Requirements for Beginning Freshmen

A foreign applicant who graduated from a high school abroad and has not enrolled in college may be admitted to the freshman class if he meets the following requirements:

1. completion of the high school program in the country where he had his secondary education;
2. qualifying in a college-qualifying national or international foreign-administered examination such as the General Certificate of Education (GCE) Examination or the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or any equivalent examination:
   

   Examination	Requirement
   GCE	3 ordinary level passes and 2 advanced level passes
   SAT	minimum total score of 1200
   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 in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

A graduate from high school abroad who fails to satisfy the requirements for automatic admission (i.e., item 2 above) may take the UPCAT.

A Filipino who graduated from a secondary school abroad applying for freshman admission to the University must satisfy the same requirements as those for foreign students.