Admission for Certificate Programs
Deadline for Admission Application
(intake: 1ST Semester, 2024-2025):
15 JULY 2024
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Admission Qualifications and Requirements for
Professional Education Certificate Program
Admission Qualifications (PECP)
To be admitted to the PECP program, the applicant must:
Be a holder of at least a baccalaureate degree from a university or college of recognized standing;
Have submitted the complete documentary requirements (see general requirements) for admission before the application deadline;
Willing to learn online using Microsoft Teams
Admission Requirements (PECP)
General Requirements:
Correctly and completely accomplished application form for Graduate Programs: (click here for the Application for Admission Form for Certificate Programs);
Scanned copy of academic credentials:
Transcript of Records (TOR). Please take note of the following:
If the applicant attended multiple schools or earned multiple degrees, the applicant must submit the TOR from the last school attended. The latest TOR should reflect all credentials from prior school/s or degree/s.
The TOR should bear the school’s dry seal and imprint, the Registrar’s signature in ink, and must bear an acceptable remark (found below). TORs without remarks are considered invalid.
If the applicant holds international scholastic records, the applicant must submit a scanned copy duly authenticated by the Philippine Foreign Service Post located in the student applicant’s country of origin or legal residence.
Scanned copy of proof of payment of application fee (non-refundable) amounting to PHP 500.00. View the payment procedures here;
Scanned copy of PSA-issued birth certificate (not NSO);
Scanned copy of an unexpired government-issued ID with photo.
Admission Procedure for Certificate Programs
Step 1: Upload the accomplished Application for Admission Form for Certificate Programs and all other admission requirements (click here: Online Submission Form for Certificate Programs).
Step 2: Wait for an email from the Office of Graduate School about the admission results. Results of the evaluation will be released after the evaluation of the respective Admissions Committee of the program and before the registration/enrollment period of the applied term.
Step 3: If admitted, mail or bring the complete and valid official admission requirements (a checklist will be provided in the acceptance email letter) to the address below on or before the end of the semester you are first enrolled in:
Office of the University Registrar
Admission Section
c/o Office of the Graduate School
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina
Rainbow Street, SSS Village, Marikina City
Philippines, 1811
List of Valid and Invalid Remarks in a TOR
Submission of valid Transcript of Records (TOR) is essential during admissions. Some schools do not provide TORs with remarks that are considered valid by PLMar. In this case, the applicant must submit a Certificate of Transfer Credentials or Certificate of Eligibility to Transfer, and Certificate of Honorable Dismissal together with the TOR with invalid remarks, and if the application for admission has been approved, the applicant will be granted admission to PLMar but will be under the Provisional admission status.
Provisional means the applicant submitted a Certificate of Transfer Credential/Eligibility to Transfer which will be used to obtain his/her valid Transcript of Records through a school-to-school transaction. The provisional status of the applicant will be changed to Regular status by the Office of the Graduate Studies to the Office of the University Registrar upon receipt of the student’s valid TOR from the previous school/university.
Valid Remarks in a TOR
The transcript is considered official and valid if it bears the school dry seal and imprint, has the signature of the Registrar, and with any of the following remarks:
A True Copy
Copy for the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina (Graduate Studies)
For Board Examination
For Enrollment Purposes Only
For Further Studies
For General Purposes Only
For Records Purposes Only
For Reference and Records Purposes
For Scholarship
Granted Honorable Dismissal
Granted Transfer Credentials
Issued for Application Purposes (admission)
Issued for DECS (for Educational Purposes)
Issued/Granted Upon Request
Issued for Professional Regulations Commission
Issued for Purpose of PD 907
Issued for Studies Abroad
Official Transcript of Records
Official Transcript of Records for your Exclusive Use
School’s Copy
Valid as Transfer Credentials
Valid for Scholarship Abroad
Valid of Transfer
Invalid Remarks in a TOR
The following remarks will make the TOR NOT valid as transfer credential:
A True Copy of Records
Certified Xerox Copy of the Original
For Employment Purposes
For Evaluation Purposes
For Reference Only
For Salary Adjustment
For Teaching Reference Only
For Use Abroad
Good for Apprenticeship Training Purposes Only
Informative Copy
Issued for Bureau of Public Schools
Not Valid as Transfer Credentials
Not Valid for School Admission
Not Valid for Transfer
Student Copy
Valid for Ranking Purpose Only