The UP Asian Center is releasing its guidelines for the First Semester, Academic Year 2025-2026. We are currently implementing Phase 3 of the curriculum revisions for our Asian Studies and Philippine Studies programs. Click on the button below.  

VIEW THE ASIAN CENTER REGISTRATION KIT

REGISTRATION PERIOD AND START OF CLASSES

The regular registration period is from 6 to 9 August 2025. Classes will start on 11 August 2025. Results of the online waitlisting will also be available during the registration period. Face-to-face transactions are highly encouraged. For more information about the enrollment process, click here.

To view the BOR Approved Academic Calendar, click here.

NEW ASIAN STUDIES AND PHILIPPINE STUDIES CURRICULA

The UP Asian Center started implementing the revised curricula for its Asian Studies and Philippine Studies programs to newly admitted Asian Center students starting the Second Semester, AY 2024-2025. Old students following the older versions of the curriculum can still take new or revised courses as may be appropriate for their program of study.

During this transition to the revised curricula, AC students admitted during the Second Semester AY 2023-2024 will follow Phase 2 (refer to Guidelines for the 2nd Semester, AY 23-24 are out now!) of the curriculum, students admitted during the First Semester AY 2023-2024 will follow Phase 1 (refer to "Here are the guidelines for the 1st Semester, AY 2023-2024!"), while old students will follow the old curriculum.

FACE-TO-FACE AND ONLINE SESSIONS

The UP Asian Center will continue to hold classes with a partly-online and partly-onsite arrangement for the First Semester, AY 2025—2026. The number of face-to-face and online sessions for each class will depend on the pedagogical preference of the instructor and in consideration of students’ circumstances. Classes may be conducted following any of the instruction modes/formats below.

    A.   Scheduled face-to-face classes; mostly online sessions;
    B.   Full face-to-face classes (limited to a few classes);
    C.   Combination of face-to-face, online, and asynchronous sessions; and
    D.   Fully online (limited to a few classes)

To view the courses and their modalities offered for the first semester, AY 2025-2026, please click the button above.
For more information about the academic policies at UP Diliman, please click here.

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The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman offers M.A. degrees in Asian Studies with four fields of specialization: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. The UP Asian Center also has an M.A. program in Philippine Studies that allows students to major in Philippine society and culture, Philippine foreign relations, or Philippine development studies. It also offers a Ph.D. program in Philippine Studies in conjunction with the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy. For an overview of these graduate programs, click here. As an area studies institution, the Asian Center also publishes Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia, the latest issue of which can be downloaded at the journal's website. For other news and upcoming events at the Asian Center, click here.