Important Dates and Deadlines
For College Admissions
Incoming First Year/Freshmen Students
- February 24 to March 30, 2025 – Online Registration & Submission of Requirements Schedule for Incoming College / First Year
- March 03 to April 11, 2025 – Online Submission of Admission Requirements for Incoming College / First Year
- March 10, to April 11, 2025 – On-site Verification of Admission Requirements for Incoming College / First Year
Second Coursers and Transferees
- April 14 – April 20, 2025 – Online Application for Second Coursers and Transferees
- April 21 – April 30, 2025 – Online Submission of Admission Requirements for Incoming College / First Year
- April 23 – April 30, 2025 – On-site Verification of Admission Requirements for Incoming College / First Year
April 26 – April 27, 2025 – Onsite admission examination
FIRST THINGS FIRST
Admission Requirements
Read more what are the required UMak Examination Ratings, GWA, Requirements for Freshmen, Shifters, Transferees, and Second Coursers
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Read about Enrollment Procedures
Admission Policies and Procedures, Enrollment for Freshmen, Old Students, Transferees, Cross-Enrollees
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QUALIFICATIONS
Qualifications
NEW FRESHMEN
- Student-Applicants who are in Grade 12 this academic year.
ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM PASSERS
- Student-Applicants who passed the ALS Accreditation and Equivalency (A&E) Test and are eligible for college admission as indicated in the ALS Certificate of Rating
TRANSFEREES
- Student-Applicant who have enrolled or taken college units from a different college or university.
- New-Curriculum Student or college student who has a Senior High School diploma.
- Old-Curriculum students or those who have entered college prior to the full implementation of the senior high school program must have completed at least two (2) years or four (4) semesters in college with the following requirements:
- has met the Graded Weight Average (GWA) and other requirements of the College
- has no accumulated failing grades, Unofficially Dropped (UD), and Incomplete (Inc.) for a total of nine (9) units in one semester or fifteen (15) units in total stay in college upon application; and
SECOND COURSERS
- Student who has completed a degree/program and wishes to pursue another degree in the University and has met the grade requirements of the college
PERSONS WITH DISABILITY (PWD)
- Persons with Disability (PWD) registered under the City of Makati may apply but is subject for screening of the UMak Center for Inclusive Education, Gender, and Development (CIEGAD)
Note: Non-Makati applicants should have a GWA of 90 or better. Only the top 300 applicants will be considered. We don’t accept incoming third year transferees both Makati and non-Makati applicants.
PROGRAM AND ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
If you decided which programs you want to take, please read carefully admission requirements before submitting documentary requirements submission is onsite.
DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS
Requirements
Original and Photocopy of the following:
- Duly filled-out Application Form (from website)
- Recent 2×2 ID picture with student’s name tag, white background
- PSA Birth Certificate
- Report Card/Rating Form/TOR:
- Grade 11 card (for New Freshmen)
- Grade 11 and Grade 12 card (for Senior High School completers/graduates)
- Certification from previous schools that the F137 was not sent to any college and university.
- Certificate of Rating (ALS Passers) – MUST indicate “Eligible for College Admission”
- TOR (Transcript of Records) for transferee and Second Courser
- Honorable Dismissal
- For Makati residents who are NOT students/graduates of any Makati Public Senior High School:
- Personal latest (2025) Makati voter’s certification (for applicants 18y/o and above)
- Parent’s or sibling’s latest (2025) Makati voter’s certification with PSA birth certificate (for applicants 17y/o and below)
PROCEDURE
Procedure
- Register online through https://umak.edu.ph/olca/registration/new (for Freshmen) or https://umak.edu.ph/olca/registration/new/transferee (for Transferees & Second Coursers)
- NOTE: Online Application for NEW FRESHMEN is on February 24, 2025 to March 30, 2025, AND TRANSFEREES AND SECOND COURSERS IS ON APRIL 14-20, 2025
- LINK: College Program Requirements for AY 2025-2026
- Answer the captcha and submit the application form
- Open the email address you registered in the application form and check for a verification email. Click the “verify” button.
- Another email will be sent to you containing your pre-filled application form, list of requirements, the online submission link for the requirements, and the date when you will go to verify your admission documents.
- Bring the COMPLETE and CLEAR ORIGINAL copies of the requirements at the Center for Admission and Scholarship.
- Testing Fee of Php 500 is to be paid at the University of Makati cooperative after evaluation of the admission requirements.
DOWNLOADABLE FORMS
File Name | Link |
Registration Form (PDF) | View | Download |
UMAK ADMISSION TEST: WHAT TO EXPECT?
Admission Test
All Freshmen-applicants for college admission are required to take the Readiness Test for Colleges and Universities provided by the Center for Educational Management (CEM). This examination covers English, Mathematics, Science which is being done for 2 hours. In addition, Personality Test will be administered based on the request of the college. (IOA, IIHS, IOP and CAS)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
I can’t proceed to the application portal, what should I do?
If you can’t proceed to apply on our portal, here’s why.
We are currently receiving a large number of applicants in our web portal and there’s a limited number of applicants who can be accommodated at the same time. Kindly wait for your turn as others are finishing their applications.
Visit our web portal from time to time and rest assured that you’ll be accommodated soonest.
- For College -> https://umak.edu.ph/olca/registration/new
- For Senior High School -> https://umak.edu.ph/olca/home/
I am a non-Makati Resident, do I have a chance to be admitted?
As of 2025, regardless of applicant’s General Weighted Average (GWA), non-makati (including the Embo+ Barangays now part of Taguig City) aspirants can have a chance to be enlisted as pre-qualifiers. Also, from top 300, top 1,000 Non-Makati applicants will be considered.
How much is the tuition at UMak?
For college students,
- PHP 1,000* for eligible Makati City residents
- PHP 3,000* for Non-Makati (including the Embo+ Barangays now part of Taguig City)
plus minimal miscellaneous fees.
*Token fees are subject to change with prior notice
Are you accepting expat international students?
As of now, the university is not accepting international students. Meanwhile, we are working our best to be accredited to accept international students in the future. Be updated on our official Facebook page
I am living inside the Embo, Northside, Southside and Pitogo barangays in Taguig, what should I need to know?
As of January 5, 2024, Mayor Abby Binay extends another favor to UMak students from EMBO barangays who have recently been reclassified as non-Makati residents.
According to the mayor, the students should continue studying with the current benefits and will only begin paying the new rate for a token fee at the beginning of the Academic Year (AY 2024-2025). This gives the students, parents, and guardians ample time to prepare for the changes.
We thank Mayor Abby Binay for her relentless concern for the welfare of the students from EMBO residents.
The token fee costs PHP 1,000.00 for Makati and PHP 3,000 for Non-Makati, plus miscellaneous fees.
Got Questions about New Tuition and Token Rate?
More details in Implementing Guidelines of City Ordinance no. 2024-108 – An Ordinance Authorizing the Implementation of the New Rate of Tuition Fees in the University of Makati
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