Xavier University (Cagayan de Oro)

Xavier University is a Catholic Christian university run by Jesuit priests in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines.

It was founded in 1933 as the Ateneo de Cagayan by an American Jesuit Missionary, Fr. James T.G. Hayes S.J., who later became the first Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro. In 1958, Ateneo de Cagayan became a university and was renamed to its present name, Xavier University, in honor of the Jesuit Missionary, Saint Francis Xavier.

The university is subdivided into the following colleges: the School of Arts and Sciences, the College of Law, the College of Nursing, the College of Medicine, the School of Business and Management, the School of Education, the College of Engineering, the College of Agriculture, and the Center for Industrial Technology. It also includes a complete preschool, elementary and secondary school units.