The Iloilo Science and Technology University is a public university located in Iloilo City Philippines. ISAT-U was founded in 1905 and is mandated and chartered as a polytechnical university by the Philippine government to provide undergraduate and graduate courses in technology education, agriculture, fishery, engineering, arts and sciences, forestry, business, health, computer, criminology, nautical and short-term vocational-technical, and other continuing courses. It is also mandated to promote research, advanced studies, extension work, and progressive leadership in its area of specialization. Its main campus is located in Burgos St., Lapaz, Iloilo City.