The University of San Agustin is a co-educational Catholic institution owned by the Augustinian Province of Sto.Nino de Cebu:

The following are the milestones in the history of the University of San Agustin:

• July 15,1904 Opening of the school
• Dec 12,1912 - Recognition by the government of the various courses offered as prescribe by the Secretary of Public Instruction
• Feb 5,1917 - Formal incorporation of the school under the name of Colegio de San Agustin de Iloilo
• 1935 - Opening of the College of Liberal Arts
• 1936 - Opening of the College of Commerce
• 1939 - Opening of the School of law
• 1940 - Opening of Education and admission of female students for the first time
• 1941-1945 World War II. - Destruction of all buildings except Urdaneta Hall
• 1945 End of World War II. - Rehabilitation begins. Reopening of the school
• 1946 - Opening of the College of Pharmacy;
  Opening of the College of Technology
• 1947 - Opening of the Normal College
• 1950 - Opening of the Graduate School
• March 1, 1953 - Granting of university status
• 1953 - Opening of the College of Dentistry
• 1954 - Golden Jubilee
• 1962 - Renaming of the College of Pharmacy into College of Pharmacy and Medical Technology in view of the offering of B.S. in Medical Technology
• October 30, 1965 - Inauguration of DYSA, Radio San Agustin
• 1966 - Opening of USA Printing Press
• 1967 - Phasing out of the College of Dentistry
  Opening of the Conservatory of Music
• 1969 - Opening of the USA Clinical Laboratory
• 1970 - Consortium between the University and St. Paul's Hospital begun with the opening of the U.S.A.- St. Paul's College of Nursing.
• 1971 - Opening of the Instructional Media Center
• 1973 - Opening of the Department of Theology
  Fusion of the College of Education and Normal College into the Teachers College
• 1974 - Opening of the University of San Agustin College of Nursing, and termination of the consortium between the University and St. Paul's Hospital
• 1977 - College of Liberal Arts given PAASCU Accreditation
• 1979 - Diamond Jubilee
  College of Law given PAASCU Accreditation
• 1980 - Inauguration of the Tilipunan Community Center at Tanza, Ioilo City, a community outreach project of the University
  Opening of the Research and Development Center
• 1980 - Teachers College given PAASCU accreditation
• 1983 - College of Commerce given PAASCU accreditation
• 1984 - University placed under the administration of the newly-created Augustinian Province of Sto. Niño de Cebu, Philippines
• 1986 - Opening of the Computer Department
• 1987 - Elementary Department given PAASCU accreditation
• 1992 - Groundbreaking of USA Alumni Hall site
• 1994 - Inauguration of the University of San Agustin Regional Center for Public Management (USA-RCPM);
  Inauguration of the USA-Advanced Technology Systems Computer-Aided Design (USA-ATS CAD/CAE Training Center);
  College of Pharmacy and Medical Technology given PAASCU accreditation
• June 1995 - Transfer of the High School to its new Campus in Sambag, Jaro
• 2000 - PAASCU accreditation of the Graduate School