Academic Information

The PUP Graduate School conducts its program on a semester basis in an Academic Year. Time schedule is done on weekdays and including Saturdays and Sundays. The program duration spans one (1) to two (2) years.

Manner of Instruction Delivery
Formal Lectures, Tutorials, Independent Study, Immersion

Assessments/Examinations

Examinations
The maximum period for each final examination shall be two (2) hours.

No faculty member shall change the schedule of examination unless otherwise authorized by the Dean of the Graduate School.

Grades
Any student receiving a grade below 1.75 (for Doctoral degree) and 2.0 (for Master's Degree) in any of his course requirements  will either have to repeat the course or take a substitute course in the same discipline or area with the approval of the Graduate School Dean. However for purposes of graduation, the overall grade in the academic course should be 2.0 for Master's Degree and 1.75 for doctor degree.

The grading system for qualifying courses shall be either “P” (Pass) or “N” (No Credit), the number of units shall be indicated in parentheses.

Grading System
The following rating system shall be adopted by the Graduate School:

Doctoral degree
1.00 - Excellent
1.25 - Very Good
1.50 - Good
1.75 - Passed

Below 1.75 - Failed Incomplete (Lack of course requirement i.e., failed to take the examination and/or submit other requirements)

Master's Degree
1.00 - Excellent
1.25 - Very Good
1.50 - Good
1.75 - Satisfactory
2.00 - Passed

Below 2.00 - Failed Incomplete (Lack of course requirement i.e., failed to take the examination and/or submit other requirements)

Incomplete Grades
A student whose course work is incomplete at the time the grade was submitted shall be given a grade of Incomplete (INC). If he fails to complete the course work within one (1) year from the issuance of the grade of INC, the grade lapses to No Credit (N).

A student who voluntarily drops a course he is registered in automatically receives “W” when he files a Withdrawal Form at any time up to the last day of the last week of class prior to the final examination.

A student who has two or more “Incomplete” grades shall not be allowed to enroll until he has removed his “Incomplete” grades.

Graduate Credit for Participants in Seminars, Internships, and other Training Programs
Participants in training programs who are bachelor’s degree holders and who have completed at least one hundred (100) hours of training may be credited with a maximum of six (6) units in the courses pursued on the graduate level subject to the conditions set in Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Order No. 7, s. 1995, dated March 1, 1995 re: Criteria for the Accreditation of Seminar Workshops/Trainings Attended for Credit in the Graduate Programs.