The University of the Visayas Scholarship and Discounts gives educational programs attuned to nationally and internationally accepted standards. While it nurtures academic excellence, it also works for the enhancement of high level professions and middle level careers relevant to community development and the socioeconomic needs of the country.
The Admissions Office takes charge of the processing and evaluation of the student entrance requirements, administers and interprets examinations, such as examinations of specific colleges of the University as well as standardized diagnostic, IQ, psychological or aptitude tests. The Admissions Office also identify potential scholars for recommendation to financial aid/ grants.
The University of the Visayas was founded by the late Don Vicente Gullas in 1919 and gained its university status in 1948. Today, the University of the Visayas has grown into an 8 campus, province wide system of higher education and lower level laboratory schools. The main campus is located at the downtown Cebu City area.
The university is open to students who meet its academic standards and who are personally qualified to acquire a formal education, has the personal aptitude to carry on a directed school work as expected of them culturally, emotionally, mentally and professionally. The students are expected to be socially adaptable and are proficient in the English language.
While it nurtures academic excellence, the university also works for the enhancement of high level professions and middle level careers relevant to community development and the socioeconomic needs of the country. With its commitment and ideals of love, leadership and service, the school fully supports the development of new breed of leaders, who are morally upright and spiritually inspired. The university operates and maintains educational programs which are attuned to internationally accepted standards.
Entrance Scholarships
Valedictorian – Free tuition & miscellaneous fees with P500 monthly allowance & P1,000 book allowance/ semester
Salutatorian – Free tuition & miscellaneous fees with P300 monthly allowance & P1,000 book allowance/ semester
First to Tenth Honorable Mention – 75% discount on tuition fee for one semester
Discount for siblings
2 siblings – 10% discount each
3 siblings – one 50% discount
4 siblings – one free tuition
5 siblings – one free tuition and one 50% discount
6 siblings – two free tuition
7 siblings – two free tuition and one 50% discount
Athletic, Cultural Grants and Special Skills
Free tuition for varsity players in basketball, volleyball, soccer, tennis, chess, scrabble, boxing and other sports
Free tuition for dance troupe members, UV Chorale members, Visayanian Editorial Staff, Orchestra and Drum, Lyre and Bugle Corps
Maritime College
VASTRO Ship Management Inc
FOSCON Ship Management Inc
Working Student Scholarships
Non-academic grantees assigned as student assistants in the different offices of the University who shall enjoy free tuition, matriculation and other school fees
Other scholarships
CHED administered scholarship
Study Now Pay Later Plan (SNPLP)
CHED Special Study Grant Program for Congressional Districts (CSSGP-CDs)
Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF)
CHED-HEDF
Scholarship Full Merit (SFM)
Scholarship Half Merit (SHM)
Tulong-Dunong Financial Assistance Program
Edgar Cokaliong Foundation Inc.
Cebu Mitsumi Inc.
Seeds Program by Jollibee Foods Corporation, Greenwich, Chowking
KFF Inc
Saint Peter Academy of Alegria Foundation, Inc. (SPAAFI)
Cebu Tertiary Education Assistance Program (CTEAP)
Cebu City Scholarship
Further reading, https://www.upv.edu.ph/index.php/admission/scholarships
The university aims to instill in the students the culture of excellence through academic training and through a life long process of learning for the development of his leadership potentials, and for the academic enhancement of his chosen career, and to provide the academic environment and discipline to broaden the student’s perspective and prepare him for a career as a responsible and informed member of a democratic society.
The university has one of the biggest libraries in Cebu City that occupies the whole third floor of the Dona Josefina Gullas Building. The initial collection was a private collection of books from the founder, his family and close friends. Later on, volumes were added to the library. Currently, it has varied collection of books, periodicals, and nonprint materials on education, engineering, computer education, business, electronics, law, sciences, and other human interest publications.
Submit your application to University of the Visayas (Main Campus)
Corner D Jakosalem and Colon Streets
Cebu City 6000, Philippines
Telephone: 032 416 8226
Email: [email protected]
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