Graduate

ADMISSION PROCEDURES AND DEADLINE

Deadline of application for 2nd Semester 2024-2025 intake: 16 September 2024 (Monday)
PERSONALLY submit requirements to:

Office of the College Secretary
Room 104, College of Education, Benitez Hall, Roxas Avenue,
University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1101

INCOMPLETE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED.
Secure and fill-out Payment Slip (for Application Fee for Graduate Studies/Testing Fee for PhD applicants).

Download here:
https://educ.upd.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Payment-Slip-for-Application-Fee_Testing-Fee-version2-2023.pdf
Directly pay the application fee at the Cash Office.

ADMISSIONS: GRADUATE PROGRAMS (MA/PHD) DEADLINES:

	2nd Semester AY 2024-2025
Deadline for filing of application forms with the required documents	September 16, 2024 (Monday)
Doctoral Admission Test in Education (DATE)	TBA
Master’s Admission Test in Education (MATE)	TBA

MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION (MA Ed)

The MA in Education is a graduate program geared basically for professional advancement of teachers and education personnel. Master’s level students are required to take and pass the Master’s Admission Test in Education (MATE). After meeting the test qualification, they are admitted provisionally if they meet the following performance requirement:

For full-time students, completion of at least 9 units during the first semester of enrolment with a general weighted average of 2.00 or better.
For part-time students, completion of at least 9 units during the first year of enrolment with a general weighted average of 2.00 or better.

For more information on the MA Ed programs of the College, please visit this page:
https://educ.upd.edu.ph/graduate/.

Documents/requirements needed to support application:

Original and two (2) photocopies of Official Transcript of Records (undergraduate [Bachelor’s degree] and graduate work [MA units and/or finished MA degree]) with any of the following remarks: “FOR FURTHER STUDIES”, “ISSUED UPON REQUEST”, or “FOR BOARD EXAMINATION”. (All other remarks are not accepted by the University)
Two (2) sets of accomplished application form for MATE:
https://educ.upd.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Revised-Application-Form_MATE-ver-3.pdf
Official receipt of payment of a non-refundable application fee of Php700.00 (for Filipino applicants) or US$30.00 (for Foreign applicants) paid to the UP Cashier, UP Diliman, Quezon City, Trust Fund Account No. 9786600-499-439.
Three (3) reference reports: Two (2) from former professors and one (1) from current/immediately previous employer (Download here). Please inform the ones accomplishing the reference reports to send the documents directly to educadmissions.updiliman@up.edu.ph with subject line: Reference Report for Applicant (i.e., Reference Report for Juana Dela Cruz)
Five (5) copies of 2″x2″ recently taken picture (not computer scanned nor photocopied)
Original plus one (1) photocopy of PSA (Philippine Statistics Authority)-issued Birth Certificate.
Original plus one (1) photocopy of PSA (Philippine Statistics Authority)-issued Marriage Contract (for married female applicants)
Permit to study from employer (if currently employed)
One (1) long folder
Official copy of the result of Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) examination (for foreign applicants whose native language or whose medium of instruction is not English).

Other requirements:

Interview by Program Advisers
Medical Certificate issued by the University Health Service (once admitted in the program)

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN EDUCATION (PHD Ed)

The PhD in Education is a research degree conferred in recognition of a candidate’s command of a broad field of academic and research knowledge and of his ability to initiate, organize, and pursue the investigation of an original problem which is based upon or contributes to the field of education.

Applicants to this degree program must have a general weighted average (GWA) of “2.0”, “B”, “86”, or better in the undergraduate level or “1.75” or better in the master’s level. Doctoral students are required to take and pass the Doctoral Admission Test in Education (DATE) before they are admitted provisionally for a period of one-semester course work or its equivalent, after which said credits are evaluated.

For formal admission to the doctoral program, a student must have a grade of 2.00 or better for each subject and a general weighted average of 1.75 or better. A PhD student must also pass a doctoral comprehensive examination before enrolling for dissertation writing.

For more information on the PhD Ed programs of the College, please visit this page:
https://educ.upd.edu.ph/graduate/.

Documents/requirements needed to support application:

Original and two (2) photocopies of Official Transcript of Records (undergraduate [Bachelor’s degree] and graduate work [MA degree and/or PhD units]) with any of the following remarks: “FOR FURTHER STUDIES”, “ISSUED UPON REQUEST”, or “FOR BOARD EXAMINATION”. (All other remarks are not accepted by the University)
Two (2) sets of accomplished application form for PhD Ed Program Admissions:
https://educ.upd.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Revised-Application-Form_DATE-ver-3.pdf
Official receipt of payment of a non-refundable application fee of Php700.00 (for Filipino applicants) or US$30.00 (for Foreign applicants) paid to the UP Cashier, UP Diliman, Quezon City, Trust Fund Account No. 9786600-499-439.
Three (3) reference reports: Two (2) from former professors and one (1) from current/immediately previous employer (Download here). Please inform the ones accomplishing the reference reports to send the documents directly to educadmissions.updiliman@up.edu.ph with subject line: Reference Report for Applicant (i.e., Reference Report for Juana Dela Cruz)
Five (5) copies of 2″x2″ recently taken picture (not computer scanned nor photocopied)
Original plus one (1) photocopy of PSA (Philippine Statistics Authority)-issued Birth Certificate.
Original plus one (1) photocopy of PSA (Philippine Statistics Authority)-issued Marriage Contract (for married female applicants)
Permit to study from employer (if currently employed)
One (1) long folder
Official copy of the result of Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) examination (for foreign applicants whose native language or whose medium of instruction is not English).
NOTE: If the Doctoral Admission Test in Education (DATE) will be administered, a testing fee of PhP500 (for PhD applicants) needs to be paid once confirmation from the office is received.
NOTE: For PhD applicants who are categorized as UP Visayas cohorts, please email/submit electronic copies of completed application forms and other requirements (except Reference Reports) to UPV Division of Professional Education office for checking and endorsement on or before 16 September 2024. Its e-mail is profed.upvisayas@up.edu.ph.

Other requirements:

Interview by Program Advisers
Medical Certificate issued by the University Health Service (once admitted in the program)

FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS

Tuition is set at PhP500.00 per graduate unit; miscellaneous fees at PhP1,415.00 (for regular semester) and PhP615.00 (for the Midyear term); entrance fee deposit of PhP130.00; student fund at PhP78.50. These fees are subject to change.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

All international students, immigrants as well as non-immigrants, should secure a study permit from the Department of Education (DepEd) through the OVCSA, Office of the International Students Program, Vinzon’s Hall, UP Diliman. Non-citizens of the Philippines pay the Education Development Fee (EDF) of US$500 every semester and US$200 during the Midyear term.

FOR INQUIRIES, please contact: The College Secretary Tel. Nos. (632) 89207815, 89818500 local 2807 or 2817 Email: educosec.updiliman@up.edu.ph