CORE VALUES: The CSU vision and mission are ably supported by six (6)

core values which constitute a formidable base to guide and support the
CSU administration in the operation of all its programs and projects. The
core values are captured in the taglish acronym PA-CARE.

Productivity Cagayan State University is committed to developing its human and

non-human resources to sustain its operations and realize its mandates.

Accessibility Cagayan State University is committed to intellectualizing the youth

by allowing them to have greater access to higher education.

Compassion Cagayan State University is committed to alleviating or reducing the

poverty incidence of the communities through advance higher education, innovative
researches and responsive extension and training programs.

Accountability Cagayan State University is committed to building competent

professionals, leaders, scholars, researchers and entrepreneurs responsible in building
just, peaceful, stable and progressive communities.

Relevance Cagayan State University is committed to nurturing the youth by

providing meaningful education.

Excellence Cagayan State University is committed to offering quality teaching and

resources to enable its students to succeed.

Vision
Transforming lives by educating for the best
The basic vision of the University is to make the Cagayan State University as a catalyst of change in
improving the lives of individuals and communities by educating for the best. The one-liner vision
succinctly captures the profound meaning and ultimate purpose of the collective efforts and
educational directions of the university.

Mission
Cagayan State University is committed to transform the lives of people and
communities through high quality instruction and innovative research, development,
production and extension.
The Cagayan State University, a credible and distinguished center of higher education in Northern
Luzon, is committed to improve the lives of people and communities by providing advanced
instruction in the arts, agriculture, and natural sciences as well as in technological and professional
fields through its strong quality of instruction and innovations in research, resource mobilization and
extension. CSU contributes primarily to President Aquino's Social Contract to the Filipino people by
providing quality education and training through instruction, research, extension and production.

Philosophy
The University serves the INDIVIDUAL by providing the student with a nurturing environment for
optimal human flourishing. It serves the COMMUNITY by offering programs responsive to individual
and social needs.