The Benguet State University (BSU or BengSU) is a

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in the province of

Benguet Benguet (), officially the Province of Benguet ('';'' ; pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Benguet; ilo, Probinsia ti Benguet; ), is a landlocked Provinces of the Philippines, province of the Philippines located in the southern tip of the Cordillera Admi ...

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. Its main campus is in La Trinidad.

History

It started as the La Trinidad Farm School, which was elevated to Trinidad Agricultural School (TAS) in 1920. The school reopened after

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and became the La Trinidad Agricultural High School. Four months later, it was

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and renamed as the Mountain National Agricultural School (MNAS). It was soon converted into the Mountain National College (MNAC), Mountain Agricultural College (MAC), and Mountain State Agricultural College (MSAC) in 1969 through

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5923. On January 12, 1986, the school was converted into a chartered state university by virtue of ''Presidential Decree 2010''. As of May 2018, Benguet State University is recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as a Center of Excellence (COE) for Teacher education, and Center of Development (COD) for both Agriculture education, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Academics

BSU has two

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es, eight colleges, two academic institutes, and a graduate school. It also runs an

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. These units offer graduate and undergraduate degree programs in agriculture, forestry, teacher's education, nursing, physical sciences and the arts. Some units offer non-degree programs and short courses.

Colleges and Institutions

* College of Agriculture * College of Teacher Education * College of Forestry * College of Home Economics and Technology * College of Engineering * College of Arts and Humanities * College of Nursing * College of Veterinary Medicine * College of Human Kinetics * College of Numeracy and Applied Science * College of Natural Sciences * College of Public Administration and Governance * College of Social Sciences * College of Human Kinetics * College of Information Sciences * Graduate School * Open University

Campuses

* La Trinidad, Benguet (Main Campus) * Buguias, Benguet (Satellite Campus) * Bokod, Benguet (Satellite Campus) * Kapangan, Benguet (Satellite Campus)

Elementary and secondary schools

Besides having college campuses, the school had also elementary and secondary campuses called ''Elementary Laboratory School'' (ELS) and the secondary as the ''Secondary Laboratory School'' (SLS). The ELS campus is located at Km. 5, La Trinidad while the SLS campus is in the Outpost, La Trinidad.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges Universities and colleges in Benguet State universities and colleges in the Philippines