ALL CLASSES in UST will shift to enhanced virtual mode (EVM) on Sept. 10 for the 2025 Bar exams, which the University will host as the national headquarters of Supreme Court officials and a local testing center.
The Bar exams are expected to affect 12 class days in UST, including ingress and egress in the testing areas at the Benavides Building and St. Raymund de Peñafort Building, and in the headquarters at Tan Yan Kee Student Center and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, O.P. Building.
Remote work and learning will be implemented in the College of Information and Computing Science (CICS), Junior High School, College of Commerce and Business Administration, Faculty of Arts and Letters, and student organizations at the Tan Yan Kee Student Center on Sept. 3 to 6, 8 to 13, and 15 to 16.
On Sept. 8 and 11-12, CICS and SHS may resume face-to-face classes except on the 21st and 22nd floors of the Frassati Building.
Ingress will take place on Sept. 3 and 4, followed by a simulation on Sept. 5.
Testing areas and headquarters will be inspected and sealed during the pre-Bar days on Sept. 6, 9, and 13. High court officials will have their egress from Sept. 15 to 16.
The vicinity around the testing areas, such as the Tan Yan Kee building, Main Building, Miguel de Benavides Library building, and Health Service, will be declared a controlled area on Sept. 7, 10, and 14, the day of the Bar exams.
Only the UST Hospital, Carpark, and Institute of Physical Education and Athletics, Santisimo Rosario Parish, Hotel 1611, and Domus Mariae are allowed to proceed with regular operations during exam days.
In a memorandum, the Office of the Secretary General, Office of the Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, and the Human Resource Department reminded the affected academic units to consider their teaching, learning, and support services provision.
Affected academic units may shift classes to EVM or rearrange class schedules that fall on the Bar exam days to allow students to use the remaining facilities for in-person classes.
Academic unit officials were tasked with monitoring the engagement of faculty and students through the UST Cloud Campus.
Guidance and counseling and library services will operate remotely.
Academic units are also advised to anticipate problems due to the disruptions and provide in-campus facilities where teachers may conduct online classes while they are on-site.
The 2025 Bar exams will be chaired by Associate Justice Amy Lazaro-Javier, a UST law alumna.
