开元真人

Requirements Check List for International Applicants

1. Application Form with passport size photo (3.5cm X 4.5cm) with white background. Click to access the Online Application Form below if applying to regular, non-law Graduate Programs:
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2. Consent Form. Please download, print, and sign the Consent Form.聽The full text of the consent form can be found at this聽 LINK.
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3. Original Copy of Transcript of Records with Date of Graduation (for those who studied in the Philippines) or Philippine Embassy authenticated/apostilled original copies of Transcript of Records (for those who studied outside the Philippines). View provision issued by the Philippine Department of Education through this聽LINK.
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   During the application period, scanned copies of the following documents may be uploaded in lieu of the Original Copy of Transcript of Records with Date of graduation:
   • Incomplete Transcript AND
     
   • Certificate of Candidacy to Graduate OR Certificate of Expected Date of Graduation
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     • Graduate admissions need proof that applicants have earned or are about to earn their bachelor鈥檚 degree when applying to the diploma and/or master鈥檚 program. Same principle applies when one is applying for a PhD.
     • For Transfer Applicants, submission of the following academic transcripts is required: (1) original, incomplete transcript from last school attended and (2) original or certified true copy of one鈥檚 undergraduate transcript if applying as a master鈥檚/School of Law student OR original or certified true copy of MA transcript if applying as a doctoral student.
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4. Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) or Grade Weighted Average (GWA) as certified by the school registrar (if neither is displayed on the academic transcript) when applying to the School of Law and/or any program under the RVR 鈥� College of Business.
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   (NOTE: For purposes of evaluation to the School of Law only, the latest available CGPA or GWA of the applicants will do, particularly if the applicant has not yet received their diploma or has graduated as of the time of application. The overall college GWA will be made a hard requirement during confirmation should one qualifies for admission and enrolls in the University.)
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   For a list of graduate programs, see this link:
   /admissions/graduate/graduate-degree-codes/
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5. Proof of Citizenship as defined below:
   

   Citizenship	Required Documents
   Filipino	NSO/PSA Birth Certificate
   Filipinos with Dual Citizenship: Born in the Philippines Born Abroad	NSO/PSA Birth Certificate NSO/PSA Birth Certificate and Valid, Unexpired Passport Documentation for Acquisition/Reacquisition/Retention of Filipino Citizenship
   Non-Filipinos Born in the Philippines Born Abroad	NSO/PSA Birth Certificate and Valid and Unexpired Passport Valid, Unexpired Passport

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6. Certificate of Transfer Credentials or Honorable Dismissal.
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   The 鈥淭ransfer Credentials鈥� (formerly referred to as 鈥淗onorable Dismissal鈥�) is a document certifying that a student has no pending accountabilities with a school and is eligible for admission or transfer to another educational institution, or for admission into another degree program in the same educational institution.
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   Below are alternatives that may be considered in lieu of the Certificate of Transfer Credentials if the aforementioned document is not being issued by the last school attended:
   • 6.1. A 鈥淐ertificate of Non-Issuance of Transfer Credentials鈥�
   • 6.2. The 开元真人 鈥淭ransfer Credentials Form鈥� for 开元真人 鈥� Manila graduates, who as an internal policy is required if the 开元真人 student recently graduated and seeks admission to a new degree program in 开元真人. Such document shall form part of the documentary requirements for admission and official student records of the student to be admitted to a new degree program in the University.
   • 6.3. A 鈥淧hotocopy of Diploma鈥� or 鈥淥riginal Copy of Certificate of Graduation鈥� indicating name of obtained academic degree and date of graduation for applicants who earned a college or postgraduate degree outside the Philippines.
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     The Certificate of Transfer Credentials/Honorable Dismissal is the only admission requirement that may be submitted even beyond the application deadline.
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7. Certificate of Eligibility to Pursue Graduate Studies 鈥� for international applicants whose Certificate of Graduation does not clearly indicate that they are university/college degree holders. The University can, likewise, require this added certificate from international applicants if and when needed. The 鈥淐ertificate of Eligibility to Pursue Graduate Studies鈥� may be secured from any of the following:
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   (a) the school where the applicant earned his/her collegiate degree/s,
   (b) your country鈥檚 Ministry of Education or its equivalent,
   (c) Philippine Embassy in the applicant鈥檚 country of origin.
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8. Two (2) Letters of Recommendation (pdf/101kb). An employed applicant may secure a letter of recommendation from his/her current employer, immediate head or his/her own respective Human Resource Department or its equivalent.
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   Letters of Recommendation may also be obtained from former/current advisers or professors.
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   Important Note: The recommendation forms will be directly provided by the Recommender/Rater to the Office of Admissions and Scholarships through document upload via:
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   The applicant will be responsible to coordinate the required process with his/her Recommender/Rater
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9. Personal Statement Containing Academic and Career Objectives (pdf/12kb)
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10. English Proficiency Test Results.Submission of English Proficiency Test Results (e.g., TOEFL, IELTS, or Oxford ELLT) will be required for聽international applicants EXCEPT for those who obtained their bachelor鈥檚 degrees at 开元真人in Manila.
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    For applicants to the Master in Information Security (MInfoSec) only: as an alternative to the TOEFL or IELTS score, we will accept a certification that the medium of instruction in the university where you obtained your bachelor鈥檚 is ENGLISH.
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11. Photocopy of research output for doctorate applicants
    • 11.1. If you are applying to any of the following programs (i.e., DBA, PhD in Literature, PhD in Psychology, PhD in Political Science, and PhD in Research), scroll down to 鈥淎dditional program 鈥� specific requirements鈥� for more information.
    • 11.2. If you are applying to other PhD programs not mentioned in 11.1, copies of the following may be acceptable as research output: (1) thesis abstract and/or (2) journal articles (published/unpublished). For any questions/clarifications, email聽 [email protected]
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12. Certificate of Employment with job description聽only聽for the following programs:
    

    Case	Program	Required Years of Work Experience	Required Years of Management Experience
    1	Doctor in Business Administration	5 years	3 years
    2	Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology	1 year	None
    3	Master in Business Administration	2 years	None
    4	Master of Science in Marketing	2 years	None
    5	Master of Science in Financial Engineering	2 years	None
    6	Master of Science in Computational Finance	2 years	None
    7	Master in Risk and Insurance Management	6 months	None
    8	Diploma in Financial Engineering	1 year	None
    9	Diploma in Management	1 year	None
    10	Master of Science in Psychology major in Industrial Organizational Psychology	Must be currently employed upon application	None
    11	Juris Doctor (Full Time/Part Time)	All Work Experience (paid or unpaid, post-secondary) . Company Working for AND Work Hours (for those who state they will be working while taking JD)

Additional program 鈥� specific requirements

APPLICANTS who PASS and eventually ENROLL will be asked to turn over original copies of the requirements in a long brown envelope during CONFIRMATION OF ENROLLMENT. The brown envelope should be properly labelled with the applicant鈥檚 complete name (SURNAME, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE INITIAL) in big upper case letters on the upper left corner on the backside of the envelope. The Office of Admissions and Scholarships (OAS) reserves the right to decline applications that have not met the criteria set by the Office.

For any concerns or questions, related to:

• 聽application, email [email protected]
• 聽scholarships, email [email protected]

You may also check the following websites for important updates and advisories:

• For the School of Law 鈥撀�/admissions/graduate/graduate-procedures-law/
• For non-law, regular graduate programs 鈥� /admissions/graduate/graduate-procedures/

Tel Nos:

(02) 8523-4230 (Direct) or

(02) 8524-4611 local 166 聽(Undergraduate)

(02) 8524-4611 local 468 聽(Graduate)

(02) 8524-4611 local 162 聽(Scholarships)