The Cagayan State University was established
on June 11, 1978 by virtue of Presidential Decree 1436
merging the Cagayan Valley College of Arts and Trades
and The Northern Luzon State College of Agriculture and
Transferring the tertiary level courses of the Cagayan
Valley Agricultural College, Aparri Institute of Technology,
Aparri School of Arts and Trades, Bukig National Agricultural
and Technical School, Gonzaga National Agricultural and
Technical School, Sanchez Mira Rural and Vocational School
and Western Cagayan School of Arts and Trades. These schools
are strategically located in the Province of Cagayan.
The Cagayan State University is mandated
by its charter to provide better services in professional
and technical training in the arts, sciences, humanities
and technology. The main missions are academic, instruction,
research, extension and production. The purpose of the
university is to provide advanced education in the arts
and sciences, give professional and technical training;
encourage and undertake research, conduct training and
extension services; and encourage the application of knowledge.
Through a presidential approval dated March 17, 1983,
the secondary level programs of CSU-Aparri, Lal-lo, Gonzaga,
Sanchez Mira, were fully integrated into the university
while CSU at Lasam and Bukig were maintained as extension
campuses.
