You are eligible to apply for first-year admission to UP through the UPCAT for SY 2024-2025 if:
You are a senior high school student expecting to graduate in 2024 in time for the opening of SY 2024-2025, OR you are a senior high school graduate from 2023 or earlier provided you have not taken any college courses before the opening of SY 2024-2025; AND
You have final grades in Grades 8 to 11 by end of SY 2022-2023; AND
You have not completed your application in UPCA 2021, UPCA 2022 and UPCA 2023 nor taken the UPCAT before.
The UPCAT consists of 4 subtests: Language Proficiency (in English and Filipino), Reading Comprehension (in English and Filipino), Science, and Mathematics. Standardized UPCAT scores are combined with the composite of final grades in Grades 8 to 11 to determine the admission score ("UPG"). To implement the policy of democratic access, UP also considers socioeconomic and geographic factors in its admission process. (https://upcat.up.edu.ph)
SELECTION for a Campus
Admission into UP is very selective due to high demand. Applicants come from very diverse backgrounds but they are all ranked based on indicators of academic preparedness for university life.
Selection for admission to a campus is based on the applicant's rank, campus quota and/or cut-off grade.
A successful applicant can receive an offer of admission to only one of the applicant's UP campus choices.
SELECTION for a Degree Program
The successful applicants for a given campus are ranked according to grade predictors and quotas of their chosen degree programs. Some degree programs are more competitive due to high demand.
Applicants should choose only degree programs they are interested in. If an applicant is not successful for his/her first choice of campus, the process continues in order of priority of the remaining choices.