Iloilo State College of Fisheries

History ISCOF was established on 16 June 1947 as Barotac Nuevo Junior High School, which was opened for the first and second year. It held its first commencement exercises on 25 March 1949. On 22 June 1957, it was converted into Central Iloilo National School of Fisheries (CINSOF) by virtue of RA 1925. On 19 June 1961, it was renamed Iloilo National School of Fisheries (INSOF) and, on 20 June 1963, it was converted into Iloilo Regional School of Fisheries (IRSOF) by virtue of RA 3521. On 21 August 1978, then President Ferdinand Marcos signed PD 1523 converting IRSOF into Iloilo State College of Fisheries (ISCOF). On 22 August 2000, RA 8760 and CHED Memorandum Nos. 27 and 27-A integrated CHED-Supervised Institutions (CSIs) of Barotac Nuevo, Dingle, Dumangas, and San Enrique, Iloilo into the system. On 11 June 2013, President Benigno Aquino III signed RA 10604 converting Iloilo State College of Fisheries into Iloilo State University of Science and Technology. ISCOF is now in process in fulfilling CHED requirements to become a full-pledge state university. Mandate It is mandated to provide advanced education, higher technological, professional instruction and training in fisheries technology, arts and sciences, education, industrial technology, engineering, aquaculture, seaweed farming, and other related fields of study relevant to national development.It undertakes research, extension services and production activities in support of the development of the Iloilo Province and provide progressive leadership in its areas of specialization. Colleges ISCOF consists five colleges that provide instruction in basic education all the way up to the post-graduate levels. In the undergraduate and graduate levels, its covered disciplines include the Computer Studies, Education, Fisheries, HRM, Marine Biology, Nautical Studies, and Tourism. Its School of Graduate Studies offers Master in Instructional Leadership (English, Social Science, Science, and Mathematics), Master in Local Governance, Master of Arts in Educational Management, Master in Development Management, Master in Fisheries Technology, Doctor of Development Management, Doctor of Fisheries Technology, and Doctor of Philosophy (Educational Technology). Founder Dr Ferjenel Biron, a Barotacnoan himself, is the Founding Father of the University under RA 10604. The University main campus is shared by ISCOF at Poblacion (ISCOF-Main Poblacion) in J.T. Bretana Street, yet the ISCOF at Tiwi (ISCOF-Main Tiwi) remains the biggest campus of the ISCOF System.

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