ANNOUNCEMENTS:

UPCAT APPLICATION FORMS FOR S/Y 2010-2011 ARE NOW AVAILABLE:
Please DOWNLOAD the following:
1. UPCAT General Information

2. UPCAT Form 1 - UPCAT Application for Freshman Admission

3. UPCAT Form 2 - Secondary School Record


IMPORTANT: PLEASE SUBMIT COMPLETE APPLICATIONS AHEAD OF DEADLINES

26 May 2009 - Start of Filing UPCAT Applications
23 June 2009 - Deadlines for Metro Manila Schools
30 June 2009 - Non-Metro Manila Schools

You may now fill up application forms online visit: UPCAT 2010 ONLINE http://www.upcatonline.up.edu.ph

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:

  1. 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)
  2. 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
  3. 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 the UPCAT, contact the Office of Admissions

Visit the UP website
University of the Philippines
Office of Admissions
U.P. Diliman, Quezon City
1101 Philppines
Telefax: (632) 927-4561
Telephone: (632) 981-8500 locals 3826,3827,3828,2080
E-mail: oadms@up.edu.ph
Website:
http://upcat.up.edu.ph

   

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

Telephones: (632) 928-8369 (direct line)
or (632) 981-8500 (UP Trunk Line)
local 4555

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