Awards and Achievements
- Identified by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as Center of Excellence in Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, and Forestry (2000) and Zonal Research Center in Region 8 (2000-2003)
- Accredited by the Bureau of Immigration to accept international students into its degree programs (2000)
- Professional Graduates from SY 1953-1954 to SY 2000-2001 totaled 8,522
- Accredited Level II (Enhanced Accredited Status) in Agriculture and Graduate Education Programs by the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines Inc. (AACCUP) (1999)
- Chosen by CHED as Learning Center for the Massive Upgrading of College Instructors Program for the western part of Leyte, Southern Leyte, and Biliran Provinces since 1998
- Accredited by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to act on the approval of appointments of personnel and employees since 1994
- Gintong Ani Awardee of the Department of Agriculture (1988)
- Granted a New Zealand Government Technical/Fund Support for the Extramural Program for Rural Development (EPRD) (1985)
- Tanglaw Awardee from the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD) (1977 and 1980)
- Lead Institution of the Visayas Consortium of Agricultural Resources Program (VICARP) since 1978
- Granted a World Bank (WB) Agricultural Support Fund (1976)
- Multi-commodity research center in the Visayas since 1975
- Zonal Agricultural University in the Visayas since 1975
