Samar State UniversitySamar State University is a Registered Property, City of Catbalogan, Samar located at Catbalogan City, Catbalogan City, Region VIII.
Samar State University (SSU) was previously carrying the name of Samar State Polytechnic College (SSPC), Samar School of Arts and Trades (SSAT), and Samar Trade School (STS) tracing back its establishment in 1912. By virtue of Republic Act No. 9313, SSPC became SSU becoming the very first state university in the Province of Samar in 2004. With the said conversion, SSU now manage the former Samar Regional School of Fisheries in Barangay Mercedes in Catbalogan into the College of Fisheries and Marine Sciences; the former Wright Vocational School in Paranas, Samar into SSU Paranas Campus; and former Valeriano C. Yancha Memorial Agricultural School in Basey, Samar into SSU Basey Campus.