Mariano Marcos State University
public university in Ilocos Norte, Philippines
Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU; Tagalog: Pamantasang Pampamahalaan Mariano Marcos) is a higher education institution with campuses and facilities throughout Ilocos Norte province in the Philippines. Its main campus is in Batac.
History
Establishment
Mariano Marcos State University was established through Presidential Decree No. 1279, issued by President Ferdinand Marcos on January 6, 1978, which merged two existing state colleges in Ilocos Norte: the Mariano Marcos Memorial College of Science and Technology (MMMCST) in Batac and the Northern Luzon State College (NLSC) in Laoag City. The decree also integrated the tertiary-level courses of the Ilocos Norte Agricultural College in Pasuquin and the Ilocos Norte College of Arts and Trades in Laoag.
Predecessor institutions
MMMCST traced its origins to the Batac Farm School, founded in 1906. The school became the Batac Rural High School in 1918, the Ilocos Norte Institute of Technology in 1964, and MMMCST in 1974. Its satellite campuses were the Currimao School of Fisheries, the Dingras National Agricultural School, and the Ilocos Norte School for Craftsmen in Paoay.
NLSC began in 1917 as an experimental vacation school of the Philippine Normal School. As enrollment grew and its course offerings expanded, it was renamed the Ilocos Norte Normal School in 1952, the Northern Luzon Teachers College in 1963, and NLSC in 1976.
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