 RA 4626 formalized NMIT as a vocational school offering elementary, secondary general, secondary vocational and normal courses of instruction and also collegiate, agricultural, and industrial courses leading to bachelor labor.On July 12, 1968, "Republic Act 5363"  renamed NMIT to Iligan Institute of Technology and integrated it as a unit of the Mindanao State University.RA 5363 mandated MSU-IIT to provide a program for an effective manpower training urgently needed for the industrial and commercial development of the Mindanao State University.