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Chapter I

GENERAL INFORMATION

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Section 1. History

The University charter was laid down by two Presidential Decrees, P.D.

1434 and P.D. 1437. 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 absorbing 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 institution 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 2007.

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