Admission Guidelines

Admission requirements for:

1. Transferees

   1. Initial Requirements

      1. Original transcript of records
         1. No failing grade
         2. Weighted average of at least 2.00 or its equivalent, excluding Religion, Physical Education (PE), and National Service Training Program (NSTP)
      2. Original certificate of good moral character issued by the college Student Affairs Office (with school seal)
      3. Letter of Intent (include program/s taken from previous school/s, preferred program to take here at the Institute and reason/s for transferring schools) addressed to the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs (EVPAA).

      *Applicants applying for Engineering and Science programs are subject to take the Mapúa Scholastic Aptitude Examination for Math.

      *Applicants applying for Architecture and Interior Design are required to take the Skills Test as an additional examination.

   2. Additional Requirements Once Approved by EVPAA

      1. Honorable dismissal/Certificate of Transfer Credential
      2. Original or certified true copy of detailed course (subject) descriptions
      3. Original birth certificate printed on National Statistics Office (NSO) paper
      4. Three (3) identical pictures (plain background), size 1½” x 1½”
      5. Photocopy of Alien Certificate of Registration (ACR), for foreign nationals
      6. Official Results of Basic Medical Laboratory Work-up (CBC, Urinalysis, Chest X-Ray: PA View) from major hospitals.
      7. Admission fee

      Note:
      Social Sciences, Filipino, PE, and NSTP are the only subjects that shall be credited without a validation examination. For other courses (i.e. English, Mathematics, Chemistry, Drawing, Physics, and Computer), the applicants must take the validation examinations to be given one (1) month before the enrollment period, for a fee. Otherwise, he should repeat the courses. Only courses in the basic program may be credited. However, no validation examination should be given to applicants who come from higher educational institution with status of full autonomy (granted by the Commission on Higher Education) provided the course description for the courses to be credited are equivalent to Mapúa’s course description.

      The following rules shall govern the admission of transfer students:

      1. Transfer students may be admitted to a degree program provided that –
         • 1.1. they would complete in Mapúa at least sixty percent (60%) of the units required for the degree program
         • 1.2. the maximum number of students quota set by the School and the Registrar for the degree program to which admission is sought has not yet been filled up
         • 1.3. they have accomplished and submitted the Fraternity Contract (form issued by the Registrar’s Office during enrollment)
      2. The admission of transfer students shall be on probationary basis until all courses taken outside Mapúa, which are required for the degree program, shall have been validated or repeated.

2. Graduates and Undergraduates of Vocational Programs

   1. Original transcript of records
      1. No failing grade
      2. Weighted average of at least 2.00 or its equivalent, excluding Religion, Physical Education (PE), and National Service Training Program (NSTP)
   2. Original certificate of good moral character issued by the vocational school (with school seal)
   3. Original copy of Honorable Dismissal/Certificate of Transfer Credential
   4. Two (2) identical pictures (plain background), size 1½” x 1½”
   5. Original birth certificate printed on National Statistics Office (NSO) paper
   6. Photocopy of Alien Certificate of Registration (ACR), for foreign nationals
   7. Official Results of Basic Medical Laboratory Work-up (CBC, Urinalysis, Chest X-Ray: PA View) from major hospitals.
   8. Application Fee

   Note:
   Graduates of vocational programs shall be required to take the entrance examination, and shall be considered as freshmen students. No credit shall be given to courses completed in another school except for PE and NSTP.

3. Degree Holders from Other Schools

   1. Original transcript of records
      1. No failing grade
      2. Weighted average of at least 2.75 or its equivalent, excluding Religion, Physical Education (PE), and National Service Training Program (NSTP)
   2. Two (2) recommendation letters from previous school (forms issued by the Admissions Office)
   3. Original copy of Honorable Dismissal/Certificate of Transfer Credential
   4. Original or certified true copy of course (subject) descriptions
   5. Original certificate of good moral character issued by the college Student Affairs Office (with school seal)
   6. Two (2) identical pictures (plain background), size 1 ½” x 1 ½”
   7. Letter of Intent addressed to the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
   8. Original birth certificate printed on National Statistics Office (NSO) paper
   9. Photocopy of Alien Certificate of Registration (ACR), for foreign national
   10. Official Results of Basic Medical Laboratory Work-up (CBC, Urinalysis, Chest X-Ray: PA View) from major hospitals.
   11. Admission Fee

   Note:
   All applicants are required to take the Mapúa Scholastic Aptitude Examination for another degree.
   Applicants applying for Architecture, Industrial Design, Interior Design and Multimedia Arts & Sciences are required to take to the Skills Test as an additional examination.
   Graduates of Mapúa who wish to earn another degree from the Institute must submit one (1) picture (plain background), size 1 ½” x 1 ½”, to the Registrar’s Office.