The University shall provide advanced instruction in the arts, agriculture, natural sciences, and the technological and professional fields. This mandate is under Presidential Decree Nos. 1434 and 1437, issued on June 10, 1978, by President Ferdinand Marcos, establishing Isabela State University. Isabela State University is a leading, vibrant, comprehensive, and research university in the country and the ASEAN region.
Isabela State University is one of the top state universities in the country, named one of the 19 leading universities by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). It has also been identified as one of the 12 Level IV universities in the country by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). All these speak a lot about the University's stature so far as some national norms are concerned. However, the challenges ahead that need to be addressed appear to be increasingly becoming difficult.
The advent and ultimate entry of the Philippines into the ASEAN 2015, and its impact in terms of the type, level, competition, as well as the supply and demand for labor and skills in an open market has tremendous implications not only for state college and universities but also for private academic institutions in the region. The state universities and colleges in the country – the ISU, in particular, must brace for the challenges of the ASEAN one open economy. It must start its program to respond to international norms and take leadership to ensure that Filipinos become competitive. It is a formidable challenge, and ISU must keep focus and remain steadfast in its vision to be one of the leading comprehensive research universities in the ASEAN region.
Isabela State University is committed to developing highly trained and globally competent professionals generate innovative and cutting-edge knowledge and technologies for people empowerment and sustainable development, engage in viable resource generation programs, and maintain and enhance stronger partnerships under good governance to advance the interests of national and international communities. Established in 1978, the University has developed into a premier comprehensive state university in 34 years. In the medium term until 2018, the University commits to breaking into international stature by developing globally competitive graduates in undergraduate and postgraduate education. In so doing, it commits to creating an environment that nurtures academic freedom for diverse studentry and professionals to unleash their best creative and innovative initiatives in leading and cutting-edge researches.
It commits to consolidate, generate, and efficiently manage its resources to support the preceding initiatives and their utilization for the benefit and development of our students, our people and supply the much-needed knowledge, skills, and technologies sought for national development and by international communities. It also commits to developing and maintaining the support of a credible, highly trained, and competitive faculty and staff support to drive and sustain this mission and contribute significantly to our national human capital development.
The ISABELA STATE UNIVERSITY endeavors to be a lead University in instruction, research, extension, and resource generation through continuous improvement of services. We conduct our affairs with due diligence, care, and thoughtful engagement to pursue excellence in our academic, research & development, and extension services. We shall consistently engage the public, mobilizing their participation in our programs and services. We shall seek their voice, recognize their needs, and mobilize their expertise to sustain and continue programs and services improvement. We put an exceptional value on our living planet. We accept responsibility, adopt practices to protect the environment, and be made accountable for our actions. We recognize that working with the University is a unique opportunity and privilege. We acknowledge that our office is a public trust. As such, we shall conduct our engagements with the most vital sense of responsibility and submit ourselves accountable to the public and Almighty God. We firmly recognize that societal problems are not isolated - in fact, multifaceted and appropriately addressed through the deployment of multidisciplinary teams in a collaborative synergy to ensure efficiency, innovation, and productivity. We shall continuously seek more effective and yet most economical ways of pursuing our vision and mission and goals amidst limited resources. We shall continuously seek new and innovative ways of doing things. Contribute to solving current as well as emerging problems of society. We believe that innovation is the key to our competitiveness in the world. We believe in the value of respect and subscribe to the highest ethical standards of honesty, fairness, truth, and justice in all our engagements, and as we pursue our mission and vision.
As a University, ISU is mandated to generate scientific knowledge and innovations, which are the driving force for economic growth and development, especially for Isabela's home province. Therefore, it is expected for ISU to lead in the generation of discipline-based, policy-oriented, demand-driven, and innovative knowledge and technologies that are locally responsive and globally competitive. This supports CHED's program of aligning HEI initiatives with national development goals through relevant and responsive R & D.
In response to the national government's goal to strengthen quality assurance in the delivery of instruction as stipulated in the CHED Roadmap, ISU has continuously undertaken measures to provide quality and relevant education. ISU is constantly subjecting its program offerings to AACCUP accreditation. Continuous accreditation of program offerings has spun improvements in the level of these programs. AACCUP accreditation in 2015 resulted in 86 out of 109 accredited programs, 72 of which are programs in higher education, and 14 are in advanced education. However, because of the increasing number of enrolees, there was an increase in the number of program offerings in the University that resulted in 113. As of July 2016, the accredited programs totaled 85 due to the phased out program, which is Ph.D. in Institutional Development Management.
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