Computer science students Paul Andrae Naval, Keith Derreck C. Valdeo, and Martin Benedict E. Ybas from VSU Team 2 secured the first runner-up title in the region's quantum computing competition. 

Not only a part of the registered Philippine herbaria, VSU Botanic Garden Herbarium is also listed in the worldwide index of herbaria, which is the Index Herbariorum.

To strategically increase the volume of patent applications and publications and protect the intellectual property (IP) of VSU, the Office of the Vice President for Research, Extension, and Innovation (OVPREI), through the Innovation Office and Innovation & Technology Support Office (ITSO/IP), organized an awareness seminar on intellectual property and patent search training for its employees.

To conserve different species from extinction, VSU sent two Visayan flora and biodiversity experts to participate in the second national workshop on updating the Philippine key biodiversity areas (KBAs) or identified marine and terrestrial sites where organisms inhabit.

Among the 25 presented studies, Dr. Louie P. Gula, a faculty member of the VSU Institute of Human Kinetics (IHK), won the best paper award at the 8th International Conference of Sports for Development and Peace (ICSDP) in Indonesia.

As Visayas State University (VSU) prepares to host one of the most anticipated annual events, the 2024 University Intramural Games dubbed Salingkusog, key organizational units have mobilized to ensure a smooth and secure event.

Fourteen plant protection majors from the agriculture program and one chemistry student are selected as recipients of the Undergraduate Research and Education Assistantship for Technology (uGREAT) Program initiated by the Department of Science and Technology—Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD).