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AGENCY INFORMATION

MANDATE

he University shall provide advanced instruction in the arts, agriculture and natural
Tsciences as well as in the technological and professional fields.

HISTORY

he University charter was laid down by two Presidential Decrees, P.D. 1434 and P.D.
T1437. On June 10, 1978, then President Ferdinand E. Marcos issued P.D. 1434 which
established the Isabela State University by merging the Isabela State College of Agriculture
(ISCA) at Echague, the Cagayan Valley Institute of Technology (CVIT) at Cabagan, and ab-
sorbing the college courses of the Isabela School of Arts and Trades (ISAT) in Ilagan, Roxas
Memorial Agricultural and Industrial School (RMAIS) in Roxas, San Mateo Vocational and
Industrial School (SMVIS) in San Mateo and Jones Rural School (JRS) in Jones, Isabela. The
merger likewise identified Echague to serve as the main campus and administrative site.
The decree further mandated the University to establish an effective and efficient institu-
tion of higher learning that will provide better service in the professional and technical
training in agriculture, the arts, sciences, humanities and technology and in the conduct of
scientific researches and technological studies.
In 1999, the CHED Memorandum Order No. 18 s. 1999 which provides the guidelines
for the integration of CHED Supervised Institutions (CSIs) to SUCs was enacted. Pursuant to
this Order, the first CHED-supervised institution that was integrated to the University is the
Cauayan Polytechnic College at Cauayan, Isabela. In year 2002, two CSIs were again merged
into the system, namely: Delfin Albano Memorial Institute of Agriculture and Technology
(DMIAT) in San Mariano; and the Angadanan Agro-Industrial College (AAIC) in Angadanan,
Isabela. Responding on the request of the provincial government of Isabela, the University
extended its academic programs in Palanan effective first semester of Academic Year 2005-
2006. Not long after, and through the collaborative efforts of University officials and the
local government of the City of Santiago, the extension of ISU at this sprawling city begun its
operation in 2012.
To date, the Isabela State University system maintains nine campuses and two
satellite extension campuses that are strategically positioned in Isabela, the second largest
province in the country, comprising of 34 municipalities and 3 cities: 1 independent and 2
component cities. These campuses are also straddling along the Region’s “Midrib-Periph-
eral Growth Centers and Socio-Economic Development Zone” where the major urban and
commercial centers of the region ply their trades. This is aside from having an edge of stra-
tegic proximity to the site of the Regional Agro-Industrial Center in Cauayan City, and its ac-
cessibility to Santa Ana in Cagayan, a special economic zone and entry point of International
trade in Cagayan Valley. Likewise, the campuses lie within the periphery of Tuguegarao and
Santiago Cities, respectively, the commercial and financial hubs of Region 02.

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