Abstract
Mindanao State University System is the only primer university in Muslim Mindanao which the national government established in 1961 with the objective to facilitate the integration of the Muslims into the national body politics and to accelerate socio-economic development in the region. Since then, the university expanded its operation into island provinces of Tawi-Tawi and Sulu in early 70s. The MSU branches in these areas, however had not grown well as expected due to the failure to improve academic services for the students and sustained faculty development. MSU-Sulu is originally mandated to operate as technical college with an academic thrust on fisheries and agriculture, oceanography and fisheries for Tawi-Tawi and agriculture for MSU-Maguindano.