Trinity University of Asia (formerly Trinity College of Quezon City), also known as TUA or simply Trinity, is a non-sectarian private university located in Quezon City, Philippines. Originally established in 1963 as an elementary, high school and collegiate educational institution, Trinity eventually university status on July 18, 2006. The University goes by the dictum “dedication to knowing and doing truth.” Trinity University of Asia is one of only five universities in the Philippines with current Institutional Accreditation granted by the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP). The accreditation has been granted for a period "effective August 2009 up to April 2014". It is also one of few universities in the Philippines that have been granted full autonomous status by CHED "from 6 October 2009 to 5 October 2012". As of October 2009, only 44 (2.5%) out of 1,726 higher educational institutions in the Philippines had been granted autonomous status by CHED. Trinity College of Quezon City was launched through the bequest of the Procter and Gamble stock of the family of Bishop Paul Matthews. Rt. Rev. Lyman C.