 The Ateneo de Tuguegarao is not the only Jesuit school that the Jesuits named Ateneo.The Society of Jesus in the Philippines has established sixteen schools all over the Philippines since 1590 where nine of them were given the name Ateneo.Over the years, the name "Ateneo" has become recognized as the official title of Jesuit institutions of higher learning in the Philippines and synonymous with academic excellence.