Wednesday, March 23, 2016

MSU-IIT improves to 7 COEs, 11 CODs

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has once again recognized Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) as Centers of Excellence (COEs) and Centers of Development (CODs) in 3 more Centers of Excellence and 7 Centers of Development for the period of 2016 to 2018.



MSU-IIT now has 7 COEs and 11 CODs (newly-recognized centers are in italics):

Centers of Excellence (7):
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Mathematics
  • Teacher Education
  • Electronics Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Physics

Centers of Development (11):
  • Civil Engineering
  • Filipino
  • Information Technology
  • History
  • Sociology
  • Statistics
  • Marine Biology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Ceramics Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Metallurgical Engineering


The Centers of Excellence and Development program is mandated under Section 8 of RA 7722, also known as the Higher Education Act of 1994. The recent acknowledgement was based on a set of standards which considers program quality, research, and extension activities.