The Colegio de Santo Tomas – Recoletos (Santo Tomas, CST-R), formerly known as the Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Institute is a private college. It also provides Secondary

Secondary education

Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...

 education for young men and women.
On April 19, 1940, during the Provincial Chapter in the old Convent in Intramuros (Manila), the idea of establishing a Center of Learning of the Augustinian Recollect was put forward.