Mindanao Polytechnic College (MPC) is a maritime school located at the junction of the National Highway and the Makar-Koronadal Road, about 7 kilometers from downtown General Santos City, Philippines. It is the city’s premier school for nautical and marine engineering courses, and lately, of HRM courses (maritime-based). The year 1980 saw the birth of the new educational institution in General Santos City. Conceived several years earlier the idea was finally brought into realization by the founder, Capt. Arturo A. Aguilar, M.M. propelled by his strong desire and noble purpose to provide education to the youth, Capt. Aguilar, competently assisted by his wife Susana, established Mindanao Polytechnic School in February, 1980. Capt. Aguilar, a master mariner by profession and a former Harbor Pilot of the Port of General Santos City and Mrs. Aguilar, an education graduate and business entrepreneur combined their talents and resources to give rise to the only maritime school in the SOCSKSARGEN area which is one of the growth centers in Southern Mindanao. During the initial year of operation, the school rented two separate buildings in downtown area in General Santos City.