LIST: Universities, colleges shift to online classes on March 19
[Updated March 19, 2026, 9:27 a.m.]
MANILA, Philippines — Several colleges and universities announced a shift to online classes on Thursday, March 19, due to nationwide transport strikes.
The strikes will be held in protest of the ongoing oil price hikes caused by the escalating military conflict in the Middle East, to call for more subsidies, and to urge the government to allow a larger increase in public utility vehicle fares.
READ: Piston to hold transport strike beginning on Thursday (March 19)
Below is the list of schools that shifted to online classes on March 19:
- University of the East (Manila and Caloocan campuses)
- Adamson University
- Apec Schools
- Ateneo de Manila (for the Schools of Education and Learning Design, Humanities, Management, Science and Engineering, and Social Sciences — others depend on respective deans)
- Centro Escolar University
- Colegio de San Juan de Letran
- De La Salle University (Manila, Dasmariñas and Laguna campuses)
- Far Eastern University or FEU (Diliman, Alabang campuses)
- FEU Institute of Technology
- iAcademy Makati
- Manila Tytana College (March 19, 23 to 31)
- Mapua Malayan Colleges Laguna
- Medici de Makati College
- Miriam College
- National Teachers College
- Notre Dame of Greater Manila
- Polytechnic University of the Philippines
- Rizal Technological University
- Technological University of the Philippines Manila
- Trinity University of Asia
- University of Asia and the Pacific
- University of Santo Tomas
- University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna
- Technological Institute of the Philippines
- ACLC College of Manila
- Saint Francis of Assisi College – Bacoor Campus
- Mary Chiles College
- University of Cabuyao
- Laguna University
- Assumption College San Lorenzo
- St. Scholastica’s College Manila
- St. Bernadette of Lourdes College
- Jesus Reigns Christian College
- Marikina Polytechnic College
- Makati Science Technological Institute of the Philippines – Sta. Mesa
- Philippine School of Business Administration – Manila and Quezon City Campuses
- Bicol University
Laguna Gov. Sol Aragones likewise declared a shift to online or modular classes across all levels, public and private for the province, on Thursday, March 19, also due to the transport strike. /mr /das
