In 1616, the Recollect Fathers which built a beautiful church and convent in Cavite. They remained here, spreading the light of the Gospel and promoting Christian civilization, until the outbreak of World War II. Determined to continue the work which they had begun in Cavite, the Recollect Fathers founded in 1966 the San Sebastian College-Recoletos. Initially, in addition to opening an exclusive high school for boys, the former junior college offered co-educational tertiary level education in Commerce, Liberal Arts and a two-year course in Secretarial Science. In 1986, the High School department was made co-educational to accommodate young girls seeking admission into the school. It also decided to offer courses in computer science. In 1995, the institution also opened its doors to graduate students by creating the Graduate School of Business, and had its first batch of graduates in 1997. To date, the institution already has five main colleges, namely: the College of Accountancy, Business Administration and HRM; the College of Criminology; the College of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology; the College of Liberal Arts; and the College of Nursing. It continuously exerts its efforts to update its curricular offerings, and offer new courses, that are responsive to the changing needs and demands of its student clientele. And in response to the desire of Caviteño parents to provide their children with the highly-esteemed Sebastinian education from their formative years, the initial offering of grade school levels I-IV and pre-school levels Nursery, Kinder and Prep started in school year 2006-2007, met by enthusiasm and anticipation among the parents. From 1966 to the present, San Sebastian College-Recoletos, as a Catholic educational institution and an integral part of the Augustinian Recollects apostolate, has been committed to the total formation of man, imbued with knowledge, attitudes, and habits that will make learners truly men of their time.