The Central Bicol State University of Agriculture, or simply referred to by its acronym CBSUA, is a state university in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines, and is the regional center for higher learning in agriculture in the Bicol Region.

[3] CBSUA was founded in 1918 as farm school under Director Francis B. Harrison and Superintendent George C. Kindley.

CAS changed into a national secondary under the name Camarines Agricultural High School (CAHS).

In 1942, Guevara was forced to leave his position due to safety concerns from the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines.

Delfin D. Divinagracia Sr. served as the officer-in-charge until 1945, Guevara returned as principal in 1946 and started repairing war damage.

In 1975, the college was designated by the Secretary of the Department of Education and Culture as an accrediting institution for the degree of Master of Arts in Teaching Elementary Agriculture (MATEA).

In the same year, Rabina also affirmed a strong linkage with USAID that made the college as one of the implementing schools of the Agricultural Education Outreach Project (AEOP).

Under his term, a new curriculum was implemented as well as additional baccalaureate and graduate studies programs namely: Entomology, Environmental Science, Postharvest Pathology, Postharvest Entomology, Doctor of Philosophy in Development Education and Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Science.

[1] Bernales led the university in gaining various recognitions and international engagement as the university partnered with the Israeli government deploying its first batch of Interns for the Agrostudies Internship Program coordinated by the then College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Dean, Dr. Leonardo Sureta in 2010.

In 2014, Georgina J. Bordado, DBM, former dean of the College of Economics and Management was declared the new president of the university.

The partnership also enabled the university to take advantage of the opportunities and ventured into the Trans-ASEAN Global Agenda Program.