Dear eFOI user,
Thank you for your request dated Oct. 28, 2025, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
You have requested the number of FOI Users from 2016 to the present.
I am pleased to inform you that your FOI request has been approved.
Please find below our response (in blue) to the query.
- What bachelor’s degrees are accepted for admission to the program? Is enrollment limited only to doctors and graduates of BS Forensic Science?
Applicants must hold a valid license to practice medicine in the Philippines issued by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Board of Medicine, and therefore, a Doctor of Medicine.
The admission process is as follows: Interview by the Admissions Committee, which shall be comprised of two UP forensic pathologists and the counterpart program proponents from Monash University.
2. Semester offering (first sem only or the applicant is allowed to apply for second semester)
Year-1, Semester-1 courses of the program will be the first courses allowed for enrollment.
3. Fees
Kindly see list of fees set with guidance from the Office of the University Registrar:
Application Fee - Php 500.
Tuition Fee/Unit - 72,000 ( 9 units)
Processing Fee - 300
Misc. and Other Fees = 2,569.50
ID - 150
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Should you remain unsatisfied with the review outcome, you retain the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).
Thank you.
Respectfully,
Foi Receiving Officer
FOI Officer
University of the Philippines Manila
