Studying in the Philippines
- universities
- 3
- courses
- 28
- English-taught
- 14
- scholarships
- 2
StudyPath lists 3 universities in the Philippines and 28 courses between them, 14 of which are taught in English. The cheapest verified fee is about US$814 a year, at UP Diliman. 1 of these universities publish their own accommodation prices. Every figure was read from the university's own published page and last checked on 2026-09-04.
What the fee figure leaves out
A published fee is not what you pay
16 courses here, across 3 universities, carry a sourced note about a cost the headline figure does not include — a compulsory contribution, an income-tested scale, an annual increase that applies from year two, a rule about who qualifies. The most widely shared of them:
Beyond tuition and fees, UP Diliman's own guidance for foreign/international undergraduates estimates total personal living costs (lodging, board, school materials, personal allowances, and laundry) at about PHP 103,000-112,000 for one year (two semesters), not including travel or clothing.
“Total P 103,000 - 112,000 (This does not include travel, clothing, and other incidental expenses).”
UP Diliman · read from General Information for Undergraduate Foreign / International Applicants | UP Diliman Office of the University Registrar. Open any course on that page to see the sentence it came from.
What it costs
Annual international tuition, converted to US dollars so the two ends compare. The published figure in its own currency is the authoritative one.
How the Philippines compares with other countries
Ranked against every other country on StudyPath. Countries charge in different currencies, so these figures are converted to US dollars and are approximate; the published figure, in its own currency, is on each university's page.
| Philippines | Among countries | Range across countries | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowest international tuition you would paya year, cheapest course that charges anything | ~US$814at UP Diliman | 6th lowest of 64 countries | ~US$207 (France) to ~US$27,300 (Hong Kong) |
| Tuition-free degrees we listpublished at zero for international students | None | 7 countries have some | 931 in Germany at most |
| Cheapest student housing a university publishesfor a year, from the lowest rate on its own site | ~US$287at UP Diliman | 11th lowest of 66 countries | Free (Saudi Arabia) to ~US$12,000 (Iceland) |
Converted to US dollars at the site's exchange rates of 13 Sept 2026. A fee or rent published per term, month or week is scaled to a year, and housing is counted for twelve months of holding the room. The living-cost figure is what an immigration authority requires a student visa applicant to show, taken as a year; the UK's, for example, covers at most nine months, so this overstates it. See student finance for each country's exact wording.
Universities in the Philippines
Ranked universities first, then the rest by how many courses they publish. Unranked never means worse — it means QS has not measured it.