Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA)
- 41st CMMA (2019) – Best School Organ – College Level
- 38th CMMA (2016) – Best School Organ – College Level
- 37th CMMA Special Citation (2015) – Pope Francis’ Apostolic and State Visit Magazine and Coverage
- 1st Student CMMA (2001) – Best Student Photojournalist
Catholic Social Media Awards
- 2017 Finalist, Best Twitter Account
- 2016 Best Twitter Account
UST Student Awards
- Benavides Outstanding Achievement Award (2019)
- St. Dominic de Guzman Award for Outstanding Teamwork (2018)
- Benavides Outstanding Achievement Award (2018)
- Benavides Outstanding Achievement Award (2016)
- Benavides Outstanding Achievement Award (2012)
- St. Dominic de Guzman Award for Outstanding Teamwork (2011)
- St. Dominic de Guzman Award for Outstanding Teamwork (2007)
- St. Dominic de Guzman Award for Outstanding Teamwork (2006)
- St. Dominic de Guzman Award for Outstanding Teamwork (2004)
- St. Dominic de Guzman Award for Outstanding Teamwork (2003)
- Pope Leo XIII Communitarian Award (2001)
- Pope Leo XIII Communitarian Award (2000)
- Pope Leo XIII Communitarian Award (1995)
- Pope Leo XIII Communitarian Award (1984)
- Pope Leo XIII Communitarian Award (1979)
- Certificate of Appreciation from the Office of Student Affairs (1979)
- Certificate of Appreciation from UST (1979)
Manila Times Campus Press Awards
2019
- Best Editorial: Award to ‘Mocha’ a libel on UST
- Best News Story: Deliver us from evil — within: Philippine bishops to update guidelines on protection of minors
- Best Column by a College Student: CSC, Pope Francis abetting divorce in the Philippines
- Best College News Website
Student Quill Awards (International Association of Business Communicators – Philippines)
2018
- Award of Excellence: The Varsitarian – Editorial: Award to ‘Mocha,’ libel on UST
- Award of Excellence: The 4th UST National Campus Journalism Awards
- Award of Excellence: The Varsitarian – Remembering Horacio Interactive Website
- Award of Merit: The Varsitarian – V Exclusives
- Award of Merit: The Varsitarian – Editorial: Murder of PH languages, identity
- Award of Merit: The Varsitarian News Wrap
- Award of Merit: The Varsitarian – The Official Student Publication of the University of Santo Tomas
- Award of Merit: The 14th Creative Writing Workshop
- Award of Merit: The Varsitarian – BOTOmasino Supplement
2017
- Award of Excellence: The Varsitarian Short Videos
- Award of Excellence: The Varsitarian Publicity Materials
- Award of Excellence: 19th Inkblots: The Campus Press in Times of Conflict
- Award of Excellence: The Varsitarian – Editorial: Hazing Tragedy-Culture of Death is alive and well in and out of UST
- Award of Excellence: The Varsitarian – Botomasino 2017: Special Coverage of UST Student Elections
- Award of Excellence: The Varsitarian – Court upholds graft raps vs CHEd chief
- Award of Merit: The Varsitarian Sports Infographics
- Award of Merit: The Varsitarian Interactive Website
- Award of Merit: The Varsitarian V Exclusives
- Award of Merit: The Varsitarian Week-in-photos
- Award of Merit: The Varsitarian – 2017 Botomasino Special Supplement
- Award of Merit: The Varsitarian – Dedicated crisis management office needed, says emergency official
2016
- Award of Excellence: The Varsitarian: The Official Student Publication of the University of Santo Tomas
- Award of Excellence: The Varsitarian – Website
- Award of Excellence: The Varsitarian – Jubilee 800 Supplement
- Award of Excellence: The Varsitarian – “Supreme Court, Supreme Hokum”
- Award of Excellence: Botomasino: A Special Coverage of the UST Student Council Elections
- Award of Excellence: The Varsitarian – Botomasino Special Supplement
- Award of Excellence: The Varsitarian – Short Videos
- Award of Excellence: “Thou Shalt not Kill”: An Editorial
- Award of Excellence: Inkblots 2016 – Campus Press as Engine of Democracy
- Award of Merit: The Varsitarian Facebook Page
- Award of Merit: The Varsitarian – News Wrap
2015
- Award of Excellence: The Varsitarian: The Official Student Publication of the University of Santo Tomas
- Award of Excellence: The Varsitarian – Botomasino Special Supplement
- Award of Excellence: 16th Inkblots – The UST Annual Nat’l Campus Journalism Fellowship
- Award of Excellence: The Varsitarian – Papal Visit Infographics
- Award of Excellence: The Varsitarian – Special Supplement for Papal Visit
- Award of Excellence: The Varsitarian – Botomasino Special Coverage of the UST Student Council Elections
- Award of Merit: The Varsitarian- Papal Visit
- Award of Merit: “Aquino’s Last SONA: Presidential, Philistine, Bitter”
2014
- Award of Excellence: The Varsitarian: The Official Student Publication of the University of Santo Tomas
- Award of Merit: UAAP Season 77 Infographics
- Award of Merit: “Typhoon Glenda Devastates UST Campus”
- Award of Merit: “Mindanao Campus to Rise Soon”
Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (Umpil Awards)
- 2011 Gawad Pedro Bucaneg
PressPlay Awards
2018
- Best in Photojournalism
- Best in Campus Journalism Innovation
- Best News Stories
Other awards and citations
- Truth Awards: The Fund for Investigative Journalism (2001)
- Plaque of Excellence, 3rd Runner-Up for Best Alternative Campus Newspaper 1987-1988 (College Editor’s Guild of the Philippines)
- 3rd Runner-Up, Cultural Page Writing (National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2009)
- Only campus paper cited in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Encyclopedia of the Arts
- Citation, National Movement for Free Elections (2001)