Samar State University

Samar State University

Seal of Samar State University
Former names
 Samar Trade School (STS); Samar School of Arts and Trades (SSAT); Samar State Polytechnic College (SSPC)
Type State university
Established 1912
President Dr. Marilyn D. Cardoso, Ph.D.
Vice-president Dr. Felisa E. Gomba, Ph.D.
Location Catbalogan City, Samar, Philippines
Nickname SSU
Website www.ssu.edu.ph

Samar State University (SSU) is a university in the province of Samar, Philippines. The main campus is in Catbalogan City, Samar.[1] Formerly known as the Samar State Polytechnic College (SSPC), it has three external campuses, namely, the Paranas Campus (formerly known as the Wright Vocational School) in Paranas; Mercedes Campus (the former Samar Regional School of Fisheries (SRSF)) in Barangay Mercedes, Catbalogan City, and the Basey Campus, the future site of the university's College of Agriculture and Forestry.

Samar State University is mandated to provide advanced instruction and professional training in the arts, philosophy, social sciences, agriculture, fishery, forestry, science and technology, engineering, education, law, and other related fields, and also to undertake research and extension services, and provide progressive leadership in its area of specialization.[2]

Colleges

The University has seven College departments. It offers a variety of courses from Secondary to Post- Graduate studies.

A satellite campus in Basey will be housing the College of Agriculture and Forestry soon.

History

Samar State University was established as Samar Trade School in 1912, serving as the laboratory shop of the Samar Provincial High School. It was later converted into a independent secondary trade school, and had its first graduation exercise in 1932. On June 21, 1959, by virtue of Republic Act No.2435, the school was converted to Samar School of Arts and Trades (SSAT), offering a two-year technical curriculum in various vocational areas. It subsequently was given the authority to offer a four-year teacher-education curriculum, Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education (BSIE) and a four-year technical education curriculum, Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology (BSIT).

It expanded its programs to evening classes and extension services, and to masters-level instruction. In 1981, it became one of twenty-three vocational technical institutes in the Philippines to receive the Asian Development Bank of the Philippines-Vocational Technical (ADV-VOC-TECH) counterpart loan of the MECS in the form of equipment for Automotive, Electronics, Civil and Machine Shop Technology.

In 1982, SSAT was converted into the Samar State Polytechnic College, and in 2004, into Samar State University.

In October 1999, it added the Samar Regional School of Fisheries , now the College of Fisheries and Marine Sciences. In 2004, it incorporated the Wright Vocational School in Paranas, Samar.

Academic Programs Offered

COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

COLLEGE OF ARTS and SCIENCES

COLLEGE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE

COLLEGE OF FISHERIES AND MARINE AQUATIC SCIENCES

LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOL

References

Coordinates: 11°47′17″N 124°53′11″E / 11.78806°N 124.88639°E / 11.78806; 124.88639

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