Advanced Science and Technology Institute (Philippines)

The DOST Advanced Science and Technology Institute is a research and development organization based in the Quezon City, Philippines. It is one of the research and development institutes of the Department of Science and Technology of the Philippine government.

DOST Advanced Science and Technology Institute

Research institute overview
Formed	January 30, 1987 (1987-01-30)
Headquarters	U.P. Technology Park Complex, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines 14°38′50″N 121°04′18″E
Employees	75 (2024)[1]
Annual budget	₱508.06 million (2021)[2]
Research institute executive	Dr. Franz Asunta de Leon, Director
Parent department	Department of Science and Technology
Key document	Executive Order No. 128
Website	asti.dost.gov.ph

Background

Advances in information and communications technology and microelectronics led to the establishment of the Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) in the 1980s. The National Science and Technology Authority (NSTA) was renamed and reorganized as the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in 1987 by then President Corazon Aquino. The ASTI itself was established on January 30, 1987, through Executive Order No. 128 issued by Aquino.^[3] The institute became one of the government's agency which focuses on the field of research and development, information and communications technology and microelectronics.^[4]

See also

• Philippine Scientific Earth Observation Microsatellite program