Getting started

Learn more about UPOU
If you would like to learn more about what it is like to study at UPOU, watch this series of videos recorded during the the 2018 Student Orientation. These ...
Thu, 9 Jul, 2020 at 6:14 PM
Succeeding as a distance education learner
Entering an online classroom requires you to make some adjustments. Here are some tips on how to become a successful online student: Acknowledge...
Tue, 29 Dec, 2020 at 11:59 AM
Appropriate social interactions with students, faculty, and staff
As a UP student, you are expected to know about, agree to, and abide by certain codes of conduct  there regulate appropriate and inappropriate social intera...
Mon, 20 Jul, 2020 at 10:38 AM
What are the consequences of academic dishonesty and misconduct at the University?
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud. - Sophocles (497/496 BC - 406/405 BC) Academic dishonesty is a form of misconduct. At the University of the...
Fri, 22 Jan, 2021 at 11:38 AM
Upholding academic integrity and intellectual honesty
Academic institutions everywhere value academic integrity above all. Policies for maintaining academic integrity at UPOU are based on the UP Code⇗ and on th...
Fri, 29 Jan, 2021 at 6:06 PM
Does UPOU offer scholarships and financial assistance?
Please see the website of the Office of Student Affairs for information about scholarships and financial assistance, including student loans. Their website...
Thu, 17 Oct, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Can other people communicate on my behalf regarding my affairs at the University?
If you are of the age of majority in the country in which you reside (in the case of the Philippines, this would be 18 years old), then your parents or any ...
Tue, 11 Jan, 2022 at 3:33 AM
How do I get an adviser?
Other than your MMS 200 capstone project adviser, there are no advisers at UPOU. All your program planning is done in a self-directed way via the Google Cla...
Mon, 7 Sep, 2020 at 12:16 PM
Are there any student organizations or associations I can join?
As of April 18, 2024, the Committee for Accreditation of Student Organizations (CASO) at the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) officia...
Thu, 17 Oct, 2024 at 9:24 AM
How to participate in discussion forums at UPOU
Holding a conversation over a discussion forum can be difficult because we lack many of the non-verbal cues (timing, silences, bodily gestures, facial expre...
Mon, 27 Sep, 2021 at 9:34 PM