For decades, Cebu Doctors’ University has been a leader in health sciences education, producing graduates who serve in hospitals, clinics, research institutions, and communities around the world.

With modern facilities, hospital-based training, and a strong foundation in values formation, CDU provides an environment where students grow academically, professionally, and personally.

About Us

Cebu Doctors’ University is a private nonsectarian coeducational higher education institution located in Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines. It was founded in 1973 at Cebu City as Cebu Doctors’ College (CDC). In 2004, it was renamed Cebu Doctors’ University (CDU). It is organized into eight colleges, a Graduate School, and a Senior High School.

Our Vision

A globally recognized health and service-oriented educational institution with the highest standards of transformative practice

Our Mission

To uphold the highest standards of education rooted in the University’s ideals of wellness, integrity, service, and excellence in the attainment of the individual’s full potential through the embodiment of a transformative culture that responds to the exigencies of man and society for nation building, positive change and enhancement of quality of life

Shared Values

W.I.S.E

Wellness, Integrity, Service, Excellence

Graduate Attributes

Health and Wellness Advocate

  • Leading promoter of health and well-being
  • Innovative health educator

Charitable Person

  • Demonstrates concern for the welfare of persons, society, and the environment
  • Supports just benefits and privileges
  • Grateful individual

Resilient Lifelong Learner

  • Adaptable
  • Engages in personal and professional development

Ethical Leader

  • Morally upright
  • Demonstrates highest standards of ethical behavior
  • Self-disciplined
  • Principled person

Globally Competentent Practitioner

  • Highly skilled in the profession

Reflective and Critical Thinker

  • Evidence-based decision-maker
  • Insightful and inquisitive
  • Demonstrates intellectual rigor and humility

Service Driven Individual

  • God-centered
  • Exemplifies social responsiveness
  • Client-focused
  • Dedicated Filipino citizen
  • Compassionate

Influential Communicator

  • Technologically capable
  • Purposive
  • Practices effective therapeutic communication

Collaborative Partner

  • Enterprising towards building partnerships and linkages
  • Culturally sensitive

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