PHINMA Araullo University

PHINMA Araullo University began in 1950 as Araullo Law School, founded by the Esteban and Castelo families to meet demand for legal education in Nueva Ecija. It is named after Manuel Araullo, a former Chief Justice of the Philippines. The school became Araullo Lyceum in 1969 and Pamantasan ng Araullo in 1983 before joining the PHINMA Education Network in 2004, becoming PHINMA Araullo University. Its main campus is on Maharlika Highway in Barangay Bitas, Cabanatuan City, and it operates as part of a three-campus system. The university offers Senior High School alongside eight colleges spanning engineering, information technology, management, allied health sciences, education, and criminal justice, plus TESDA vocational training and doctoral programs, and holds PACUCOA accreditation. PHINMA AU is known as the largest private university in Nueva Ecija by enrollment and for its strong licensure exam performance, including ranking as the top-performing school nationwide in the August 2025 Criminology Licensure Exam with a 92.80% passing rate. As part of the PHINMA network, it is positioned as an affordable, career-oriented university for students across central Luzon.