Successful UPCAT applicants to UPOU are senior students (i.e. Fourth Year, Grade 12, Senior 6) who have chosen and confirmed to study at UPOU under the BAMS or BES program and have taken and passed the most recent UPCAT.


Confirmation for Enrollment: 6-19 July 2020

Instructions for enrollment confirmation will be emailed to successful applicants. In the meantime, please prepare the following admission requirements:

  • Original Form 137
  • Original Form 138
  • Photocopy of NSO or PSA birth certificate
  • Two pieces identical 2″ x 2″ and 1″ x 1″ pictures

More requirements will be included in the email

Successful UPCAT applicants to UPOU are also required to complete the online Distance Education Readiness Module (DERM). The information about the DERM will be included in the confirmation email.


Issuance of the University Admission Notices: August 2020

Registration Period: 4-11 September 2020

Start of Classes: 19 September 2020


Please refer to this page for updates.



Contact information of the UP Open University Admission Section

[email protected]
+6349 536 6001-06 loc. 441/199