 Less than a year after becoming a university, the Commission on Higher Education, recognizing the “enormous contribution of the Our Lady of Fatima University in the growth and prominence of tertiary education in the country and the Asia-Pacific and its commitment through quality education, research and extension work” granted deregulated status to the university through CHED Resolution No.393-2003 dated October 27, 2003.In 2010, Dean Arturo de Leon, the dean of College of Dentistry, was elected as the president of the Philippine Dental Association (PDA) and the South East Asia Association of Dental Educators (SEAADE).