The Davao Oriental State College of Science and Technology (DOSCST) was established on December 13, 1989 by virtue of Republic Act 6807 in response to the need for quality tertiary education in the province. It was a conversion from the Mati Community College (MCC) founded in 1972 by Mayor Thelma Z. Almario who, as congresswoman, authored the law creating DOSCST.As a local government-run community college, MCC offered liberal arts and business-oriented programs. Since its inception in 1972, Dr. Leopoldo Bravo an administrator of the Department of Education Culture and Sports, headed it.
