ABOUT CSU

Caraga State University was first conceived in 1918 as the Agusan Agriculture High School (AAHS) through the passage of an Omnibus Bill filed by the First Congresswoman of the Philippines, Honorable Elisa Rosales Ochoa. On February 14, 1920, Proclamation Number 4 was passed by the American Governor to the Philippines Francis Burton Harrison, declaring the reservation of a 232-hectare virgin forest land in Barrio Ampayon, in the Municipality of Butuan, province of Agusan del Norte as the grounds of the young school. However, it was only at the close of World War II in 1946 that the Agusan Agricultural High School (AAHS) was established in the reserved area. After 17 years, in June 22, 1963, Republic Act 3604 was passed converting the school into the Northern Mindanao Agricultural College (NORMINAC). As Caraga Region rapidly grew and developed in both agricultural and industrial sectors, House Bill No. 25 was passed by the then Assemblyman Antonio R. Tupaz, converting NORMINAC to the Northern Mindanao State Institute of Science and Technology (NORMISIST).

The House Bill became Batas Pambansa Blg. 241 when President Ferdinand Marcos signed it into law on November 11, 1982 and NORMINAC became NORMISIST or Northern Mindanao State Institute of Science and Technology. RA 9854 established Caraga State University in the Region by integrating the Northern Mindanao State Institute of Science and Technology (NORMISIST) of this city and the Northern Mindanao College of Science and Technology (NMCAST) in Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte with its main campus in Butuan City. At present, there are two (2) campuses namely: CSU-Main Campus and CSU-Cabadbaran Campus. The University was strengthened to address the mandate of Science and Technology delivery in the Region. These were manifested in the enhancement of S&T Laboratories, hiring new faculty members to backstop S&T program offerings, establishment of the ICT Center and the construction of additional laboratories and classrooms. In addition, the Institution sustained its COD status for Math Program and added two more CODs in Biology and InformationTechnology. The university's performance in quality assurance and quality management system measured and demonstrated in the number of accredited programs and being institutionally accredited by the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP), improved quality management system through lSO 9001:2008 and lSO 9001:2015 certification, number of programs with Center of Development (COD) and Delivering Higher Education (DHE) status, SUC leveling status, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Star rating, number of Scopus -indexed and Clarivate-indexed journal publications, high board examination performance, number of active partners and linkages, among others are proofs that the University never ceases to grow as time marches on.