ASU Campuses

The ASU Banga campus is located at Banga, Aklan just within the outskirts of the municipality of Banga at the foot of the historic Manduyog Hill. The University is approximately 9 kilometers away from Kalibo, the capital town of Aklan, via PUJ.

The main campus is composed of 5 academic units namely the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Environmental Science (CAFES); College of Teacher Education (CTE); School of Arts and Sciences (SAS); School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM); and the Graduate School (GS). It occupies a total area of 99.92 hectares utilized for buildings and other support activities, income generating projects and research sites.

An attraction, both to tourist and pilgrims, is the Way of the Cross at Manduyog Hill with its Fourteen Stations depicting life-size statues strategically located along the winding 750-meter road that culminates at the peak of the Hill with a grand cross and chapel.

The ASU Ibajay Campus (College of Hospitality and Rural Resource Management) is situated at Colong-Colong, Ibajay, Aklan with total land area of 25.286 hectares. It is a 45 minutes drive from Kalibo and 40 minutes drive to Boracay Island via Bus or PUJ.

The ASU Makato Campus is the Teacher Education Center (TEC) formerly the ASU Annex, which was opened in 1979 as an extension high school situated in the 10-hectare campus in Brgy. Castillo, Makato, Aklan. The TEC is under the management, administration and supervision of the School of Arts and Sciences. Courses offered include Bachelor of Secondary Education, major in Technology and Home Economics, Mathematics and English.

The campus is a 3 kilometer ride from Poblacion Makato via tricycle and 30 minutes ride via Bus, or PUJ from Kalibo.

The ASU College of Fisheries and Marine Sciences (CFMS) is located at New Washington, Aklan with an area of 13.30 hectares. The college is a 30 minutes ride from Kalibo via PUJ. It is the flagship college for fisheries, and marine sciences.

Its vision is the provision and expansion of opportunities for technologically useful knowledge and skills preferable in the area of fisheries and related disciplines through quality instruction, relevant researches, extension and production.

The ASU College of Industrial Technology (CIT) was formerly known as Roxas Memorial School of Arts and Trades which came into existence by virtue of Republic Act 1592 as Amended by R.A. 1417. It is situated in Roxas Avenue Extension in Barangay Andagao, Kalibo, Aklan with a Land Area of 80,783.18 sq m. or 8.07 hectares.

The school formally opened on July 12, 1960 and on June 10, 1983, it became the National College known as Roxas Memorial College of Arts and Trade through B.P. 471. Today the school is known as the College of Industrial Technology which is the center of all technological courses from ICT to Engineering.

Aklan State University's Humble Beginnings...

The Aklan State University (ASU) is considered as one of the institutions of learning in Western Visayas. It started as the Banga Intermediate School in 1917 through a resolution passed by the Provincial Board headed by Governor Simeon Mobo. The school became a farm school with the conversion of the Banga Intermediate School into the Capiz Farm School (Aklan being a part of Capiz then), which was formally opened in June 1918.

As the enrollment increased considerably, the school was converted into a secondary rural school in 1928 and was named the Banga Rural High School.

Through Republic Act No. 3439 authored by Congressman Jose B. Legaspi, the Banga Rural High School was named the Aklan Agricultural College (AAC) in 1963. A two-year technical course was first offered. Subsequently, the college was permitted to offer Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (BSA) program, with Agronomy and Animal Husbandry as major fields on May 19, 1966.

In the seventies, the College further strengthened its instruction program and continued to expand its higher education services by offering other baccalaureate courses. In addition, it offered graduate and post graduate programs to cater to the needs of professionals who seek for career and intellectual advancement.

Having met the standards and requirements of an agricultural state college, the Aklan Agricultural College was converted into the Aklan State College of Agriculture (ASCA) on April 10, 1992 by virtue of Republic Act No. 7371, which was sponsored by Congressman Ramon B. Legaspi Sr.

Pursuant to pertinent provisions of R.A. 7722, and R.A. 8292, as well as R.A. 8745 or the General Appropriations Act of 1999, four (4) CHED-supervised institutions were integrated to ASCA in 1999. These were the Roxas Memorial College of Arts and Trades (RMCAT) in Kalibo; the Aklan National College of Fisheries (ANCF) in New Washington; the Northern Panay Teachers College (NPTC) in Makato; and the Western Aklan Polytechnic College (WAPC) in Ibajay.

But better things came for ASCA. The consolidated version of House Bill 1548 authored by Congressman Allen S. Quimpo and Senate Bill 2236 were passed on final reading on February 5, 2001, and on January 29, 2001, respectively. On April 4, 2001, R.A. 9055 entitled “An Act Converting the Aklan State College of Agriculture in the Municipality of Banga, Province of Aklan into a State University to be known as the Aklan State University, appropriating Funds Therefore and for Other Purposes” was finally signed into law by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo which elevated the former ASCA to Aklan State University (ASU).

Today, the School where “boys love to work, and pretty girls sing, cook and dance” has gone a long way from its obscurity in the good all days to its present national prominence.