Catanduanes State University (CatSU; Filipino: ''Pamantasang Pampamahalaan ng Catanduanes'') is a research higher education institution and a

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Catanduanes Catanduanes (; ), officially the Province of Catanduanes (), is an island province located in the Bicol Region of Luzon in the Philippines. It is the 12th-largest island in the Philippines, and lies to the east of Camarines Sur, across the M ...

, Philippines.

History

The Catanduanes State University (CatSU) was established in Virac as the Virac National and Agricultural Trade School (VNATS) via the Republic Act 3398 dated June 18, 1961. Catanduanes congressman José M. Alberto authored Republic Act 6341 which convertedthe VNATS into the Catanduanes State Colleges (CSC) on June 19, 1971. It started functioning as a tertiary education institution on December 1, 1971. The Catanduanes Agricultural and Industrial College (CAIC) in Panganiban was integrated to CSC on October 31, 1999. On October 19, 2012, President Benigno S. Aquino III signed Republic Act No. 10299 converting Catanduanes State Colleges (CSC) into Catanduanes State University (CatSU).

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