The Southwestern University (SWU) is a private university located in Cebu City, Philippines founded on 1946 by two pharmacists. It started as Southwestern Colleges in the summer of 1946 and became a university on December 11, 1959. It consists of three campuses located in different areas of Metro Cebu – the main campus along Villa Aznar, J. Urgello St., while the Aznar Coliseum Complex is located about 50-meters away from the main campus, and the South Campus (formerly known as Basak campus) along E. Sabellano St., Basak Pardo, Cebu City. In summer of 1946, when the Philippines was in the rehabilitation process after the World War II, Southwestern University was founded with the name Southwestern Colleges. The founders were pharmacists Matias Hipolito Chavez Aznar II and his wife Anunciacion Barcenilla Aznar. Southwestern Colleges started with eighteen faculty members, five hundred nine students, three two – storey buildings on an approximately two – hectare lot, and with the following courses: Elementary, High School (day and night classes), first two years of Arts and Sciences (Associate Programs), Education and Commerce, and first year Law.