The Divine Word College of Legazpi (DWCL) is a private Catholic coeducational basic and higher education institution run by the Philippine Central Province of the Society of the Divine Word in Legazpi, Albay, Philippines.
Coming to an agreement, the Liceo de Albay was officially turned over by Bishop Flaviano B. Ariola, D.D.
In 1998, the High School department opened Free Secondary Distance Educational Program (FSDEP) for adult working students.
On November 10–11, 2008, PAASCU visited the high School department and was granted a Level II accreditation until 2013.
On the December 9–10, 2013 PAASCU visit, the department was again granted another level II accreditation for five years, valid up to 2019.
Participating in the government's program in innovation of the basic education system, the DWCL started accepting Grade 11 in Senior High School in 2016, offering Academic and Technical Vocational Tracks.
To anticipate the increase in the number of enrollees in the Senior High School, the construction of a three-storey building located at the North Campus took place.
Back in 1965, the Divine Word High School started to offer the following college undergraduate courses: Liberal Arts, Commerce, Education and Secretarial Departments, and was renamed Divine Word College of Legazpi (DWCL).
In 1971, in consortium with the St. Gregory the Great Seminary in Tabaco, Albay, DWCL offered AB-Philosophy program.
To be responsive to the manpower needs of the growing number of offices and entrepreneurial agencies in the Bicol Region, short-term programs for Accounting Aides and Salesmanship were opened in June 1974.
In 1987, the BSE and BEED curricula of the Education Department were reopened as a response to the increasing demand for more teachers in the public schools.
In October 2001, the programs of the Colleges of Accountancy, Commerce, Education and Liberal Arts were awarded Level 1 Accreditation by PAASCU.
In November 21, 2003, the curricular programs of the Colleges of Liberal Arts, Education, Commerce and Accountancy merited Level II PAASCU Accreditation for three years.
A year later, the DWCL Call Center (Incubation and Training Center) was opened in a joint venture with two internationally-known entities: the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Training and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Experts under the John F. Kennedy Foundation and Five9 of USA.
During the same year, DWCL joined the Zonal Research Council for Region IV and V based at UP Los Baños.
In compliance with the move for the Filipinization of educational institutions in the Philippines, the following took over as Presidents of the Divine Word College of Legazpi in their respective terms: