West Visayas State University
| Pamantasang Estado ng Kanlurang Bisayas | |
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Former names
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Iloilo Normal Institute, Iloilo Normal School, West Visayas State College |
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| Motto | Service, Harmony, Excellence |
| Type | Public Research, Normal and State University |
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| President | Luis M. Sorolla Jr., Ph.D., CSEE |
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Academic staff
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549 (Iloilo City – Main Campus)
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| Students | 7, 449 (Iloilo City – Main Campus A.Y. 2010–2011) *Basic – education: 817*Baccalaureate: 5, 146*Post-baccalaureate: 165*Masters: 804*Doctorate: 173*Medicine: 344 |
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Western Visayas and Negros Island Region,  Philippines
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| Colors | Blue Gold |
| Athletics | SCUAA, ISSAA |
| Nickname | Taga-WEST (From West) |
| Website | www |
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549 (Iloilo City – Main Campus)
West Visayas State University (informally referred to as West or WVSU) is a public normal research university (a university system) located in Western Visayas region and the Negros Island Region (with a campus in Himamaylan, Negros Occidental) of the Philippines with its main campus in La Paz, Iloilo City. It was established formally in 1924 as Iloilo Normal School under the Philippine normal school system during the American colonial period in the Philippines under the tutelage of the Thomasites, it dates back its founding 22 years later when the university's College of Education was founded in 1902. It later became West Visayas State College in 1965 and became a university and changed its name to West Visayas State University in 1986.
The university is one of the twenty accredited Philippine Universities of the University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific and one of the most prominent institutions in the Visayas in the field of Teacher Education, Nursing and Medicine.
The West Visayas State University (WVSU) is a university system where there are different separate campuses while the main campus is composed of nine schools and colleges and one institute. The Philippine Commission on Higher Education has also designated the university through its main campus as the Center of Excellence in Teacher Education and Center of Development in Nursing while the Lambunao Campus as Centers of Development in the programs of Agricultural Education and Forestry.
West Visayas State University (WVSU) was founded on June 16, 1902, as part of the early Philippine normal school system under the American occupation.
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