University of Cagayan Valley

The University of Cagayan Valley is committed to empowering individuals through quality education, intellectual and technological advancement, and values formation to make a difference in society.
The University of Cagayan Valley (UCV), formerly known as the Cagayan Colleges Tuguegarao (CCT) and Cagayan Teachers College (CTC), was founded in April 1948, from the rubbles and devastating aftermath of World War II. The country was still in economic chaos. Most schools have been destroyed or burned and were being built and rehabilitated. There was a dearth of teachers all over the country, and people were getting over their travails and horrifying experiences during the war.
The war did not spare Tuguegarao. The Japanese forces were everywhere. The Japanese Army had a large contingent quartered in the Old Selecta, a Ladies Dormitory owned and operated by the late Mrs. Caridad S. Ventura-Perez, located at the site now occupied by Dr. Matias Ponce Perez, Sr. Building. As a result of the bombings of American forces to destroy enemy installations, the Old Selecta and the whole "Centro" of Tuguegarao were reduced to ashes, and only a few buildings were left standing.
It was during the long war years while on evacuation that Atty. Matias Ponce Perez Sr. concretized his life-long dream and promise to the Cagayan electorate in the early '30s of founding a school that can offer affordable higher education. At that time, there were no higher learning institutions in Tuguegarao, nor in nearby areas, that one had to go to Manila to obtain a college education. Atty. Perez had great foresight. He had foreseen that there would be a great need for more schools after the war for better trained and more qualified teachers. During that period, even teachers in the public school needed to grow professionally, as many were just high school or secondary familiar college graduates. Thus, in April 1948, with the help of his friends, relative, and some public school officials, and with the inspiration and guidance of his wife, Mrs. Caridad S. Ventura-Perez, the Cagayan Teachers College, now the University of Cagayan Valley, was born. The University of Cagayan Valley started modestly. Its course offering during its first year of academic operation was limited to Elementary Teacher's Certificate. Soon after, other courses were offered.
Research is one of the thrusts of the Commission on Higher Education that every educational Institution must take with the utmost consideration. Research is the life-blood of an institution. Without it, the goals and objectives of the academe for its clientele will not be realized. Thus, all UCV family members must work hand in hand to attain quality research to produce highly competitive graduates. This Institution's Research, Planning, and Development Center is established to set in motion and stimulate the growth of the frontiers of knowledge across disciplines and help raise research efforts to sustain development programs.
Research, Planning, and Development is an academic function that distinguishes higher education from primary education. The academe has traditionally been one of the significant sources of knowledge and innovations due to the faculty, personnel, and students' research activities. It is believed that the faculty's academic reputation and his/her standing among colleagues are mainly associated with the quality of his/her research and contribution to the world's fund of knowledge. The Center envisions assuming the lead role in the production and dissemination of development-oriented, innovative, and creative research that is locally responsive and globally comparable.
The Center is committed to providing an environment for the ultimate expression of an individual's innovative and creative powers. It ensures that the academic environment nurtures a research culture that inspires and supports the faculty, personnel, and students' talents. The University of Cagayan Valley Research, Planning, and Development Center shall enhance the individual's capacity to identify, create, and distribute knowledge for reuse and conduct independent, relevant, and responsive studies.
At present, hand in hand with the Institution's academic expansion, its physical facilities, and structures are also being improved and expanded. To accommodate the growing number of enrollees, the Institution maintains two campuses the College Avenue Campus (UCV Annex), where the Dr. Matias P. Perez Building is located, and the Balzan Campus, which is now the Main Campus with an area of some eight hectares where the other buildings of the Institution are located.
The Dr. Matias P. Perez Building, complete with science laboratories and a simulated hospital, quarters the College of Health while the various buildings at the Main Campus (Balzan) house the College of Law, College of Marine Engineering, College of Marine Transportation, College of Computer, Engineering and Information Technology, College of Technology, College of Engineering, College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, School of Arts and Sciences and Teacher Education, School of Criminology and the School of Business Administration. It is also in the Balzan Campus, where the Computer Laboratories, Swimming Pool, Hotel, Mock Ship, Crime Laboratory, Chemistry Laboratory, Dark Room for Photography, Interrogation Room, and the Gymnasium are housed.
The honorable commissioners recommended granting the university status to the Commission en banc who awarded the status to CCT through Resolution No. 186-2010 dated July 14, 2010, which changed the name Cagayan Colleges Tuguegarao to University of Cagayan Valley. On July 19, 2010, the First University Assembly attended by students, faculty, administration, personnel, alumni, CHED officials, religious groups, and friends of UCV was held to inform the stakeholders of the university status of the Institution.On September 15, 2010, Dr. Victor V. Perez, in an investiture program, was installed as the First University President.