De La Salle University (Filipino: Pamantasang De La Salle or Unibersidad ng De La Salle), also referred to by its acronym DLSU or simply as De La Salle or La Salle is a private, Catholic coeducational research higher education institution run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was established by the Christian Brothers in 1911 as the De La Salle College (DLSC) in Nozaleda Street, Paco, Manila with Br. Blimond Pierre, FSC serving as first director. The educational institution moved to its present location in 1921 to accommodate the increase in enrollment. The college was granted university status on February 19, 1975 and is the oldest constituent of De La Salle Philippines (DLSP), a network of 16 Lasallian educational institutions established in 2006 to replace the De La Salle University System. The pre-war Catholic university started as an exclusive all boys' elementary and high school Christian Brother educational institution. In 1920, it began offering a two-year Associate in Arts Commerce program, which was later discontinued in 1931 in favor of a Bachelor of Science in Commerce program. DLSU currently offers coeducational undergraduate and graduate degree programs through its seven colleges and one school specializing in various disciplines, including business, engineering and liberal arts. All the students and alumni of pre-war De La Salle College before shifting to its present trimestral academic system were originally referred to by the Irish-American Christian Brothers as a Lasallite – a Christian gentleman who abides by Saint La Salle's Charism and Spirit of Faith & Zeal. Lasallites were taught by the Irish-American Christian Brothers to live by their traditional values of Religio, Mores et Cultura (Religion, Morals, and Culture). The present international generic term in 82 countries is Lasallian, while the 350-year-old original French term for being a student and alumnus of one of Saint La Salle's pioneer Christian Brother schools was Lasallien - Homme de Foi (Man of Faith). The patron of the university is St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, the Vatican's universal patron saint of Christian Educators and all those who work in the field of education. He is the founder of the De La Salle Brothers and his international worldwide network of 1,500 Lasallian educational institutions established globally in 82 countries. DLSU is cited by the Philippine Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as a Center of Excellence in 14 of its programs, and a Center of Development in 5 of its programs. The university is also among the 40 institutions granted autonomous status by CHED as of 2010. Likewise, it is the first of the only two institutions granted the highest-level accreditation (Level IV) by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU). The university is a member of several international university associations, including the ASEAN University Network (AUN) and International Association of Universities (IAU) as well as local organizations such as the South Manila Inter-Institutional Consortium. Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) currently ranks DLSU in the 801-1000 bracket of its World University Rankings and 166th on its Asian University Rankings. Times Higher Education (THE) included De La Salle University as the only Philippine private university in its list of World University Rankings and Asia University Rankings, where DLSU is currently placed in the 1001+ and 301-350 brackets, respectively. Presently, De La Salle University holds the distinction of being the lone Philippine private university to appear in both the QS World University Rankings and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.