We’re senior high school students, of course, we’re preparing for college applications.
Heads up, aspiring iskolar ng bayan. Gear UP because the University of Philippines System is finally opening its doors for First Year Students A.Y. 2025-2026!
The University of the Philippines announced on February 26 that they will start accepting UPCAT applications for A.Y. 2025 – 2026 this April 15, 2024.
On Facebook, UPCAt – U.P. System posted that current Grade 11 students must fill out the application by the start of April 15. Meanwhile, the examination will be administered on August 10 and 11, 2024.
They also added that “Current Grade 11 students, who are expected to be in Grade 12 at the time of the UPCAT, are eligible to apply in April 2024.”
University of the Philippines College Application Test, commonly known as UPCAT, is the admission requirement of the University of the Philippines.
However, before you can take the test, an application must first be accomplished online and documents need to be submitted in their online application portal.
After taking the exam, UPCAT office admissions instructed that “they must then revisit their application and submit the hard copy of their SF-10 to the UP Office of Admissions located inside UP Diliman, Quezon City.”
The UPCAT consists of four subtests which are:
- Language Proficiency
- Science
- Mathematics
- Reading Comprehension
Currently, the University has 9 constituents in the Philippines. In Visayas, UP has three namely, UP Cebu, UP Visayas, and UP Tacloban.
Below is the full list of UP Campuses
- UP Baguio
- UP Cebu
- UP Diliman
- UP Los Baños
- UP Manila
- UP Mindanao
- UP Open University
- UP Tacloban
- UP Visayas
For more information about UPCAT, you may visit UPCAT – U.P. System Facebook Page which is the University’s official admission office.
