Two of LPU's prominent features are its entrance gate through the "Hall of Heroes", commonly known as "Mabini Hall", which exhibits busts of Philippine historical figures sculpted by the National Artist Guillermo Tolentino, and the "Lyceum Tower", which serves as the school's landmark.

The LPU Manila campus was built on the site where the old San Juan de Dios Hospital was located.

The university offers undergraduate and graduate programs in various fields including law, the liberal arts, diplomacy, international trade and journalism, as well as nursing, engineering, business and accountancy, mass communications, tourism, and hotel and restaurant management.

When debt-driven projects during President Ferdinand Marcos' 1969 Presidential campaign led[4][5] to a massive debt crisis in late December 1969,[4][5] a wave of student activism swept through the country, and the Lyceum of the Philippines was one of its venues.

Brigida was caught and tortured to death by the police; poet Amado V. Hernandez wrote a poem, "Enrique Sta.

[12] Others, like student Ramon Jasul,[13] Political Science alumnus Charlie Del Rosario simply disappeared and were never heard from again.

[14] After Marcos was deposed by the civilian-organized People Power Revolution of 1986, Espinas, Grey, Principe, Jasul, and Del Rosario were honored by having their names inscribed on the Wall of Remembrance at the Philippines' Bantayog ng mga Bayani (Tagalog, "Monument of Heroes"), which honors the martyrs who sacrificed their lives to resist the authoritarian regime.

Four programs — Business Administration, Hotel and Restaurant Management, Liberal Arts, and Sciences — have Level 3 Reaccredited Status by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation[20] while its Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Tourism, Computer Science, Nursing, Master of Public Administration, Master of Business Administration were granted Level 2 Reaccredited Status by PACUCOA (Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation).

Business Administration program is granted Level 3 1st Reaccredited Status by PACUCOA Accountancy and Customs Administration program are granted Level 1 Formal Accredited Status by PACUCOA In 1952, José P. Laurel opened the School of Commerce, headed by Senator Gil J. Puyat as its first dean, with Hilarion M. Henares as the vice dean.

In June 2001, the university decided to establish the College of Computer Studies (CCS) to cater to a rapidly increasing demand for IT Professionals.

During the previous five years in which it was offered, the BS Computer Science Program had been under the administration of the College of Engineering (COE).

In order to accommodate the increase in student population, and put together common resources and faculty, the College of International Hospitality Management (CIHM) was founded in November 1998.

It was the first in the Philippines to use the appellation International Hospitality Management, the CIHM offered the BS HRM program, initially offered by the College of Business Administration (CBA) and the Bachelor of Science in Tourism (BST), originally under the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS).

Participation was inactive after the first few years but in August 2009, the college joined the competitions sponsored by the organization with its new name, Union of Filipino Tourism Educators (UFTE) and has remained active since then.

Hotels Holdings, U.S.A. CITHM is a winning School in the Philippines Culinary Cup and Apparent Host in the said yearly activity.

It initially offered the Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) degree in School Year (SY) 1954–55, as authorized by the Department of Education under Recognition No.

Ten years later, former ambassador to the Holy See, Alberto Katigbak, in his capacity as dean of the college, initiated revisions to the BSFS curriculum.

Granted Level 2 1st Reaccredited Status by PACUCOA On July 16, 2002, Perla Rizalina M. Tayco, Ph.D., an OD consultant, was commissioned by the president of Lyceum of Philippines, Roberto P. Laurel, to assist the institution in the Strategic Visioning Process towards the establishment of the College of Nursing.