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  • Discoveries for Development

    With our local and international partners, we create
    innovations that are relevant to the quality of life.

  • The next step
    The next step

    Relevant and highly affordable graduate education is yours at VSU. Learn more...

INSTRUCTION

MSc major in Development Sociology (Download Brochure Here)

Master in Professional Studies (with specialization in Social Development)

  • Inter-university Cooperation  on  the Initiatives on the Sociology of Developmentin Southeast Asia (ISDA)
    • Professorial Exchange
    • Student Exchange
    • Graduate Student Scholarship
    • International Student Research
    • Cooperation and Comparative Studies
    • Post-doctoral Research Fellowship

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSION

Harnessing Social Capital of Local Government Units and Civil Society Groups for Agriculture and Rural Development

  • Strengthening the Capabilities of LGUs and Civil Society Groups for Livelihood and Food Security in Region 8
  • Strengthening the Capabilities of LGUs and Civil Society Organizations for Transparency in the Extractive Industries in Region 8
  • Building Capacities of Barangay People  and Institutions for Community Development
  • Livelihood and Functional Education (LiFE)
  • Improving Community Access and Benefit-Sharing in Watershed Management.
  • Capability-Building Program on Performance Benchmarking for Water Districts
  • Increasing the Participation of POs and NGOs in Local Development Planning for the Water and Sanitation Sectors for Youth Program

Program on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)

  • Improving Community Access and Benefit-Sharing in Watershed Management.
  • Capability-Building Program on Performance Benchmarking for Water Districts
  • Increasing the Participation of POs and NGOs in Local Development Planning for the Water and Sanitation Sectors

Women and Men in Society: Enhancing Empowerment towards Qualitative Development in Eastern Visayas

  • Empowering Older Men and Women Towards Healthy Communities
  • Reproductive Health Status of Young Adult Children of Overseas Filipino Workers’ Families
  • Beauty Contest in the Academe: Assessing its Relevance Under the Gender Mainstreaming