The Aklan State University (ASU) is an educational institution in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. Its main campus is located in the town of Banga in Aklan, with four other campuses across the province. The ASU focuses on agriculture, fishery, arts and sciences, engineering and technology, and education. Formerly known as the Aklan State College of Agriculture (ASCA) and the Aklan Agricultural College (AAC), the institution gained university status on April 4, 2001 with the signing of Republic Act 9055 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The Aklan State University has five campuses, the biggest of which is located in Banga. The Banga Campus occupies 100 hectares of land below Manduyog Hill, a tourist attraction famous for its life-sized Way of the Cross. The Banga Campus of the ASU is home to the College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Environmental Science (CAFES), College of Teacher Education (CTE), School of Arts and Sciences (SAS), School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), Graduate School (GS) transferred to New Washington Campus, and the most recent school the School of Management Sciences (SMS) previously under the SAS and now under by the supervision of CAFES.