Southwestern University PHINMA is a private university in Cebu City founded in the summer of 1946 as Southwestern Colleges by pharmacist couple Matias Hipolito Chavez Aznar II and Anunciacion Barcenilla Aznar. It opened with the Graduate School and the Colleges of Pharmacy, Dentistry, and Medicine, adding Nursing in 1948. It was granted its university charter on December 11, 1959, becoming Southwestern University, and was the first medical school established outside Manila. Optometry followed in 1959, Medical Technology in 1962, Veterinary Medicine in 1972, and Physical Therapy in 1991, with Computer Studies, Maritime, and Criminology added later. In 2015, the university and its base hospital were acquired by the PHINMA Group and renamed Southwestern University PHINMA. Today its academic units include the College of Dentistry, College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Rehabilitative Sciences, College of Pre-Medicine, College of IT and Engineering, a Business School, School of Health and Allied Health Sciences, School of Medicine, School of Law and Government, and School of Design and Communication, alongside basic education and senior high school programs. It is recognized by the Commission on Higher Education, and its Nursing program posted a 100% passing rate in the 2019 Nursing Board Licensure Exam.
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Urgello Street, Cebu City, 6000 Lalawigan ng Cebu, Philippines, Cebu City, Cebu
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Regretted studying here. Teacher's are only using AI for lessons and I cannot even understand what they're saying. On the other hand the school is just a business nothing else. They accept students for money they don't even have entrance exam for nursing as far as I know.
If you plan to study here. Expect to pay A LOT in fees. They will find ways to charge you for everything and even when you go internship when not even in the university most days they demand higher fees knowing you are in 4th year and stuck till end. They are leech's for fee after fee after fee.
Problem with the school the teachers are lazy,, they push students to work the classes on computers instead of books, SGD over and over again , kids do learn properly and fail ,,push them on computers classes and the don't get proper sleep,,,any one with medical knowledge knows proper sleep is important.
If you've read this, pls take this as a warning. Please don't enroll here on SWU PHINMA, they are module based and self learning. They don't teach properly at all. In terms of laboratory apparatus, it is old and rusty. The school has no limit to the number of students, they just keep on accepting despite that they can't cater of all the students needs. Too many students in the university and lack of teachers and faculties. Pls do not enroll here!!!!!!! Choose other schools if you can. All PHINMA schools are cheap and unjust. DON'T ENROLL HERE JUST BECAUSE OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS, THEY JUST USE IT TO GET MORE STUDENTS.
If you're planning to enroll here for medical courses, please do not consider this school. Nothing personal but when they make announcements, it is not organized, not complete, and not ahead of the activity or assessment, they announce it the exact minute before the assessment and they change instructions almost every other minute, and it will make the students confused. Thank you, and please consider other reviews about this school.