The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines (Commonly known as University of Santo Tomas, often abbreviated as UST, Filipino: Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas or Pamantasan ng Santo Tomas, Spanish: Pontificia y Real Universidad de Santo Tomás, Latin: Pontificia et Regalis Universitas Sancti Thomae; colloquially, "Ustê") is a private, Roman Catholic, teaching and research university run by the Order of Preachers in Manila. Founded on April 28, 1611 by Miguel de Benavides, Archbishop of Manila, it has the oldest extant university charter in the Philippines and in Asia and is one of the world's largest Catholic universities in terms of enrollment found on one campus. UST is also the largest university in the city of Manila.