Senior high school students who are graduating in 2024 may now apply online for the University of the Philippines College Admission Test for Academic Year 2024 (UPCAT 2024). 

Applicants are encouraged to apply online in March-April as the manual application will only be available in selected regional areas. Filipino applicants may apply free of charge.

Applicants should visit the website (https://upcatonline.up.edu.ph/) for the list of UP campuses, courses, detailed information, and instructions. 

Applicants shall electronically accomplish Form 1 (Personal Data Sheet) in March-April 2023. High School administrators shall likewise be requested to log on to the School Profile link in March-April 2023 to accomplish Form 2A (High School Profile). 

Applicants and administrators shall submit all UPCAT forms online (except for certain regional areas). 

The UP Office of Admissions will administer UPCAT 2024 face-to-face on June 3 & 4, 2023, in Testing Centers nationwide. UP Mindanao (UPMin) is the Davao City Testing Center. 

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. UPMin in Davao City is the only UP constituent university in Mindanao. It is mandated to provide quality education to diverse, marginalized, and deserving sectors. UPMin has undergraduate programs in Agribusiness Economics, Anthropology, Architecture, Biology, Communication and Media Arts, English, Food Technology, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and  Sports Science.

(Photo by Kenneth Senarillos)

In celebration of the 28th anniversary of the University of the Philippines Mindanao, the School of Management invites the public to attend the 16th UP Mindanao Supply Chain Management Forum with the theme Agribusiness-led Inclusive Value Chain Development for Smallholder Farming Systems in the Philippines. This will be on March 17, 2023, from 8:30 AM to 12 Noon via Zoom. The speakers are from the Australian Centre for International Research (ACIAR) funded project AGB 2018 196 (IVC Philippines).

Ms. Michaela Cosjin, an International Development Researcher from Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the IVC Philippines’ Project Leader, will present the overview of the IVC project. Meanwhile, Prof. Miko Mariz C. Castro, an Assistant Professor from the School of Management-University of the Philippines Mindanao (SOM), and Ms. Hadasha Bongat, an Instructor from the Department of Business Management-Visayas State University (VSU), will share the Rapid Marketing Assessment of coffee and selected vegetables.

Another resource speaker, Mr. Anton Palo, a General Manager from Foodlink Advocacy Cooperative and the in-country coordinator of the IVC project, will present “Pangandoy: A method to capture farmers' aspirations, burdens, and coping strategies”. Lastly, Dr. Wendy Merrit, a Research Fellow, at Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University will give a lecture on “Integrated Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (I-MEL): a systems lens for evaluation and learning in the IVC Philippines project.”

Registration is FREE via bit.ly/16thUPMinSCMF. For more information, contact the School of Management through email at  and tel: (63-82) 295-2188. To know more about the project, visit the link at https://www.aciar.gov.au/project/agb-2018-196.

The discussion was led (in the above photo, left-right) by Prof. Cleto L. Nañola Jr. of the University of the Philippines Mindanao, Prof. Kent E. Carpenter of the Old Dominion University, with Dr. Mudjekeewis Santos of the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, and Prof. Richard Muallil (not in photo) of the Mindanao State University Tawi-Tawi. Dr. Santos, in his talk, discussed the importance of having more research about fish biodiversity in establishing better protocols.

The discussion was followed by the soft launch of “Data Collection and Analyses for Reef Fish Biology,” a book edited by Dr. Cleto L. Nanola Jr. and Maybelle Fortaleza, which hopes to guide independent researchers in their own academic ventures. 

Later in the event was the ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Agreement for Educational and Scientific Cooperation between UP Mindanao and Davao del Norte State College. The partnered institutions, through the MOA, aim to implement the Applied Biodiversity Research for Holistic Advancements in Mindanao (ABRAHAM). The said program aims to develop an information and database system for Fish Morphology and DNA information about the Marine Fisheries in the Davao Region. This program also aims to create an open-access information system that will house and feature marine life information of studied organisms by local experts through the Marine Biodiversity Database (MaBiDa) Project.

By James G. Pangan

UP Mindanao is one of the Higher Education Institution (HEI) partners of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Innovation for Social Impact Partnership Project (ISIP Project). As such, it is one of the Universities to undergo a Visiting Professor Program organized by ISIP. The objectives of the Visiting Professor Program are to further capacitate HEIs as strategic hubs for innovation and social impact and to support the growth and improvement of University-based startup enterprises with a clear social impact. 

The Visiting Professor Program is an online engagement organized by ISIP. Asst. Prof. Miguel Guillermo is UPMin's faculty focal person. The 2-week engagement, on Feb. 27 to March 3, and March 13 to 17,  will feature activities such as dialogues, teaching clinics, and workshops for students and the TBI staff. Activities are from Monday to Friday from 8-11 am for the 2 weeks. 

For February 28, 2023, the Visiting Professor is Dr. Esther Obonyo. She will gather insights into UPMin's strategic direction towards Innovation and Social Impact. 

Dr. Obonyo's CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rWiQBF14UTeCD8I_qeFF5iaJLbjhdfa8/view?usp=share_link

Download the UPMin StrategicPlan: https://bit.ly/3WbH02s