The Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) was established on January 6, 1978 by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1279 issued by the then President Ferdinand E. Marcos. The decree merged the then Mariano Marcos Memorial College of Science and Technology (MMMCST) in Batac and the Northern Luzon State College (NLSC) in Laoag City, and integrated the college departments of the Ilocos Norte Agricultural College (INAC) and the Ilocos Norte College of Arts and Trades (INCAT).

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      MMSU’s 300-hectare main campus is located in the City of Batac, a peaceful young city conducive for educational. The university not only in Batac, but also has campuses in Laoag City, and in the towns of Currimao and Dingras. MMSU offers 66 degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Majority of these programs are accredited at various levels by an evaluation body for state universities and colleges. It is recognized by the Commission on Higher Education as Center of Excellence (COE) in Teacher Education, and Center of Development (COD) in Agriculture, Biology, Forestry and Information Technology Education. It has also been chosen as one of the few National Universities for Agriculture and Fisheries Education in the entire Philippines.

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      To date, MMSU has 11 academic units: Graduate School (GS), College of Law (COL), College of Medicine (COM), College of Agriculture, Food and Sustainable Development (CAFSD), College of Aquatic Sciences and Applied Technology (CASAT), College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), College of Business, Economics and Accountancy (CBEA), College of Engineering (COE), College of Health Sciences (CHS),  College of Industrial Technology (CIT) and College of Teacher Education (CTE). These are distributed in six campuses : main campus (Batac), campus 2- Laoag, campus 3- Laoag, campus 4-Currimao, campus 5- Dingras, and campus 6-Paoay. The main campus houses seven academic units: COL, COM, CAFSD, CAS, COE, CBEA, CHS; campus 2, CTE and GS; campus 3, CIT; and campus 4, CASAT. The two other campuses, campus 5 and 6, are satellite campuses of CAFSD and CIT, respectively.

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      MMSU Laboratory High School

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      The Mariano Marcos State University is a multidisciplinary, state funded institution of higher larning that serves the Ilocos region and its surrounding regions in the Philippines. The University High School – Batac was formerly the Batac Rural High School which grew into the Ilocos Norte Institute of Technology then became the MMMCST and later merged with the Northern Luzon College to establish the Mariano Marcos State University by virtue of P. D. 1279.

 

      In 1975, in addition to the existing Laboratory High School, an Agricultural Science High School, was established by virtue of the Resolution No. 23, S. 1975 of the Board of Trustees of the then Mariano Marcos College of Science and Technology primarily to provide the best education in the sciences and to produce highly scientific and technological students as feeders to the college science oriented programs. Due to financial constraints, however, this Science High School was closed in 1982.

 

      Three years thereafter, the MMSU, under President Santiago R. Obien and the then PSHS Director, Dr. Cleofe M. Bacungan, realizing the significance of a Science Class in the MMSU University High School, joined hands in re – opening the Science High School in School Year 1985 – 1986.A Memorandum of Agreement was drawn and was duly signed on August 2, 1986. This Science Class is still existing up to the present.

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School Goals

University High School Science Class

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Vision

The High School – Science Curriculum is envisioned to provide training of the scientifically gifted youth who shall be the source of leaders and professionals in science & Technology.

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Mission

a. To provide gifted students a holistic education marked by excellence in science, mathematics, and  technology, humanistic in spirit and nationalistic in orientation.

b. To be the model high school in national class resources & comprehensive for education, research and development.

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Goals

a. To develop and prepare students for Science & Technology careers.

b. To equip students with knowledge, skills, virtues to prepare them for a responsible leadership and citizenship.

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Objectives

a. To identify, screen and assess gifted and talented children for science & technology.

b. To stimulate, develop and prepare students to enter careers in science and mathematics.

c. To provide the conditions for the development of a set of values acceptable to the individual and society.

      

Academic Support System

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      MMSU Laboratory High School limits their number of students each year. The limit is represents that they want propotional number. So, the teacher can handle and accommodate all the students for having practice teaching. The Laboratory High School is managed well by the faculty officers as the other schools. All the aspects are integrated into laboratory school under the College of Teacher Education.

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Teaching System

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      The learning system here prioritizes to equip students with adequate competencies. The theory and practice taught are expected to enable them to achieve understanding and skills in accordance with the learning objectives. The school uses mixed methods, i.e. still using conventional methods and also methods that utilize technology. The current curriculum used by the Philippines is K to 12 Curriculum, it is implemented from Grade 7 - 9. For the Grade 10, they are still using the previous curriculum that is Science Curriculum. 

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