This document provides details about Jose Rizal's education from Ateneo de Manila University, University of Santo Tomas in Manila, and Universidad Central de Madrid in Spain. It describes the courses he took, subjects studied, teachers, honors received, and extracurricular activities at each institution. It also mentions romances he had and opposition from his mother to further studies. Rizal ultimately decided to study medicine in Madrid after facing discrimination in Manila.

1. R I Z A L ’ S
E D U C AT I O N –
AT E N E O , U S T,
U N I V E R S I D A D
C E N T R A L D E
M A D R I D

2. ATENEO

3. JOSE RIZAL IN ATENEO (INTRO)
 Escuela Pia (1859)
 JESUITS – best educators of Spain
 College began to function in the Philippines – Ateneo Municipal
de Manila (1865)
 Located in Intramuros – “Walled City”

4. JOSE RIZAL IN ATENEO (1872-1877)
 June 1872 – enrolled at Ateneo Municipal; 12 years old
 Mercado – first surname of the family but because of Paciano,
Jose adopted Rizal as his surname
 Found a house in Intramuros but preferred to stay in Calle
Carballo

5. JOSE RIZAL IN ATENEO (1872-1877)
 Class was divided into 2: Roman Empire and Carthaginian
Empire
 Fraternity: Mary and Saint Louis Gonzaga
- Sundays, after mass: poems and debates
1stYEAR:
- Father Jose Bech – “Man of Stature”
- Friends: Peninsulares, Francisco Oliva, Joaquin Garrido and
Gonzalo Marzano

6. JOSE RIZAL IN ATENEO (1872-1877)
- Arithmetic, Latin, Spanish, and Greek
- Santa Isabel College – Spanish Classes
- Marks of Excellence in his subjects and examinations
2ndYEAR:
- Father Bech
- Calle Magallanes
- Latin, Spanish, Greek and Universal geography
- Obtained a medal

7. JOSE RIZAL IN ATENEO (1872-1877)
3rdYEAR:
- Latin, Spanish, Greek, Universal History, History of Spain and
Philippines andArithmetic and Algebra
- Began to win prizes
- Started to read novels:The Count of Monte Cristo by
Alexamder Dumas
- Universal History by Cesar Cantanu

8. JOSE RIZAL IN ATENEO (1872-1877)
4th YEAR:
- Father Francisco Sanchez – Model of Rectitude and Solitude
- Rhetoric and Poetry, French, Geometry andTrigonometry
- Father Lencio Lopez – Parish Priest and great friend of his
father

9. JOSE RIZAL IN ATENEO (1872-1877)
5th YEAR:
- FatherVilaclara and Mineves
- Philosophy, Physics, Chemistry amd Natural History
- Devoted to poetry
- Mi Primera Inspiracion – First poem in Ateneo
- Leyenda

10. JOSE RIZAL IN ATENEO (1872-1877)
 Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with the rating
Sobrasaliente – Highest Honors
 Corrected by his small stature – joined gymnastics and fencing
 Devoted to Painting and Sculpture with the guidance of
Professor Peninsula Don agustin Sanchez and Romualdo de
Jesus

11. JOSE RIZAL IN ATENEO (1872-1877)
 Mary / Our Lady
 Sacred Heart of Jesus

12. Jose Rizal in
UST (1877-
1882)“OYouth, illumined by the arts and letters,
Stride forth into the arena, break down the
heavy fetters that bind your genius down, for in
These topic regions were untutored darkness
Once held sway, the wise and kindly Spanish
Hand bestows today a splendid crownUpon the
native of this Eastern land.” --- Jose Rizal

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14. ATENEO
 Rizal had completed his vocational course in
Surveying which he graduated with Highest
honor.
 Run by Jesuits
UST
 He then transferred to Medical course where
he won more Literary Laurels; had other
romances with pretty girls; and fought
against Spanish students who insulted the
brown Filipino students.
 Run by Dominicans
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15.  DOŇA TEODORA opposed the idea of Rizal
going on to higher education and said to her
husband, “Don’t send him to Manila again;
he knows enough. If he gets to know more,
the Spaniards will cut off his head.”
 Teodora blamed the Filipino Intellectuals of
their mental capacity as a way of challenging
the Spaniards.
 Another reason is the GOMBURZA
execution (1872).
 Wanted Rizal to go home and have a
business.
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Mother’s
Opposition
to Higher
Education

16. April 1877 – (16 years old)
 He enrolled in the UST taking the course
on Philosophy and Letters.
1877-1878
 Cosmology, Metaphysics,Theodicy,
History of Philosophy
Reasons:
 His father likes it.
 He is uncertain to what career to follow
 He is inclined towards the art
Fr. Pablo Ramon (Rector of Ateneo)
 Advice Rizal to take up Medicine.
 Reason: to be able to cure his mother’s
growing blindness.
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Rizal
Enters to
the
Universit
y

17.  He took the vocational course leading to
the title of “Perito Agrimensor” (Expert
Surveyor). November 25, 1881
 He excelled in all subjects in the surveying
course obtaining gold medals in
Agriculture andTopography.
Vocational Courses:
1. Agriculture
2. Mechanics
3. Commerce
4. Surveying
Extra-curricular Activities:
1. President, Academy of Spanish Literature.
2. Secretary, Academy of Natural Sciences.
3. Secretary, Marian Congregation.
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Finishes
Surveying
Course in
Ateneo
(1878)

18. Romances
with
Other
Girls Segunda Katigbak LeonorValenzuela Leonor Rivera
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19.  AKA “Miss L”
 Fair with seductive and attractive eyes
Reasons:
1. The sweet memory of Segunda was
still fresh in his heart.
2. His father did not like the family of
Miss L.
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Segunda
Katigba
k

20.  a medical student from Calamba,
Laguna
 the charming daughter of Capitan
Juan and Capitana SandayValenzuela.
 tall girl with a regal bearing.
 Rizal sent Leonor a love notes written
in invisible ink.
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Leonor
“Orang”
Valenzuel
a

21.  Rizal’s cousin from Camiling.
 born in Camiling, tarlac on April 11, 1867.
 a student of La Concordia College where
Rizal’s sister, Soledad was then studying.
 frail, pretty girl, and tender as a budding
flower with kindly wistful eyes.
Taimis
 Leonor’s pseudonym in order to
camouflage their intimate relationship
from their parents and friends.
Rizal lived in:
CasaTomasina
No. 6 Calle SantoTomas, Intramuros
Antonio Rivero
 Rizal’s landlord-uncle
 father of Leonor Rivera. 2
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Leonor
Rivera

22. Liceo Artisco-Literano (Artistic-Literary
Lyceum)
 a society of literary men and artists.
 held a Literary Contest and offered a prize
(Silver Pen, feather-shaped decorated with
gold ribbon) for best poem.
“A La Juventud Filipina” (ToThe Filipino
Youth)
 Rizal’s prize-winning and inspiring poem of
flawless for.
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“To the
Filipino
Youth”

23. Rizal beseeched the Filipino youth to rise from
the lethargy; to let their genius mind fly swiftly
the wind and descend with art and science to
break the chains that have long bound the spirit
of the people.
Reasons why Rizal’s Poem was a Classic in
Philippine Literature:
1. It was the first gr eat poem in Spanish
written by a Filipino, whose merit was
recognized by Spanish Literary Authorities.
2. 2. It expressed for the first time the
nationalistic concept that the Filipinos were
the “fair hope of the Fatherland.”
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24. Artistic-Literary Lyceum
 opened another literary contest (to both
Filipinos and Spaniards) to commemorate
the 4th centennial of the death of Cervantes.
Cervantes
 was a Spain’s glorified man-of-letters and
famous author of Don Quixote.
 Rizal submitted an allegorical drama entitled
“El Consejo de los Dioses” (The Council of
the Gods).
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The
Council of
the Gods

25. The Council of the Gods
 was based on the Greek classics.
 aided by Fr. Rector of Ateneo.
Prize: Gold Ring engraved the bust of
Cervantes
Winners: 1st Place: Jose Rizal (19yrs old)
2nd Place: D. N. Del Puzo (Spanish)
--Because of its literary superiority.
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26. “Junto Al Pasig” (Besides the Pasig)
 (Zarzuela)staged by the Ateneans on
December 8, 1880 of the Annual Celebration of
the Feast Day of Immaculate Concepcion
(Patroness of Ateneo).
A Filipinas
 (a sonnet, 1880) Rizal urged all Filipino artists
to glorify the Philippines.
Abd-el-Azis y Mahoma
 (poem, 1879) was declaimed by an Atenean,
Manuel Fernandez on the night of December 8,
1879 in honor of the Ateneo’s Patroness.
Al M. R. P. Pablo Ramon
 (a poem, 1881) Rizal wrote a poem as an
expression of affection to Father Pablo Ramon,
the Ateneo Rector, who had been so kind and
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Other
Literary
Works

27. May 1881
 Jose, along with his sisters Saturnina, Maria, and
Trinidad and female friends went on a pilgrimate
to Pakil, famous shrine of the Birhen Maria de los
Dolores.
 They boarded a casco (a flat-bottom sailing
vessel) from Calamba to Pakil, Laguna
 They stayed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel
Regalado, parents of Nicolas, Rizal’s friend in
Manila
 The company witnessed the famous turumba, the
people dancing in honor of the miraculous Birhen
Maria de los Dolores
 Rizal was infatuated byVicentaYbardolaza . She
was skillful in playing the harp at the Regalado
home
Rizal and his party then went to Pagsanjan for two
reasons:
 It was the native town of Leonor Valenzuela
 To see the world famed Pagsanjan Falls
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Rizal’s
Visit to
Pakil and
Pagsanjan

28. There were frequent student brawls between
the Filipinos and the Spaniards
 1880: Rizal founded Companerismo
(Comradeship), a secret society of Filipino
UST students.The members were called
“Companions of Jehu”.
 He was the chief of the society.
 His cousin, Galicano Apacible was the
secretary.
 In one of the skirmishes, Rizal was wounded
on the head. His friends brought him to Casa
Tomasina where Leonor Rivera took care of
him.
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Champion
of Filipino
Students

29. Rizal was unhappy in the Dominican
institution because:
 The Dominican professors were hostile to
him
 The Filipino students were racially
discriminated against by the Spaniards
 The method of instruction was obsolete and
repressive.
He failed to win high scholastic honors due to
the attitude of his professors.
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UNHAPPY
DAYS AT
THE UST

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Rizal’s
Scholastic
Records in
the UST
(1879-
1882)

31.  After finishing the Fourth Year of his
medical course, Rizal decided to study
in Spain. He could no longer endure
the rampant bigotry, discrimination,
and hostility in the University of Santo
Tomas.
 He did not seek his parent’s
permission and blessings to go
abroad; and even his beloved Leonor.
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Decision
to Study
Abroad

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37. UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE
MADRID JOSE RIZAL

38. RIZAL IN MADRID
Departure : May 3, 1882
Arrival : September 1882
Courses taken:
1. Degree of Philosophy and Letters
2. Degree of Licentiate in Medicine

39. RIZAL IN MADRID
October 1882 : Class started
October 1882 : Circulo Hispano-Filipino
: Me piden versos
: Pablo Ortiga y Rey
November 1882 : Revista de Madrid
: Diarong Tagalog in Manila

40. RIZAL IN MADRID
May 1883 : Paciano and Rizal
June 1883 : Rizal Left Madrid
Noli me Tangere
half in Madrid
a quarter in Paris
the rest in Germany

41. MARAMING
SALAMAT