Rizal Technological University
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Rizal Technological University （RTU） is a state university located at Mandaluyong, Philippines.
It was established on July 11, 1969 as the College of Rizal, part of the University of Rizal System before it became autonomous in 1975.
The state university is also the first educational institution in the country to use cooperative education as a curriculum plan which is recognized by various industries, businesses and agencies all over the country.
The university has various different academic fields, and focuses primarily on architecture, engineering, and technology programs.
RTU is also one of the first educational institutions in the Philippines to offer degrees in astronomy.
The Rizal Technological University or RTU was established on July 11, 1969 upon the approval by the Secretary of Education in response to the request of the Provincial Board of Rizal,
headed by then Governor Isidro S. Rodriguez, to put up a higher education institution in the Province of Rizal.
It was first known as the College of Rizal.
The College of Rizal opened its classes on July 14, 1969 with course offerings in business administration, education and liberal arts.
On March 20, 1975, the College of Rizal in Pasig and Rizal Technical High School in Mandaluyong, both situated in the Province of Rizal, were merged and converted into the Rizal Technological College （RTC） by the virtue of Presidential Decree （PD） No.
674 The decree authorized the expansion of curricular programs and promotion of researches in the development and conservation of natural resources in the Province of Rizal.
The promulgation of P.D. No.
751 on July 25, 1975 amended certain provisions of P.D. No.
674 and made the operation and maintenance of the Rizal Te...