ATTENTION | UPCAT 2025 APPLICATION EXTENDED!
Submit Form 1 by 31 May 2024 at https://upcat2025online.up.edu.ph/, to be able to take the UPCAT on 10-11 August 2024.
The Form 2A and confirmation and submission deadline by the Senior High School administrators are likewise extended until 7 June 2024.
For concerns, please visit the online helpdesk at https://bit.ly/upcat2025onlinehelpdesk
The UP Office of Admissions wishes to remind interested applicants that the deadline for the submission of applications for the UP College Admission Test (UPCAT) 2025* is May 15, 2024.
This notice is for senior high school students who seek admission to UP in the Academic Year 2025-2026.
Interested applicants and high school administrators may visit the UPCAT 2025 portal at https://upcat2025online.up.edu.ph/.
Student applicants may download the UPCAT 2025 Form 1, complete it, and submit it on or before May 15, 2024.
High school administrators may likewise download UPCAT 2025 Form 2, complete it, and submit it by May 22, 2024.
Applications may be submitted online or by mail.
The onsite UPCAT 2025 examination will be held from Aug. 10 to 11, 2024, in designated UPCAT 2025 test centers nationwide.
For more information and inquiries, visit the UPCAT-UP System Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/UPSystemOfficeOfAdmissions) or email .
*UPCAT 2025 is not to be confused with UPCAT 2024, which was administered to applicants in 2023 for admission in Academic Year 2024-2025.
UP President Angelo Jimenez speaking to members of the news media in a press conference in UP Mindanao. UP MPRO Photo.
University of the Philippines (UP) President Angelo Jimenez announced in a conference on May 7 that several new degree programs would be hosted and offered by UP Mindanao, in line with the University’s strategic thrust to contribute more actively to the growth and development in the region. Jimenez also unveiled concrete plans to make UP admissions more inclusive for applicants from geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas, including several provinces of Mindanao.
“UP has a mandate of public service, so here in Mindanao, we hope to build local capacities and expertise in order to have the greatest impact on long-term development,” Jimenez told the local media at Lemito Hall at the UP Mindanao campus in Mintal, Davao City.
UP Mindanao will introduce programs in Doctor of Medicine beginning the Academic Year 2025-2026 in cooperation with the College of Medicine of UP Manila. UP Mindanao will become the first state university in Davao City to offer the MD program.
At the same time, the UP constituent university (CU) will also launch a program in Civil Engineering in cooperation with the UP Diliman Institute of Civil Engineering, an Associate in Entrepreneurship, and two new Master of Science offerings.
The Associate in Entrepreneurship will be under the CU’s School of Management and aimed at promoting a culture of innovation and supporting the local start-up ecosystem.
An MS in Quantitative Methods in Modeling will be instituted to help upskill graduates of BS Applied Mathematics and BS Computer Science to meet advanced industry requirements. UP Mindanao will also offer a new MS Biology program, with four specialty tracks adopted from the Institute of Biology in UP Diliman.
According to Rene Estremera, UP Mindanao Public Relations Officer, the launch of the programs was part of the UP Mindanao R2-5K agenda, or “The Road to 5,000 Students,” which aims to improve the campus's academic profile while increasing enrollment from the current 1,400 students to 5,000 by 2029.
This is also in line with a current UP System thrust to democratize student admissions. Jimenez spoke of encouraging more UP enrollment from public schools and the geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas of Mindanao. Part of the strategy is to increase UP College Admissions Testing (UPCAT) centers to at least one per province by 2025. UP is also setting aside funds for a program to subsidize living and study expenses of UPCAT passers who could not afford them.
Jimenez emphasized his Manobo roots as UP President and his intention “to make a pivot to Mindanao.”
The UP President, the first one to be officially conferred the title at UP Mindanao, also answered questions alongside UP Mindanao Chancellor Lyre Anni Muaro on establishing a UP-Bangsamoro Development Institute and a Mindanao Sports Development and Training Institute on campus, on internally generating funds to support UPCAT passers belonging to marginalized sectors; on finding means to logistically support the new UP Mindanao offerings; and on current UP programs to promote mental health among its constituents.
The University of the Phillippines Office of Admissions has announced that the application period for the UP College Admission Test (UPCAT) 2025* is now open.
This application period is for senior high school students who seek admission to UP in the Academic Year 2025-2026.
Interested applicants and high school administrators may visit the UPCAT 2025 portal at https://upcat2025online.up.edu.ph/.
Student applicants may download the UPCAT 2025 Form 1, complete it, and submit it anytime between April 15 and May 15, 2024.
High school administrators may likewise download UPCAT 2025 Form 2, complete it, and submit it by May 22, 2024.
Applications may be submitted online or by mail.
The onsite UPCAT 2025 examination will be held from Aug. 10 to 11, 2024, in designated UPCAT 2025 test centers nationwide.
For more information and inquiries, visit the UPCAT-UP System Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/UPSystemOfficeOfAdmissions) or email .
*UPCAT 2025 is not to be confused with UPCAT 2024, which was given to applicants in 2023, the results of which are now awaited for admission in the current Academic Year 2024.
The University of the Philippines Board of Regents approved UP Mindanao's proposal to establish the UP Mindanao Quality Assurance Office (QAO) at its 1388th BOR Meeting on April 4, 2024.
The approval was contained in the Notice of BOR Resolutions certified by Board Secretary Roberto Lara, following the endorsements of UP VP for Academic Affairs Leo Cubillan, EVP Jose Fernando Alcantara, and UP President Angelo Jimenez.
The approval came with a policy instruction, "No new academic program shall be submitted by any constituent unit (CU) for approval by the Board of Regents until such program has passed the quality assurance standards set by the CU Quality Assurance Office."
The UP Mindanao proposal stated that UP Mindanao is "committed to the sustainability of its degree programs by supporting these through standard quality management systems" and that "Quality assurance (QA) aims to strengthen UP Mindanao's academic programs."
The UPMin QA Office will be "primarily responsible for the high level of excellence and professionalism in instruction, research, extension, innovation, public service, and administrative processes. The office will ensure the alignment of all programs and projects with national, regional, and global goals and standards," it stated.
Internally, UP Mindanao monitors its degree programs via the internal Academic Assessment and Development System (iAADS). Externally, the degree programs' self-assessment reports (SARs) are assessed by Type B assessment (assessment by another CU).
While strengthening the academic programs, the UPMin QAO will ensure that teaching staff, non-teaching staff, and students will be at par with global standards and will be responsive to an increasingly VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and vulnerable) world.
The QAO will be composed of a Director and six QA Officers, selected from existing faculty or staff from the colleges and central administration and to be issued appointments as additional assignments. An initial support staff of three persons will handle office operations which the Academic Program Improvement funds will augment.
A QA Advisory Board will be composed of the chancellor as chairperson, the QA Office director as co-chair, and the vice-chancellors as members.
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