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was issued. Pursuant to this order, the first CHED supervised CSI, the Cauayan Polytechnic

College at Cauayan, Isabela, was integrated to the University. In 2001, three more CSIs were

integrated to the system through CHED Memo Order No. 27 s. 2000 – the Roxas Memorial

Agricultural and Industrial School (RMAIS) in Roxas, Isabela; the Delfin Albano Memorial

Institute of Agriculture and Technology (DAMIAT) in San Mariano, Isabela and the Angadanan

Agro-Industrial College (AAIC) in Angadanan, Isabela. Later, through the collaborative efforts

of ISU and the local governments of Palanan and Santiago City, two extension campuses were

added to the system - ISU Palanan and ISU Santiago.

The Isabela State University System is strategically located in the middle of the Cagayan

Valley region, which is composed of the island province of Batanes, the valley provinces of

Cagayan and Isabela and the generally mountainous provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino. The

province of Isabela is composed of 92 municipalities, three (3) cities and 2,292 barangays.

Coincidentally, the ISU satellite campuses are situated along the regions where “Midrib- Peripheral

Growth Centers and Socio-economic zone” where the major urban and commercial centers of the

region are located. Another strategic advantage is the University’s proximity to the site of the

Regional Agro-Industrial Center (RIC) of Cauayan City, Isabela and its accessibility to Sta. Ana,

Cagayan as the entry point for international trade. It is also near to Tuguegarao City and Santiago

City, the two regional trades, financial and commercial centers of the region.

Thirty-five years after its establishment, the University has become a credible Higher

Education Institution (HEI), having been awarded by the Association of Accredited Chartered

Colleges and Universities of the Philippines (AACCUP) as the SUC with the most number of

accredited programs in 2012 as well as one of the few Level IV SUCs in the country. Also, ISU

has been named as one among the 21 leading SUCs in the Philippines

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