Iloilo State University of Science and Technology

About Iloilo State University of Science and Technology

According to Wikipedia, The Iloilo State University of Science and Technology is a government research university located at Tiwi, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo, Philippines. History ISUST was established on 16 June 1947 as Barotac Nuevo Junior High School, which was opened for the first and second year. It held its first commencement exercises on 25 March 1949. On 22 June 1957, it was converted into Central Iloilo National School of Fisheries by virtue of RA 1925. On 19 June 1961, it was renamed Iloilo National School of Fisheries and, on 20 June 1963, it was converted into Iloilo Regional School of Fisheries by virtue of RA 3521. On 21 August 1978, then President Ferdinand Marcos signed PD 1523 converting IRSOF into Iloilo State College of Fisheries . On 22 August 2000, RA 8760 and CHED Memorandum Nos. 27 and 27-A integrated CHED-Supervised Institutions of Barotac Nuevo, Dingle, Dumangas, and San Enrique, Iloilo into the system. On 11 June 2013, President Benigno Aquino III signed RA 10604 converting Iloilo State College of Fisheries into Iloilo State University of Science and Technology.