The IGP Applications for Academic Year 2025-2026 are now open!

The UPCA Integrated Graduate Program (UPCA IGP) executes a holistic examination of all applicants and conducts interviews to screen candidates, and upholds and promotes the College of Architecture’s Standards of excellence, integrity and distinction. The application process will be very selective. You will be rated against your applicant cohort in terms of grade requirements, achievements, work experiences, research interests, and other merits to your admission to the IGP. The general objective of the UPCA IGP is to promote the development and application of excellence in the designed and built environment through teaching, research, and extension. Successful pursuit of the objective is founded on the collective philosophy of the UPCA IGP Community.

Student membership in the program is a privilege conditioned on  academic and ethical standards. All students share in the responsibility to maintain an environment conducive to intellectual freedom and the pursuit of knowledge.

• The minimum requirements for admission into the UPCA IGP are the following:
  • • high intellectual capacity;
  • • language proficiency; and
  • • submission/satisfaction of other program specific requirements.

Important Dates

Application Requirements

The following forms can be filled in digitally and will be submitted via Online Submission Portal only.

A. Personal documents

B. Application Fee

An application fee of PHP 1000.00 fee for resident applicants or USD 25.00 for foreign non-resident applicants is needed to be paid. Follow the procedure below:

1. Request for Billing Statement
Email the UPCA Integrated Graduate Program upca.igp.upd@up.edu.ph and UPCA Student Concerns Team upca.studentconcerns.upd@up.edu.ph under the subject:

[LAST NAME] – IGP Application Fee Billing

Include the following information in your email:
Full Name:
Program you are applying for:
Email Address:
Mode of Payment: Please specify which online payment options (via linkbiz or GCASH) or if physical cash payments (via Cash Office)

*The applicant’s name should be indicated for the Billing Statement Account name.

2. Upon receiving the billing statement, pay your application fee and scan/save your receipt.
3. Submit Proof of payment in the Online Submission Form

C. Application Packet

The Application Packet shall be the primary form for the application. Please ensure that you have gone through all the information on the packet before accomplishing any field.

C. Online Recommendation Form

Forward the link to this recommendation form to your recommenders and ensure that these will be accomplished in your absence.

D. Essay Form

Follow the instructions provided in the Application Packet. Please note that you may directly encode your essay to the IGP Form B5 file below.

E. Notarized Declaration of Undertaking

This form shall be submitted along with the application forms and scanned copy of documentary requirements.

Admission Requirements

• Once accepted into the program, the applicant shall further submit physical copies of the following requirements for University-level admissions:
  • • Personal documents (One (1) Original and one (1) Certified True Copy/Photocopy of each personal document)
  • • Certificate of Honorable Dismissal/Transfer Credential Form from the applicant’s latest previously-attended academic institution (University of the Philippines Diliman graduates are exempted from this requirement);
  • • Duly accomplished Student Directory Form (with photo);
  • • Duly accomplished Program of Study affixed with signature;
  • • Certificate of compliance with the Pre-enrollment Health Assessment (PEHA) from the UP Diliman Health Service.
• Submitted documents will subject to authentication and processing by the UP Diliman Office of Admissions.