DOST Advanced Science and Technology Institute
Research institute overview
FormedJanuary 30, 1987 (1987-01-30)
HeadquartersU.P. Technology Park Complex, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
14°38′50″N 121°04′18″E / 14.64718°N 121.07176°E / 14.64718; 121.07176
Annual budget₱508.06 million (2021)[1]
Research institute executive
  • Dr. Franz Asunta de Leon, Director
Parent departmentDepartment of Science and Technology
Key document
  • Executive Order No. 128
Websiteasti.dost.gov.ph

The DOST Advanced Science and Technology Institute is a research and development organization based in the Quezon City, Philippines. It is one of the research and development institutes of the Department of Science and Technology of the Philippine government.

Background

Advances in information and communications technology and microelectronics led to the establishment of the Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) in the 1980s. The National Science and Technology Authority (NSTA) was renamed and reorganized as the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in 1987 by then President Corazon Aquino. The ASTI itself was established on January 30, 1987, through Executive Order No. 128 issued by Aquino.[2] The institute became one of the government's agency which focuses on the field of research and development, information and communications technology and microelectronics.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "B. Advanced Science and Technology Institute" (PDF). Republic of the Philippines Department of Budget and Management. pp. 3602–3605.
  2. ↑ "Executive Order No. 128, s. 1987". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. January 30, 1987. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  3. ↑ "About DOST-ASTI". Advanced Science and Technology Institute. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
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