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Warm welcome everyone to the premier University with the long-standing commitment of transforming lives for a great future. This institution is the home of countless leaders in various disciplines, the abode, and the current and upcoming students. Our growing and vibrant academic community continually draws its strength from the ideas and ideals of its founders, stockholders, members of the Board of Trustees, school officials, teaching and non-teaching employees, students, and alumni. Furthermore, the University is steadfast in its mantra of providing you the best university education possible anchored on the trinity of virtues: scholarship, character, and service, thus, enabling you to become a dynamic global citizen. The Library is of paramount importance to the students and faculty. It is an essential source of intellectual advancement in an institution. The University Library aims to provide an efficient and responsive service to the academic community. The library staff will assist the library patrons in getting the fullest satisfaction of the research needs. The Treasurer's Office is located on the University Administration Building's ground floor on the right side of the main gate. The Office is responsible for collecting student fees that include tuition fees and other miscellaneous fees for the requisition of documents and other records. The Registrar's Office is located on the first floor of the Administration Building. The students' academic records and other pertinent documents about the approved curriculum are kept. Student Personnel Services Office is composed of the Guidance Center, Health Services (Clinic), and the Student Affairs Office. It is primarily concerned with providing services that would help students develop holistically. SPS is located on the ground floor of the IRC building. The SPS supports the University's vision of transforming lives for a great future through the different programs and services that the Office provides. These programs and services aim to support the student/personnel to attain optimum development of their potentials and become responsible members of the community. The Guidance Center develops and implements an organized program of services designed to support and guide the students in making adjustments to educational, vocational, social, personal, and emotional problems. Likewise, it assists and guides them in making wise decisions and planning to solve problems and improve the quality of their relationships and social life. The University of Bohol has adopted a program for working scholars, which provides free tuition to needy but deserving students who work part time in the University as assistants or clerks in offices and laboratories. A work scholar assigned at the Treasurer's Office or the Registrar's Office has a privilege of 21 units of free tuition. A work scholar assigned to any other offices is given the privilege of a free tuition fee of 18 units only. All work scholars are required to render work duty of 6 hours a day. The University fully implements all government-mandated scholarships. The University also honors all other kinds of scholarships offered by the government to qualified students. For full details on scholarships, the student is advised to refer to the CHED Regional Officer or the Head of Students Affairs. The University of Bohol was originally named Rafael Palma College after the most outstanding scholar of his time, the late Dr. Rafael Palma. Its history is an account of how a group of public and civic spirited citizens of the province of Bohol ventured to establish an educational institution in answer to a long-felt need for a college education to those who could not afford to study outside the province. Rising from the ashes of World War II in 1946, the Boholanos welcomed with anticipation the birth of a local college whose first members of the Board of Trustees were: Dr. Pio C. Castro, President Mr. Mariano Rocha, Vice President Atty. Felix Magdalen, Secretary Mr. Catalino Castillo, Treasurer, and Atty. DonatoGalia, members. The first permits for the pioneer courses were granted by the Bureau of Private Schools on June 10, 1946, through Atty's earnest efforts. Victoriano D. Tirol, Sr. The idea uppermost in the founders' minds was to establish a non-sectarian, non-profit, and non-political school that would offer a high standard of instruction within reach of the common man. The school is supported by subscription from public-spirited citizens who, without any personal interest, have devoted themselves to the cause of raising the educational and cultural horizon of the people. The College admitted to her halls in July 1946, 622 students. Since then, she had grown in size, leadership, and influence far beyond the founders' dreams despite inadequate revenues, adversities, and prejudice. The institution now offers instruction in many branches of knowledge on the postgraduate, graduate, collegiate, secondary, elementary, and pre-elementary levels. The University opened the UB - Victoriano D. Tirol Advanced Learning Center in June 1995, a highly competitive school for primary education in an 8-hectare campus in the suburbs of the city as a development. View full university

The Bohol Island State University (BISU) was born on October 14, 2009, after Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed into law Republic Act 9722, a.k.a.Today, Bohol Island State University is geared to pursue he culture of excellence cultivated by its proud past, guided by its mandate, and directed by its vision-mission. BISU is committed to providing quality higher education in the arts and sciences and the professional and technological fields, undertaking research and development and extension services for Bohol and the country's sustainable development. The BISU Main Campus believes that the students' total development is a big responsibility of the school. Students are our primary focus. To achieve this purpose, BISU-MC through SSP plans and manages student programs and activities aimed at broadening opportunities for students' personal, social, intellectual, and spiritual development. Recognizing students' importance, the STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICE is geared towards more empowered studentry through different activities and undertakings that they initiate, plan, and carry out. This is a serviced office, in the sense that it serves and looks after students' interests. SAO is the official communication link with the student body, administration, and general public concerning student welfare and development, student activities, and student discipline. Student Assistance Program is designed to help the less fortunate but deserving students to pursue their education. Scholarship grants and all forms of financial assistance are awarded under pertinent rules and regulations. Students who are sick or who need medical assistance can avail themselves of the medical/dental staff's services, free of charge. Every student must be a member of the Student Medicare System who paid the membership fee shall be covered by medical aid within the school year in case of accidents occurring within the school campus during class hours or outside the school while undertaking school connected activities and in going to and from school or before and after class hours. The membership fee may increase from year to year, as determined by the PTGEI Board. Being the realization of the Boholano aspiration, the Bohol Island State University is mandated to primarily provide advanced education, engineering, agriculture, fisheries, environment, arts and sciences, accountancy, cooperative, business and entrepreneurship, technology, and other relevant fields of study in the undergraduate and graduate levels and to undertake research and extension services and provide progressive leadership in its areas of specialization to meet the needs of the Province of Bohol and Region VII. The road to success was by no means an easy one. BISU was the Central Visayas State College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Technology (CVSCAFT). It was initially composed of five (5) independent vocational and technical public schools in Bohol, integrated by Republic Act 8659 signed on June 22, 1998. The composite schools then were the following: The Bohol Agriculture College in Barangay Zamora, Municipality of Bilar The Bohol School of Fisheries in Barangay Cogtong, Municipality of Candijay The Clarin School of Fisheries in Barangay Poblacion, Municipality of Clarin The Calape National School of Fisheries in Barangay Calunasan, Municipality of Calape and The Bohol School of Arts and Trades (BSAT) in Tagbilaran City. The Bohol Agriculture College was initially the Bilar Farm School established in 1968 under R.A. 5253 under Dr. Mateo M. Limbago. It is about 42 kilometers away from Tagbilaran's capital city and 19 kilometers away from the Municipality of Carmen, home of the world-renowned Chocolate Hills. The Bohol School of Fisheries was converted in 1959, according to R.A. No. 685 from the Candijay High School was established in 1948. It is about 96 kilometers from Tagbilaran City. For a long time, it was under the administration of Superintendent Pablito S. Recital. The Clarin School of Fisheries was established in 1962 under RA 2834. Formerly, it was the Clarin Junior High School established in 1962. It is about 60 kilometers away from Tagbilaran City. The school was then under the administration of the late Vivencio R. Ramos. The Calpe National School of Fisheries, established in 1982, is about 45 kilometers away from the capital city. It was under the administration of the late Principal Antonio P. Magallanes. Finally, the Bohol School of Arts and Trades (BSAT) was established in 1959 (initially, the Bohol Trade School was established in 1907). Superintendent Luciano Borja held the reins productively and was later succeeded by Engr. Elpidio T. Magante. As one of the leading institutions in Central Visayas, the CVSCAFT System served Boholanos and those from the neighboring provinces in the Visayas and Mindanao. It continually produced graduates who became leaders in the community, managers, and directors in many corporate organizations, experts, consultants in various technological fields, and administrators in educational institutions. She took pride in harnessing graduates who top board examinations, students under On-the-Jib Training (OJT) Programs who are absorbed directly by their cooperating companies and sent abroad further training and deployment, and other successful graduates who worked their way to prove true to the vision, mission, and goals of the institution, thus, making the difference. View full university