An institution promoting Scholarship, Leadership, Character, and Service as its core values, Bicol University remains to be the premier state university in the Bicol Region. It boasts of a population of 26,352 scholars for school year 2015-2016, served by 643 faculty and 332 nonteaching personnel. Founded in 1969, it has risen to SUC Level IV status, a prestige it has enjoyed since 1998. It is home to top notchers in the fields of Accountancy, Engineering, Midwifery, Nursing, Social Work and Education.
As a comprehensive university, it caters to the needs of the society in the following fields:
