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Pamantasan ng Dakong Timog ng Mindanao (Filipino) | |
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Former names | Mindanao Institute of Technology |
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| Motto | 50 years and beyond. |
| Type | Public, State university |
| Established | June 20, 1952 |
| Endowment | PHP225,325,000.00[1] |
| President | Francisco Gil N. Garcia, RPAE, Ph.D. |
Administrative staff | 1,600 [2] |
| Undergraduates | 11, 408 |
| Address | USM Avenue , , , 7°6′54.86″N 124°50′12.1″E / 7.1152389°N 124.836694°E |
| Campus | Kabacan (Main), Kidapawan City Campus (USM-KCC), Buluan Campus, Integrated Laboratory School – Lumayong |
| Hymn | USM Hymn |
| Colors | Green and Gold |
| Nickname | USM |
| Affiliations | SCUAA and MASCUFF, PASUC,AACCUP,[3] |
| Website | Official website |
  Location in Mindanao .svg) Location in the Philippines | |
The University of Southern Mindanao (USM; Filipino: Pamantasan ng Dakong Timog ng Mindanao[4]), formerly Mindanao Institute of Technology (MIT), is a university in the Southern Philippines. It provides instruction and professional training in the fields of science and technology, particularly agriculture and industry. The university was founded by Bai Hadja Fatima Matabay Plang, an educator and philanthropist. It formally open on October 1, 1954, and achieved university status on March 13, 1978. Its 1,024 hectare main campus is located in Kabacan, Cotabato. The University of Southern Mindanao is one of the four State University and Colleges (SUC) to achieve excellence in agricultural education and one of the nine to hold Level IV status. Across its 3 campuses USM holds a total of 5,129.97 hectares of land, mostly for agricultural teaching and research.
- ^ "GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT Fiscal Year 2010" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ "University of Southern Mindanao (USM) blocks Facebook, Twitter". Retrieved 2011-10-27.
- ^ "ACCUP Members list". Retrieved 2011-07-08.
- ^ Direktoryo ng mga Ahensiya at Opisyal ng Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas (PDF) (in Filipino). Kagawaran ng Badyet at Pamamahala (Department of Budget and Management). 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2020.