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.

Chancellor Murao and Prof. del Mundo at the DOST-STRAND-N ceremony

UP Mindanao Chancellor Lyre Anni Murao (in the second row, second from the right) signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the DOST – Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) for scholarships under the Science and Technology Regional Alliance of Universities for National Development (STRAND), specifically crafted for scholars of the Niche Centers in the Regions for R&D (NICER). 

Called by the acronym STRAND-N, the scholarships aim to make higher education more accessible to S&T professionals in the regions, foster professional advancement, and contribute to progress and development throughout the country.

UPMin is an awarded NICER for R&D in Mindanao, and UPMin's full-time MS Food Science students are qualified to apply for the DOST STRAND-N. They are trained in the scientific analysis of tropical food and vegetable processing to solve Mindanao's food industry concerns in waste reduction, food safety, food security, development of new products, and the like. 

Assoc. Prof. Dann Marie del Mundo (behind Chancellor Murao), the chairperson of the UPMin Department of Food Science and Chemistry and MS Food Science coordinator, witnessed the signing. 

The MS Food Science program addresses the Sustainable Development Goals of Zero Hunger, Good Health and Well-being, Quality Education, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Responsible Consumption and Production, and others.