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Pamantasang Notre Dame ng Dadiangas (Filipino) | |
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Former names | Notre Dame of Dadiangas/ND Dadiangas (1953–1959) Notre Dame of Dadiangas College (1959–2006) |
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| Motto | Educatio rationis excellentia et Humanum Integritate (Latin) |
Motto in English | Education Towards Excellence and Human Integrity |
| Type | Private Research Non-profit Basic and Higher education institution |
| Established | 1953 |
| Founder | Marist Brothers of the Schools |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic (Marist Brothers) |
Academic affiliations | NDEA, PAASCU |
| President | Br. Manuel V. de Leon, F.M.S. |
| Students | 8905 |
| Location | Marist Ave., General Santos , , 6°07′05″N 125°10′18″E / 6.11802°N 125.17168°E |
| Campus | Main Campus Marist Avenue Gen Santos Satellite Campuses 29 hectares (290,000 m2)
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| Hymn | A Life of Thanksgiving Notre Dame, Our Mother (Notre Dame Hymn) Notre Dame March |
| Patroness | Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Colors | Green and Gold |
| Nickname | Kingfishers |
| Website | www |
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The Notre Dame of Dadiangas University (NDDU), also known as Notre Dame, is a private Catholic basic and higher education institution run by the Marist Brothers of the Schools or FMS (Fratres Maristae a Scholis) in General Santos, South Cotabato, Philippines. It was founded by the Marist Brothers in 1953 and offers undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate programs as well as primary and secondary education. Furthermore, it offers a broad spectrum of academic programs through its colleges. It consists of four campuses in General Santos and Polomolok, South Cotabato — the main campus along Marist Avenue, the Lagao Campus where the Notre Dame of Dadiangas University-Integrated Basic Education Department (NDDU-IBED) is located, the Espina Campus, and Glamang Campus where the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology is located. Today, NDDU is the only private university in the city of General Santos.
Under the CHED Memorandum Order No. 48, the school was granted university status on June 26, 2006.[1]