University of Ilocos Philippines - Narvacan Campus

The institution's legal identity has changed. Ilocos Sur Polytechnic College was created by Republic Act No. 7960 in March 1995 and converted into Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College by Republic Act No. 8547, signed by President Fidel V. Ramos on 24 February 1998. Republic Act No. 11755, approved on 27 April 2022, then converted the state college into a state university and integrated the North Luzon Philippines State College with it, creating the University of Ilocos Philippines with its main campus at Candon City. Records and signage may still carry the older name during the transition. Narvacan houses the College of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, and it is named among the campuses carried into the new university by Republic Act No. 11755. The town sits on the South China Sea coast at the mouth of the Narvacan River, which is the practical reason for siting fisheries and marine science instruction here rather than inland. The campus's specialisation makes it the system's centre for that field.