Call for Application for Scholarship Program for Foreign Students
Published Date: Sept. 5, 2025, 4:02 p.m.
Deadline:
Oct. 19, 2025, 11:59 p.m.
Slots:
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📢 The Application for the 1st Semester of AY 2025–2026 is NOW OPEN!
🚩 Open to foreign students enrolled in any graduate program across all colleges of UP Diliman.
🔸 Please make sure your SIKAP portfolio is complete and that you have uploaded the latest valid Proof of Income of your parents/guardians (dated 2025, or 2024 for ITR).
🔸 If no Proof of Income is available, you may submit a Notarized Affidavit of Income Source indicating the monthly or annual gross income.
🔸 Kindly ensure that all other required documents are submitted on or before the deadline so that your application may be properly reviewed and considered for processing.
Qualifications
Primary Qualifications
These qualifications are automatically validated based on student portfolios created
Your portfolio does not meet the primary qualifications for this scholarship.
Please see mismatch in criterion with your portfolio:
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Please complete your portfolio to be able to apply for scholarship
- Overall GWA must be better or equal to: 1.7500
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University must be within the ff:
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UP Diliman
- Any course may apply
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Year Level Standing must be within the ff:
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Graduate Student
Secondary Qualifications
These qualifications are subjected to moderator review
- All non-English speaking candidates must have taken and passed, preferably in their own countries, and with a minimum score of 500 points, the Test for English as a Foreign Language.
- The candidate should be nominated by the home government.
- The candidate must satisfy the admission requirements for graduate study of the University of the Philippines.
- The candidate must submit a health certificate from a duly certified government physician, attesting to physical fitness for a serious study program.
- The candidate must have the ability to carry on academic work in the University of the Philippines as indicated by previous scholastic performance. Transcript of academic records and letters of recommendation from at least three (3) former teachers must be submitted. Entrance grade requirement is general weighted average of “1.75”* for both Master’s and Ph.D. programs.
- Financial need will be considered but the candidate must submit a certificate from his/her family or a sponsor that they/he could support him/her in case he/she loses the scholarship.
Benefits
- Stipend | Monthly | Php 2500
- Book Allowance | Semestral | Php 3000
- Thesis Allowance | One Time Payment | Master's: Php 5,000.00
- Dissertation Allowance | One Time Payment | Doctor's: Php 10,000.00
Supplemental Documentary Submissions
You may manage your document submissions in your applications page.
Failure to submit documents before Oct. 19, 2025, 11:59 p.m. may result to ineligibility of application upon moderator review.
Failure to submit documents before Oct. 19, 2025, 11:59 p.m. may result to ineligibility of application upon moderator review.
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Nomination Letter from the Home Government
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True Copy of Grades/Transcript
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Letter of Financial Suport
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Notice of Admission or Registration Form (F5)
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Health Certificate
Contact Us:
Location:
Vinzons Hall. University of the Philippines Diliman. 1101 Quezon City, PhilippinesEmail:
Landline:
8981-8500 loc. 4504-4508