STEP 1. Fill out application Form 1. Online application opens by March 8, 2023. (Manual application will only be available in selected regional areas.)
For ONLINE application: Go to https://upcat2024online.up.edu.ph.
- You will need a valid email address for logging on to your application account and for receiving notifications about your application status and results. We encourage use of a personal email address (not school-related email address) to facilitate application. Please make sure that you correctly encode your full name and date of birth as shown in your birth certificate, and your school name. If your school is not in the choices provided, please send an email to upcollegeapplications.oadms@up.edu.ph.
- We strongly encourage the use of secured e-mail accounts preferably with two-step verification to better protect your right to data privacy.
- Do not create multiple accounts as these will cause much delay in accessing your application forms.
- You are required to read the UP Privacy Notice for Applicants for First Year Admissions Academic Year 2024-2025 before creating your account and filling out Form 1.
- Make sure you have a stable internet connection.
- Fill out Form 1 completely and accurately.
DO NOT FORGET YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS AND PASSWORD!!!!
STEP 2. For schools with an existing valid email address in our database, the Online portal shall automatically forward a request to your high school principal/school head to fill out Form 2A (High School Profile).
- Only a duly authorized school official may fill out this form.
- You will be notified accordingly once your high school has accomplished Form 2A.
- For updates in the school email address in our database, the authorized school official must send a request to upcollegeapplications.oadms@up.edu.ph for the correct email format.
STEP 3. FOR NON-FILIPINO APPLICANTS ONLY: Pay the Application fee.
The non-refundable Application Fee is:
- P450 for resident foreign applicants studying in the Philippines
- US$50 for non-resident foreign applicants
MODES OF PAYMENT: The application fee may be paid through any of the following:
- Land Bank (LBP) Account No. 1462-2220-13 (only for peso payments)
Account Name: UPS Trust (UPCAT) - Land Bank (LBP) Account No. 3074-0029-26 (for US dollar payments)
Account Name: UPS Trust (UPCAT)
Swift Code TLBPPHMM with Address:
Landbank UP Diliman Branch
2nd Floor PNB Bldg.
Apacible Street, UP Campus Diliman
Quezon City Philippines
NOTE:
- Landbank will be charging a service fee of P25 for every application;
- Different banks have also set their own fees for the purchase of Manager's Checks and Cashier's Checks.
- Send a picture or scanned copy of the proof of payment to upcollegeapplications.oadms@up.edu.ph.
STEP 4. Claim your Test Permit. You will be notified by email if your Test Permit is already available. Due to the expected large volume of applicants, test permits will be distributed in a scheduled basis in May 2023.
Upon filing your UPCAT application, you will be asked to indicate how to claim your test permit. Please choose from the following options:
- in person at the Office of Admissions
- through an authorized representative who will be required to present and provide a copy of her or his government issued ID, letter of authorization from you and your school ID or any valid government issued ID card and a copy thereof
- by prepaid return courier pouch you will provide
- at the Regional Test Center a day before your examination schedule
STEP 5. Take the UP College Admission Test (UPCAT) scheduled on August 10-11, 2023
Go to your designated Test Center on the date specified in your Test Permit: August 10 or 11, 2024. Be there by 6:30am (morning session) or 12nn (afternoon session).
- Bring only your Test Permit, School ID or any valid government issued ID card, 2 good quality pencils, sharpener, rubber eraser and snacks.
- The test administration will last about five hours.
The use of cellphones, calculating devices, and/or cameras during the test is strictly prohibited.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to observe minimum public health standards at all times.
If you are a member of an Indigenous People's Group, please obtain an official certification (i.e., National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, National Commission on Muslim Filipinos) and submit when you take the UPCAT during your assigned test date to your proctor.
APPLICATION WILL NOT BE PROCESSED AND NO ADMISSION SCORE WILL BE COMPUTED FOR APPLICANTS WHO DID NOT TAKE THE TEST.
STEP 6. Fill out Form 2B in September 2023.
Do this once you receive a copy of your High School Records and your final grades in Grades 8 to 11 are complete. Go to https://upcat2024online.up.edu.ph. You will need the email address and password you used for signing up in the application portal to log on to your application account.
- You are required to read the UP Privacy Notice for Applicants for First Year Admissions Academic Year 2024-2025 before filling out Form 2B.
- Make sure you have a stable internet connection.
- Fill out Form 2B completely and accurately.
APPLICATION WILL NOT BE PROCESSED AND NO ADMISSION SCORE WILL BE COMPUTED FOR UPCAT-TAKERS WHO DID NOT FILL OUT FORM 2B.
STEP 7. Check if the completed Forms 1 and 2B are uploaded in the Online Portal.
- You will be notified by email regarding the status of your application.
- You may also monitor the status of your application by logging on to your UP College Application online account (https://upcat2024online.up.edu.ph).
Visit https://upcat.up.edu.ph regularly for announcements and updates regarding your application for admission.
Please check with your school if a copy of your school record (sealed in an envelope with wet signature on flap) has been sent to UP.
Non-submission will render your application incomplete and shall not be processed.
