 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
Pamantasang Pampamahalaan ng Kanlurang Mindanao (Filipino) | |
 | |
| Type | Public Regional higher education institution |
|---|---|
| Established | 1904 |
| President | Dr. Ma. Carla A. Ochotorena |
| Vice-president | Dr. Nursia M. Barjose (VP for Academic Affairs) Dr. Joselito D. Madroñal (VP for Administration & Finance) Dr. Joel G. Fernando (VP for Research, Extension Services & External Linkages) Dr. Fredelino M. San Juan (OIC) (VP for Resource Generation) |
Academic staff | 1,000 |
| Undergraduates | 28,000 |
| Postgraduates | 2,000 |
| Address | Normal Road, Baliwasan , , 6°54′47″N 122°03′43″E / 6.9131204°N 122.0619842°E |
| Campus | Main: Baliwasan, Zamboanga City 7.9 hectares (79,000 m2) Satellite:
|
| Mascot | Fighting Crimsons |
| Website | wmsu |
  Location in Mindanao .svg) Location in the Philippines | |
Western Mindanao State University (WMSU; Filipino: Pamantasang Pampamahalaan ng Kanlurang Mindanao[1]) is a state university located in Zamboanga City, Philippines. It has two campuses: the main campus of 79,000 square metres and 9,147 square metres in the city proper, and the satellite campus of 200,000 square metres in San Ramon about 20 kilometers from the city. Campuses comprising the external studies units are in the provinces of Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay. It has a student population of over 32,000, regular faculty members of over 600 and over 200 administrative personnel.
It has 15 colleges, one institute and two autonomous campuses offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses specializing in accounting, education, engineering, nursing, arts and humanities, social work, science and mathematics. Along with these major fields of concentration, WMSU also offers courses in agriculture, architecture, forestry, home economics, nutrition and dietetics, computer science, criminology, Asian and Islamic Studies and special degree courses for foreign students. It also offers external studies and non-formal education courses.
WMSU ranked sixth among 68 universities all over the country, according to a survey on the Top Academic Institutions in the Philippines conducted by the Commission on Higher Education. The university's College of Teacher Education is a Center for Development; the College of Architecture is a Center of Development; and the College of Social Work and Community Development was awarded the Best School for Social Work in the Philippines.
- ^ Kagawaran ng Badyet at Pamamahala (2018). Direktoryo ng mga Ahensiya at Opisyal ng Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas (PDF) (in Filipino). Retrieved August 24, 2020.