The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has granted the university a full autonomous status. It is also the same government agency that awarded CPU as National Centers of Excellence in Business Administration and Agriculture and National Centers of Development in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering and Teacher Education. It has also been certified as one of the few ISO certified educational institutions in the Philippines by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Central's main campus on the other hand, is a registered National Landmark by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines and a Philippine Registered Cultural Property by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.