Campuses of Arellano University

Arellano University operates seven campuses in Metro Manila.

Campuses

Manila
AU Legarda is the university's Main Campus

AU Manila is the Main Campus of Arellano University. It is located at Legarda Street in Sampaloc, Manila and it the largest campus by landa area. It is the home to the AU Juan Sumulong High School.

Pasig

AU in Pasig was officially known as Arellano University – Andres Bonifacio Campus (AU-ABC) and the campus was named after Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro, a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. It is located in Caniogan, Pasig.

Pasay
Arellano University in Pasay

The campus of AU in Pasay is officially known as Arellano University – José Abad Santos Campus (AUJASC). It is located along Taft Avenue in Pasay near the LRT-1 Gil Puyat Station. It was established in 1945 as the José Abad Santos High School. The campus was named after José Abad Santos y Basco, the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines who also served as the acting President of the Philippines during World War II until executed by the Japanese invading forces. In 1986, the Colleges of the nearby Apolinario Mabini Campus transferred to this campus, with the exception of the School of Law.

Menlo, Pasay

The campus of AU located in Menlo, Pasay is the campus of the School of Law. Formerly, it has other colleges that were transferred to the nearby Abad Santos Campus. Aside from the School of Law, the campus has a Junior and Senior High School. The campus was named after Apolinario Mabini, the sublime paralytic.

Malabon

AU in Malabon is composed of two campuses, the Elisa Esguerra Campus and the Jose Rizal Campus. Jose Rizal is located along Gov. Pascual Avenue, while the Elisa Esguerra Campus is located in Bayan-Bayanan a couple of city blocks further north of Jose Rizal Campus. It is composed of a Preschool, Elementary School, Junior and Senior High School, the School of Business and Commerce, School of Education, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management and the Institute of Arts and Sciences. Notable people from AU Malabon include Norberto B. Gonzales, who served as the 34th Secretary of the Department of National Defense, Dionisio Santiago, former head of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Dangerous Drug Board, Cheryl Oliveros, a candidate of Bb. Pilipinas 2009, and Bayani Agbayani, an actor and comedian.

Mandaluyong
Arellano University in Mandaluyong

AU established a campus in Mandaluyong on 1950, upon the request of high school students studying in AU Manila but are residents of Mandaluyong. The campus was officially known as Arellano University – Plaridel Campus (AUPC). It is located at Gen. Kalentong Street in Barangay Pag-Asa. The campus was named after the pen-name of Marcelo H. del Pilar, a leading propagandist of the Philippine Revolution. AUPC has a Preschool, Elementary School, Junior and Senior High School and is composed of the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Criminology, School of Education, School of Hospital and Tourism Management, and the School of Computer Science.

Defunct Campus

F.G. Calderon Campus

Located in Santa Ana, Manila, all records of F.G. Calderon Campus were transferred to Plaridel Campus when it was closed in the late 1960s. At present, high-rise residential towers occupies the site.

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