Renaming and expansion of DHVSU curricula

Republic Act No. 11169 amends Republic Act No. 9832 for purposes of aligning the University’s name with its expanded status and offerings.
Section 4 provides that all provisions of Republic Act No. 9832 referring to the name of Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University are modified accordingly.
The curricular expansion framework continues to operate through the University’s governing structure under the Board of Regents, subject to statutory approval rules for new degree programs.

Section 2 directs the University to primarily provide advanced instruction and professional training across education, engineering, science and technology, arts and humanities, information and communications technology education, liberal arts, and medical and health-related programs, and other relevant fields.
Section 2 requires the University to undertake research, extension services, and production activities.
Section 2 mandates that the University provide progressive leadership in its areas of specialization to support the socioeconomic development of the Province of Pampanga and Region III.

Section 1 establishes that Don Honorio Ventura State University (DHVSU) is hereinafter referred to as “the University.”
The Act treats DHVSU as the institutional name replacing DHVTSU for the same university in Bacolor, Pampanga.

Section 1 renames the institution from Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University (DHVTSU) to Don Honorio Ventura State University (DHVSU).
Section 2 applies to the University’s primary functions, including instruction, training, research, extension, production activities, and leadership in specialization areas.
Section 3 expands what the University shall offer: technical-vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses in multiple fields.
Section 3 limits offerings by requiring statutory approval for new degree programs, and by tying the option of a laboratory school to the presence of a College of Education.

Section 2 requires the University’s primary provision of advanced instruction and professional training in:
- education
- engineering
- science and technology
- arts and humanities
- information and communications technology education
- liberal arts
- medical
- health-related programs
- and other relevant fields of study
Section 2 requires the University to undertake research, extension services, and production activities.
Section 3 mandates curricular offerings in the following fields (including technical-vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses):
- education
- engineering
- science and technology
- arts and humanities
- information and communications technology
- liberal arts
- legal management
- law
- medicine and allied sciences
- health-related courses
- entrepreneurial programs
- creative industries
- travel management
- culinary management
- and other relevant courses within its areas of specialization
Section 3 requires that offerings be provided within its areas of specialization and based on its capabilities, with course offerings determined by the Board of Regents as needed to carry out the University’s objectives.
Section 3 provides that the University may operate a reasonably-sized laboratory school if it has a College of Education.

Section 3 prohibits the University from offering any degree program unless approved by the Commission on Higher Education before the degree program is approved by the Board.
Section 3 ties the Board’s approval of degree programs to the prior Commission on Higher Education approval as a condition precedent.

Section 4 modifies the earlier law by changing only the naming references in Republic Act No. 9832 that refer to Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University, so that these references conform to the renamed University.
Section 4 functions as a targeted repealing/modifying clause limited to provisions of Republic Act No. 9832 dealing with the University’s name.

Section 5 sets the effectivity trigger strictly: fifteen (15) days after publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.