Through its pioneering industry-based learning model, Batangas State University – in partnership with Aboitiz Economic Estates – enables students to build knowledge through direct exposure to industry while contributing to long-term workforce development and economic competitiveness.
Starting August 2026, the Batangas State University–LIMA Campus will welcome 800 freshman engineering students inside LIMA Estate, advancing a shared effort by Batangas State University and Aboitiz Economic Estates to develop industry-ready talent for the region.
The interim campus is the first phase toward the planned 10-hectare Batangas State University-LIMA Campus, envisioned as the Philippines’ first learning hub for industry-based learning. Located within LIMA Estate’s industrial ecosystem, the campus brings engineering education closer to companies in manufacturing, technology, logistics, and business services, allowing students to learn in an environment shaped by actual industry operations and evolving skills demand.
Batangas State University developed the LIMA Campus around an industry-aligned academic model that connects classroom instruction with direct exposure to the workplace. Through this approach, students gain early insight into industry expectations, workplace practices, and career pathways, while companies benefit from stronger engagement with emerging talent long before graduation.
For Aboitiz Economic Estates, the campus supports Talent Edge, its estate-led workforce sustainability platform designed to strengthen talent pipelines, connect jobseekers to estate-based opportunities, support upskilling, and help locators build long-term workforce resilience.
“By bringing education and industry together within LIMA Estate, we are helping create stronger pathways between learning and employment,” shared Rafael P. Fernandez de Mesa, President and CEO of Aboitiz Economic Estates and Aboitiz Land. “Our partnership with Batangas State University reflects a shared commitment to developing the talent that will support the country’s continued economic growth.”
The campus also strengthens the link between talent development and regional competitiveness. For Batangas and the wider CALABARZON region, access to industry-aligned higher education can help expand economic mobility, deepen the local talent pool, and support the workforce requirements of companies investing in the region.
LIMA Estate currently hosts more than 200 locator companies and 75,000 employees, creating a live industrial environment where education, employment, and enterprise can interact more closely. As the pioneer batch begins classes, the campus marks the first operational step in bringing Batangas State University’s industry-based learning model into the estate ecosystem.
Through the Batangas State University-LIMA Campus, Batangas State University and Aboitiz Economic Estates are helping establish a new model for workforce development, one where academic instruction is strengthened by proximity to the industries students may one day help advance.