New First Year Admissions for Filipino and Non-Filipino Applicants from Secondary Schools Abroad
- (1) completion of the high school program in the country where s/he had secondary education (including the completion of a one- or two-year pre-university education in a country where such is a prerequisite for admission to a bachelor’s degree program);
- (2) qualifying in a college-qualifying national or international foreign-administered examination such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), OR General Certificate of Education (GCE) Examination, OR the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma.
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Minimum requirements are as follows:
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SAT: minimum total score of 1270
(620 in Math and 650 in Evidence-Based Writing and Critical Reading)
GCE: 2 Ordinary (O) level passes and 3 Advanced (A) level passes
IB : International Baccalaureate Diploma - (3) in the case of an applicant whose native language or whose medium of instruction in the secondary school is not English, a minimum score of 500 if paper-based, 173 if computer-based or 61 if IBT-based, in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) / 5.5 in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).
Requirements for application are as follows:
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Fully accomplished UPLB Form No. 3 Undergraduate Application Form
(Undergraduate Application Form for Filipinos)
(Undergraduate Application Form for non-Filipinos) -
Application fee of US$20.00 for non-Filipinos
Payment Options
- official transcript of records from high school attended
- official examination certificates (GCE/SAT/IB) and
- official TOEFL/IELTS results
Complete application requirements must be submitted directly or via courier to:
UPLB Office of the University Registrar
Admission Section
G/F CAS Annex I Building
University of the Philippines Los Baños
4031 College, Los Baños, Laguna Philippines
Admission through the UP College Admission Test (UPCAT)
Filipino or non-Filipino graduates from accredited high schools/home schools abroad may take the UP College Admission Test (UPCAT) if unable to satisfy the requirements for automatic admission. They must follow the same UPCAT application process with the required supporting documents as all other applicants, and pay the non-refundable application fee (US$50.00 for non-resident foreign applicants).
If the applicant takes the UPCAT but does not qualify, he/she can no longer be admitted under automatic admission. The student has the option to enter UP as a transferee after satisfying transfer requirements of UP.
Access the New First Year Application for Automatic Admission Google Form 2025 only when electronic copies of the application requirements are complete for uploading.
The link to the Google Form for submission of applications will be open starting 9 June 2025 (M) until 20 June 2025 (F). Submission of hard copies of the application documents without filing an online application will not be considered.