HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Isabela State University Roxas Campus is one of the campuses of ISU System which was established on June 10, 1978  by virtue of Presidential Decree 1434 (Merging the two major colleges: the CVIT at Cabagan and the ISCA at Echague and absorbed the college offerings of ISAT at Ilagan, SMVIS at San Mateo, JRS at Jones and RMAIS at Roxas, all in the province of Isabela).  It is the only government institution of higher learning in the Western part of Isabela (Mallig Plains).

From the year of its establishment to year 1995, the ISU Roxas Campus is operating at barangay Matusalem.  In the year 1995, Hon Faustino S. Dy., Jr. donated a two-hectare land area located at barangay Rang-ayan, Roxas, Isabela, as an extension.  In the same year, the campus transferred its operation to the said site.

On April 14, 2000, the ISU Board of Regents approved the integration of Roxas Memorial Agricultural and Industrial School to ISU System in pursuance to Republic Acts 7722, 8292 and Commission on Higher Education Memorandum Order No. 18, s. 1999.  Thus, effective first semester of SY 2000-2001, the academic programs of RMAIS was integrated to ISU Roxas Campus except its financial appropriation.  On January 1, 2002, RMAIS was fully integrated to ISU Roxas Campus.

On April 14, 2000, the ISU Board of Regents approved the integration of Roxas Memorial Agricultural and Industrial School to ISU System in pursuance to Republic Acts 7722, 8292 and Commission on Higher Education Memorandum Order No. 18, s. 1999.  Thus, effective first semester of SY 2000-2001, the academic programs of RMAIS was integrated to ISU Roxas Campus except its financial appropriation.  On January 1, 2002, RMAIS was fully integrated to ISU Roxas Campus.

The campus has a total land area of 144.4033 hectares and has three sites strategically located in the Municipality of Roxas, at barangay Rang-ayan which is the new site and at barangay Matusalem where the old and mid sites were situated.

The campus acknowledged as the Provincial Center of Excellence in the field of fisheries year 2010 by the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP) with its Level II together with Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Agribusiness while the Bachelor of Secondary Education and Bachelor of Science in Information Technology were in Level III Phase I, Bachelor of Science in Criminology as candidate status as of 2017 and the campus also offers the Science Laboratory Senior High School of STEM strand.

At the regional level, the Isabela State University currently stands as the premiere higher education institution in the Cagayan Valley Region. In the national scene, on a broader scope, ISU is indisputably regarded as one among the country’s top state universities and colleges (SUCs). With its growing prestige, it is now zeroing in on its emerging international presence.

The Roxas Campus remained steadfast in sustaining and maintaining quality education through Instruction, Research, Extension, Resource Generation and Good Governance. Its curricular programs improved continuously to ensure the provisions of exceptional learning while persistently enhancing its facilities, and instructional materials and learning resources to meet the demands of these world-class curricula. Faculty and staff development was continuously supported and implemented to keep them abreast with current breakthroughs in their respective fields and to uphold the university’s mandate and mission towards quality instruction.