College Transferee Application

Transfer Requirements

Initial Requirements

Original transcript of records

1. No failing grade
2. A weighted average of at least 2.00 or its equivalent, excluding Religion, Physical Education (PE) and National Service Training Program (NSTP)
3. Original certificate of good moral character issued by the college Student Affairs Office (with school seal)
4. Letter of Intent addressed to the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs (SVPAA). Please state the program applied for.

Notes:

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

Applicants applying for Architecture, Interior Design, and Multimedia Arts and Sciences are required to take the Skills Test as an additional examination.

Additional Requirements once approved by the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs:

1. Honorable dismissal/Certificate of Transfer Credential
2. Original or certified true copy of detailed course (subject) descriptions
3. Original birth certificate printed on Philippine Statistics Authority paper
4. Two (2) identical pictures (plain background), size 1½” x 1½”
5. Photocopy of ACR for foreign nationals
6. 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 institutions with the 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:

Transfer students may be admitted to a degree program provided that –

• they would complete in Mapúa at least sixty percent (60%) of the units required for the degree program
• 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
• they have accomplished and submitted the Fraternity Contract (form issued by the Registrar’s Office during enrollment)

The admission of transfer students shall be on a probationary basis until all courses taken outside Mapúa, which are required for the degree program, shall have been validated or repeated.

Note: Transferees must submit their Official Results of Basic Medical Laboratory Work-up (CBC, Urinalysis, Chest X-Ray: PA View) from any major hospitals, upon enrollment.

Transfer Process

1. Applicant will send the scanned copy of the following initial requirements thru admissions email (admissions@mapua.edu.ph):

• Transcript of Records (No failing grades)
• Certification of Good Moral Character
• Letter of intent addressed to the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs (SVPAA)

Note: Please state in the letter the program applying for.

2. The Admissions Office will evaluate the scanned copy of the documents submitted and e-mail the applicant of the following forms to be filled-out:

• Application Form for Transferee
• Academic Plan
• Program Curriculum

Additional requirements for AR, INT, ID and BMMA applicants:
- Qualified applicants for AR, INT, ID & BMMA are required to submit a maximum of three (3) sketches/drawing thru email.
Note: Applicants will be informed by the Admissions Office on when this will be submitted.

Additional requirements for Engineering program applicants:
- Qualified applicants for engineering programs are required to take the MSAE Math Exam for Transferee thru Blackboard.
Note: Applicants will be informed by the Admissions Office on when they will take the MSAE.

Additional requirements for Accountancy program applicants:
- ACT applicants will have an interview with the Assistant Dean before the approval of the EVPAA.
Note: Applicants will be informed by the E.T. Yuchengco School of Business (ETYSB) on their schedule of interview.

3. For Approved Applicants:
The Admissions Office will send an email to the approved applicants informing to submit all the additional requirements:

• Honorable Dismissal/Transfer Credential
• Detailed course description
• PSA birth certificate
• (2) identical pictures (plain background), size 1 ½” x 1 ½”
• Filled-out Student Data Sheet

For Disapproved applicants:
The Admissions Office will inform the applicant the that application is disapproved.

4. The Admissions Office will advise the applicant to pay the admission fee of PhP 550.

5. Once payment is already posted, the Admissions Office will forward all the requirements to the Registrar’s Office.

6. The Registrar’s Office will assign student number and process the enrollment of the applicant.

Application Deadlines