Quezon City University runs a short course list. Eight undergraduate degrees, five colleges, no graduate school. That is unusual for a university with three campuses, and it is the single most useful thing to know before you apply, because most of the aggregator pages that rank for "QCU courses" pad the list with hospitality, tourism and vocational entries that QCU does not confer as degrees.
Here is what QCU itself publishes, where its own pages disagree with each other, and the parts of the admission process that decide whether you get the programme you asked for. Address, contacts and level flags are on the Quezon City University - Main profile.
The eight degrees, by college
| College | Degree |
|---|---|
| College of Accountancy | Bachelor of Science in Accountancy (BSA) |
| College of Business | Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship (BS Entrep) |
| College of Education | Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (BECEd) |
| College of Engineering | Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering (BSIE) |
| College of Engineering | Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering (BSECE) |
| College of Computer Studies | Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) |
| College of Computer Studies | Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (BSCS) |
| College of Computer Studies | Bachelor of Science in Information Systems (BSIS) |
That is the full published offering. There is no nursing, no criminology, no hospitality management, no law, no teacher-education degree beyond early childhood.
The count depends on which QCU page you read
QCU's Colleges and Courses Offered page lists six programmes and stops at BSIT for the computing unit. Its College of Computer Studies page lists three computing degrees, adding BS Computer Science and BS Information Systems. A separate university page mapping sustainability content to academic programmes also names all eight. The Quezon City government's own page on QCU says six.
The safest reading is that the computing college has grown and the summary page has not caught up. If BSCS or BSIS is your target, confirm with the QCU Admissions Office that it is open for intake in the cycle you are applying to. Do not assume from a page that has not been dated.
What QCU says about each programme
QCU names the CHED memorandum order behind several of its programmes, which is more transparency than most local universities offer and is worth using.
- BS Accountancy follows an outcomes-based curriculum "as prescribed by the Commission on Higher Education and in accordance with CMO No. 27, series of 2017". QCU states plainly that the programme qualifies graduates for the Certified Public Accountant licensure examination under the Accountancy Act of 2004. If accountancy is the goal, our BS Accountancy guide covers what the CPALE actually asks for.
- BS Entrepreneurship is anchored on CHED Memorandum No. 18, series of 2017. There is no licensure examination for entrepreneurship. QCU's stated programme goal is that graduates set up, manage and operate a business within two to five years of graduating, or take a managerial position in business development or corporate planning.
- BS Industrial Engineering follows CMO No. 96, series of 2017, and BS Electronics Engineering follows CMO No. 101, series of 2018. Both are board programmes leading to Professional Regulation Commission licensure examinations. See the BS Industrial Engineering guide and the BS Electronics Engineering guide for what those exams cover.
- Bachelor of Early Childhood Education is described by QCU as a four-year programme built around early childhood care and education, with practicum placements in cooperating institutions. The BS Early Childhood Education guide explains where it sits relative to BEEd and the Licensure Examination for Teachers.
QCU also posts downloadable curricula for BSA and BS Entrepreneurship keyed to the academic year a student entered, which is the right way to publish them. Curriculum changes are not retroactive, so the version that applies to you is the one for your entry year.
Accreditation, and what the level actually means
The Quezon City government reports that four QCU programmes hold accreditation from the Association of Local Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation, with BS Entrepreneurship at Level 3 and the others at Level 2 re-accredited status, valid through December 2027.
ALCUCOA is the accrediting body used by local universities and colleges; it is not the same as PAASCU or PACUCOA, which private schools use. A Level 2 or Level 3 status tells you the programme has been through an external review round. It does not tell you the board passing rate, and QCU does not publish one.
Admission: QCUCAT, then an interview, then a ranking
This is the part the directory listings never cover, and it is where applications actually fail.
Who can take the QCUCAT. QCU's published qualification list covers Grade 12 students expected to graduate at the end of the academic year, senior high school graduates, ALS Accreditation and Equivalency passers from 2016 to 2018 who are eligible for college admission, and high school graduates from the old curriculum of AY 2015-2016 and earlier.
The general admission policy. QCU requires that an applicant passes the QCU Admission Test, holds a general weighted average of at least 80 per cent, is of good moral character, is physically and mentally fit for college study, graduated from a DepEd-accredited high school, and passes the department interview. Applicants must also submit all pre-admission requirements and agree to abide by the university's scholastic standards.
Then you get ranked. QCU's own wording: qualified applicants for a given campus are ranked according to their ratings and the available slots in their preferred programme, and applicants who do not qualify for their first choice of degree programme or campus are channelled to their second or third choice depending on the availability of slots. Your second and third choices are not filler. Fill them in as if you will get them, because you might.
Documentary traps QCU flags itself. Applicants who did not enrol in the year immediately after graduating must present an affidavit of non-enrolment in a technical or degree programme at another university. Applicants from schools that issue pass or fail grades rather than numerical ones must present a certificate of non-issuance of numerical grades from their registrar. And QCU warns repeatedly that creating multiple accounts or multiple applications invalidates the evaluation result and is grounds for disqualification.
Timing. QCU has run the application window in February and March. For AY 2025-2026 the published period was 12 February to 15 March 2025, with document submission and permit claiming at the San Bartolome campus. The AY 2026-2027 application link was posted in late February 2026. Do not treat either as the schedule for the next cycle. QCU announces the window on its own announcements page each year.
Transferees, second-degree takers and returnees
QCU admits all three categories, subject to slots, and treats them differently from freshmen.
Transferees are students who enrolled in a degree programme elsewhere, or who enrolled in or graduated from a one- or two-year technical-vocational course. Second-degree takers are applicants who already hold a college degree from a CHED-recognised institution; QCU credits at most 50 per cent of units earned, after verification by the college dean, and states outright that second-degree takers are not qualified for the CHED UniFAST scholarship. Both categories are admitted on probation for their first semester.
Returnees are former QCU students who were not enrolled in the immediately preceding semester, and they must go through the returnee admission process before they can enrol again.
Tuition
QCU does not publish a tuition or fee schedule on its website. It is a local university funded by the Quezon City government, and its own admission documents point applicants at CHED UniFAST, the body that administers free higher education in state and local universities under Republic Act 10931. The only fee position QCU states explicitly is the negative one: second-degree takers do not qualify for the subsidy.
If you are comparing free or near-free options in the city, free colleges in Quezon City and free city universities in Metro Manila set out how the local-university route works and who is eligible.
One practical warning
At the time of writing, the QCU website is serving a maintenance page and its content is only reachable through archived copies. That is a real problem for applicants, because the admission announcements live there. If the site is down when you need it, the Quezon City government's page on the university carries campus addresses and office hours, and the QCU Admissions Office at the San Bartolome campus is the fallback. Do not substitute a third-party course directory for the university's own announcement.
Sources
- Quezon City University, The Colleges and Courses Offered — https://qcu.edu.ph/academics/colleges-and-courses-offered/
- Quezon City University, College of Accountancy — https://qcu.edu.ph/academics/colleges-and-courses-offered/college-of-accountancy/
- Quezon City University, College of Business — https://qcu.edu.ph/academics/colleges-and-courses-offered/college-of-business/
- Quezon City University, College of Engineering — https://qcu.edu.ph/academics/colleges-and-courses-offered/college-of-engineering/
- Quezon City University, College of Education — https://qcu.edu.ph/academics/colleges-and-courses-offered/college-of-education/
- Quezon City University, College of Information Technology (College of Computer Studies) — https://qcu.edu.ph/academics/colleges-and-courses-offered/college-of-information-technology/
- Quezon City University, Sustainability Courses Offered in QCU Academic Programs — https://qcu.edu.ph/sustainability-courses-offered-in-quezon-city-university-academic-programs/
- Quezon City University, Procedure on QCU College Admission Application — https://qcu.edu.ph/procedure-on-qcu-college-admission-application/
- Quezon City University, QCU College Admission Test Application Link for A.Y. 2026-2027 — https://qcu.edu.ph/qcu-college-admission-test-application-link-for-a-y-2026-2027/
- Quezon City University, QCUCAT 2025 application announcement — https://qcu.edu.ph/quezon-city-university-is-now-accepting-applications-for-the-qcu-college-admission-test-qcucat-2025/
- Quezon City Government, Quezon City University (QCU) — https://quezoncity.gov.ph/quezon-city-university-qcu/
