PUPCET 2013 online application runs until December 8

Young people who wish to become part of the seventy thousand-strong student population of

the country’s largest state university have four more weeks to apply online for the entrance

examination of the 108-year-old higher education institution.

 

Online application for the January 27, 2013 Polytechnic University of the Philippines College

Entrance Test (PUPCET) runs until December 8, 2012. Applicants just have to visit the PUP

website and access PUP iApply, a Web-based registration system that enables one to apply for the PUPCET online.

 

Applicants who have accessed PUP iApply have until December 11, 2012 to pay the P500.00

PUPCET application fee on LandBank of the Philippines (LBP) branches nationwide. The last

day for claiming PUPCET ePermit online is on December 14, 2012.

 

Graduating high school students of the current school year and high school graduates who have

not enrolled in any technical/diploma/degree program immediately after high school graduation

and who obtained a general weighted average of 82 percent or higher are qualified to take the

PUPCET.

 

A Philippine Educational Placement Test (PEPT) passer who is eligible for admission to college

with an average rating of 82 or higher in Mathematics, Communication Arts (English), Science,

Communication Arts (Filipino), and Araling Panlipunan is also qualified to apply.

 

A passer of the Alternative Learning System Accreditation and Equivalency (ALS A&E) Test for

Secondary Level who is eligible for admission to college and has 100 or higher standard score

and an essay writing proficiency of 2 or higher may also take the PUPCET.

 

The PUPCET fee is non-refundable and non-transferrable. An applicant is only allowed to apply

and take the entrance test once this school year in just one campus. Double application renders the result null and void.

 

The PUP Admission and Registration Office entertains queries about the PUPCET. Interested

students may call (02) 7167832 to 45 local 287 or local 322, Mondays thru Saturdays during office hours.

 

PUP, at present, has a 70,000-strong student population, 2,000 academic personnel, and 700

administrative staff across 22 branches and campuses in the National Capital Region and ten

other Luzon provinces. Its new Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Emanuel C. De Guzman, works to

transform the 108-year-old state university into an epistemic community. Press release from Polytechnic University of the Philippines