History

On October 1991, the college was duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as PLT College, Inc. and was approved on January 27, 1992.

Several programs were offered thereafter: Associate in Police Science Course (APSC) from 1994 up to 1998, BS in Computer Science (BSCS) in 1994, BS in Hotel and Restaurant Management (BSHRM) in 1995, BS in Criminology (BS Crim) in 1996; BS in Commerce (BSC) in 1998, BS in Office Administration (BSOA) in 1999, Bachelor in Secondary Education (BSEd) and Bachelor in Elementary Education (BEEd) in 2000, BS in Business Administration (BSBA) in 2001, BS in Nursing (BSN) in 2003, Graduate in Midwifery in 2005, Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Technology (BSRT), Nursing Attendant and Caregiver Program in 2006.

In SY 2010-2011, the Board of Trustees with the endorsement of the President approved the recommendation to offer the following degree programs: Bachelor of Science in Biology (BSBio), Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BSPh), Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology (BSMT), Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship (BS Entrep), Bachelor of Science in Midwifery (BSMid), Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management (BSTM), and Bachelor of Arts (AB) in Political Science with specialization in International Relations. Permit to offer AB Mass Com. was granted in SY 2011-2012. All these programs were granted Government Recognition in 2013. The Accountancy and Accounting Technology Programs were given Levels I and II Government Permit to operate in the same year.

PLT College, particularly the College of Criminology was deputized by the CHED as provider of the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP) in 2003. The College was evaluated by the Institutional Monitoring and Evaluation for Quality Assurance (IQuAME) team in 2007 as Category B (Developing Institution) and was granted the authority to accept foreign students by the Bureau of Immigration on June 7, 2008.

In line with the school’s commitment to offer quality education, PLT College, Inc. started working on the accreditation of its programs in 2008. At present, the Criminology and Hotel and Restaurant Management programs are Level I accredited, Business Administration, Office Administration, Computer Science and Nursing have Candidate Status while the Rad Tech and Info Tech passed the Consultancy Visit on December 2013.

To date, PLT College, Inc. is the only school in Nueva Vizcaya and one of the two (2) schools in the region to have an Accredited Tertiary Base Hospital – the PLT College Luis A. Tiam Medical Center located in Bascaran, Solano, Nueva Vizcaya. To provide training venues to OJT students and immediate work to its graduates, the PLT Wellness and Mountain Resort with swimming pools and other amenities and the PLT Hotel have been constructed and are now functional. The PLT Corporate Office which is the center of business of the corporation is located at Room 608, Infinity Building, The Fort, Manila.