Saint Paul University, also referred to by its acronym SPUD or SPU Dumaguete, is a private Roman Catholic research non-profit coeducational basic and higher education institution run by the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres in Dumaguete, Philippines.

It is one of 40 schools owned, managed, and operated by the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres (SPC) in the Philippines.

The university traces its origins to the coming of the Sisters of Saint Paul of Chartres (SPC) to the Philippines.

For many years, the institution operated as Saint Paul College of Dumaguete.

Besides the regular academic courses, there were supplementary ones in music, drawing, painting, French, sewing, and embroidery.