Blue and Gold Colors – the University colors  symbolize the lofty ideals of the institution and the golden dreams of the youth.

Wheel – symbolizes the unending search for knowledge.

Lamp – symbolic of the light that education brings.

Sun’s Eight Rays – indicate Region 8 (Eastern Visayas), the immediate service area of the University.

The words Instruction, Research, Extension, Production – refer to the   quadruple functions of the University.

The year 1918 – the establishment of the institution as the Catarman Farm School which later became the Catarman National Agricultural High School (CNAHS).

The year 1956 – the establishment of the Samar Institute of Technology (SIT) and the abolition of CANHS on June 14, 1956 by virtue of Republic Act 1434.The year 1964 – the conversion of SIT into the University of Eastern Philippines (UEP) on June 20, 1964 by virtue of Republic Act 4126.

UEP was issued ISO 9001:2015 Certification last January 16, 2023.