unbox.ph/editorials/unlocking-tech/ubisoft-philippines-opens-game-studio-in-sta-rosa-laguna/ |title = Ubisoft Philippines Opens Game Studio in Sta. Rosa, Laguna|website= unbox.ph|date = July 30, 2018}}</ref> However, Ubisoft Philippines transferred its office to Bonifacio Global City in 2024 to address staffing challenges caused by its remote location.<ref name="ubisoft_bgc" />

In 2025, the campus was designated as a Knowledge, Innovation, Science, and Technology (KIST) Ecozone.<ref>{{cite PH act|chamber=PP|number=985, s. 2025|title=Creating and Designating a Parcel of Land, Located at De La Salle University Science and Technology Complex, Leandro V. Locsin Campus, Laguna Boulevard, Barangay Malamig, City of Biñan, Province of Laguna, as a Knowledge, Innovation, Science and Technology (KIST) Ecozone, Pursuant to Republic Act No. 7916, as Amended by Republic Act No. 8748|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2025/07/30/proclamation-no-985-s-2025/|date=July 30, 2025|accessdate=August 1, 2025}}</ref>

thumb|Bike lanes on Archbishop Harty Road at DLSU Laguna Campus The Laguna campus has inner roads named after notable Lasallian brothers and saints in the university's history. The facilities in the campus include:<ref name="lagunafacilities">{{cite web|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/laguna-campus/facilities/|title=Facilities|website=De La Salle University|access-date=November 17, 2021}}</ref><ref name="2024lagunaviewbook">{{cite web|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/pdf/laguna-campus/viewbook.pdf|title=De La Salle University Laguna Campus Undergraduate Viewbook for AY 2023-2024|website=De La Salle University|access-date=December 7, 2022}}</ref><ref name="lagunaroads">{{Cite tweet |author=The LaSallian |author-link=The LaSallian |user=TheLaSallian |number=1864241405054300164 |date=December 4, 2024 |title=UNIVERSITY: Nine roads in the Laguna Campus have been inaugurated with new road names dedicated to the Lasallian brothers and saints who contributed to the historical development of the University. |script-title= |trans-title= |language= |retweet= |location= |access-date=December 4, 2024 |link= |quote= |ref=}}</ref> *'''Milagros R. del Rosario Building''', the first building in the campus. The five-story building houses the campus's administrative offices, DLSU Integrated School's senior high school, computer and science laboratories, an auditorium, a library for senior high school and college levels, a media laboratory, a radio station booth, and three research facilities. The building was donated to the school by Ambassador Ramon V. del Rosario. Construction began in April 2002 and was completed in June 2003. It was designed by the firm L.V. Locsin and Partners. *'''Learning Center 1''' (LC1), home to DLSU Integrated School's pre-school, Kindergarten, and elementary (Grades 1 to 4) levels. It is also considered to be part of LC1, LC1 Annex, or more commonly Annex. *'''Integrated School Complex''', also known as Learning Center 2 (LC2), home to the DLSU Integrated School's Grades 5 to 10, as well as the Integrated School's library and administrative office since 2013. *'''One Mission Park''', a park between the Milagros R. del Rosario Building and Learning Commons 1 containing the statue of St. John Baptist de La Salle and the 100th anniversary logo of De La Salle University. *'''Residence Hall''', a two-story dormitory for senior high school and college students, and the first dormitory at the campus. *'''Kalye Berde''', an elevated park with the statue of Leandro Locsin. *'''Richard L. Lee Engineering Technology Block''', originally known as The Hangar, a three-story hub of the university's engineering program, inaugurated in February 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thelasallian.com/2019/01/19/richard-l-lee-engineering-and-technology-block-inaugurated//|title=Richard L. Lee Engineering and Technology Block inaugurated|first=Frank|last=Santiago|work=The LaSallian|date=January 19, 2019|access-date=November 18, 2021}}</ref> It houses the industry locators doing various R&D projects on campus, as well as Animo Labs and laboratories that will cater the College of Computer Studies. *'''George S.K. Ty Advanced Instrumentation Building''', originally known as the Clean Building, a four-story building completed in 2018 and inaugurated in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mbfoundation.org.ph/2019/04/16/dlsus-george-s-k-ty-advanced-instrumentation-building-formally-unveiled/|title=GT Foundation and DLSU Unveil George S.K. Ty Advanced Instrumentation Building|website=Metrobank Foundation|access-date=November 18, 2021|date=April 16, 2019}}</ref> It currently houses classrooms for the college level, as well as high-precision equipment for experiments and laboratory works. It is also home to research facilities, including the Central Instrumentation Facility (NMR Lab), Integrated Electron Microscopy Center, Biological Control Research Unit, and Imaging and Cell Culture Facility. *'''Teaching Laboratory Building''', also known as the Clean Building Extension, a five-story building situated next to George S.K. Ty Advanced Instrumentation Building.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thelasallian.com/2022/08/28/renovations-new-buildings-to-rise-as-dlsu-welcomes-f2f-return/|title=Renovations, new buildings to rise as DLSU welcomes F2F return|work=The LaSallian|first1=Jezah Mae|last1=Bagsit|first2=Dustin Albert|last2=Sy|date=August 28, 2022|accessdate=February 2, 2023}}</ref> The building was completed in 2023.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/dlsu-laguna-campus-holds-laboratory-building-topping-off-ceremony/|title=DLSU Laguna Campus holds Laboratory Building Topping Off Ceremony|website=De La Salle University|date=May 31, 2023|accessdate=October 3, 2023}}</ref> *'''John L. Gokongwei Jr. Innovation Center''', a three-story building launched in January 2019 that hosted the Philippine hub of Ubisoft from 2018 to 2024.<ref name="ubisoft_bgc">{{cite news|url=https://newsbytes.ph/2024/06/23/ubisoft-ph-relocates-office-to-bgc-from-laguna/|title=Ubisoft PH relocates office to BGC from Laguna|website=Newsbytes.ph|date=June 23, 2024|accessdate=August 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thelasallian.com/2019/01/12/john-gokongwei-jr-innovation-center-officially-launched/|title=John Gokongwei, Jr. Innovation Center officially launched|first=Frank|last=Santiago|work=The LaSallian|date=January 12, 2019}}</ref> *'''Santuario de La Salle''', the world's first Roman Catholic shrine dedicated to St. John Baptist de La Salle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/09/09/sanctuary-dedicated-to-saint-john-baptist-de-la-salle-to-soon-open-at-dlsu-laguna/|title=Sanctuary dedicated to Saint John Baptist de la Salle to open soon in DLSU Laguna|website=Manila Bulletin|date=September 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/09/11/news/regions/la-salle-sanctuary-to-rise-in-laguna/1858011|title=La Salle sanctuary to rise in Laguna|website=The Manila Times|date=September 11, 2022}}</ref> Originally named as Signum Fidei Chapel and Shrine of St. John Baptist de La Salle,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thelasallian.com/2014/11/18/more-work-to-be-done-at-dlsu-stc/|title=More work to be done at DLSU-STC|first1=Karol Josef|last1=Ruado|first2=Carina|last2=Cruz|date=November 18, 2014|work=The LaSallian|accessdate=February 2, 2023}}</ref> its groundbreaking was held on January 26, 2019, on the campus's former open parking,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/cornerstone-laid-for-planned-st-la-salle-shrine/|title=Cornerstone laid for planned St. La Salle Shrine|date=February 15, 2019|website=De La Salle University}}</ref> and it was opened on November 21, 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.plaridel.ph/index.php/2022/11/25/santuario-de-la-salle-pinasinayaan-na-sa-publiko/|title=Santuario de La Salle, pinasinayaan na sa publiko|language=tl|first=Franchelle Nicole|last=Borja|date=November 25, 2022|accessdate=December 7, 2022|publisher=Ang Pahayagang Plaridel}}</ref> A carillon tower is located southeast of the shrine. *'''Enrique K. Razon Jr. Hall''', a multidisciplinary center that houses the Enrique K. Razon Jr. Logistics Institute and learning spaces, including the "first bi-level digital learning commons". Inaugurated on December 6, 2024, it is named after La Salle Green Hills alumnus Enrique K. Razon.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/dlsu-marks-another-milestone-with-the-groundbreaking-of-the-enrique-k-razon-jr-hall/|title=DLSU marks another milestone with the groundbreaking of the Enrique K. Razon Jr. Hall|website=De La Salle University |date=August 8, 2023 |access-date= October 3, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |author=The LaSallian |author-link=The LaSallian |user=TheLaSallian |number=1865005247908974762 |date=December 6, 2024 |title=UNIVERSITY: The University has officially opened the Enrique K. Razon Jr. Hall at the Laguna Campus, a state-of-the-art facility that will house the Enrique K. Razon Logistics Institute, a department specializing in logistics research and training programs. |script-title= |trans-title= |language= |retweet= |location= |access-date=December 7, 2024 |link= |quote= |ref=}}</ref> *'''University Hall''', an academic building adjoining the Enrique K. Razon Hall, opened in 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://architizer.com/projects/dlsu-laguna-academic-building/|title=DLSU Laguna Academic Complex|website=Architizer|date=September 2, 2019 |accessdate=December 4, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/pdf/stratcom/2401/2025/2401V56N08.pdf|title=Laguna Campus opens University Hall|journal=2401|volume=56|issue=8|date=February 19, 2025|accessdate=August 1, 2025|publisher=Office for Strategic Communications}}</ref> *Sports facilities, such as: **The campus's '''Football Field and Track Oval''', an artificial football pitch and track and field oval. The football field, surrounded by an IAAF-standard track, measures {{convert|100|by|64|m|sp=us}} wide and is the second artificial pitch in Laguna after the Biñan Football Stadium.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/football/123021-dlsu-artificial-football-pitch-laguna/|title=DLSU installs artificial football pitch on Laguna campus |first=Bob|last=Guerrero|date=February 19, 2016|work=Rappler}}</ref> **'''St. Matthew Gymnasium''', a fully air-conditioned indoor sports facility that features open courts with a 504-seating capacity for university-wide activities and events, donated by DLSU alumnus Danilo Dimayuga. It was opened on September 21, 2022, coinciding with the feast day of its namesake, St. Matthew the Apostle.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2022/09/29/dlsu-inaugurates-st-matthew-gym/|title=DLSU inaugurates St. Matthew Gym|publisher=BusinessMirror|date=September 29, 2022|accessdate=September 29, 2022}}</ref> **'''DLSU Covered Court''', the original indoor court of the campus. **'''IS Football Field''', a soccer field near DLSU Integrated School buildings such as LC1 and LC2. **A semi-Olympic swimming pool, a beach volleyball court, and a baseball field near LC1 and LC2.

Courtyard Hall, a student dormitory managed by Arthaland Corporation on its property next to the DLSU Laguna Campus, is also considered part of the campus.<ref name="lagunacampusmap">{{cite web|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/laguna-campus/about/campus-map/|title=Campus Map|website=De La Salle University|accessdate=August 23, 2024}}</ref>

The campus will also open the following facility as part of its ongoing development:<ref name="lagunafacilities" /><ref name="2024lagunaviewbook" /><ref name="lagunacampusmap" /> *'''Evelyn D. Ang Hall''', a building that will house the Evelyn D. Ang Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Health Technologies (EDA-IBEHT). Groundbreaking was held on November 24, 2023.<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=The LaSallian |user=TheLaSallian |number=1727944556350718282 |title=UNIVERSITY: The groundbreaking ceremony for Evelyn D. Ang Hall in the Laguna Campus was held earlier today, November 24. The hall will house the Evelyn D. Ang Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Health Technologies (EDA-IBEHT). Photo Credits: DLSU Laguna Campus|access-date=November 25, 2023|date=November 24, 2023}}</ref> *'''University Pad''', a condominium, dormitory, and hotel developed by Summitleaf, Inc. Groundbreaking was held on December 6, 2024, and the facility is expected to be finished after 24 months.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/pdf/stratcom/2401/2024/2401V56N04.pdf|title=DLSU reinforces research, learning ecosystem on Laguna Campus|volume=56|number=4|date=November 2024|publisher=Office for Strategic Communications|journal=2401|accessdate=December 7, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |author=The LaSallian |author-link=The LaSallian |user=TheLaSallian |number=1864930796957761905 |date=December 6, 2024 |title=UNIVERSITY: The Laguna Campus held a groundblessing ceremony for the construction of UPad Residences, a 400-bed condormitel. This came after the signing of a build-operate-transfer agreement between the University and its developer last October. |script-title= |trans-title= |language= |retweet= |location= |access-date=December 7, 2024 |link= |quote= |ref=}}</ref>

===Rufino (Bonifacio Global City)=== The Rufino Campus is an extension of De La Salle University in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, that serves as the College of Law building.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rufino (BGC) Campus |url=https://old.dlsu.edu.ph/campuses/rufino/ |publisher=De La Salle University |access-date=May 4, 2026}}</ref> Donated by the Rufino family,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Yee|first=Jovic|date=February 18, 2017|title=DLSU inaugurates law campus in Bonifacio Global City|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/872850/dlsu-inaugurates-law-campus-in-bonifacio-global-city|access-date=December 17, 2021|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|language=en}}</ref> the campus consists of a seven-story green building that houses 17 classrooms, an auditorium, an arbitration room, and a moot court.<ref>{{cite web |title=DLSU inaugurates law campus in Bonifacio Global City |date=February 18, 2017 |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/872850/dlsu-inaugurates-law-campus-in-bonifacio-global-city |publisher=Inquirer |access-date=February 18, 2021}}</ref><ref name="rufino">{{cite web |title=DLSU inaugurates new campus in Bonifacio Global City |date=March 2017 |url=https://www.rappler.com/bulletin-board/162936-dlsu-bgc-campus/ |publisher=Rappler |access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref>

In September 2013, the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) awarded to DLSU the lease and development of a {{convert|1395|sqm|sp=us|adj=on}} institutional building on a slightly larger lot in Bonifacio Global City.<ref name="bgc">{{cite news | url = http://www.tribune.net.ph/index.php/metro-section/item/19362-bcda-awards-last-lot-in-bgc-institutional-area-to-dlsu | title = BCDA awards last lot in BGC institutional area to DLSU | date = September 22, 2013 | newspaper = The Daily Tribune | access-date = September 22, 2013 | archive-date = September 25, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130925123907/http://www.tribune.net.ph/index.php/metro-section/item/19362-bcda-awards-last-lot-in-bgc-institutional-area-to-dlsu | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="bgc 2">{{cite news | url = http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/09/21/13/dlsu-wins-bid-bonifacio-lot | title = DLSU wins bid for Bonifacio lot | date = September 21, 2013 | newspaper=ABS-CBN News | access-date = September 22, 2013}}</ref> DLSU signed a contract with the BCDA in October 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=DLSU COL set to move to BGC extension campus by 2015 |date=December 12, 2013 |url=https://thelasallian.com/2013/12/12/supreme-court-up-col-may-move-to-bgc-with-dlsu-col/ |publisher=The LaSallian |access-date=February 18, 2021}}</ref> It was inaugurated on February 18, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=DLSU inaugurates Rufino campus |url=https://thelasallian.com/2017/02/20/dlsu-inaugurates-rufino-campus/|first1=Kheem|last1=Gines|first2=Rebekah|last2=Navarro|date=February 20, 2017 |publisher=The LaSallian |access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref>

===Makati (RCBC)=== The Makati Extension Campus (MEC) is an extension campus of DLSU at the 5th floor of the Alfonso Yuchengco-owned RCBC Plaza in Makati City, Philippines.<ref>{{cite web |title=DLSU ties up anew with Yuchengco Group |url=https://www.philstar.com/business/business-as-usual/2001/06/18/83544/dlsu-ties-anew-yuchengco-group |publisher=The Philippine Star |date=June 18, 2001 |access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref> The campus primarily serves the university's graduate business students.<ref>{{cite web |title=Makati (RCBC) Campus |url=https://old.dlsu.edu.ph/campuses/makati/ |publisher=De La Salle University |access-date=May 4, 2026}}</ref>

===Lian=== {{See also|Br. Alfred Shields FSC Marine Biological Station}} The Lian campus, known as the De La Salle University – Br. Alfred Shields Ocean Research (SHORE) Center Marine Station (formerly the DLSU Marine Biological Station) is a research facility and an extension of DLSU on a {{convert|1|ha|sp=us|adj=on}} parcel of land in Sitio Matuod, Barangay Binubusan, Lian, Batangas. It is an academic facility of the College of Science for further class field activities, research and extension activities and as a base for teaching, research, and extension activities in coastal areas. The SHORE Center was established in May 2013 upon approval by Br. Ricardo Laguda, FSC, then president and chancellor of DLSU, to which the existing Marine Station would be attached. The SHORE Center is headquartered at Henry Sy Sr. Hall of the Manila campus.<ref>{{cite web |title=SHORE |url=https://old.dlsu.edu.ph/research/research-centers/shore/ |publisher=De La Salle University |access-date=May 4, 2026}}</ref>{{Clear}}

==Organization== {| class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin-left:1em; font-size:90%; line-height:1.4em; width:300px;" ! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;background-color:#00703C" | '''Directors''' |- | scope="col" width="150" | '''Name''' || '''Tenure of office''' |- | colspan="2" |<hr> |- | Blimond Pierre Eilenbecker || 1911–1912 |- | Goslin Camille Thomas || 1912–1915 |- | Acisclus Michael Naughter || 1915–1919 |- | Albinus Peter Graves || 1919–1921 |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;background-color:#00703C" | '''Presidents''' |- | scope="col" width="150" | '''Name''' || '''Tenure of office''' |- ! colspan="2" | <hr> |- | Albinus Peter Graves || 1921–1923 |- | Acisclus Michael Naughter || 1923–1927 |- | Celba John Lynam || 1927–1930 |- | Dorothy Joseph Brophy || 1930–1933 |- | Marcian James Cullen || 1933–1936 |- | Flannan Paul Gallagher || 1936 |- | Egbert Xavier Kelly || 1937–1945 |- | Lucian Athanasius Reinhart || 1945–1950 |- | ''Antony Ferdinand Kilbourn'' || 1946 (acting) |- | ''Andelino Manuel Castillo'' || 1950 (acting) |- | Hyacinth Gabriel Connon || 1950–1959 |- | Denis of Mary Ruhland || 1959–1961 |- | Crescentius Richard Duerr || 1961–1966 |- | Hyacinth Gabriel Connon || 1966–1978 |- | Andrew Gonzalez || 1978–1991 |- | Rafael Donato || 1991–1994 |- | Andrew Gonzalez || 1994–1998 |- | Rolando Ramos Dizon || 1998–2003 |- | Carmelita Quebengco || 2003–2004 |- | Armin Luistro || 2004–2010 |- | Narciso S. Erguiza Jr. || 2010–2012 |- | Ricardo Laguda || 2012–2015 |- | Raymundo B. Suplido || 2015–2021 |- | Bernard S. Oca || 2021–present | colspan="2" | <hr> |- | style="font-size:70%" | Notes || style="font-size:70%" | Names in ''italics'' were acting presidents. |- | colspan="2" | <hr> |- | style="font-size:70%" | Reference ||<ref name="presidents">{{cite web | url = https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/office/office-of-the-president/past-presidents/ | title = Past DLSU Presidents | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date= May 4, 2026}}</ref> |}

===Administration=== As a non-stock incorporated entity, DLSU is governed by an independent board of trustees.<ref name="non-stock">{{cite book | chapter-url = http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0009/000921/092199eo.pdf | title = Change from a semester to a trimester system at the De La Salle University, Philippines | author=Oscar Bautista | author2 = Victor Ordoñez | author3 = Bikas C. Sanyal | location = Paris | year = 1992 | publisher=International Institute for Educational Planning | editor = Joyce Collins | chapter = Chapter 1: Institutional background | page = 4 | access-date = May 19, 2011}}</ref><ref name="administration">{{Cite web | url = https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/administration/ | title = Officers and Administrators of the University | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date = May 4, 2026}}</ref> The DLSU Board of Trustees, currently chaired by Dr. Fortunato T. de la Peña, selects the DLSU president. As resolved by the board of trustees in June 2010, the president of De La Salle University must be a Lasallian Brother and be a holder of a PhD. Filipino citizenship is not a must but preferred. Prior to the university's move to its present location in 1921, the president was referred to as the director. The president and the Provost are assisted by four vice chancellors.<ref name="administration"/> Prior to the reorganization of DLSU in 2007, the chancellor was referred to as the executive vice president.<ref name="reorganization">{{cite journal | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/mco/publications/2401/20070528.pdf | title = DLSU–Manila opens SY 2007–2008 with new admin posts | page = 9 | journal = 2401 | access-date = May 18, 2011 | date = May 30, 2007 | volume = 39 | issue = 9 | location = Manila}}</ref> The president may concurrently be the chancellor of the university, as with former president and chancellor Br. Armin Luistro, FSC.<ref name="president selection">{{cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/announcements/default.asp?id=1437 | title = Search for a New President of De La Salle University | publisher=De La Salle University | author=Office of the President and Chancellor | date = July 1, 2010 | access-date = May 18, 2011}}</ref>

Since its establishment in 1911, De La Salle University has had 24 presidents (10 Filipinos, six Americans, six Irishmen, and two Frenchmen); Br. Bernard S. Oca, FSC is serving as the current president. His term started on August 1, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/content/795145/br-bernard-oca-named-new-dlsu-president/story/ |title=Br. Bernard Oca named new DLSU president |date=July 13, 2021 |publisher=GMA News |access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/14/br-bernard-oca-named-dlsu-president/ |title=Br. Bernard Oca named DLSU president | publisher=Manila Bulletin |date=July 14, 2021 |access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref> All of them, except Carmelita Quebengco, were male. Two of them had been appointed as secretaries of the Philippine Department of Education, including Br. Andrew Gonzalez, FSC (1998–2001)<ref name="gonzalez tribute">{{cite web | url = http://www.deped.gov.ph/e_posts.asp?id=438 | title = A Tribute to Secretary Andrew Gonzalez FSC Education Secretary, July 1998 – January 2001| publisher = Department of Education | access-date = May 18, 2011}}</ref> and Br. Armin Luistro, FSC (2010–2016).<ref name="luistro appointment">{{cite news |agency=CBCP News | url = https://www.scribd.com/doc/34040877/CBCP-Monitor-vol14-n14 | title = Religious brother appointed to state cabinet |first=Roy |last= Lagarde | page = A8 | newspaper=CBCP Monitor | date = July 18, 2010 | volume = 14 | issue = 14 | access-date = May 18, 2011 | location = Manila}}</ref> Meanwhile, Br. Rolando Ramos Dizon, FSC, also a former DLSU, University of St. La Salle and La Salle Green Hills president, had served as the chairman of Philippine Commission on Higher Education from 2003 to 2004.<ref name="president 2401p6">{{cite journal | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/mco/publications/2401/20100831.pdf | title = DLSU Presidents | access-date = May 18, 2011 | date = June 30, 2010 | journal=2401 | volume = 42 | issue = 7 | page = 6 | location = Manila}}</ref><ref name="CHED rolando">{{cite news | url = http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideMetro.htm?f=2010/july/12/metro3.isx&d=2010/july/12 | newspaper = Manila Standard Today | access-date = May 18, 2011 | date = July 12, 2010 | title = La Sallite heads Taguig university | author = Ferdinand Fabella }}{{Dead link|date=November 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> Brother Armin Luistro, FSC became the first Superior-General of the De La Salle Brothers worldwide on May 18, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/05/18/22/armin-luistro-is-new-head-of-de-la-salle-brothers |title=Former PH education chief Luistro is new superior general of De La Salle Brothers |first=Jaehwa |last=Bernardo |website=ABS-CBN News |date=May 18, 2022 |access-date=May 18, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2022/05/26/2183772/br-armin-luistro-fsc-superior-general/ |title=Br. Armin Luistro FSC, Superior General |first=Elfren S. |last=Cruz |website=The Philippine Star |date=May 26, 2022 |access-date=May 26, 2022}}</ref>

===Affiliations=== De La Salle University is the oldest member of De La Salle Philippines, a network of 16 Lasallian institutions established in 2006. DLSP is the successor of the De La Salle University System, a similar organization.<ref name="DLSP history"/> De La Salle Philippines is a member of an international, worldwide network of Lasallian educational institutions. Presently, the Lasallian order consists of over 3,000 Christian Brothers, who together with 90,000 teachers and Lay associates help run and manage over 1,100 educational institutions established globally in 80 countries with over a million students worldwide.<ref name="lasalle global">{{Cite web |title=The International Lasallian Mission |url=https://www.lasalle.org/en/the-international-lasallian-mission/ |access-date=June 27, 2021 |website=La Salle.org}}</ref>

De La Salle University is also a member of several notable international university associations such as the ASEAN University Network, Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia, Association of Southeast and East Asian Catholic Colleges and Universities, Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning, International Association of Lasallian Universities, International Association of Universities, International Federation of Catholic Universities, United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia and University Cooperation for Internationalisation.<ref name="linkages"/><ref name="linkages 2"/> The university is also a member of local organizations, including the Philippine Association for Technological Education<ref name="PATE">{{Cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/inside/organizations/pate/member_sch.html | title = Member schools | publisher=Philippine Association for Technical Education | access-date = May 14, 2011}}</ref> and the South Manila Inter-Institutional Consortium.<ref name="centennial 1970"/> {{Clear}}

==Academics== thumb|left|The facade of the Faculty Center (formerly the DLSU Library) built in 1985<ref name="DLSU library">{{cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/library/history.asp | title = Library History | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date = May 21, 2011}}</ref>

De La Salle University offers over a hundred undergraduate and graduate degree programs through its seven colleges and one school.<ref name="degree programs">{{cite web |title=Degree Programs |url=https://old.dlsu.edu.ph/admissions/undergraduate/degree-programs/ |access-date=January 23, 2021 |publisher=De La Salle University}}</ref> It also offers a degree in mechatronics and robotics, one of the first to offer such in the Philippines.<ref name="robotics">{{cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/academics/colleges/coe/mem/mre.asp | title = BS MEM Specialization in Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering (MEM-MRE) | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date = May 23, 2011}}</ref> {{As of|2022}}, DLSU operates 15 research centers and institutes.<ref name="quick facts and figures"/>

DLSU received 23,495 undergraduate freshman applications in 2010, and 3,428 of them were admitted. In the same year, it had 11,413 undergraduate and 3,366 graduate students, making a total of 14,779, with 704 of these being non-Filipino. Fifty-three percent of the undergraduate students were male while 59 of the graduate students were female.<ref name="undergrad2">{{cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/facts_and_figures/dlsu-students-ug-enrollment.asp | title = Undergraduate Students | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date = May 14, 2011}}</ref><ref name="grad2">{{Cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/facts_and_figures/dlsu-students-gs-enrollment.asp | title = Graduate Students | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date = May 14, 2011}}</ref> Eighty-five percent of its students come from Metro Manila while almost all reside near the university. In 2011, it had an average of 990 faculty members for the academic year. Sixty-nine percent of them held doctorate degrees, while 28 had master's degrees.<ref name="viewbook faculty">{{Cite book | chapter-url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/mco/publications/viewbook/viewbook.pdf | title = De La Salle University Undergraduate Viewbook | publisher=De La Salle University | year = 2011 | page = 12 | location = Manila | access-date = May 19, 2011 | chapter = Faculty}}</ref> In Academic Year 2021–22, the university had 1,500 faculty members. It also received 19,488 undergraduate freshman applications and 7,397 were enrolled. DLSU also had 18,821 undergraduate and 4,289 graduate students for a total student population of 23,110.<ref name="quick facts and figures"/>

The College of Liberal Arts and the College of Business, both established in 1918 and 1920 respectively, are the oldest degree-granting units of the university. The College of Liberal Arts was originally established as the College of Arts and Sciences. In 1982, the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics separated from the Liberal Arts department to formally establish the College of Science as a distinct unit in the university. The College of Business was originally known as the College of Commerce,<ref name="centennial 1920"/> and later reorganized as the College of Business and Economics until 2010.<ref name="SOE">{{cite news |last1=Koc |first1=Ameurfina |title=DLSU establishes College of Business and School of Economics |url=https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/8272/ | location = Manila | publisher=De La Salle University |work=Faculty Research Work | volume = 41 | issue = 16 |id=2401 |date=1 February 2009 |page=3| access-date = May 19, 2011}}</ref> In 2011, the College of Business was inaugurated as the present-day Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business.

The Br. Andrew Gonzalez College of Education dates back to 1936 when De La Salle College was authorized to confer the degree of Master of Science in education. It was in 1959 when the college started to offer undergraduate degrees in education. The Gokongwei College of Engineering was established in 1947 after World War II, and the College of Computer Studies was created in 1981, the same year the university shifted to a trimestral academic calendar.<ref name="DLSU history"/>

The College of Law and the School of Economics, both established in 2010, are the newest units of the university. The College of Law was established by Founding Dean Chel Diokno.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelasallian.com/2019/07/22/nine-years-on-reviewing-dlsu-college-of-law/|title=Nine years on: Reviewing DLSU College of Law|work=The LaSallian|date=July 22, 2019}}</ref> It offers a Juris Doctor degree program with focus on environmental and human rights law.<ref name="college of law proposal">{{cite journal | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/mco/publications/2401/20080714.pdf | title = DLSU submits College of Law proposal to CHED | page = 3 | journal=2401 | date = July 14, 2008 | access-date = May 19, 2011 | volume = 40 | issue = 4 | location = Manila}}</ref> On February 26, 2022, it was renamed as the Tañada-Diokno College of Law.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/dlsu-names-college-of-law-after-lorenzo-tanada-pepe-diokno/|title=DLSU names College of Law after Tañada, Diokno|work=Rappler|date=February 26, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/02/26/dlsu-names-college-of-law-after-nationalists-tanada-diokno/|title=DLSU names College of Law after nationalists Tañada, Diokno|work=Manila Bulletin|date=February 26, 2022}}</ref> The School of Economics is the product of the reorganization of the now-defunct College of Business and Economics to create two separate entities in the university. The School of Economics formally separated from the College of Business in 2010.<ref name="SOE"/>

===Grading system=== {{see also|Academic grading in the Philippines}}

Academic performance is rated from 4.0 (excellent) to 0.0 (fail). Grades 4.0 to 1.0 are separated by increments of 0.5, while 0.0 is immediately after 1.0.<ref name="FAQ grading system">{{cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/help/faq/freshmen.asp | title = Freshmen | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date = May 20, 2011}}</ref> Students who attain a grade point average of 3.8, 3.6, 3.4 and 3.2 are awarded upon graduation summa cum laude, magna cum laude, cum laude and honorable mention, respectively.<ref name="graduation handbook">{{cite book | chapter-url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/mco/publications/student_handbook/SY0912/Section10.pdf | title = Student Handbook | chapter = Section 10: Graduation | publisher=De La Salle University | location = Manila | access-date = May 20, 2011 | page = 1 | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/mco/publications/student_handbook/SY0609/primer.pdf}}</ref> Graduation occurs every February, June and October.<ref name="graduation">{{cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/registrar/graduation/default.asp | title = Graduation | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date = May 20, 2011}}</ref>

===Tuition and financial aid=== De La Salle's tuition fee is one of the highest in the Philippines in terms of annual payment and may vary in different colleges within the university. As of Term 2, 2021, the price-per-unit for 6 colleges (RVR-COB, CLA, GCOE, SOE, COS, CCS) is {{Philippine peso|3,604.00|link=yes}} with the only exception being the Br. Andrew Gonzalez College of Education with {{Philippine peso|3,021.00}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=View Fees Table|url=https://enroll.dlsu.edu.ph/dlsu/view_fees_table|url-status=dead|website=De La Salle University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426133245/http://enroll.dlsu.edu.ph/dlsu/view_fees_table|archive-date=April 26, 2009|access-date=June 29, 2021}}</ref> Total cost of studies per year in DLSU may range from, on average, {{Philippine peso|205,000}} to {{Philippine peso|225,000}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moneymax.ph/personal-finance/articles/schools-metro-manila-highest-tuition|title=Schools with Highest Tuition Fee in the Philippines|publisher=Moneymax|date=June 13, 2024}}</ref>

DLSU offers multiple scholarship and financial aid programs in both the undergraduate and graduate levels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/admissions/scholarships/|title=Scholarships|website=De La Salle University|access-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref> High school valedictorians and salutatorians of all De La Salle Philippines schools are automatically exempted from paying fees under the Br. Andrew Gonzalez Academic Scholarship program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/admissions/scholarships/grants/br-andrew-gonzalez-academic-scholarship/|title=Br. Andrew Gonzalez Academic Scholarship|website=De La Salle University|access-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref> Also, dependents of military personnel who died or became incapacitated during duty enjoy similar benefits through PD 577.<ref name="PD 577">{{cite book | url = http://www.afpebso.org.ph/forms/pd%20577.pdf | title = Presidential Decree 577 | author = Ferdinand Marcos | date = November 11, 1974 | access-date = May 20, 2011 | publisher = Arellano Law Foundation | location = Manila | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110903101629/http://www.afpebso.org.ph/forms/pd%20577.pdf | archive-date = September 3, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Meanwhile, children of faculty and staff, university athletes and performing artists, and senior editors of DLSU student publications are provided tuition fee discounts. Further financial assistance may be provided to students with annual family incomes less than {{Philippine peso|500,000}} ({{US$|11,600}}).<ref name="conversion" /> Aside from these, the Top 100 of the De La Salle College Admission Test (DCAT) are given full scholarship under the Archer Achiever Scholarship program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/admissions/scholarships/grants/archer-achiever-scholarship/|title=Archer Achiever Scholarship|website=De La Salle University|access-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref>

===Reputation and rankings=== {{Infobox university rankings | QS_W = 654 | QS_W_year = 2026 | QS_W_ref = <ref name="qs rank">{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/de-la-salle-university|title=De La Salle University|website=Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)|publisher=Quacquarelli Symonds|access-date=July 8, 2025}}</ref> | THE_W = 1501+ | THE_W_year = 2026 | THE_W_ref = <ref name="the rank">{{cite web|title=De La Salle University|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/de-la-salle-university|website=Times Higher Education (THE) |date=April 26, 2024 |publisher=Times Higher Education|access-date=July 8, 2025}}</ref> | QS_N = 3 | QS_N_year = 2023 | QS_N_ref = <ref name="qs rank"/> | QS_Asia = 163 | QS_Asia_year = 2025 | QS_Asia_ref = <ref name="qs rank"/> | QS_W_Employability = 301–500 | QS_W_Employability_year = 2023 | QS_W_Employability_ref = <ref name="qs rank"/> | THE_Asia = 601–800 | THE_Asia_year = 2026 | THE_Asia_ref = <ref name="the rank"/> | THE_Emerging = 501+ | THE_Emerging_year = 2022 | THE_Emerging_ref = <ref name="the rank"/> }}

As of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranks DLSU 654th of its ''World University Rankings'' and 163rd on its ''Asian University Rankings''. DLSU has appeared on the QS rankings since 2005.<ref name="qs rank"/> Times Higher Education (THE) included De La Salle University in its 2019 edition of ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'' where DLSU was placed in the 801–1000 bracket, which also marked the university's first appearance in the rankings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2018/09/27/DLSU-UP-Times-Higher-Education-World-Rankings-2019.html|title=La Salle joins UP in THE World University Rankings 2019|date=September 27, 2018|website=CNN Philippines|access-date=September 27, 2018|archive-date=September 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930054407/http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2018/09/27/DLSU-UP-Times-Higher-Education-World-Rankings-2019.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/669233/dlsu-joins-up-in-times-world-university-rankings-2019/story/|title=DLSU joins UP in Times World University Rankings 2019|date=September 27, 2018|website=GMA News|access-date=September 27, 2018}}</ref> It joined the University of the Philippines as the only two universities in the Philippines to enter the list,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/09/27/18/la-salle-joins-up-in-the-world-university-rankings-2019|title=La Salle joins UP in THE World University Rankings 2019|date=September 27, 2018|website=ABS-CBN News|access-date=September 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/09/27/1855205/dlsu-joins-among-top-1000-universities-world|title=DLSU joins UP among top 1,000 universities in the world|date=September 27, 2018|website=The Philippine Star|access-date=September 27, 2018}}</ref> and was the only private university from the Philippines to be included at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@DLSUManila/dlsu-is-sole-phl-private-university-in-the-2019-the-world-university-rankings-73c71c20319c|title=DLSU is sole PHL private university in the 2019 THE World University Rankings|date=September 27, 2018|website=Medium.com|access-date=September 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thelasallian.com/2018/10/25/dlsu-lands-in-2019-the-world-ranking-rankings/|title=DLSU lands in 2019 THE World Rankings|date=October 25, 2018|website=The LaSallian|access-date=October 25, 2018}}</ref> De La Salle University also made its debut appearance on the ''Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings'' in 2019, where it was placed in the 251–300 bracket.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/229532-dlsu-up-asia-university-rankings-2019/|title=DLSU joins U.P. in latest Asia university rankings|date=May 5, 2019|website=Rappler|access-date=May 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2019/05/09/campus-press/dlsu-among-asias-top-universities/551445|title=DLSU among Asia's top universities|date=May 9, 2019|website=The Manila Times|access-date=May 9, 2019}}</ref> As of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, DLSU is placed in the 1501+ and 601–800 brackets, respectively.<ref name="the rank"/>

As of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, De La Salle University is ranked second in the Philippines by the ''Webometrics Ranking of World Universities'', after University of the Philippines Diliman and ahead of Ateneo de Manila University and University of Santo Tomas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://webometricsranking.com/country/philippines|title=Philippines Webometrics Ranking|website=Webometrics|access-date=April 24, 2026}}</ref> The university also ranks fourth in the list of top universities in the Philippines by the ''SCImago Institutions Rankings'' (SIR), after University of the Philippines Diliman, University of the Philippines Manila and University of Santo Tomas, and ahead of University of the Philippines Los Baños and Ateneo de Manila University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scimagoir.com/rankings.php?sector=Higher+educ.&country=PHL|title=19 ranked institutions|website=SCImago Institutions Rankings|access-date=April 24, 2026}}</ref> DLSU is also ranked second by ''EduRank'' in its list of 100 best universities in the Philippines, after University of the Philippines Diliman, and ahead of Ateneo de Manila University and University of Santo Tomas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edurank.org/geo/ph/|title=List of 100 best universities in the Philippines|website=EduRank|date=March 15, 2026 |access-date=March 15, 2026}}</ref> The university has yet to appear in any edition of the ''Academic Ranking of World Universities'' (ARWU).

In 2010, De La Salle University was identified by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as a Center of Excellence in seven disciplines (namely biology, chemistry, Filipino, information technology, literature, mathematics, physics), teacher education, and a Center of Development in the field of political science and engineering (namely chemical engineering, civil engineering, industrial engineering, electronics and communications engineering, computer engineering and mechanical engineering).<ref name="coe2">{{cite web | url=http://202.57.63.198/chedwww/index.php/eng/content/download/1125/6417/file/List_of_COEs-CODs_asof_04Oct2010.ods | title=List of Centers of Excellence and Centers of Development | publisher=Commission on Higher Education | access-date=May 14, 2011 | date=October 4, 2010 | archive-date=July 4, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704102451/http://202.57.63.198/chedwww/index.php/eng/content/download/1125/6417/file/List_of_COEs-CODs_asof_04Oct2010.ods | url-status=dead }}</ref>

It is the first of the only two institutions (the other being Ateneo de Manila University)<ref name="PAASCU Ateneo">{{cite web|url=http://www.paascu.org.ph/resources-dir8%20a-b%20ateneo%20de%20manila.htm |title=Ateneo de Manila University |publisher=Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities |access-date=May 20, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004064909/http://www.paascu.org.ph/resources-dir8%20a-b%20ateneo%20de%20manila.htm |archive-date=October 4, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="PAASCU Ateneo 2">{{cite web | url = http://www.acuca.net/2009/04/philippines-ate.html | title = Ateneo de Manila University | publisher = Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia | access-date = May 20, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110725083828/http://www.acuca.net/2009/04/philippines-ate.html | archive-date = July 25, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref> granted the highest-level accreditation (Level IV) by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU).<ref name="dlsp dlsu"/><ref name="PAASCU"/>

===Libraries and collections=== 200px|thumb|The 14-story Henry Sy Sr. Hall, the largest university library building in the Philippines, houses the Learning Commons since 2012<ref name="Learning Commons">{{cite web | url = http://librarynewsette.lasalle.ph/2013/02/learningcommons.html | title = De La Salle University Library, now The Learning Commons! | publisher=De La Salle University Library Newsette | access-date = February 2, 2013}}</ref> The college library was established in 1956 upon the merger of the high school and college libraries. It was located on the first two floors of St. Joseph Hall with a seating capacity of 100 persons and a collection of almost 10,000 books.<ref name="DLSU library"/> Its collection includes 21,218 titles and 33,741 volumes on language and literature as of 2008,<ref name="L and L">{{cite journal | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/library/newsette/200801.pdf | title = Assessment of the DLSU Library's Book Collection on Language and Literature | author=William S.A. Frias | pages = 1, 3 | date = January 2008 | volume = 39 | issue = 1 | access-date = May 21, 2011 | journal=De la Salle University Library Newsette | location = Manila}}</ref> 3,751 titles and 4,898 volumes on fine arts and music as of 2006,<ref name="F and M">{{cite journal | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/library/newsette/200704.pdf | title = Assessment of the DLSU Library's Book Collection on Language and Literature | author=Ana Maria B. Fresnido | pages = 1, 4–6 | date = April 2007 | volume = 38 | issue = 4 | access-date = May 21, 2011 | journal=De la Salle University Library Newsette | location = Manila}}</ref> and 17,999 titles and 26,526 volumes on philosophy and religion as of 2005.<ref name="P and R">{{cite journal | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/library/newsette/200603.pdf | title = World History, Philosophy and Religion Collections Assessed | pages = 1, 3 | date = March 2006 | volume = 37 | issue = 3 | access-date = May 21, 2011 | journal=De la Salle University Library Newsette | location = Manila}}</ref> A 2001 assessment places its number of periodicals at 14,362 titles.<ref name="journal assessment">{{Cite journal | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/library/newsette/20011112.pdf | title = Assessment of the DLSU Library Periodicals Collection | author=William S.A. Frias | page = 2 | access-date = May 21, 2011 | journal=De la Salle University Library Newsette | location = Manila | volume = 32 | issue = 11–12 | date = December 2001}}</ref> The De La Salle University Library, now called the Learning Commons, is presently housed in the 14-story Henry Sy Sr. Hall – the largest university library building in the Philippines. The Learning Commons occupies the 5th to the 13th floors. The Henry Sy Sr. Hall has almost four hectares of floor space.<ref name="Henry Sy 2"/><ref name="Henry Sy 3"/> Aside from the Learning Commons, DLSU also has satellite libraries such as the Br. Benedict Learning Resource Center, located on the 18th floor of Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall; the Business Library at Makati Campus; the Law Library at Rufino Campus; and three libraries for pre-school, Integrated School, and college levels, respectively, at Laguna Campus.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/library/satellite-libraries/#1526025622165-67f12344-28f8|title=Satellite Libraries|website=De La Salle University|accessdate=December 4, 2021}}</ref>

The University Archives grew from its early beginnings in 1973 as the College Archives to a major department/unit in 1989, occupying the fourth floor of the DLSU Library. It holds materials of historical significance to the university (many of which were lost during the Second World War), and acts as its "official memory".<ref name="DLSU archives">{{cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/library/archives/default.asp | title = University Archives | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date = May 21, 2011}}</ref> The Archives now holds not only the theses collection and the university records, but also the special collections (consisting of books as well as non-book materials, manuscripts and personal papers), faculty publications, De La Salle publications, LaSalliana collection, and museum artifacts among others. Its museum collection includes over 600 ceramic artifacts from Southeast Asia dating back as early as 200 BC, almost 400 specimens of rare Philippine banknotes and coins, and over 200 artworks.<ref name="numismatic">{{cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/library/archives/collections_memorabilia.asp | title = Memorabilia, Artwork, and Museum Collections | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date = May 21, 2011}}</ref> In addition, it has 298 volumes of film scripts, 766 audio tapes, 66 videotapes, 1,205 volumes on health and nutrition, and 1,050 books and journals on neurology and related disciplines, among others. Several of these collections are donations previously owned by various notable Lasallites, including lawyer and Senator José W. Diokno, Don Francisco Ortigas Jr., José Javier Reyes, and Senator Lorenzo Tañada.<ref name="archive acquisitions">{{cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/library/archives/collections_special.asp | title = Lasalliana and Other Special Collections | access-date = May 21, 2011 | publisher=De La Salle University}}</ref>

The Museum is the university's collection of Philippine modern art donated by the heirs of Doreen Fernandez, a food critic. The collection comprises more than 400<ref name="works by nat art">{{cite web | url = http://www.rectoarchitects.com/design.php?go=news&show=4 | title = De La Salle Museum taps Architect Philip Recto | publisher=Philip H. Recto Architects | access-date = May 21, 2011}}</ref> works by several artists, including ten National Artists of the Philippines (namely Fernando Amorsolo, Benedicto Cabrera, Botong Francisco, José T. Joya, Ang Kiukok, Cesar Legaspi, Arturo R. Luz, Vicente Manansala, Jeremias Elizalde Navarro and Hernando R. Ocampo).<ref name="the museum">{{cite web | url = http://themuseum.dlsu.edu.ph/about/ | title = About The Museum | publisher = De La Salle University | access-date = May 21, 2011 | archive-date = August 7, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110807195708/http://themuseum.dlsu.edu.ph/about/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Research== The De La Salle University Science Foundation serves as DLSU's repository of research funding, providing research grants to faculty and scholarship grants to students.<ref name="research 1">{{cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/affiliates/sfi/ | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date = May 21, 2011 | title = De La Salle University Science Foundation, Inc.}}</ref> Registered in April 1998,<ref name="DLSU foundation date">{{Cite web | url = http://www.pcnc.com.ph/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=details&fabrik=10&rowid=131&tmpl=component&layout=summary | title = De La Salle University Science Foundation, Inc. | publisher=Philippine Council for NGO Certification | access-date = May 21, 2011}}</ref> its total assets were worth over {{Philippine peso|8.5 billion}} (US$197 million)<ref name="conversion"/> in 2008.<ref name="president foreword">{{Cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/affiliates/sfi/foreword.asp | title = De La Salle University Science Foundation, Inc. | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date = May 21, 2011 | author=Rene R. Fuentes}}</ref> 120 (20 percent) of DLSU faculty had been involved in 80<ref name="eighty">{{cite journal | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/mco/publications/2401/20090413.pdf | access-date = May 22, 2011 | location = Manila | journal=2401 | volume = 40 | issue = 21 | date = April 13, 2009 | page = 12 | title = URCO holds annual tribute to faculty researchers}}</ref> research projects between March 2008 and February 2009. 39 (12 percent) of its faculty had their research published in ISI-listed journals in 2008.<ref name="research faculty">{{cite journal | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/mco/publications/2401/20090413.pdf | title = Affirming our commitment to knowledge construction | access-date = May 21, 2011 | location = Manila | journal=2401 | author=Br. Armin Luistro FSC | pages = 5–8 | date = April 13, 2009 | volume = 40 | issue = 21}}</ref>

Since 2000, DLSU has been the Commission on Higher Education Zonal Research Center for the 59 colleges and universities located in Las Piñas, Makati, Manila, Muntinlupa, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, Pateros, Taguig and San Juan.<ref name="CHED ZRC">{{cite web | url = http://ched-zrc.dlsu.edu.ph/about/ | title = The Zonal Research Center | publisher = Commission on Higher Education Zonal Research Center NCR Group 1 | access-date = May 21, 2011 | archive-date = July 20, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110720164514/http://ched-zrc.dlsu.edu.ph/about/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> Its functions include evaluation of research proposals for recommendation for CHED funding and monitoring of CHED-funded researches, among others.<ref name="ZRC charter">{{cite book | url = http://202.57.63.198/chedwww/index.php/eng/content/download/1417/7659/file/CMO%2008%20S.%202000.pdf | publisher = Commission on Higher Education | title = CHED Memorandum Order No. 3 Series of 2000 | location = Pasig | access-date = May 21, 2011 | date = March 13, 2000 | author = Ester A. Garcia | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110809105319/http://202.57.63.198/chedwww/index.php/eng/content/download/1417/7659/file/CMO%2008%20S.%202000.pdf | archive-date = August 9, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

The College of Computer Studies Center for Empathic Human-Computer Interactions specializes in affective computing, a study that seeks to create machines capable of reacting to human emotions. The center is funded by the Philippine Department of Science and Technology.<ref name="empathic">{{cite web | url = http://cehci.dlsu.edu.ph/aboutus | title = About Us | access-date = May 23, 2011 | publisher = De La Salle University Center for Empathic Human-Computer Interactions | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110813081028/http://cehci.dlsu.edu.ph/aboutus | archive-date = August 13, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Emotion recognition (including laughter recognition), behavior prediction and the influence of music to emotion are among the center's research, many of which are in collaboration with Osaka University.<ref name="emotion">{{cite web | url = http://cehci.dlsu.edu.ph/node/178 | title = Publications and presentations | access-date = May 23, 2011 | publisher = De La Salle University Center for Empathic Human-Computer Interactions | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100829020923/http://cehci.dlsu.edu.ph/node/178 | archive-date = August 29, 2010 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="emotion 2">{{cite web | url = http://www.dyn.ap.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/web/OU-DLSU_Parallel_session_program.pdf | title = Parallel Paper Presentation Schedule | date = September 30, 2010 | access-date = May 23, 2011 | publisher = Osaka University School of Engineering | pages = 1–4 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120324110816/http://www.dyn.ap.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/web/OU-DLSU_Parallel_session_program.pdf | archive-date = March 24, 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The center, also in collaboration with Osaka, is the first one that constructed an empathic computing space in the Philippines.<ref name="osaka empathic">{{cite journal | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/mco/publications/2401/20091201.pdf | title = CCS demonstrates first RP's empathic computing space | page = 3 | journal=2401 | location = Manila | date = December 1, 2009 | access-date = May 23, 2011 | volume = 41 | issue = 13}}</ref>

The Center for Micro-Hydro Technology for Rural Electrification of the College of Engineering, established in 2002 through Japan International Cooperation Agency funds,<ref name="JICA">{{Cite journal | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/mco/publications/newsletter/volume34/no46/default.asp | title =COE, JICA form partnership through rural electrification project | journal=DLSU Newsletter | location = Manila | volume = 34 | issue = 46 | date = April 14, 2003 | access-date = May 23, 2011}}</ref> is engaged in designing micro hydro generators.<ref name="centennial 2000">{{cite web | url = http://centennial.dlsu.edu.ph/celebration/history/2000.html | title = History: 2000 | publisher = De La Salle University | access-date = May 23, 2011 | archive-date = August 9, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110809033731/http://centennial.dlsu.edu.ph/celebration/history/2000.html | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="report hydro">{{cite book | chapter-url = http://recap.apctt.org/Countries/PDF/Philippines_CountryReport.pdf | title = Energy and Environment Report: A focus on renewable energy research and development in the Philippines | author=Alvin Culaba | publisher=Asia and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology | chapter = Chapter 6: Governance and resource issue in the Philippine R & D | page = 54 | access-date = May 23, 2011}}</ref> The center, in coordination with the Philippine Department of Energy, has been involved in the electrification of remote areas using micro hydro installations.<ref name="abra">{{cite journal | url = http://www.jica.go.jp/philippine/english/office/others/pdf/news09.pdf | title = Center for Micro-Hydro Technology for Rural Electrification" (CeMTRE) | volume = 9 | journal = NGO–JICA Japan Desk Newsletter | date = November 2005 | access-date = May 23, 2011 | pages = 1–2 | location = Makati | archive-date = March 22, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120322163020/http://www.jica.go.jp/philippine/english/office/others/pdf/news09.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>

thumb|SINAG, the first Philippine solar car

Both of the only two solar cars, SINAG (Tagalog for light beam)<ref name="light beam">{{Cite book | title = Tagalog – English Dictionary | author=Leo James English | publisher=Cacho Hermanos | year = 1987 | location = Mandaluyong | isbn = 971-08-4357-5 | page = 1238 | edition = 2nd}}</ref> and SIKAT (brilliance),<ref name="brilliance">{{Cite book | title = Tagalog – English Dictionary | author=Leo James English | publisher=Cacho Hermanos | year = 1987 | location = Mandaluyong | isbn = 971-08-4357-5 | page = 1221 | edition = 2nd}}</ref> of the Philippines were made by DLSU engineering faculty and students. SINAG participated in the 2007 World Solar Challenge, and finished 12th among 40 entries.<ref name="sinag">{{cite web | url = http://sinag.dlsu.edu.ph/ | title = SINAG Finishes World Solar Challenge with a Day to Spare | date = September 27, 2007 | access-date = May 23, 2011 | publisher = De La Salle University | archive-date = February 10, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080210032211/http://sinag.dlsu.edu.ph/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> SIKAT (which has more advanced solar cells, a more aerodynamic body, and 100 kg less weight) will participate in the 2011 competition.<ref name="mb sikat">{{Cite news | url = http://mb.com.ph/articles/238309/sleeker-solar-car-launches-rp-tour | title = Sleeker solar car launches RP tour | newspaper = Manila Bulletin | date = January 13, 2010 | access-date = May 23, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110609055204/http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/238309/sleeker-solar-car-launches-rp-tour | archive-date = June 9, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="SIKAT">{{Cite journal | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/mco/publications/2401/20100118.pdf | journal=2401 | location = Manila | access-date = May 23, 2011 | page = 3 | title = New solar car kicks off nationwide tour | volume = 41 | issue = 15 | date = January 18, 2010}}</ref> The project is funded by several private companies, including Ford Philippines, Pilipinas Shell, Philippine Airlines and San Miguel Corporation.<ref name="sikat funds">{{cite web | url = http://sinag.dlsu.edu.ph/project/ | title = The SINAG Project | publisher = De La Salle University | access-date = May 23, 2011 | archive-date = July 14, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110714171615/http://sinag.dlsu.edu.ph/project/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

The College of Engineering is among the 18 "National Research Institutions" of the Asian Regional Research Programme on Environmental Technology,<ref name="NRI">{{cite web | url = http://www.arrpet.ait.ac.th/nricountry.html | title = NRIs by country | publisher=Asian Regional Research Programme on Environmental Technology | access-date = May 23, 2011}}</ref> a project funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and coordinated by the Asian Institute of Technology that seeks to assess environmental degradation in Asia.<ref name="ARRPET">{{cite web | url = http://www.arrpet.ait.ac.th/index.html | title = Official website | publisher=Asian Regional Research Programme on Environmental Technology II | access-date = May 23, 2011}}</ref> The college has also conducted research on biodiesel from the pili nut and winged bean,<ref name="biodiesel">{{cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/research/abstracts/0708/coe.asp | title = College of Engineering | access-date = May 23, 2011 | publisher=De La Salle University}}</ref> and sustainable technology.<ref name="sust">{{Cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/research/centers/cesdr/strg.asp | title = Sustainable Technologies Research Group | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date = May 23, 2011}}</ref>

In 2020, the university's I-Nano facility initiated a project on developing a Thermal Mechanical Garment (outer layer of a space suit) made from Abaca fiber. This is officially funded by the DOST and to be collaborated alongside the Technological University of the Philippines, FEATI University, Philippine Nuclear Research Institute, and the Philippine Textile Research Institute.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/02/13/dlsus-i-nano-facility-embarks-on-dosts-spacesuit-project/|title=DLSU's I-Nano facility embarks on DOST's spacesuit project|date=February 13, 2020|website=BusinessMirror|language=en-US|access-date=February 13, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/tech/dlsu-developing-spacesuit-made-with-abaca-fiber-a00293-20200222|title=DLSU Developing Spacesuit Made With Abaca Fiber|date=February 22, 2020|website=Esquire|language=en-US|access-date=February 22, 2020}}</ref> In the same year, the university also won {{GBP|200,000|link=yes}} ({{Philippine Peso|13.2 million}}) from the Newton Fund of the UK government for its research on the conversion of wastewater into nutrient-rich fertilizer for farming improvement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/science/250520-de-la-salle-university-scientist-team-wins-newton-agham-prize-2019-fertilizer-research/|title=La Salle scientist and team win P13-M Newton Prize for fertilizer research|date=January 30, 2020|website=Rappler|access-date=January 30, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/tech/dlsu-wins-13-million-on-wastewater-research-a00293-20200220|title=DLSU Wins P13 Million for Research on Turning Toilet Sludge Into Fertilizer|date=February 20, 2020|website=Esquire|access-date=February 20, 2020}}</ref>

Based on Scopus-indexed papers, De La Salle University was named the country's most productive research university in March 2020. In 2019, DLSU published over 600 Scopus-indexed publications, the most by any Philippine institution in a single calendar year. DLSU's publications account for almost 15% of the nation's research output.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/03/05/dlsu-is-most-productive-philippine-university-in-research/|title=DLSU is most productive Philippine university in research|date=March 5, 2020|website=Business Mirror|access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/politics/news/dlsu-is-the-philippines-biggest-research-powerhouse-a00293-20200308|title=DLSU Is One of the Philippines' Biggest Research Powerhouses|date=March 8, 2020|website=Esquire|access-date=March 8, 2020}}</ref> DLSU had 4,113 indexed publications in the database by June 2020, which was the second-highest number among Philippine higher education institutions (HEIs). According to Scopus's most recent citation database, DLSU's 2019 statistics were 729, keeping it as the country's top research institution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/06/11/campus-press/dlsu-leads-ph-research-productivity-in-2019/731015/|title=DLSU leads PH research productivity in 2019|date=June 11, 2020|website=The Manila Times|access-date=June 11, 2020}}</ref>

In September 2024, a student from the university won the 2024 James Dyson Award in the Philippines for his underground monitoring system that provides real-time video feeds of the Earth's subsurface.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/scitech/content/920068/3-inventions-of-dlsu-msu-iit-students-advance-to-global-round-of-james-dyson-award-2024/story/|title=3 inventions of DLSU, MSU-IIT students advance to global round of James Dyson Award 2024|date=September 11, 2024|website=GMA News|access-date=September 11, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/09/12/campus-press/dlsu-student-wins-2024-james-dyson-award/1970868|title=DLSU student wins 2024 James Dyson Award|date=September 12, 2024|website=The Manila Times|access-date=September 12, 2024}}</ref> In September 2025, three of the university's professors were included in Research.com's list of World's Best Scientists 2025 in their respective fields.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/cbb/content/957966/dlsu-profs-among-world-s-top-scientists/story/|title=DLSU profs among world's top scientists|date=September 4, 2025|website=GMA News|access-date=September 4, 2025}}</ref>

==Student life== thumb|Br. Connon Hall, location of the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs<ref name="DSA">{{cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/sps/ | title = Office of the Dean of Student Affairs | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date = May 24, 2011}}</ref>

As of 2010, the Council of Student Organizations, a union of DLSU-accredited student organizations, had 39 members.<ref>{{cite news|title=CSO miscalculates accreditation grades of student orgs|work=The LaSallian|publisher=Sandi Suplido|date=December 30, 2010}}</ref> Founded in 1974, the council oversees implementation of university-wide activities, such as annual freshmen welcoming.<ref name="council">{{cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/students/cso/studentorgs.pdf | title = Council of Student Organizations | access-date = May 24, 2011 | publisher=De La Salle University}}</ref>

''The LaSallian'' (first published in 1960)<ref name="centennial 1960"/> and ''Ang Pahayagang Plaridel'' (Tagalog for ''The Plaridel Newspaper'';<ref name="plaridel def">{{cite book | page = 966 | publisher=Cacho Hermanos | author=Leo James English | edition = 2nd | year = 2007 | title = Tagalog–English Dictionary}}</ref> first published in 1984)<ref name="centennial 1980"/> are the official student newspapers of the university. The two, written in English and Filipino respectively, are among the four periodicals managed by the Student Media Office.<ref name="publications">{{cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/sps/spo/publications.asp | title = Student Publications | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date = May 24, 2011}}</ref> Other student media groups managed by the Student Media Office include the ''Malate Literary Folio'', ''Green & White'', ''Green Giant FM'', and ''Archers Network''.

thumb|200px|The De La Salle University Chorale in 2010|right

===Performing arts=== The De La Salle University Chorale is "the premiere chorale group in the university."<ref name="music">{{cite book | chapter-url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/sps/cao/manual/cao_manual_1011.pdf | page = 5 | title = Operations manual AY 2010–2011 | publisher=De La Salle University Cultural Arts Office | access-date = May 24, 2011 | year = 2010 | location = Manila | chapter = Section 1.3.6: Performing arts groups}}</ref> Since its establishment in 1987,<ref name="centennial 1980"/> it has won several awards from different international choir competitions, including the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in 1992 and 2010 for the chamber and folk music,<ref name="llangolen">{{cite web | url = http://www.dfa.gov.ph/main/index.php/news-from-rp-embassies/1573-rp-choirs-shine-in-uk-competition-ust-singers-win-choir-of-the-world-award | title = RP Choirs Shine in UK Competition – UST Singers Win "Choir of the World" Award | author = Public Information Service Unit | date = July 16, 2010 | publisher = Department of Foreign Affairs | access-date = May 24, 2011 | archive-date = September 29, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110929134819/http://www.dfa.gov.ph/main/index.php/news-from-rp-embassies/1573-rp-choirs-shine-in-uk-competition-ust-singers-win-choir-of-the-world-award | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="llangolen 2">{{cite web | url = http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/07/09/10/dlsu-chorale-serenades-pinoys-london | title = DLSU Chorale serenades Pinoys in London | publisher=ABS–CBN Europe News Bureau | first=Rose|last= Eclarinal | access-date = May 24, 2011 | date = July 9, 2010}}</ref> and the grand prize in the Tampere Vocal Music Festival in 1995,<ref name="tampere">{{Cite web | url = http://www.tampere.fi/musicfestivals/arkisto/vocal2009/en/chorusreview.php?page=history | title = History | publisher=Tampere Music Festivals | access-date = May 24, 2011}}</ref> among others.<ref name="llangolen 3">{{Cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/announcements/default.asp?id=1530 | title = [DSA] DLSU Chorale garnered awards during their European Tour | publisher=De La Salle University | author=Dean of Student Affairs | access-date = May 24, 2011 | date = July 29, 2010}}</ref><ref name="llangolen 4">{{Cite web | url = http://www.philembassy-uk.org/leafletdlsuchorale3%5B1%5D.pdf | title = De La Salle University Chorale In Concert | publisher=Philippine Embassy to the United Kingdom}}</ref>

The La Salle Dance Company – Street is the first champion of the UAAP Street Dance Competition, an annual event organized by the University Athletic Association of the Philippines since it was first introduced in the second semester of UAAP Season 73 in 2011.<ref name="UAAP2">{{cite news | url = http://www.mb.com.ph/node/310972/ | title = LSDC-Street: The La Salle kind of dance | newspaper=Manila Bulletin | first=Angel|last=Bombarda | date = March 23, 2011 | access-date = May 24, 2011}}</ref><ref name="dance 2">{{cite web | url = http://www.uaapsports.com/NEWSANDFEATURES.aspx?id=153 | title = La Salle wins UAAP street dance tilt | first = Anthony | last = Divinagracia | date = March 13, 2011 | publisher = University Athletic Association of the Philippines | access-date = May 24, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> They have won the most number of titles in the seniors' division of the UAAP Street Dance Competition with four championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/uaap/226499-street-dance-results-la-salle-reclaims-crown-march-23-2019/|title=La Salle reclaims UAAP street dance crown|date=March 23, 2019|website=Rappler|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/03/23/19/la-salle-wins-record-4th-uaap-streetdance-crown|title=La Salle wins record 4th UAAP streetdance crown|date=March 23, 2019|website=ABS-CBN News|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref> They also represent the country as frequent finalists in the World Hip Hop Dance Championships. Other groups in the company specialize in contemporary and folk.<ref name="dance">{{cite book | chapter-url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/sps/cao/manual/cao_manual_1011.pdf | pages = 4–5 | title = Operations manual AY 2010–2011 | publisher=De La Salle University Cultural Arts Office | access-date = May 24, 2011 | year = 2010 | location = Manila | chapter = Section 1.3.6: Performing arts groups}}</ref>

Established around 1966, the Harlequin Theatre Guild is the official theater organization of DLSU.<ref name="harlequin">{{cite web | url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/announcements/default.asp?id=380 | title = Harlequin Theatre Guild: Love Express | publisher=De La Salle University | access-date = May 24, 2011}}</ref> It has performed plays written by Palanca Awards laureates, including ''Unang Ulan ng Mayo'' (Tagalog for ''First Rainfall of May'') by John Iremil Teodoro, which was staged for the fourth time in December 2011 in line with the LGBT month of Metro Manila<ref name="mayo">{{cite web | url = http://www.pep.ph/guide/theater/2697//1/1 | title = "Unang Ulan ng Mayo" to be staged from October 9–11 | publisher = Philippine Entertainment Portal | date = October 6, 2008 | access-date = May 24, 2011 | archive-date = July 28, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140728210206/http://www.pep.ph/guide/theater/2697//1/1 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and ''Rizal is My President: 40 Leadership Tips from Jose Rizal'' by Joshua So based on the book written by Napoleon G. Almonte and staged during the May 2009 presidential elections.<ref name="adamson">{{cite web | url = http://www.adamson.edu.ph/news/2010/03/news08.shtml | title = AdU Theater presents "Rizal is My President" | publisher = Adamson University | date = March 2010 | author = RDA | access-date = May 24, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721143022/http://www.adamson.edu.ph/news/2010/03/news08.shtml | archive-date = July 21, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="rizal hero">{{cite news | url = http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleid=495726 | title = DLSU's Harlequin presents 'Rizal is My President' | newspaper=The Philippine Star | access-date = May 24, 2011 | date = August 14, 2009}}</ref> Other notable organizations include the De La Salle Innersoul, Green Media Group, and Lasallian Youth Orchestra.

===Athletics=== thumb|The De La Salle Green Archers in 2010 150px|thumb|The Green Archer statue {{Main|De La Salle Green Archers and Lady Archers}}

La Salle has several varsity teams and sport clubs participating in different sports competitions, most notably basketball, volleyball, football and cheerleading. In 1924, De La Salle College (DLSC) became a pre-war founding member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), in which it won five General Championships (1972–73, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78, and 1980–81). La Salle announced its decision to leave the NCAA in a press conference in September 1980, effective after the then ongoing 1980–81 NCAA Season due to a violent basketball game against their archrivals at the time, the Letran Knights.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://takeaimsports.com/10/backtrack-lasalle-last-game-in-ncaa/|title=La Salle's last game in the NCAA|work=Take Aim|date=June 4, 2008}}</ref> Irish-American Br. Celba John Lynam FSC organized the first La Salle sports teams and the first La Salle & LSC Yell Command Spirit Team. In 1924, he established the pre-war NCAA as the first and oldest collegiate athletic association in the Philippines composed of De La Salle College, San Beda College, University of the Philippines, University of Santo Tomas, Institute of Accounts (now Far Eastern University), National University, Ateneo de Manila, and University of Manila.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/ncaa/sports/basketball/825163/a-look-back-at-ncaa-s-97-years-of-being-a-home-to-legends-icons-of-philippines-sports/story/|title=A look back at NCAA's 97 years of being home to legends, icons of Philippines sports|website=GMA|date=March 15, 2022|access-date=March 15, 2022|archive-date=November 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112022304/https://www.gmanetwork.com/ncaa/sports/basketball/825163/a-look-back-at-ncaa-s-97-years-of-being-a-home-to-legends-icons-of-philippines-sports/story/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/ncaa/history-100-years/|title=NCAA turns 100: The history of the Philippines' oldest collegiate sports league|website=Rappler|date=September 14, 2024|access-date=September 14, 2024}}</ref> In 1986, De La Salle University was admitted into the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), an intercollegiate sporting association formed in 1938.<ref name="uaap history">{{Cite web|url=https://business.inquirer.net/277964/timeline-uaap-history|title=Timeline: UAAP history|work=Inquirer|date=August 31, 2019}}</ref> Ever since joining the UAAP in 1986, DLSU has won three UAAP General Championships – Season 75 (2012–13),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/cbb/content/301025/dlsu-wins-first-uaap-general-championship/story/|title=DLSU wins first UAAP General Championship|work=GMA News|date=March 26, 2013}}</ref> Season 76 (2013–14),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/uaap/53456-la-salle-overall-champions-uaap-season/|title=La Salle crowned UAAP Season 76 overall champions|work=Rappler|date=March 20, 2014}}</ref> and Season 78 (2015–16),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2016/05/08/1581418/la-salle-overall-champ-uaap-ust-second|title=La Salle overall champ in UAAP; UST second|work=The Philippine Star|date=May 8, 2016}}</ref> giving the university a combined eight General Championship titles in the seniors' division in the NCAA and UAAP. Notable Lasallian athletes and alumni are inducted into the De La Salle Alumni Association (DLSAA) Sports Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thelasallian.com/2014/12/22/dlsaa-sports-hall-of-fame-home-of-the-greatest/|title=DLSAA Sports Hall of Fame: Home of the Greatest|work=The LaSallian|date=December 22, 2014}}</ref>

===Alma Mater Hymn=== In 1961, Br. Stephen Malachy FSC took out a small harmonica during a class and shared a song that he and Br. Bonaventure Richard FSC had recently composed to his students. The melody originated in San Joaquin Memorial High School (a Christian Brother school), in Fresno, California, where Br. Malachy was assigned as a lyricist in the 1950s. The words were modified, but the tune is the same. The song was first sung during a graduation in 1964. It was later adopted by the NCAA basketball team and cheerleaders in 1965 when La Salle lost to Mapua Tech, but the Lasallites stayed to sing the song at the end of the game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quezon.ph/2007/11/05/the-explainer-la-salle-ateneo-rivalry/|title=The Explainer: La Salle Rivalry|website=quezon.ph|date=November 5, 2007}}</ref> The song eventually became the alma mater theme of De La Salle College and other Lasallian institutions in the Philippines. The De La Salle Alma Mater Hymn has, since the 1960s, been sung traditionally by all Lasallians in every Lasallian sports, alumni, and school event in all 16 La Salle schools in the Philippines with the gesture of continuously raising a clenched fist into the air. De La Salle was the first school in any Philippine collegiate league to sing its Alma Mater Hymn after the end of each La Salle match in the NCAA – a practice now done by all schools in the NCAA and the UAAP.<ref name="philstar dlsu">{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2013/10/17/1246180/animo-la-salle|title=ANIMO La Salle!|work=The Philippine Star|date=October 27, 2013}}</ref>

===Animo La Salle=== ''Animo'' is the traditional Lasallian word for "Spirit to Fight" and it is also known as the "La Salle Spirit".<ref name="philstar dlsu"/> ''Animo La Salle'', the school battle cry, was derived from the Lasallian spirit of "Faith & Zeal" of St. John Baptist de La Salle and his Christian Brothers. The Lasallian spirit of "Faith" is symbolized by a radiant ''Signum Fidei'' Christmas Nativity Star of Bethlehem. The Lasallian spirit of "Zeal" on the other hand, is symbolized by three broken chevrons that represent the three broken leg bones suffered by Warrior Chieftain Johan Salla of Atphonus the Chaste, king of Oviedo Spain, who was the great-grandfather of Saint La Salle who fought several battles to defend Christian Spain from invading Eastern Moorish armies. The ancient broken chevrons can be seen on the 1000-year-old royal coat of arms of the De La Salle family. The coat of arms contains the Latin motto ''Indivisa Manent'' which translates to being "Permanently Indivisible". This ancient motto of the De La Salle family was carried over and presently translated into the modern tagline of De La Salle Philippines as "One La Salle".<ref name="DLSP history"/>

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