Engineering and Information Technology (CEIT). The CEIT currently offers four engineering programs and three specialization on the information technology program. Institute of Information Technology In 2003, Letran Manila was the first school to partner with Microsoft for the Microsoft IT Academy program in the Philippines. It is one of the academic institutions that offers a degree in Information Technology mapped with the premier certification from Microsoft. It began as an area in the College of the Liberal Arts, Sciences, and Education. Starting A.Y. 2012–13, the Institute of Information Technology transferred to the College of Engineering. Graduate school The Professional School for Continuing Education in Business of the Letran Graduate School is located at the St. Albert the Great building. Basic Education The Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila has a Basic Education department that has been in existence for almost 400 years. Letran started as an all-boys school, then began accepting female enrollees in the first year during the academic year 2005–06 for its basic education program. The Elementary Level caters a two-year start from pre-school and six years of elementary, Now forming part of the Basic Education Department of the Colegio, the elementary level starts from the first two years of pre-school – Kindergarten and Preparatory – and six years of elementary education. The pupils in this Department are called Pages, the name given to those who are in the first stage of knighthood. Here, pupils are taught the basic rudiments not only of reading, writing, and arithmetic but also of other areas, which include character formation.The Elementary Department of Letran Manila is located at the St. Vincent Ferrer building. The High School Department is located in the St. Raymond of Penafort building. Athletics Letran is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association from 1928 to 1932, and since 1936. The Colegio currently participates in basketball, volleyball, football (soccer), track and field, taekwondo, Lawn Tennis, and table tennis. The varsity teams are called Letran Knights (for seniors division), Squires (for juniors division) and Lady Knights (for women's division) The seniors basketball team is the second most successful team in the NCAA. Since joining in the 1928–29 season, the Knights have won a total of seventeen titles. The most recent championship came in the 2019–2020 tournament. Their most prominent rivals are the De La Salle Green Archers (before the Green Archers left the NCAA), San Beda Red