Batangas State University
| Pambansang Pamantasan ng Batangas | |
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| Latin: Universitas Civica Batangas | |
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Former names
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Manual Training School · Batangas Trade School · Pablo Borbon Memorial National Trade School · Pablo Borbon Regional School of Arts and Trades · Pablo Borbon Memorial Institute of Technology |
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| Motto | Service. Excellence. Virtue. |
| Type | State university |
| Established | 1903 |
| President | Tirso A. Ronquillo |
| Students | 40,280(as of July 2014) |
| Location | Batangas, Philippines |
| Campus | 2 main campuses · 2 satellite campuses · 6 extension campuses |
| Newspaper | The LATHE |
| Colors | Red and White |
| Mascot | Red Spartans |
| Affiliations |
Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges · State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association |
| Website | batstate-u.edu.ph |
The Batangas State University (translated in Filipino: Pambansang Pamantasan ng Batangas and commonly abbreviated as BatStateU, BatSU, or BSU) is a state university located in the Province of Batangas, Philippines. The university is currently recognized as the top performing mechanical and electrical engineering school in the country based on the results of March and April 2015 licensure examinations for electrical and mechanical engineers.
Batangas State University was established as a Manual Training School on 1903 through the supervision of an American principal, Mr. Sheer. The school aimed to train youth for beneficial jobs especially in woodworking. Two years later, it was renamed as Batangas Trade School with Messrs. Schartz, Zacarias Canent, Isaias Maclang, and Nad Pascual Magcamit as principals, successively. It was destroyed by fire on 1928 and classes were temporarily held at the old government building near the city's Basilica of the Immaculate Conception church. The construction of the school building at the present site of Governor Pablo Barbon Main Campus I began on 1932.
After World War II, the school resumed activities on 10 September 1945 with Vicente J. Mendoza as principal. Under the Rehabilitation Act of 1946, the school was renovated and female students were admitted in food trades, garment trades, and cosmetology.
By 1953, the school gained a national status under the Republic Act No. 741 and was renamed as Pablo Borbon Memorial National Trade School. Again, it was renamed as Pablo Borbon Regional School of Arts and Trades on 1 July 1957 and started offering technical courses with Arsenio Galauran as school superintendent. He was followed by Vicente Mendoza on November 1962 and then succeeded by Rosauro de Leon on 8 June 1963. During de Leon's administration, the school started to offer terminal classes in auto mechanics, electronics, dressmaking, machine shop practice, and radio mechanics. On 19 June 1965, Republic Act No. 4586 legitimized the offering of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education.
As authorized by Republic Act No. 5270, Pablo Borbon Regional School of Arts and Trades was converted into a state college and renamed as Pablo Borbon Memorial Institute of Technology (PBMIT) on 15 June 1968 with Rosauro de Leon as its first president. At the time of its conversion, it was the 23rd state college in the Philippines.
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