Admission Requirements

School basic policies, rules and regulations

Article 1. Academic policies, rules, and regulations

No student shall be denied admission to the Sulu State College because of his or her gender, nationality, religion, political affiliation, or physical disability (Sec. 12, RA 8292). All students who seek education in the undergraduate programs of the Sulu State College must comply with all the admission requirements as well as the program's specific admission and retention policies.

Section 1. Classification of students

1.1 Based on admission

The students are classified as follows:

• New student. A student who is enrolled in the State College for the first time.
• Transferee. A student who finished a degree program or partly finished his course in another degree or pursue a degree in the State College.
• Cross-enrollees. A student who is currently enrolled in another school who is permitted to enroll in the State College to earn credit units or vice versa.
• Foreign student. A student whose citizenship is not a Filipino who intends to enroll any degree program in the State College.

1.2 Based on programs

The students are classified as follows:

• Secondary student. A student who is enrolled in the Basic Education program of the State College.
• Undergraduate student. A student who is enrolled in any baccalaureate degree/program.
• Graduate student. A student who is enrolled in any post baccalaureate degree/program.

1.3 Based on curriculum level placement

The students are classified as follows:

• Freshmen. A student who is taking up the first year or 25% of the total number of units required in his curriculum.
• Sophomore. A student who has satisfactorily completed the prescribed subjects of the first year of his curriculum or has not less than 25% nor more than 50% of the total number of units required in the entire course.
• Junior. A student who has completed the prescribed subjects of the first years of his curriculum or has finished not less than 50% nor more than 70% of the total number of units required in his entire course.
• Senior. A student who has completed the prescribed subjects of the first, second, and third years of the curriculum, or has finished not less than 75% of the total number of units required in his entire course.

1.4 Based on academic loads

• Regular. A student who carries the prescribed academic load in a given semester in the curriculum for which he is enrolled.
• Irregular. A student who carries less than the prescribed academic load in a given semester in the curriculum for which he is enrolled.

Article 2. Admission requirements, retention policies and scholastic delinquency

Section 1. General admission requirements

No student shall be denied admission to the College by reason of age, sex, race, religion or political affiliations. Every applicant for admission in the College shall meet all the prescribed minimum requirements as:

1.1 Incoming first year

• 1.1.1 Form 138, FORM 137-A or Senior High School Card with LRN
• 1.1.2 Certificate of Good Moral Character
• 1.1.3 Certificate of Completion
• 1.1.4 2 copies of photocopy PSA Authenticated Birth Certificate (Original)
• 1.1.5 PSA Authenticated Marriage Certificate (for married women)
• 1.1.6 Permit to study in case of employed students in the government or in private agencies
• 1.1.7 Must pass the qualifying examination (if any)
• 1.1.8 2 pcs. 1×1 and 4 pcs. 2×2 pictures with name tag and white background
• 1.1.9 Students shall not be admitted for enrolment without complete admission requirements

1.2 Transferees

• 1.2.1 Certificate of Eligibility to Transfer (Honorable Dismissal)
• 1.2.2 True Copy of Grades
• 1.2.3 Certificate of Good Moral Character
• 1.2.4 PSA Authenticated Birth Certificate (Original)
• 1.2.5 PSA Authenticated Marriage Certificate (Original)
• 1.2.6 Permit to study in case of employed students in the government or in private agencies
• 1.2.7 Must pass the entrance examination (if any)
• 1.2.8 Latest 2×2 colored ID picture with white background
• 1.2.9 The admission of transferees shall be on a probation basis until such time that the Official Transcript of Records from the last school attended is received by the Office of the University Registrar
• 1.2.10 Students shall not be admitted for enrolment without complete admission requirements.

1.3 Cross enrollees

• 1.3.1 Permit to cross-enroll
• 1.3.2 Certificate of Good Moral Character

1.4 Graduate students

• 1.4.1 Certificate of Eligibility to Transfer (Honorable Dismissal)
• 1.4.2 True Copy of Grades
• 1.4.3 Certificate of Good Moral Character
• 1.4.4 PSA Authenticated Birth Certificate (Original)
• 1.4.5 PSA Authenticated Marriage Certificate (for married women)
• 1.4.6 Latest 2×2 colored ID picture with white background
• 1.4.7 Permit to study in case of employed students in the government
• 1.4.8 Must pass the Graduate Aptitude Test (GSAT), if one is administered.
• 1.4.9 Students shall not be admitted for enrolment without complete admission requirements.

1.5 Foreign students

• 1.5.1 Original transcript of records in English (OTR)
• 1.5.2 Personal data
• 1.5.3 Alien Certificate of Registration
• 1.5.4 Student visa
• 1.5.5 Original passport
• 1.5.6 Affidavit of financial support
• 1.5.7 Must meet all the requirements prescribed by the DFA and the Bureau of Immigration; and
• 1.5.8 Non-refundable application fee of one hundred US dollars (US$100.00)

1.6 High school

• 1.6.1 Form 138-A
• 1.6.2 Certificate of Good Moral Character
• 1.6.3 Original PSA Birth Certificate
• 1.6.4 Must pass the entrance examination (for freshman students); and
• 1.6.5 Marriage Certificate (for married female students)

Section 2. General retention policies / scholastic delinquency

2.1 An applicant with some lacking admission requirements may be guided according to the following standards in determining his status basing from his deficiencies and failures:

• 2.1.1 A student must pass at least 75% of the total number of units rolled during the semester.
• 2.1.2 When a student incurs a failing mark in less than 50% of the total unit he enrolled, he is under probation;
• 2.1.3 When a student incurs a failing mark in less than 50% of the units enrolled he is given a warning by the Dean concerned.
• 2.1.4 A student who obtains an “INC” mark in 50% of his normal load shall be placed on probation status for the succeeding semester.
• 2.1.5 A student who is given two warnings will be under probation;
• 2.1.6 A student who is on probation status shall be allowed to enroll at least 15 units;
• 2.1.7 When a student fails 75% to 100% of the total units he is enrolled; he shall be dismissed permanently from the school;
• 2.1.8 For a student to enroll in major courses, he must qualify for the school’s internal policy; and
• 2.1.9 Promotion and retention in the Laboratory High School Department shall follow the scheme prescribed by the Department of Education.