GRADUATE SCHOOL

San Vicente, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan

Tel. Nos. (075) 568-2568 / 568-2556

Dr. Zenaida U. Suyat
Graduate School Dean

MISSION

The graduate school provides quality education in the professions, conducts relevant research studies and responsive extension programs and interventions designed to attain the national and regional development goals.

GOALS

To provide substance and direction to its mission, the Graduate School pursues the following institutional goals:

1. Instruction - Pursue leadership role in graduate education in the region comparable to institutions of national repute, strives to be a center of excellence for the professional development of public and private sector leaders, administrators, managers, researchers, teachers, and other professionals;

2. Research - Maintain excellence in research in the pursuit of quality and responsive research outputs in education, agriculture, technology, and human resource development;

3. Extension - Strengthen its capability to provide training, technical assistance and consultancy services to clientele institutions, entities, agencies and community through complementary programs and projects; and

4. Production - Enhance the capability of producing services in the development, testing, and production of institutional materials, management tools and systems for the professions and institutions.

OBJECTIVES

The Graduate School aims to:

1. Provide leadership role in graduate education and enhance resource development in the context of a dynamic and rapidly changing ecology of management systems;

2. Stimulate and facilitate appropriate research activities in identified priority areas;

3. Provide opportunities for training and capability-building interventions for leaders of education, business, government, and other disciplines; and

4. Provide a forum for creativity, innovations, and ingenuity where ideas and ideals are crystallized and realized.

PSU GRADUATE SCHOOL HISTORY

The Graduate School of the Pangasinan State University (PSU-GS) originated from the programs of the then Central Luzon Teachers College (CLTC) as the only tertiary education component then, the former Bayambang Normal School (BNS) in 1922, the Pangasinan Normal School (PNS) in 1948, and now PSU-Bayambang Campus. 

The PSU-GS had a humble beginning. It started in 1961, six (6) years after the offering of the four-year teacher education program in 1954 by virtue of R.A. # 975. In 1982, the doctoral program of the University was first offered at PSU-Bayambang Campus, with its teacher education program as the center. In 1987, with the University’s desire to expand its graduate program, four (4) centers were created. These were located at PSU-Bayambang, PSU-Lingayen, PSU-Sta. Maria, and PSU-Urdaneta, with the latter as its central office. The following year, the masteral program of PSU-Sta. Maria was transferred to PSU-Urdaneta. Thus, there were only three centers then in 1988 to 1994. In 1994, with the concept to centralize and to maximize the resources of the University, all graduate programs were centralized in PSU-Graduate School, Urdaneta City.

At present, the PSU-GS offers five (5) degree programs, namely: Doctor of Education (Ed. D.), Master of Arts in Education (MAED), Master in Development Management (MDM), Master of Science in Agriculture (MS Agriculture, Master in Management Engineering (MME), and Master in Aquaculture (MSA). The Ed. D. program offers three (3) major fields of specialization: Educational Management, Mathematics Education, and Guidance and Counseling. On the other hand, the MAED program has 11 areas of specialization as follows: Educational Management, Communication Arts-English, Communication Arts-Filipino, Science Education, Mathematics Education, Social Studies, Guidance and Counseling, Special Education (SPED), Technology and Home Economics, Instructional Leadership, and Computer Education. The MDM program also offers two (2) areas of specialization: Public Management and Local Government and Regional Administration Management; while the MS Agriculture offers two (2) major fields of specialization : Crop Science and Animal Science.

Today, due to the increasing enrolment in the GS, a satellite campus was established in Bayambang with two programs offered during the 1st semester 2009. These are; Master of Arts in Nursing and Master of Arts in Education, majors in Early Childhood Education, Reading and Science Education. This was envisioned to expand the GS service areas and ultimately to cater to the needs of the nursing graduates of PSU-Bayambang and the nearby towns of Pangasinan, Tarlac, Zambales, La Union and the Ilocos Region.