University of the Philippines System

Application Forms for UPCAT 2014 are now available

Please download the following:

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Please print downloaded forms in an 8.5"x13" paper.

IMPORTANT: Please Submit Complete Applications Ahead of Deadlines

3 June 2013	-	Start of Filing UPCAT 2014 Applications
14 June 2013	-	Deadline for Metro Manila Schools
21 June 2013	-	Deadline for Non-Metro Manila Schools

FOR UNDERGRADUATE FOREIGN APPLICANTS

Important: Unless you qualify under any of the requirements stated below, it will not be advisable for you to apply. Only correctly filled up application forms with the required supporting documents and the non-refundable application fee (US $50 for non-resident foreign applicants) will be processed.

General Requirements
A foreign applicant who graduated from a high school abroad and has not enrolled in college may be admitted to the freshman class if he meets the following requirements:

completion of high school program in the country where he had his secondary education (including the completion of a one- or two-year pre-university education in a country where such is a prerequisite for admission to a bachelor's degree program)
qualifying in a college-qualifying national or international foreign-administered examination such as General Certificate of Education (GCE) Examination and the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or equivalent examination:
- GCE: 3 ordinary level passes and 2 advanced level passes
- SAT: minimum total score of 1200 (Math and Critical Reading Only)
- International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma
in the case of an applicant whose native language or whose medium of instruction in the secondary school is not English, a minimum score (500 if paper based or 173 if computer based) in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

Filipino High School Graduates from Abroad
A Filipino who graduated from a secondry school abroad applying for freshman admission to the University must satisfy the same requirements as those for foreign students.

UP College Admission Test (UPCAT)
A graduate from a high school abroad who fails to satisfy the requirements for automatic admission (i.e., Item 2 under General Requirements) may take the UP College Admission Test (UPCAT).

For more information on Undergraduate Foreign Applicants, please call, write or visit:
Office of the University Registrar University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Philippines	Direct line: (632) 928-8369 Telephone: (632) 981-8500 local 4555 E-mail: our@up.edu.ph Website:http://www.upd.edu.ph/~our/


For more information on the UPCAT, contact the Office of Admissions
	University of the Philippines Office of Admissions UP Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Philippines	Telefax: (632) 927-4561 Telephone: (632) 981-8500 locals 3826,3827,3828,3830,3831 E-mail: oadms@up.edu.ph Website:http://upcat.up.edu.ph