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August 8, 2022 Dear Chicky Rose Paporo, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jun 29, 2022 09:00:41 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Policy on Determining Tuition Fee for Foreign Students. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. I enclose the information you requested. This is regarding your query on the policy for determining the tuition fee of foreign students. As per UP Diliman's General Information for Graduate Applicants: Graduate applicants pay a non-refundable application fee of a minimum of P100 for Filipinos, P200 for resident aliens, and US$25 or its equivalent in Philippine Pesos for non-resident aliens, depending on the college. The matriculation fees (i.e., tuition, miscellaneous, and student fund) range from P2,993.50 to P31,493.50 for a minimum of three (3) to a maximum of twelve (12) units. To this amount should be added P100 deposit and P30 entrance fee. Laboratory fees range from P150 to P1800 per laboratory subject, depending on the college. All foreign graduate students are required to pay the Education Development Fee (EDF) as follows: Per Semester - Resident Aliens US$250, Non-Resident Aliens US$100 Per Midyear Term - Resident Aliens US$500, Non-Resident Aliens US$200 Following are updated information re application, matriculation and laboratory fees from UPD. The matriculation fees for graduate programs depend on the approved tuition fee of the colleges, while for undergraduate programs, it is Php1,500 per unit. Application Fee Local - Php100 Resident alien - Php150 Non-Resident Alien - $30 Matriculation fees (semestral) for foreign students Non-Resident Alien - from Php26,923.50 to Php207,376 (LLM) Resident Alien - from Php14,423.50 to Php194,876.50 Laboratory Fees range from Php150 to Php3,500 Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Atty. Roberto M.J. Lara, Secretary of the University and of the Board of Regents with postal address First Floor, Administration Building, Quezon Hall, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City 1101 . Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, FDE Vice President for Public Affairs FOI Receiving Officer