De La Salle University – Dasmariñas (Tagalog: Pamantasang De La Salle - Dasmariñas) (also referred to as DLSU - D or La Salle - Dasma) is a Roman Catholic Lasallian University in Dasmariñas City, Cavite, Philippines and a member institution of De La Salle Philippines. DLSU-D, despite its name, is an autonomous university separate from the De La Salle University in Manila, which is also a part of the De La Salle Philippines System. The university was established on July 18, 1977 as a private nonsectarian tertiary school named General Emilio Aguinaldo College-Cavite and managed by the Yaman Lahi Foundation. In 1987, ownership and management were transferred to Frère (St.) Bénilde Romançon Educational Foundation Inc., a sister corporation of De La Salle University-Manila. It became a Catholic institution under the name De La Salle University-Emilio Aguinaldo College. In 1992, the name DLSU-EAC was changed to De La Salle University-Aguinaldo. In 1997, the institution's name was changed again. It is now called De La Salle University – Dasmariñas to avoid confusion with the Emilio Aguinaldo College Cavite campus.