The Batangas State University – ARASOF, Nasugbu Campus is located in Nasugbu, Batangas. It started as a branch of the Philippine Institute of Fisheries Technology in Nasugbu on May 1952 by virtue of Republic Act No. 685 passed by Congress through the efforts of the late Congressman Apolinario R. Apacible and former Director of Fisheries, Dr. Deogracias Villadolid. A 4.3-hectare tract of land was donated by Don Antonio Roxas y Cia.
On February 25, 2000, the Board of Trustees of Pablo Borbon Memorial Institute of Technology passed Board Resolution No. 2, s. 2000 approving the official integration of ARASOF and two other schools pursuant to the provisions of RA 8292 otherwise known as the Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997 effective January 2000.
Subsequently, on March 24, 2000 through a referendum, the Board of Trustees of PBMIT approved the official name and address of this institution as Republic of the Philippines Pablo Borbon Memorial Institute of Technology Apolinario R. Apacible School of Fisheries Nasugbu, Batangas. On March 22, 2001, by virtue of Republic Act No. 9045, the Batangas State University was created by integrating the Pablo Borbon Memorial Institute of Technology with all its branches, Jose P. Laurel Polytechnic College in Malvar, Apolinario R. Apacible School of Fisheries in Nasugbu and Polytechnic University of the Philippines in Sto. Tomas.