Establishment of Sulu College of Technology

Develop academic programs focusing on the exploitation and conservation of fisheries resources in the Sulu Seas and nearby waters.
Undertake research in fish processing, fish culture, and oceanography.
Aim to enhance understanding of Philippine territorial waters.
Implement programs to promote social and economic development of the local population.

The college operates as an integral unit of Mindanao State University.
Administration is vested in the Board of Regents of Mindanao State University per its Charter (Republic Act No. 1387, as amended).
The President of the Philippines appoints three additional members to the Board of Regents, preferably from Sulu Province, with Commission on Appointments' consent.
Initial appointed members serve staggered terms of 1, 2, and 3 years; successors serve 3-year terms.
These members participate fully in Board meetings regarding the College’s academic, administrative, and financial matters.

An additional ad valorem duty of 5% is imposed on imported prepared or preserved fish and on crustaceans and mollusks as specified under relevant Tariff and Customs Code sections.
The duty is collected starting fiscal year 1970 and automatically appropriated for the College’s research programs and infrastructure.
The Collector of Customs remits collected funds quarterly to Mindanao State University for the College.

With the University President’s request, government agencies may transfer equipment and personnel to the College.
Such transfers are governed by mutually agreed arrangements between agency heads and the College.

An initial appropriation of one million pesos for operating expenses and five hundred thousand pesos for capital outlay is authorized starting fiscal year 1970.
Similar funding is appropriated for every fiscal year thereafter to support the College.