In just its second bid for the World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI) rankings, Visayas State University (VSU) has once again demonstrated global excellence by climbing 72 places higher than last year’s 375th rank in the 2026 edition of the international ranking system.

Annals of Tropical Research (ATR), the international scientific journal of Visayas State University and the first Scopus-indexed journal in the region, has officially entered the SCImago Journal Rankings (SJR) system with a  fourth quartile (Q4) ranking in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Social Sciences. 

What if a fruit basket could become a blueprint for development?

In a shared effort towards reducing poverty and improving economic empowerment, Visayas State University (VSU) together with the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Field Office VIII (DSWD-FO VIII) formally entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on April 28, 2026 at the VSU RDE Hall.

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) approved the offering of the Bachelor of Arts in Literature (AB Lit) at the Visayas State University Department of Arts, Languages, and Literature (VSU DALL) for the first semester of AY 2026-27 after granting the program a Report on the Result of Preliminary Assessment (RRPA) early this year.

What if the farms of Baybay City could become not just sites of production, but destinations of experience?

Visayas State University (VSU) and the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Baybay City, Leyte, formally entered into a usufruct agreement to establish a centralized hub for satellite government offices focusing on public safety, emergency response, and local transit.