In the fulfilment of its educational mandate, the Western Mindanao State University is tasked to perform a four-pronged function in evolving a genuine educational framework relevant to social needs and standards.
Instruction
The university offers curricular programs that suit to the needs of the diverse sectors of society with focus on the development potentials of industries.
It constantly initiates the review and revision of course offerings and the updating of their contents that should be reflective of the needs of the times. It believes that the relevance of its offerings can only be gauged by the extent to which the needs of the greater society are served by its graduates.
Research
The role of research is to expand the frontiers of knowledge. It remains to be education's major contribution to society's reservoir of knowledge and innovation.
The university research function is anchored on CHED's long term development plan which provides that "Research in priority areas shall be pursued not only for improving educational programs but also for advancing inventions and technologies."
Research continues to set the base for knowledge acquisition and application in rational decision-making and problem solving.
Extension
The primary goal of extension is to reach out to peoples and communities who normally cannot avail of the services of the formal educational system. It largely involves the formulation and administration of diversified technical, educational and community development services that are mostly concentrated in depressed areas.
Extension services are aimed at improving the quality of life at the grassroots level and create complementary services to industry, the academe, and community in the vision of sustainable development.
Production
The performance of the university's production function complements the concern of developing and utilizing the maximum potentials of both its human and capital resources.
It basically rests on the enhancement of the output potentials of units to provide a sustainable source of income to finance its many educational and social concerns. This is to aid in unburdening government of the bloating costs of subsidy in the operations of state-run colleges and universities.
While production would show direct evidence of the relevance of educational institutions in actual social processes, the generation of alternative sources of income from production ventures would help spur and sustain the growth and development of the university.
