Cotabato State University

The Cotabato State University (CSU), formerly Cotabato City State Polytechnic College (CCSPC), Cotabato City was established on April 14, 1984, and started its operation as state college in the same year by virtue of Batas Pambansa Building 484. It became a university by virtue of Republic Act (RA) No. 10585 on April 3, 2021, an act converting CCSPC into CSU. On February 3, 2020, the CSU welcomed its new president in the person of Sema G. Dilna, Ed.D from the stewardship of then President Dammang S. Bantala, PhD. As a government-funded higher education institution, the CSU aims to provide professional and advanced academic, technical, and vocational instruction and training; promote research, extension, production, and progressive leadership in the various fields of specialization; and promote scholarship and part-time job opportunities to poor but deserving students. It shall be a center for scholarship, science, professions, and entrepreneurship; developer of human and technology resources for global competitiveness; and a proactive change agent in Central Mindanao and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.