on 25 february 2000, the apolinario r. apacible school of fisheries or arasof in brgy. bucana, nasugbu was incorporated to the former pablo borbon memorial institute of technology as its first satellite campus. with the implementation of republic act no. 9045, two more satellite campuses were incorporated to the then newly formed batangas state university; this were jose p. laurel polytechnic college or jplpc in poblacion, malvar and a branch of the polytechnic university of the philippines or pup in poblacion, santo tomas. however, the law was criticized by the staffs and students of pup santo tomas who deemed it unjustified. eventually on 22 may 2007, congress enacted republic act no. 9472 that excluded pup santo tomas from batangas state university.