Saint Louis University (Spanish: Universidad de San Luis; Tagalog: Pamantasan ng San Luis;[1] Ibaloi: Unibersidad ni San Luis; Ilocano: Unibersidad ti San Luis) also referred to by its acronym SLU, is a private Catholic research basic and higher education institution run by the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Baguio, Philippines.

Saint Louis University offers programs at the elementary, secondary, undergraduate and graduate levels.

SLU is PAASCU-accredited and one of the universities in the Cordillera Administrative Region which passed the newly mandated CHED's Institutional Sustainability Assessment.

It is the largest university north of Manila with more than 40,000[citation needed] students (elementary, high school and college combined) as of A.Y.

In 1907, eight CICM missionaries arrived in the Philippines, mandated by the Holy See to Christianize the northern part of the country.

[5] In 1912, he opened a second church and school along Naguilian Road, then named the St. Louis Campo Filipino.

St. Louis Campo Filipino, later renamed Holy Family College in 1935, would later relocate to San Fernando, La Union in 1952.

As World War II broke out in 1939, St. Louis School resumed classes in 1942, until it became impossible to do so.

Karel Pieters, CICM, founded Saint Louis College, then consisting of three departments: Education, Liberal Arts, and Commerce and Secretarial.

During the 7.7 magnitude earthquake on July 16, 1990, classes were luckily suspended earlier due to student protests preventing casualties and damage to the university's infrastructure.

Paul van Parijs, CICM, which was from 1996 to 2005, SLU was able to acquire two additional campuses, one in Navy Base and another in Bakakeng.

On May 10, 1977, the Saint Louis University Hospital of the Sacred Heart (SLU-HSH) was opened.

It serves as a training hospital for the university's Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Natural Sciences.

In mid-2022, it was renamed as the Saint Louis University Sacred Heart Medical Center (SLU-SHMC), in conjunction with the opening of its twin tower hospital buildings.

[8] Saint Louis University has 4 campuses with a total land area of 24 hectares (59 acres).

Inaugurated on Dec. 13, 1974, it is one of the largest libraries north of Manila, housing a variety of print, non-print, electronic and internet based resources, including an American corner.

For the elementary department, its own library is housed in the St. Aloysius Gonzaga Heritage Building and Fr.

SLU is in the top ten universities for their performance in Teacher Education, Law, Medicine, Medical Technology (Medical Laboratory Science),[20] Pharmacy,[21] Engineering, Nursing,[22] and Architecture.

[42] It is named after the colors representing the Blessed Virgin Mary, with which the CICM is associated.

It is run by college students and is under the supervision of the publication adviser from the SLU administration.