Batangas State University

Premier State university in Batangas province. Had many satellite campuses offering different degrees. They also have graduate and doctoral degrees.

Place is empty because of covid

Impressive campus, with elegant buildings and very good facilities for students. Brilliant come-on phrase - leading innovations...transforming lives... They even have a public service and complaints desk and an officer of the day to assist the public. Also has a quality policy, that purports continuous improvement. It has a small coffee shop - Cafe Taza, which is not open on weekends. The University has been awarded a Center of Excellence and a Center of Development by the Commission on Higher Education.

The Batangas State University (translated in Filipino as Pambansang Pamantasan ng Batangas and abbreviated as BatStateU, BatSU, or BSU) is a state university in the province of Batangas, Philippines. Established in 1903 as a training school, Batangas State University is the oldest higher education institution in the province. It was granted a state college status in 1968, renamed Pablo Borbon Memorial Institute of Technology, and was finally elevated into a state university in 2001. At present, the university has ten campuses in Batangas, but a total of eleven campuses altogether in Calabarzon Region 4A. Since 1999, Batangas State University has been consistently the top and the second top performing mechanical engineering school in the country based on the results of the biannual board examinations. Batangas State University was originally established as the Manual Training School in 1903 through the supervision of its first American principal, Mr. Scheer. The institution aimed to train youth for beneficial jobs specifically in woodworking. Two years later, it was renamed Batangas Trade School with Mr. Schartz, Zacarias Canent, Isaias Maclang, and Nad Pascual Magcamit as its principals, successively. The school was destroyed by fire in 1928 and classes were held temporarily at the old government building near the present Basilica of Immaculate Conception church. The construction of the school building at the site of Batangas State University's Main Campus I began in 1932. After the Liberation, Batangas Trade School resumed activities on 10 September 1945 with Vicente J. Mendoza as its principal. Under the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946, the school was renovated and the first batch of female students were admitted when courses in food trade, garment, and cosmetology were introduced as a response to the growing need of female workforce.

Batangas State University is know for its outstanding performance in different field. It aims to become a globally recognized institution of higher learning that develops competent and morally upright citizens who are active participants in nation building and responsive to the challenges of 21st century. The university is committed to the holistic development of productive citizens that would nurture their spirit of nationhood and help fuel the national economy for sustainable development. The students carries out their mission, that is why they brought achievements in the university. The university is known for excellence in honing engineering students that made them number 1 university in the Philippines that makes competent engineers, particularly mechanical. Still, the University shows their faith, patriotism, human dignity, integrity, mutual respect, and excellence to achieve its vision and carry out its mission.