Cagayan State University, Sanchez-Mira

Cagayan State University was created by Presidential Decree No. 1436, signed by President Ferdinand Marcos on 11 June 1978, drawing together state institutions across Cagayan into a single multi-campus university. The charter was crafted by then-Minister Juan Ponce Enrile. The Sanchez Mira campus originated as the Sanchez Mira (Arranz) High School, established in 1947 at Centro 1 near the Sanchez Mira Bridge in the municipality of Sanchez Mira. It produced its first graduate in 1950. A pivotal change came in 1959, when the school was converted into the Sanchez Mira National Rural and Vocational High School by legislation, shifting it toward vocational and rural education. It was among the institutions folded into Cagayan State University when the charter took effect in 1978. The campus sits on the province's northwestern coast along the Luzon Strait, serving the municipalities of the Sanchez Mira and Claveria stretch that are some distance from the provincial centre at Tuguegarao.