1.1 School Profile Pampanga State Agricultural University is a newly-converted university by virtue of Republic Act No. 10605 signed on June 11, 2013 by the President of the Republic of the Philippines, BENIGNO SIMEON COJUANCO AQUINO III, and declared by CHED fully compliant with all the requirements for a university. Started as an institution of higher learning fully chartered in 1974 by virtue of Republic Act No. 4576, “An Act Converting the Pampanga National Agricultural School in Magalang, Pampanga into Pampanga Agricultural College (PAC)”, and complemented by Republic Act No. 8292 also known as the “Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997”, PSAU is mandated to offer agriculture and allied fields. It operates a single campus, which lies at the western slope of the majestic Mt. Arayat in the municipality of Magalang, Pampanga. It is about 15 kilometers east of Angeles City. The University started as an agricultural experiment station known as