About the Institution
Samar State University is an educational landmark of vital importance to the province of Samar. It gives everyone the opportunity to pursue higher education, which is very much needed for vocational proficiency, and individual as well as national development. Samar Trade School was its name upon establishment in 1912, serving as laboratory shop of the Samar Provincial High School. Made later as a purely secondary trade school, it had its first graduation exercise in 1932. On June 21, 1959, by virtue of Republic Act No.2435, the Samar Trade School was converted to Samar School of Arts and Trades (SSAT). It was authorized to offer a two-year technical curriculum in various vocational courses. Not long after, the school was given the leeway to offer the four-year teacher-education curriculum, Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education (BSIE) and the four-year technical education curriculum, Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology (BSIT). It expanded its programs to the evening opportunity classes and extension services and masteral level. In 1981, SSAT became one of twenty-three vocational technical institutes in the Philippines to receive the Asian Development Bank of the Philippines-Vocational Technical (ADV-VOC-TECH) counterpart loan of the MECS in the form of equipment for Automotive, Electronics, Civil and Machine Shop Technology. With Batas Pambansa 323 passed on September 7, 1982, and approved on November 18 of the same year, SSAT was converted into the Samar State Polytechnic College (SSPC). From serving as a laboratory shop of a provincial school, it has metamorphosed into a training ground of not only secondary but also tertiary, masteral and doctoral students. Students not only sought their own place in the field of Philippine labor, but also earnestly sought and worked for self-fulfillment, peace and progress for the Philippines.
Undergrad Programs / Areas offered :
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Bachelor in Elementary Education
Bachelor in Secondary Education in Physics
Bachelor in Secondary Education in Chemistry
Bachelor in Secondary Education in Biology
Bachelor in Secondary Education in English
Bachelor in Secondary Education in Math
Bachelor in Secondary Education in Physical Education (PE)
Bachelor of Secondary Education in Technology and Home Economics (THE)
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education
Bachelor of Science in Technician Education
Bachelor of Science in Applied Statistics
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
Bachelor of Technology
Bachelor of Science in Information Management
Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology
Bachelor of Technology
Bachelor of Industrial Technology
Competency-Based Vocational Education
Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Fisheries
Bachelor of Secondary Education (Fisheries Education)
Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology
Graduate Programs / Areas offered :
Master of Arts (MA)
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
MA in Education (MAEd)
MA in Elementary Education (MAEEd)
Master in Technician Education (MTE)
Master in Public Management (MPM)
Master of Engineering
Master of Water Resources Engineering and Management (WREM)
Master of Construction Engineering and Management (CEM)
Master of Civil Engineering (CE)
Master of Environmental Engineering (EnE) and Engineering Management (EM)
Master of Science in Fisheries Education