Aklan State University
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| Motto | Academic Pillar of Excellence for Sustainable Development |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1917; 2001 (as university); 1963 (as college) |
| President | Dr. Danilo E. Abayon |
| Location | Banga, Aklan, Philippines |
| Nickname | asu-ians |
| Website | www |
Aklan State University (ASU) is an educational institution in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. Its main campus is located in the town of Banga in Aklan, with four other campuses across the province. The ASU focuses on agriculture, fishery, arts and sciences, engineering and technology, and education.
Formerly known as the Aklan State College of Agriculture and the Aklan Agricultural College, the institution gained university status on April 4, 2001 with the signing of Republic Act 9055 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
The university has five campuses, the biggest of which is located in Banga, occupying 100 hectares of land below Manduyog Hill, a tourist attraction famous for its life-sized Way of the Cross.
The campus is home to the College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Environmental Science (CAFES), College of Teacher Education, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Graduate School transferred to New Washington Campus, and the most recent school the School of Management Sciences previously under the School of Arts and Sciences, and now under by the supervision of CAFES.
The campus has aswimming pool, dormitories, and a university hotel that also caters to non-ASU people.
The campus in Kalibo, the provincial capital of Aklan, is home to the College of Industrial Technology formerly known as School of Industrial Technology. ASU-Kalibo Campus is also called the ASU-CIT. Located in Andagao, a busy area in Kalibo, ASU-Kalibo is the smallest of the five campuses, occupying eight hectares, yet with the biggest number of student enrolled and the highest income earner among the five ASU campuses.
The Kalibo campus was called the Roxas Memorial School of Arts and Trades (until 1983), and then the Roxas Memorial College of Arts and Trades.
The campus in Ibajay is home to the College of Hospitality And Rural Resource Management. The campus was known as the Western Aklan Polytechnic College, and before that the Ibajay National Agricultural and Industrial School. Located in Colong-Colong, the campus occupies 25 hectares of land.
The campus in Makato originally served as an extension high school, and was thus called the ASU Annex. As of 2006, the campus is home to the Teacher Education Center, and occupies 10 hectares in Barangay Castillo.
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