TL;DR — SCSIT's Cebu City campus runs seven colleges, and the strongest thing it offers is breadth at the vocational end: a full maritime ladder from Basic Seaman Course to BS Marine Engineering, four engineering degrees, nursing, criminology and education. Nine of its fifteen college offerings end at a PRC licensure exam. Tuition is not published anywhere on the site; the scholarship page, by contrast, is unusually detailed.
Salazar Colleges of Science and Institute of Technology sits at 211 Natalio B. Bacalso Avenue in Cebu City, a stretch that already holds several other higher-education institutions. It was founded in 1983 and now runs elementary through college plus TESDA programs across four campuses. Contacts and basics are on our SCSIT listing, and the wider field is on our Cebu City schools page.
This guide answers the question the listing cannot: what is actually on offer, what each program leads to, and which ones put you in front of the PRC at the end.
The college programs, by college
College of Business and Hospitality Management
- BS in Business Administration, major in Marketing
- BS in Hotel and Restaurant Management
College of Computer Studies
- BS in Information Technology
College of Criminology
- BS in Criminology
College of Education
- BS in Elementary Education
- BS in Secondary Education
College of Engineering
- BS in Civil Engineering
- BS in Computer Engineering
- BS in Electrical Engineering
- BS in Electronics Communication Engineering
College of Maritime
- BS in Marine Transportation
- BS in Marine Engineering
- Associate in Marine Engineering
- Basic Seaman Course
College of Nursing
- BS in Nursing
Two things stand out in that list. The first is that the College of Maritime is a ladder, not a single degree: a Basic Seaman Course and an associate program sit under the two four-year degrees, so a student can start short and step up. The second is that there is no accountancy program, which is the usual anchor of a business college in the Philippines — the business side here is marketing and hospitality, not CPA preparation.
Which programs end at a board exam
This is the part that changes what a degree is worth, and it splits SCSIT's catalogue almost down the middle.
| Program | Licensure exam at the end |
|---|---|
| BS Civil Engineering | Civil Engineer Licensure Examination |
| BS Electrical Engineering | Registered Electrical Engineer exam |
| BS Electronics Communication Engineering | Electronics Engineer Licensure Examination |
| BS Computer Engineering | None — no PRC board exists |
| BS Nursing | Philippine Nurse Licensure Examination |
| BS Criminology | Criminologist Licensure Examination |
| BS Elementary Education | Licensure Examination for Teachers |
| BS Secondary Education | Licensure Examination for Teachers |
| BS Marine Transportation | Marine Deck Officer licensure |
| BS Marine Engineering | Marine Engineer Officer licensure |
| BS Information Technology | None |
| BS Business Administration (Marketing) | None |
| BS Hotel and Restaurant Management | None |
If you are choosing between two of these, the board exam is the real fork. A licensed program means the school's teaching quality shows up in a public number every year, and it means you cannot practise without passing. An unlicensed program like IT or HRM puts the weight back on internships, portfolio and the first employer. Our guide to board exam passing rates by course explains how to read those national numbers before you commit.
SCSIT does not publish its own passing rates for any program. That is worth asking the dean about directly, per program and per year, rather than settling for a general answer.
Senior high school, and the maritime feeder
SCSIT's senior high school is broader than its college:
- Academic: ABM, HUMSS, STEM, General Academic, and Pre-Baccalaureate Maritime
- TVL: Agri-Fishery, Home Economics, ICT, Industrial Arts, TVL Maritime
- Specialized: Sports, Arts and Design
The Pre-Baccalaureate Maritime strand is the one to notice. It exists specifically to feed BS Marine Transportation and BS Marine Engineering, so a student who knows at Grade 11 that they want to sail can take a straight line through the same school. If maritime is on your shortlist for reasons of cost or shipboard training, read our maritime courses guide first — the sea-service and certification requirements are what actually determine whether a maritime degree pays off.
The TESDA side
SCSIT lists five technical-vocational offerings: SMAW welding, Hilot, Trainers Methodology, Computer Systems Servicing and Plumbing.
What it does not list is the NC level, the duration, the entry requirements or the fee for any of them. That is a real gap, because in tech-voc those four details are the whole decision. Ask the registrar for the exact qualification title as registered with TESDA, and check it against the national qualification before enrolling — our TESDA courses guide explains how the NC levels and assessment work.
What the school asks for at entry
SCSIT publishes a documentary checklist rather than an academic bar. There is no published entrance exam and no published grade cut-off for any level.
New college students
- Form 138 report card
- PSA birth certificate, original and photocopy
- Two 2x2 ID photos, white background
- Certificate of Good Moral Character from the previous school
Transferring college students — all of the above, plus a Transcript of Records, informative or for-evaluation copy.
New and transferring K to 12 students — Form 138, PSA birth certificate (original and photocopy), two 2x2 ID photos.
Nursery and Kindergarten — PSA birth certificate and two 2x2 photos.
Returning students, all levels — Form 138.
Original birth certificates are returned after verification. Enrolment itself runs through level-specific online forms.
Cost: scholarships published, tuition not
SCSIT publishes no tuition figures. Its payments page lists only the two accredited banks it accepts deposits through, and directs students to check their balance in the online portal using their student ID and password.
The scholarship page is the opposite — it is one of the more detailed lists you will find at a school this size, and several entries carry actual amounts:
| Scholarship | Published value |
|---|---|
| CHED-TDP | PHP 15,000, family income up to PHP 400,000 |
| ESC (incoming Grade 7) | PHP 11,000, 105 slots |
| SHS Voucher Program | Tuition and school fees, incoming Grade 11 |
| UNIFAST | PHP 16,000 for CHED-recognised programs |
| Cebu City Sugbo Scholarship | PHP 10,000 per semester |
Alongside those it runs institutional awards: an academic scholarship where Grade 6 graduates with Highest Honors get 100 percent off tuition, High Honors 80 percent and Honors 50 percent; the Cardinal Vidal scholarship for valedictorians, salutatorians and senior high graduates averaging 85 and above; athletic, cultural, dance troupe and choir scholarships; a loyalty scholarship giving high school graduates one year of scholarship on entering college; working-scholar and service-oriented arrangements; and sibling, employee and honor-student discounts.
That is a lot of money on the table, and it is all discretionary. The practical move is to ask which awards you qualify for before you get the assessment, not after, since several are approval-based rather than automatic. If cost is the deciding factor, compare against our roundup of affordable private schools in Cebu.
Choosing inside the maritime ladder
The College of Maritime offers four things, and they are not four versions of the same thing.
The two BS degrees — Marine Transportation and Marine Engineering — are the officer track. They run four years including shipboard training, and they end at a PRC licensure examination for deck or engine officers. The Associate in Marine Engineering and the Basic Seaman Course are shorter and cheaper, and they sit below that.
What SCSIT does not publish is what each of the shorter two actually qualifies you for — which certificates you leave with, whether credits ladder into the degree, and how long each runs. In maritime that is the whole decision, because the certificate determines the rank you can be hired at and the pay that goes with it. Get it in writing from the College of Maritime before you enrol in either short programme.
Campuses, and one thing to verify
SCSIT lists a Cebu City main campus on N. Bacalso Avenue, plus campuses in Madridejos and in Barangay Mohon, Talisay City, and a Naga campus it advertises as opening. Programme availability is not published per campus. Before you commit to a location, confirm in writing that your specific program runs there — this matters most for maritime, nursing and engineering, which need laboratories and simulators the smaller campuses may not have.
The school also runs what it calls International Programs, centred on a Cebu Overseas Nursing pathway aimed at placing nursing graduates in the United States, and sponsored scholars for the USA. Details beyond that description are not published; the registrar is the contact.
Sources
- SCSIT, College programs — http://www.scsit.edu.ph/college
- SCSIT, Senior High School — http://www.scsit.edu.ph/senior-high-school
- SCSIT, TESDA Programs — http://www.scsit.edu.ph/tesda-programs
- SCSIT, Enrollment — http://www.scsit.edu.ph/enrollment
- SCSIT, Scholarship Programs — http://www.scsit.edu.ph/scholarship-programs
- SCSIT, Payments — http://www.scsit.edu.ph/payments
- SCSIT, International Programs — http://www.scsit.edu.ph/international-programs