of Public Administration in the Philippines, Incorporated (ASPAP, Inc.) Philippine Science Consortium United Central Luzon Athletic Association (UCLAA) Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) International partnership Tarlac State University has shown efforts to globalize as it continually develops its linkages with foreign universities and colleges. Listed below are some of the university's global alliance: Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam Hanoi University of Industry, Vietnam Hong Kong Lifelong College Guang Hua Nurse Fund, China Hyupsung University, South Korea Yeungjin College, South Korea Busan Presbyterian University, South Korea Sunchon National University, South Korea Maejo University, Thailand Namseoul University, South Korea Korea Tourism College, South Korea Hong Kong Management Association Notable people People associated with Tarlac State University include government officials, faculty members, businessmen, and honorary award recipients. The late Hon. Benigno Simeon Aquino III, the 15th president of the Philippines, was an honorary alumnus of the university. He was conferred a Doctor of Humanities degree (honoris causa) by TSU on May 14, 2015, at the Malacañang Palace for his "distinguished political career and service to the Filipino people as Representative of the Second Legislative District of Tarlac Province in the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2007, Senator of the Philippine Senate, 14th Congress of the Philippines from 2007 to 2010, and as Fifteenth President of the Republic of the Philippines starting 2010." Government officials who attended the university include Dr. Vicente R. Vicmudo, former regional director of the National Irrigation Administration. He acquired his master's degree in public administration from Tarlac State University in 1993 with distinction as an outstanding graduate. Hon. Amado De Leon, a Filipino politician who served as a board member of Tarlac Province and councilor of Tarlac City. Dr. Philip B. Ibarra, the fourth president of Tarlac College of Agriculture in Camiling, Tarlac, who received Civil Service Commission (CSC) Pagasa Award in 2008 for his masterful stewardship of the college's human capital. It also produced successful businessmen like Engr. Eric Jude Soliman, the CEO and founder of Hytec Power, Inc., a hydraulic equipment supplier located in Quezon City, Metro Manila. References External links Tarlac State University Official Website Tarlac State University Hong Kong Campus Office of International Affairs University Library Universities and colleges in Tarlac State universities and colleges in the Philippines Education in Tarlac City Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges Educational institutions established in 1906 1906 establishments in the Philippines