UP Mindanao (UPMin) will hold a one-time UP College Admission Test (UPCAT) Orientation online on March 24, 2023, from 2:00 to 5:00 PM, via the Zoom online platform. Grade 11 students and their parents, senior high school coordinators, and principals may join the orientation by registering at (https://bit.ly/UPCATorientation).  Prof. Francisco De Los Reyes, the UP Office of Admissions director, and Prof. Karen Joyce Cayamanda, UPMin university registrar, will speak at the orientation. Interested persons who cannot attend or miss the orientation may view the proceedings at (https://www.facebook.com/UPMindanao/videos/620431166118817). 

Senior high school students aspiring for admission to the University of the Philippines in 2024 must apply for the UP College Admission Test for Academic Year 2024 (UPCAT 2024). Interested applicants should visit the website (https://upcatonline.up.edu.ph/) within March-April 2023 to accomplish and submit Form 1 (Personal Data Sheet). High School administrators are likewise requested to visit the website (https://upcatonline.up.edu.ph/) within March-April 2023 to accomplish or update Form 2A (High School Profile). 

The UP Office of Admissions will administer UPCAT 2024 face-to-face on June 3 & 4, 2023, in Testing Centers nationwide. Applicants who qualify for admission to UP will be entitled to free tuition. Stipends are also available to qualified students. 

UP has eight constituent universities nationwide, with UPMin being the only UP constituent university in Mindanao. UPMin has undergraduate programs in Agribusiness Economics, Anthropology, Architecture, Biology, Communication and Media Arts, English, Food Technology, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and  Sports Science. 

Happy anniversary to everyone in UP Mindanao!

UP Mindanao is closest to my heart because I am from Mindanao. I grew up in Mindanao, and identify with Mindanao. I have committed resources for the development of this region as with the nation. Mindanao has seen so much change since the first time I served on the Board of Regents as a student representative. Being a member of the Board of Regents as a young scholar has exposed me to some of our people's most persistent problems, especially at the University of the Philippines Mindanao.

 I was again privileged to be part of the Board of Regents from 2016 to 2021, wherein the administration of former UP president Danilo Concepcion initiated high-impact innovations in the academic, administrative, infrastructure, social, and cultural dimensions of the university. It paved the way for us to continue the way for the university's transformation into our envisioned world-class university. Attuned to 21st-century teaching, learning research, and public service to the nation and the world. We are fortunate to inherit such a university, and I am grateful to be part of a team of policymakers and administrators who will build on these foundations and make an even better university. 

UP Mindanao’s anniversary theme of convergence for partnerships resonates with me. I fully support the chancellor's strategy for transformative education. I also thank everyone at the University of the Philippines Mindanao for their service, especially during the pandemic's peak. Through your work, the university continues to live up to its mission and tradition of serving, and now, the creation of a new world and a better world.