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University Profile

he University charter was laid the provincial government of Isabela,
down by two Presidential De- the University extended its academic
Tcrees, P.D. 1434 and P.D. 1437. programs in Palanan effective first se-

On June 10, 1978, then President Fer- mester of Academic Year 2005-2006.
dinand E. Marcos issued P.D. 1434 Not long after, and through the col-
which established the Isabela State laborative efforts of University offi-
University by merging the Isabela cials and the local governments of the
State College of Agriculture (ISCA) at City of Santiago and Aurora, Isabela,
Echague, the Cagayan Valley Institute the University extended selected pro-
of Technology (CVIT) at Cabagan, grams in 2012 and 2020, respectively.
and absorbing the college courses of
the Isabela School of Arts and Trades To date, the Isabela State
(ISAT) in Ilagan, Roxas Memorial University system maintains nine
Agricultural and Industrial School campuses and three satellite exten-
(RMAIS) in Roxas, San Mateo Voca- sion campuses (with the addition of
tional and Industrial School (SMVIS) the Aurora Extension Unit) that are
in San Mateo and Jones Rural School strategically positioned in Isabela,
(JRS) in Jones, Isabela. The merger, the second largest province in the

likewise, identified Echague to serve country, comprising of 34 munic-
as the main campus and administra- ipalities and 3 cities: 1 indepen-
tive site. dent and 2 component cities. These

campuses are also straddling along
In 1999,, the CHED Memo- the Region’s “Midrib-Peripheral
randum Order No. 18, s. 1999 which Growth Centers and Socio-Eco-
provides the guidelines for the inte- nomic Development Zone” where
gration of CHED Supervised Insti- the major urban and commer-
tutions (CSIs) to SUCs was enact- cial centers of the region ply their

ed. Pursuant to this Order, the first trades. This is aside from having an
CHED-supervised Institution that edge of strategic proximity to the
was integrated to the University is site of the Regional Agro-Industri-
the Cauayan Polytechnic College at al Center in Cauayan City, and its
Cauayan, Isabela. In 2002, two CSIs accessibility to Santa Ana in Cagay-
were again merged into the system, an, a special economic zone and
namely: Delfin Albano Memorial entry point of International trade
Institute of Agricculture and Tech- in Cagayan Valley. Likewise, the
nology (DAMIAT) in San Mariano; campuses lie within the periphery
and the Angadanan Agro-Industrial of Tuguegarao and Santiago Cities,
College (AAIC) in Angadanan, Isa- respectively, the commercial and fi-

bela. Responding on the request of nancial hubs of Region 02.

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