The University of Rizal System (URS) is a network of colleges located in the

Rizal Rizal, officially the Province of Rizal ( fil, Lalawigan ng Rizal), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Its capital is the city of Antipolo. It is about east of Manila. The province is named after Jos� ...

province,

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. It operates multiple campuses, with the main campus being in

Tanay, Rizal Tanay, officially the Municipality of Tanay ( tgl, Bayan ng Tanay ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Rizal Rizal, officially the Province of Rizal ( fil, Lalawigan ng Rizal), is a province in the Philippines located in the Ca ...

. It is committed to produce graduates in agriculture, engineering, science and technology, culture and arts, teacher and business education through instruction, research, extension and production services in Region IV. The university has expanded from its Main campus in Tanay to offer programs to students in the campuses:

Angono Angono ( or ), officially the Municipality of Angono ( tgl, Bayan ng Angono), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 130,494 people. It is best known as the "Art ...

Antipolo Antipolo, officially known as the City of Antipolo ( fil, Lungsod ng Antipolo), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 887,399 people. It is the ...

, Binangonan, Cainta, Cardona, Morong,

Pililla Pililla (), officially the Municipality of Pililla ( tgl, Bayan ng Pililla), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 71,535 people. It is surrounded by farms, small m ...

, Rodriguez, Tanay, and Taytay.

History

The Rizal State College was established by Republic Act Number 1560 in 1956 as Rizal National Agricultural School (RNAS). It was chartered as a state college on June 24, 1983, by Batas Pambansa Bilang 662 known as Rizal College of Agriculture and Technology (RCAT). It was later named Rizal State College (RSC) making it the first state college of the Province of

. The college is about 67 kilometers from

Metro Manila Metropolitan Manila (often shortened as Metro Manila; fil, Kalakhang Maynila), officially the National Capital Region (NCR; fil, link=no, Pambansang Punong Rehiyon), is the capital region, seat of government and one of three List of metrop ...

and accessible to towns of Rizal through Manila East Road through the newly opened sea level in the Sierra Madre Mountain range and is overlooking the Laguna Lake and the surrounding lake towns. The college has five extension campuses located in four of the thirteen towns of Rizal namely:

, Rodriguez,

, Binangonan, and in the lone City of Antipolo which were established in 1991, 1995, 1996 and 2000, respectively. The Rizal Polytechnic College (formerly Rizal Technological and Polytechnic Institute or RTPI) was established as a provincial high school in 1944. It is located in the heart of the town of Morong. By virtue of Batas Pambansa Bilang 469, the school was converted into a tertiary institution and on March 1, 1995, Republic Act Number 7933 converted RTPI into a state college known as Rizal Polytechnic College (RPC). The college has an extension campus in Cainta which was opened in 1999. With the passage of Republic Act Number 9157 in June 2001 which lapsed into law on August 11, 2001, the University of Rizal System (URS) was established by integrating the Rizal State College, Rizal Polytechnic College and

Rizal Technological University Rizal Technological University (RTU) is a state university located at Mandaluyong, Philippines. It was established on July 11, 1969, as the College of Rizal, part of the University of Rizal System before it became autonomous in 1975. The stat ...

- Antipolo Annex.

Organization and administration

The Board of Regents is the highest decision-making body of the University of Rizal System. It is composed of 12 members.

References

*http://www.chanrobles.com/republicactno9157.html *http://www.urs.edu.ph
Republic Act No. 9157 , Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines

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