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The State University of Northern Negros (SUNN), formerly Northern Negros State College of Science and Technology () and abbreviated as NONESCOST, is a state university in
Sagay, Negros Occidental Sagay, officially the City of Sagay (; ; ), is a component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 148,894 people. Etymology The name of the city comes from the semi-spher ...
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History

The college started as a satellite campus of
Iloilo State College of Fisheries The Iloilo State University of Fisheries Science and Technology (ISUFST; ) is a public college in the Philippines. It is mandated to provide higher technological, professional and vocational instruction and training in fisheries, science, as wel ...
until it was separated into an independent college and renamed Northern Negros State College of Science and Technology. It was created on January 9, 1998, by Republic Act 8448 by then-Congressman Alfredo G. Marañon Jr. In March 2023, the college started offering online agritourism and ecotourism courses. In January 22, 2024, the Commission on Higher Education converted the state college into a state university.


General mandate

The college is mandated to provide higher technological, professional, and vocational instruction and training in science, fishery, forestry, agriculture, engineering, and industrial fields, as well as short-term technical or vocational courses. It is also mandated to promote research, advanced studies, extension work, and progressive leadership in its areas of specialization.


Campuses


Main campus

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Sagay City Sagay, officially the City of Sagay (; ; ), is a component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 148,894 people. Etymology The name of the city comes from the semi-spher ...


Satellite campuses

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Cadiz, Negros Occidental Cadiz, officially the City of Cadiz (; ; ), is a component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. It was the capital of the short-lived province of Negros del Norte, before the creation of the province was declared unconstit ...
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Calatrava, Negros Occidental Calatrava, officially the Municipality of Calatrava (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 82,540 people. Calatrava is from Bacolod via Negros Occident ...
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Escalante, Negros Occidental Escalante, officially the City of Escalante (; ; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city in the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a popul ...


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