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We are pleased to present and share with you this 8-Year Strategic Plan for the Ifugao State University (IFSU)
which serves as a blueprint that will guide our path forward.
This Strategic Plan is a living document that represents the voice, efforts and insights of our various
stakeholders: university administrators, faculty, staff, students, alumni, Local Government Units (LGUs), other

government agencies, and the communities that we serve. Thus, it embodies what the key stakeholders aspire for the
University in the years ahead which is reflected in the new IFSU Vision, Mission, Goals, and Objectives (VMGO). This
Plan, inspired by phronetic leadership and guided by our core Values—Excellence, Integrity, Faith, Service, Creativity
and Cultural Sensitivity is thus seen as instrumental in moving IFSU to a new level of excellence in our major thrusts
and services to the students and other stakeholders here and abroad.
Inspired by the words of Stephen Covey, who said, “Begin with the end in mind”, we crafted this 8-Year
Strategic Plan with a commitment to change the status quo taking into consideration the development priorities of the
national and local governments, the ASEAN integration, the fast changing landscape of higher education, and the
challenges and opportunities for IFSU, among others. Hence, the IFSU Strategic Plan is anchored on the Philippine
Development Plan (PDP) which serves as the roadmap for the “Ambisyon 2040” championed by the Duterte

administration. Certainly, IFSU recognizes the role it plays in contributing to the achievement of the PDP and Cordillera

Regional Development Plan (CRDP) targets in the three pillars, namely: Malasakit (Enhancing the social fabric),
Pagbabago (Reducing inequality) and Patuloy na Pag-unlad (Increasing growth potential). As a public higher

education institution (HEI), IFSU takes cognizance of its responsibility in accelerating human resource development to
reduce inequality, and in fostering research and innovation to increase growth potential. Likewise, this plan supports
the socio-economic development goals of the province of Ifugao and its municipalities especially on poverty
alleviation, and on the preservation and conservation of Ifugao indigenous knowledge and practices for cultural
identity. While the IFSU Strategic Plan corresponds to the local needs, it also responds to the demands of the current
trends in higher education such as internationalization, digitization, transnational education, among others.
These underpin IFSU’s vision – “A globally recognized university upholding excellence amidst rich cultural
heritage”, which encapsulates our aspiration to advance the stature of IFSU in the international arena while promoting
and sustaining our cultural identity and heritage. Indeed, the University’s vision also articulates our desire to establish
our niche through excellent services in instruction, research and extension, and quality specialized outputs/products,
capitalizing on the Ifugao rich cultural heritage which makes us unique. In keeping with this, we will create an enabling
environment that cultivates the culture of quality and excellence, and that supports the idea of “thinking local and
acting global”, which will be the central components of IFSU’s ideology and institutional branding. In this way, IFSU’s
existence as a public HEI will remain relevant and bear profound and positive impact on the communities – local and
global.
It is hoped then that this Strategic Plan will provide us the engine and inspiration to change the status quo and
respond to the challenges and opportunities before us. We know that we laid down a challenging trajectory for IFSU.
But we also strongly believe that there is no great challenge that we cannot surmount if we all work together, hand in
hand and side by side, with a strong faith that God has designed and empowered us to be like eagles. Isaiah 40:31 says,
“but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not
grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” As believers in the Almighty GOD, we ought to be like EAGLES, never
content to roost in a sparrow’s nest!

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