The University of Santo Tomas Alfredo M. Velayo College of Accountancy, or "UST AMVCoA" or "Santo Tomas Accountancy", is the business school, specialized in Accountancy and Management Accounting, of the University of Santo Tomas, the oldest and the largest Catholic university in Manila, Philippines. The university is one of the first accountancy schools in the Philippines. It is a consistent Top Performing Accountancy School in the Philippine Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Licensure Examinations. The college is named after Alfredo M. Velayo, an alumnus of the university and the co-founder of the SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co., one of the leading accounting firms in the country. The University of Santo Tomas started offering the accountancy program in 1933 under the School of Commerce (later renamed as College of Commerce in 1935). The degree was then known as Bachelor of Science in Commerce major in Accounting (BSC Acctg.). Prominent Thomasian CPAs like Washington Z. SyCip, founder of Sycip, Gorres, Velayo & Co. and co-founder of the Asian Institute of Management, graduated summa cum laude in 1939. While Alfredo M.