Can a US citizen enroll in Philippine Universities?

Howdy y'all. I hope that this is the appropriate forum to post this question, as I didn't think that it was off topic.

I was wondering if it is possible for a US Citizen to enroll in either undergraduate or graduate degree programs at colleges and universities in the Philippines.

Does anyone have any idea on where I can get started? Do I just need to "google" "Philippines universities" and contact each one?

Is there a website where I can find out general information, or does anyone have any ideas?

I was thinking that since the dollar buys so many pesos, that an US Citizen could go there and get a quality education with classes taught in English, and have lots of fun there too scubu diving and what not.

Or I wonder if the tuition charged to an American would be too expensive.

Well, it's just a thought that I am playing with. Thank y'all for taking the time to read this. Good day!

 

Dont' bother with Google, you'll get more chaff than wheat. Try this:
http://univ.cc
As for your question, I think you'll find that citizenship is required. If you find out otherwise, please let us know.
Jack

 

If this link is truly to the University of Manila there is an email contact under admissions:

http://www.univman.edu.ph/

email to: [email protected]



a bit more from this university:

http://www.admu.edu.ph/office.php?office_id=299

 

this link has some info:

http://www.livinginthephilippines.com/education.html

 

http://www.upou.org/FAQ/faqs.htm

Can anybody validate the school?

 

http://www.pup.edu.ph/academic/


"Affordable
Practicality without sacrificing quality in education. At twelve (12) pesos per academic unit, one can enroll for less than five hundred (500) pesos per semester in an undergraduate program."


"Currency Rates: Filipino Peso 10/26/04

10/26/04 10/25/04
U.S. Dollar / Filipino Peso 0.0177 0.0178
Filipino Peso / U.S. Dollar 56.3450 56.2753 "

 

Hi Jacques,

Thanks for your interest in getting an education in that remote country.

The best place to start with, I suggest, is the Philippine Embassy in Washington DC:
Press and Information Section
Contact numbers:
(202) 467-9432
[email protected]

Their website:Philippine Embassy Website

Here, they will provide you with information on tuition rate for foreigners. If I remember it right, local and foreign students pay the same tuition fees except an additional fees charged to foreign students, which is just a fraction of your total tuition fee. They call it a donation.

My choice, if you'd like it too, is the University of the Philippines.

regards,

 

UP Open University (UPOU) is part of the University of the Philippines System. The University of the Philippines is government funded and one of the top 3 schools in the country. I just don't know which one is number 1 from among them - UP, Lasalle, or Ateneo.

Although its programs are offered via DL, a student must attend a scheduled face-to-face session in a designated "Learning Center" of at least once every semester. Final exams can only be taken in that center. They have centers in many parts of the country but very few in foreign countries.

One of the reasons, I dropped my Master in Info Systems (MIS) enrollement at UPOU in 2002 was the unavailability of Learning Center in the UAE.

 

Thank y'all, Jack, Fed, and Felipe. Fed, thanks for always being so helpful. And, "hoy, kumusta ka?", and "salamat" to you Felipe, for your great information.

Thanks again, everybody! Good night!

 

Hi Jacques,
I'm presently enrolled in UPOU's MPS-Development Communication program. And yes, foreigners are allowed. They just have to pay additional $500 dollars per semester. The tuition is cheap around $100 for 6 units/credits (2 subjects). But the freight cost of sending the materials and exams to be proctored would be around $200 per semester.
The other fully online course they have is Masters in Information Systems. Total units to finish the Master's = around 30 units.
try the website or email: [email protected]
(they're on a two week sem break vacation right now, so no one might answer your e-mail these days)

 

Jacques,

Pareng Felipe is correct. If you want to enroll in a Filipino university, the top three are University of the Philippines, Ateneo, and Lasalle.

Just wondering. Why would an American want to obtain a degree from the Philippines?

 

Because the US is not the only place with schools...

 

Why, yes.. Thank you for that clarification. Tell me something I don't already know.

I happen to be a product of the well-disciplined Filipino school system. I went to a Catholic school in Manila from Kindergarten through 5th grade, then my parents immigrated to America with their children where I finished high school, attended a military college and went on to grad school.

I am just wondering why Jacques would want to go to a foreign school. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. I am just curious, that's all. I am not trying to have an elitist mentality.