1. Name of Institution : Mariano Marcos State University
2. Street/Barangay : #16 Quiling Sur
3. City/Municipality : City of Batac
4. Province : Ilocos Norte
5. Country : Philippines
6. Postal or Zip Code : 2906
7. Telephone No. : (077) 792-3191, (077) 792-3878
8. Fax No. : (077) 792-3191
9. E-mail address : mmsuop@yahoo.com
10. Website : www.mmsu.edu.ph 
11. Year established : 1978
12. Name of Head/President : Dr. Shirley C. Agrupis

The Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) was established on January 6, 1978 by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1279 issued by the then President Ferdinand E. Marcos. The decree merged the then Mariano Marcos Memorial College of Science and Technology (MMMCST) in Batac and the Northern Luzon State College (NLSC) in Laoag City, and integrated the college departments of the Ilocos Norte Agricultural College (INAC) and the Ilocos Norte College of Arts and Trades (INCAT). MMSU’s mandate is to provide advanced instruction in the arts, agricultural and natural sciences, and technological and professional fields.

MMSU’s 300-hectare main campus is located in the heart of the City of Batac, a peaceful young city conducive for educational and rural development. The university also has campuses in Laoag City, and in the towns of Currimao and Dingras. MMSU offers 66 degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Majority of these programs are accredited at various levels by an evaluation body for state universities and colleges. It is recognized by the Commission on Higher Education as Center of Excellence (COE) in Teacher Education, and Center of Development (COD) in Agriculture, Biology, Forestry and Information Technology Education. It has also been chosen as one of the few National Universities for Agriculture and Fisheries Education in the entire Philippines.

To date, MMSU has 11 academic units: Graduate School (GS), College of Law (COL), College of Medicine (COM), College of Agriculture, Food and Sustainable Development (CAFSD), College of Aquatic Sciences and Applied Technology (CASAT), College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), College of Business, Economics and Accountancy (CBEA), College of Engineering (COE), College of Health Sciences (CHS), College of Industrial Technology (CIT) and College of Teacher Education (CTE). These are distributed in six campuses : main campus (Batac), campus 2- Laoag, campus 3- Laoag, campus 4-Currimao, campus 5- Dingras, and campus 6-Paoay. The main campus houses seven academic units: COL, COM, CAFSD, CAS, COE, CBEA, CHS; campus 2, CTE and GS; campus 3, CIT; and campus 4, CASAT. The two other campuses, campus 5 and 6, are satellite campuses of CAFSD and CIT, respectively.

MMSU is located in Ilocos Norte, a province in the northwestern part of Luzon Island, Philippines. Its main campus of about 300 hectares is in Batac, 472 km away from Manila. Batac is an agricultural and peaceful town, which affords and excellent environment for educational and rural development. The location allows convenient commuting from the boundaries of Batac and the towns of Paoay, Currimao, San Nicolas and Laoag City. Passenger jeepneys, mini buses and buses pass by the campus. In addition, the province has an international airport in Gabu, Laoag City and seaport at Gaang, Currimao. MMSU also maintains five other campuses. These are located in Laoag City (2 campuses), Currimao, Dingras and Paoay.

MMSU College of Teacher Education is located in Apolinario Castro, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. MMSU Laboratory School and MMSU Laboratory Elementary School also located around MMSU CTE.

The Mariano Marcos State University is a multidisciplinary, state funded institution of higher larning that serves the Ilocos region and its surrounding regions in the Philippines. The University High School – Batac was formerly the Batac Rural High School which grew into the Ilocos Norte Institute of Technology then became the MMMCST and later merged with the Northern Luzon College to establish the Mariano Marcos State University by virtue of P. D. 1279. 

In 1975, in addition to the existing Laboratory High School, an Agricultural Science High School, was established by virtue of the Resolution No. 23, S. 1975 of the Board of Trustees of the then Mariano Marcos College of Science and Technology primarily to provide the best education in the sciences and to produce highly scientific and technological students as feeders to the college science oriented programs. Due to financial constraints, however, this Science High School was closed in 1982. 

Three years thereafter, the MMSU, under President Santiago R. Obien and the then PSHS Director, Dr. Cleofe M. Bacungan, realizing the significance of a Science Class in the MMSU University High School, joined hands in re – opening the Science High School in School Year 1985 – 1986.A Memorandum of Agreement was drawn and was duly signed on August 2, 1986. This Science Class is still existing up to the present. 

The main campus houses the university administration building, six academic units (College of Agriculture and Forestry; College of Arts and Sciences; College of Business, Economics and Accountancy; College of Engineering; College of Health Sciences; and College of Law), University Library, Crops Research Laboratory, Teatro Ilocandia, and six Department of Agriculture agencies (Philippine Carabao Center at MMSU, DA-Region I sub-station 2, PhilRice Batac, Cotton Development Administration, National Tobacco Administration, and Agricultural Training Institute-Provincial Training Center)There are also two MMSU campuses in Laoag City (campus 1 and campus 2). Campus 1 houses two academic units (College of Teacher Education and Graduate School) and the Regional Science Teaching Center. On the other hand, Campus 2 houses the College of Industrial Technology.The MMSU campus in Currimao houses the College of Aquatic Science and Applied Technology whereas the campuses of Dingras, Paoay are satellite campus of the College of Agriculture and Forestry and College of Industrial Technology, respectively. 

Vision

The High School – Science Curriculum is envisioned to provide training of the scientifically gifted youth who shall be the source of leaders and professionals in science & Technology. 

Mission

a. To provide gifted students a holistic education marked by excellence in science, mathematics, and technology, humanistic in spirit and nationalistic in orientation.

b. To be the model high school in national class resources & comprehensive for education, research and development.

Goals

a. To develop and prepare students for Science & Technology careers.

b. To equip students with knowledge, skills, virtues to prepare them for a responsible leadership and citizenship.

Objectives

a. To identify, screen and assess gifted and talented children for science & technology.

b. To stimulate, develop and prepare students to enter careers in science and mathematics.

c. To provide the conditions for the development of a set of values acceptable to the individual and society.

The current curriculum used by the Philippines is K to 12 Curriculum, it is implemented from Grade 7 - 9. For the Grade 10, they are still using the previous curriculum that is Science Curriculum.

In supporting efficient and effective learning, LHS-MMSU provides academic support system which integrated with the main institution, The Mariano Marcos State University itself. As the laboratory of College of Teacher Education, LHS limits their number of students each year. The limitation represents that they want a number of proportional. It aims So, the existance of LHS itself can accommodate all the student teachers for having practice teaching.

The Laboratory High School is managed well by the faculty officers as the other schools. All the aspects are integrated into laboratory school under the College of Teacher Education