Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology

Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology
Established	1929
Type	Public
President	Dr. Hilario Cruz Ortiz, LLB, PhD
Location	Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Founded in 1929, the Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology (NEUST), formerly known as Central Luzon Polytechnic College, is a publicly-funded university located in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines. The university offers graduate and undergraduate courses in many specialized fields as well as vocational training programs.

Campuses

The Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology has eleven campuses, namely:

• General Tinio Campus
• Sumacab Campus (Main Campus)
• Gabaldon Campus
• San Isidro Campus
• Atate Campus
• Aliaga Campus
• Peñaranda Campus
• Fort Magsaysay Campus
• Talavera Campus
• San Leonardo Campus

The university also maintains a Cyber Campus to assist distance learning students.

Gapan Campus

Gapan Campus is an academic extension campus and part of the South Academic Extension Campus of the university. It was established by former Mayor of Gapan Ernesto L. Natividad and the NEUST administration, in 2007. The first location of the school is in the compound of Juan R. Liwag Memorial High School. By the school year 2010-2011 the campus is transferred and located at the back of the city hall in Gapan City, Nueva Ecija. Mr. Benito Balmeo is the first campus administrator from the opening of the school until August, 2010. Due to the Philippines 2010 Presidential Election and changes in Gapan City administration, the incumbent Mayor Christian Tinio change the campus administration and Mr. Eduardo Almera is now the campus administrator up to present. As of today the NEUST Gapan Campus has offering undergraduate courses which are the ladderized Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, and 4-year course Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Bachelor of Secondary Education and Bachelor of Elementary Education and the school is continue to grow and serve the community better.

Peñaranda Campus

Peñaranda Academic Extension Campus commenced its operation on June 2005. This is joint undertaking of the Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology and the Local Government Unit of Peñaranda, Nueva Ecija. It was first operated during the term of Former Mayor Felix A. Corpuz. It is located at the vicinity of the Penaranda National High School. The first Administrator was Nomereo J. Gaboy, a retired School Principal. Peñaranda Campus is now in six (6)years of operation under the administration of Mayor Ferdinand R. Abesamis and Mr. German L. Del Rosario is presently the Campus Administrator. Penaranda Extension Campus is currently offering undergraduate courses in BSBA, BSIT and BS Education, both elementary and secondary.

History

The Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology started in June 1908 as a vocational course at the Wright Institute in San Isidro, Nueva Ecija where young Filipinos were trained in woodworking and basic telegraphy. Said vocational course lasted until SY 1927-1928 when the general secondary education course was transferred to Cabanatuan.

On June 9, 1929 the school was named Nueva Ecija Trade School (NETS) in accordance with Vocational Education Act 3377 of 1929. The NETS was based in San Isidro, Nueva Ecija, offering vocational opportunities to the youths of the province. The first and only vocational course being offered then was woodworking. That course was an addition to the existing secondary curriculum inherited from Wright Institute.

To meet the increasing demand for vocational education in the whole province, the trade school was transferred on June 7, 1931, to Cabanatuan City. Enrolment increased; however, the program was interrupted in December 1941 by the outbreak of the Second World War in the Pacific.

Immediately after the war, the trade school reopened on September 6, 1945. Rehabilitation program took place. The trade school continued with its mission of meeting the vocational and manpower needs of students coming from both Nueva Ecija and the nearby provinces. On June 8, 1948, a course in dressmaking was opened and female students were admitted in the School. A few years later, a food and cosmetology course was also offered.

On May 28, 1953, the NETS was converted into Central Luzon School of Arts and Trades (CLSAT) by virtue of Republic Act No. 845. CLSAT was recognized as a center of manpower/vocational training for both the youth and the adults not only in the province but also in the whole Region III. Series of developments continued until the CLSAT was converted into the Central Luzon Polytechnic College (CLPC) by virtue of Republic Act. No. 3998 which was signed on June 18, 1964 by then President Diosdado Macapagal.

Thirty-four years later, the CLPC, under the leadership of President Gemiliano C. Calling, was converted into a specialized university, the Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology by virtue of Republic Act. No. 8612.

The Bill converting CLPC into NEUST was signed by speaker Jose de Venecia on February 19, 1998; it was forwarded to President Fidel V. Ramos on February 24, 1998 and lapsed into Law on March 27, 1998.

Today, NEUST is expanding not only in terms of program offerings, number of enrollees and land acquisitions, but also in terms of linkages with both local and international entities. As part of the expansion, the University has brought its graduate and undergraduate programs in China and has also hosted the South Korea's Master of Science in Information Technology, which is presently being offered at NEUST by the Han Nam University. Still expanding, NEUST hopes to soon be at the peak of development and excellence.^[1]

References

1. ^ "NEUST Profile"

External links

• Official website
• NEUST Cyber Campus