LIST OF STATE-RUN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WITH FREE TUITION FEES

Manila, Philippines - Atleast 112 state colleges and universities (SUGs) nationwide  are covered by the free tuition law signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, August 3.

Though his economic managers have opposed the bill, saying the government is out of funds but still Duterte signed the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act as he promised during the SONA.

"Free tertiary education in state universities and colleges is a pillar or cornerstone of the President's social development policy so he weighed every thing and came to the conclusion that the long-term benefits that will be delivered from a well-developed tertiary education will definitely outweigh any possible short-term budgetary challenges. So as we say, if there's a will, there's a way," Guevarra said.

The law covers 8 SUCs in Manila, 49 in some part of Luzon, 26 in Visayas and 29 in Mindanao.

The lists in the 2018 National Expenditure Program and the joint guidelines of the Commission on Higher Education and the Department of Budget and Management on the grant of free tuition appear to have 114 SUCs, however, because they specify two campuses of the Mindanao State University. These are the MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology and the MSU-Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography.

Below is the list of the state colleges and universities per region:

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION (NCR)

 
    Polytechnic University of the Philippines
    Rizal Technological University
    Technological University of the Philippines
    University of the Philippines System
    Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology
    Marikina Polytechnic College
    Philippine Normal University
    Philippine State College of Aeronautics
  

Region I - ILOCOS

    Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University
    Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College
    Mariano Marcos State University
    North Luzon Philippines State College
    Pangasinan State University
    University of Northern Philippines

CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (CAR)

    Abra State Institute of Science and Technology
    Apayao State College
    Benguet State University
    Ifugao State University
    Kalinga State University
    Mountain Province State University (formerly the Mountain Province State Polytechnic College)

Region II - CAGAYAN VALLEY
    Batanes State College
    Cagayan State University
    Isabela State University
    Nueva Vizcaya State University
    Quirino State University

Region III - CENTRAL LUZON

    Aurora State College of Technology
    Bataan Peninsula State University
    Bulacan Agricultural State College
    Bulacan State University
    Central Luzon State University
    Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University
    Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology
    Pampanga State Agricultural University
    Philippine Merchant Marine Academy
    Ramon Magsaysay Technological University
    Tarlac College of Agriculture (now the Tarlac Agricultural University)
    Tarlac State University

Region IV-A - CALABARZON

    Batangas State University
    Cavite State University
    Laguna State Polytechnic University (Laguna State Polytechnic College)
    Southern Luzon State University
    University of Rizal System

Region IV-B - MIMAROPA

    Marinduque State College
    Mindoro State College of Agriculture and Technology
    Occidental Mindoro State College
    Palawan State University
    Romblon State University
    Western Philippines University

Region V - BICOL

    Bicol University
    Bicol State College of Applied Sciences and Technology
    Camarines Norte State College
    Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges
    Catanduanes State University
    Central Bicol State University of Agriculture
    Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa, Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology
    Partido State University
    Sorsogon State College

Region VI - WESTERN VISAYAS
    Aklan State University
    Capiz State University
    Carlos C. Hilado Memorial State College
    Guimaras State College
    Iloilo State College of Fisheries
    Central Philippines State University
    Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College
    Northern Negros State College of Science and Technology
    University of Antique
    Iloilo Science and Technology University
    West Visayas State University

Region VII - CENTRAL VISAYAS
    Bohol Island State University
    Cebu Normal University
    Cebu Technological University
    Negros Oriental State University
    Siquijor State College

Region VIII - EASTERN VISAYAS

     Palompom Polytechnic State University (formerly the Palompon Institute of Technology)
    Samar State University
    Southern Leyte State University
    University of Eastern Philippines
    Visayas State University

    Eastern Samar State University
    Eastern Visayas State University
    Leyte Normal University
    Naval State University
    Northwest Samar State University
  

Region IX - ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA
    J.H. Cerilles State College
    Jose Rizal Memorial State University
    Western Mindanao State University
    Zamboanga City State Polytechnic College
    Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology

Region X - NORTHERN MINDANAO

 
    MSU - Iligan Institute of Technology
    University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines – Claveria Campus
    Northwestern Mindanao State College of Science and Technology
    Bukidnon State University
    Camiguin Polytechnic State College
    Central Mindanao University
    University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines – Cagayan De Oro Campus
  

Region XI - DAVAO REGION

    Compostela Valley State College
    Davao Del Norte State College
    Davao Oriental State College of Science and Technology
    Southern Philippines Agri-Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology
    University of Southeastern Philippines

Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN

    Cotabato State University (formerly the Cotabato City State Polytechnic College)
    Cotabato Foundation College of Science and Technology
    Sultan Kudarat State University
    University of Southern Mindanao

AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO (ARMM)

    Sulu State College
    Tawi-Tawi Regional Agricultural College

    Adiong Memorial Polytechnic State College
    Basilan State College
    Mindanao State University
    MSU-Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography
   
Region XIII - CARAGA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

    Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology
    Caraga State University (Northern Mindanao State Institute of Science and Technology)
    Surigao del Sur State University
    Surigao State College of Technology