Fr Roberto "Bobby" C Yap of the Society of Jesus, the 31st President of Ateneo de Manila University
"The coming days, months, and years will be critical to the future of our University, and we are all being called to work together to ensure Ateneo will continue to fulfill its educational mission." From his Address to the University, 1 October 2020
Fr Roberto C Yap SJ
Fr Roberto C Yap SJ is the 31st President of Ateneo de Manila University.
Yap is a Filipino priest, economist, and educator, appointed to the position by the Board of Trustees of Ateneo de Manila University last 3 August 2019. He assumed office 1 August 2020, succeeding Fr Jose Ramon T Villarin SJ, who was president from 2011 to 2020.
(Memo U2223-010) In its 11 July 2022 Special Board meeting, the Ateneo de Manila Board of Trustees resolved to confer the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, honoris causa on Maria Leonor G Robredo.
University President, Fr Roberto Yap SJ was elected president of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities-Asia Pacific (AJCU-AP), and appointed Secretary for Intellectual Apostolate and Universities of the Jesuit Conference of Asia-Pacific
(Memo U2223-006) Ateneo stands with Dr Ambeth R Ocampo, as well as with all other historians and academics, in the face of a sustained campaign to malign their work and their reputation.
(Memo U2223-005) I would like to inform the University community that beginning June 2022, the title for the position of University Chaplain, currently held by Fr Norberto Ma “Kit” L Bautista SJ, will be transitioned to the Rector of the Gesù, as a result of a recent streamlining of functions in the position.
(Memo U2223-004) I would like to inform the University community that beginning June 2022, the title for the position of University Chaplain, currently held by Fr Norberto Ma “Kit” L Bautista SJ, will be transitioned to the Rector of the Gesù, as a result of a recent streamlining of functions in the position.