Graduate School Beginnings & Milestones

1975

When the Master of Arts in Teaching Elementary Agriculture (MATEA) was opened, the College was identified as a Learning Center in the province of Capiz. Under this entity were the sublearning centers in Cuartero, Dao, Dumalag, Dumarao, Sigma, Sapian, Tapaz, Jamindan and Mambusao.

1980

On December 24, 1980, by virtue of Batas Pambansa Blg. 91, the Mambusao Agricultural and Technical College (MATEC) based in Burias, Mambusao, Capiz was merged with the Capiz Agricultural and Fishery School in Bailan, Pontevedra, Capiz to become the Panay State Polytechnic College (PSPC). One of the provisions of the law authorized the College to offer graduate education with various fields of specialization. 

1982

The curricular program expanded to Master in Agriculture, Master of Science, and Master of Arts in Teaching with major fields in English, Filipino, Science and Mathematics.

1987

On April 29, 1987, the Board of Trustees approved establishment of the Graduate School.  Dr. Leopoldo Ramos became the first Dean and Dr. Lucita Suelo the Associate Dean.

1991 onwards

In the succeeding years, the curricular program expanded to more fields of study, as follows.

1991–1992     

The Graduate School offered two degrees, namely: Doctor of Education major in Educational Management and Master in Public Administration.

1996              

The Doctor of Philosophy Major in Agronomy and Doctor of Philosophy Major in Animal Science were offered

1996

The Panay State Polytechnic College partnered with Aklan State College of Agriculture to form the Graduate Education Consortium which accommodated ASCA’s faculty and students to enrol in PSPC. The consortium also sent PSPC professors to teach in ASCA.

1997

Graduate classes were conducted in Poblacion Mambusao Campus.

2003

Board of Trustees approved the Doctor of Public Administration

2004

The GS hosted the first batch of enrolees for the Doctor of Public Administration.

The Panay State Polytechnic College (PSPC) was converted to Capiz State University (CapSU).

2006

The Accrediting Agency of Charted Colleges and Universities of the Philippines (AACUP) accredited the fields of study of CapSU Graduate School Program—Master in Management Major in Educational Management, Master in Public Administration, and PhD in Agronomy and Animal Science.

University History

Beginnings and Transitions

By virtue of Batas Pambansa 91 signed by the Congress on December 24, 1980, the Panay State Polytechnic College (PSPC) came into existence.

The law allowed for the merging of Mambusao Agricultural and Technical College (MATEC) based in Mambusao, Capiz with two campuses in the towns of Sapian and Tapaz and Capiz Agricultural and Fisheries School (CAFS) based in Pontevedra, Capiz.

On August 29, 1981, Dr. Ernesto V. Botin took oath as the first PSPC president. Under Botin’s proactive and dynamic leadership, PSPC pursued milestone projects and led the growing community to much well-lauded achievements.

In 1982, the PSPC Board of Trustees endorsed for the addition of two satellite campuses of PSPC in the towns of Dumarao and Pilar.

In 1986, President Corazon Aquino reappointed Dr. Botin PSPC president who then served until July 1993. PSPC’s later years under Dr. Botin saw extensive transitions and improvements in the infrastructure and faculty development.

Dr. Anthony Navarrosa, then Executive Vice-President, served as the College’s officer-in-charge until the appointment of Dr. Rochellir D. Dadivas on October 12, 1994.

Dr. Dadivas served as the second president, pursuing the programs initiated and enhancing the existing projects established in the previous term.

In October 1999, the Capiz Institute of Technology (CIT) based in Roxas City and its fisheries unit in Dayao formed part of the PSPC Roxas City Unit.

After less than a year, the Sigma College of Science & Technology (SCST) in the town of Sigma, Capiz was integrated into the PSPC family on December 19, 2000.

At the turn of the new millennium, the PSPC Board of Trustees approved the new organizational structure of the College to cover three units, namely: the Roxas City Unit, the Mambusao Unit and the Pontevedra Unit, each of which to be headed by a chancellor.

PSPC Mambusao Unit now covered the campuses of Burias and Poblacion in Mambusao and those in the towns of Sapian, Tapaz, Sigma and Dumarao; while PSPC Pontevedra Unit covered the campus in Pilar, Capiz.

In 2000, PSPC drafted a proposal to convert the College into a university. On July 28, 2003, deliberations of the bill at commenced in the 12th Congress through the concerted efforts of the concerted efforts of Sen. Manuel Roxas, Cong. Rodriguez Dadivas, Cong. Fredenil Castro, Gov. Vicente Bermejo and Vice-governor Victor Tanco.

It was then passed to the Senate in February 7, 2004; and was finally signed and approved by Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on March 21, 2004.

On March 21, 2004, by virtue of Republic Act 9273, the Panay State Polytechnic College (PSPC) was formally converted to Capiz State University.

R.A. 9273 provides that the center for administration of the University shall be in the Roxas City campus while the center for academic affairs shall be in Poblacion Mambusao campus. Among others, Capiz State University shall “provide advanced instruction and professional training on agriculture, fishery and forestry, science and technology, arts and humanities, education and other related fields.”

The Act likewise provides that Capiz State University “undertake research, extension services and production activities, and provide progressive leadership in its areas of specialization.”

By this time, chancellorships in PSPC’s three units were dissolved, and an administrator was assigned for each campus.

In July 2008, Dr. Editha L. Magallanes became the third president of the Capiz State University.

To date, Capiz State University maintains ten campuses situated across the province of Capiz.

Of all the campuses offering academic degree courses, two of them serve as laboratory sites for farming system (Burias Campus) and fishery research (Pontevedra Campus) activities.