UST-Legazpi is a Catholic higher educational institution devoted to the holistic formation of its students through academic excellence, moral formation, and emotional maturity.
UST-Legazpi offers preschool and elementary, high school (General Curriculum, Special Program in the Arts, and PAASCU Level III-candidate Science High School), Senior High School, and twenty–three (23) programs (in the College of Arts, Sciences and Education; College of Business Management and Accountancy; College of Health Sciences; and College of Engineering, Architecture and Fine Arts), the newest of which are the BS Pharmacy, the first program in the Region, and BS Medical Technology, both supervised by UST-Manila. The Peñaranda campus hosts the College of Business Management and Accountancy, College of Law, the Graduate School, and the Center for Continuing Education.