It is one of the four West Visayas State University's (WVSU) satellite campuses in the Third Congressional District of Iloilo.

Jose M. Celo and Colonel Julian Chavez, (Congressman of the fourth District of Iloilo).

Assemblyman Narciso D. Monfort, officially made CAIC as full tertiary education institution (January 1, 1986).

With the enactment of the Higher Education Act of 1994 and the Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997, Calinog Agricultural and Industrial College was integrated into the West Visayas State University System and was renamed as the West Visayas State University - Calinog Campus.

The memorandum sets the implementing guidelines in the integration of CHED-Supervised Institutions (CSI's) to State Universities and Colleges (SUC's).