The Milestones of DMMMPSC
1927 Pre-Commonwealth Act No. 3377 known as the Vocational Act of 1927 established Misamis Oriental Trade School (MOTS) operating at the elementary level. In 1936, the intermediate program was replaced with the four-year secondary trade program.
1952 Republic Act No. 672 converted MOTS into the Mindanano School of Arts and Trades (MSAT) offering two-year trade technical education. In 1970, Republic Act of 3959 authorized the offering of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education and the Evening Opportunity Programs.
1978 Presidential Decree 1431 converted MSAT to Don Mariano Marcos Memorial Polytechnic State College (DMMMPSC) with the mission "to provide quality relevant and trained human resources and to promote research supportive to the industrialization of Northern Mindanao."
1991 Republic Act No. 7102 renamed DMMMPSC to Mindanao Polytechnic State College (MPSC) with the addition of the third function of the college - extension services - in the original mission.
1995 Proposal for Mindanao University of Science and Technology (MUST) was presented to the faculty and staff, students, PTA officials, and the general public. In 2002, Congressman Constantino J. Jaraula of the Lone District of Cagayan de Oro filed House Bill No. 4582 for the conversion of MUST. (Mindanao University Of Science & Technology) The House Sub-Committee on Higher Education approved the bill in 2003.
