University of Ilocos Philippines - Santiago 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. Santiago houses the College of Engineering and Technology and is named among the campuses carried into the new university by Republic Act No. 11755. The engineering and technology specialisation continues the polytechnic mandate the institution was created with in 1995, and distinguishes this campus from the teacher education emphasis at Sta. Maria and the arts and sciences focus at Tagudin. Santiago lies on the coastal plain of southern Ilocos Sur.