TL;DR: University of the East's own SY 2026-2027 fee schedules show first-semester tuition and fees for incoming freshmen running from about ₱52,000 (Engineering, Arts and Sciences) to ₱68,500 (Accountancy), across both the Manila and Caloocan campuses. UE is freezing tuition rates for the year and cut its enrollment down payment to ₱1,000 for early enrollees. UERM, UE's medical school, doesn't publish its MD tuition in readable form online, so that figure is not verified here. UE also runs its own scholarship program and accepts CHED's national tuition grant.
Why UE tuition is worth breaking down by campus and program
"University of the East tuition fee" is a broad search because UE isn't one price tag. It's a system with two undergraduate campuses (Manila on Recto Avenue, and Caloocan) plus a separate medical center, and each college inside those campuses bills differently depending on lecture and laboratory units. A Political Science major and a Computer Engineering major at the same campus can pay meaningfully different amounts in the same semester.
This guide uses UE's own official, currently posted fee schedules for incoming freshmen, School Year 2026-2027, to lay out real ranges by program and campus, rather than a single average number that hides the spread. It also covers UERM (UE Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center) briefly, since many families searching for UE tuition are actually trying to find out about the med school, plus scholarships and the basics of getting admitted. Where UE hasn't published an exact figure, we say so instead of guessing.
A note before the numbers: tuition and fees change every school year and can shift by year level and unit load. Treat the figures below as a planning reference for incoming freshmen, and verify the exact current amount with the UE registrar or cashier before you commit to enrollment.
How much is tuition at University of the East?
First-semester tuition and fees for incoming freshmen at UE range from about ₱52,000 to ₱68,500, based on UE's own official fee schedules published for SY 2026-2027. Programs are billed by unit load (typically 18 to 26 units in first semester), so lab-heavy or unit-heavy courses like Accountancy cost more than lecture-focused programs like Political Science.
| College / Program | Campus | Units | 1st Sem Total (Full Payment) |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS Accountancy / Mgmt Accounting | Manila | 26 | ₱67,744 |
| BSBA Marketing Management | Manila | 23 | ₱61,174 |
| BSBA Business / Financial Management | Manila | 23 | ₱58,230 |
| BS Civil Engineering | Manila | 19 | ₱52,519 |
| BS Civil Engineering | Caloocan | 19 | ₱52,118 |
| BS Electrical Engineering | Caloocan | 20 | ₱57,533 |
| BS Computer Science / IT | Caloocan | 20 | ₱54,973 |
| BS Biology | Manila (Arts & Sciences) | 21 | ₱60,462 |
| BS Hospitality / Tourism Mgmt, BA Political Science, BS Psychology | Manila (Arts & Sciences) | 20 | ₱53,543 |
| BS Medical Technology | Manila (Arts & Sciences) | 19 | ₱55,750 |
Figures above are full-payment totals due upon enrollment, sourced directly from UE's official college-by-college fee schedule PDFs for incoming freshmen, SY 2026-2027. UE's schedule bundles tuition with other fees into one total rather than publishing a separate per-unit tuition rate, so we can't break out an exact peso-per-unit figure from official sources; treat the totals above as the verified number instead.
Quotable stat: First-semester tuition and fees for incoming freshmen at UE Manila's College of Business Administration run from ₱58,230 to ₱67,744, per the university's official CBA fee schedule for SY 2026-2027.
UE Manila vs UE Caloocan: what's actually different?
Tuition itself barely differs. Comparing UE's own Engineering fee schedules, UE Caloocan's BS Civil Engineering runs ₱52,118 for first semester versus ₱52,519 at University of the East Manila, and Electrical Engineering runs ₱57,533 at Caloocan versus ₱57,980 at Manila. The gap across engineering programs is generally a few hundred pesos, not thousands.
What differs more is program mix and campus identity. UE Caloocan, established in 1954 on Samson Road and now serving over 19,000 undergraduates, has its own College of Fine Arts, Architecture and Design (including a Bachelor of Multimedia Arts) that Manila does not offer. UE Manila's Computer Studies and Systems runs as its own college separate from Engineering, while Caloocan bundles Computer Science and Information Technology fee-wise alongside Engineering. Both campuses share the same College of Business Administration, College of Arts and Sciences, and College of Engineering structure otherwise.
Quotable stat: Engineering programs at UE Caloocan range from ₱52,118 to ₱66,175 for the first semester (18-24 units), based on UE's official College of Engineering fee schedule.
What does UE's tuition fee actually cover, and how do you pay it?
UE's published fee schedule for incoming freshmen already includes tuition plus other fees charged at enrollment, not tuition alone. Beyond the total shown per program, UE offers an installment scheme on top of the full-payment option.
| Payment Option | What It Covers |
|---|---|
| Full payment upon enrollment | Program total shown in the table above |
| Installment down payment | ₱8,500, standard across most college programs |
| Monthly installments | Remaining balance split into 4 equal payments (2nd-5th month) |
| Late installment penalty | ₱48 per late due date, cumulative; 5% of balance after the final due date |
For SY 2026-2027 specifically, UE cut the enrollment down payment to just ₱1,000 for incoming freshmen who enroll early, through May 30, 2026, according to UE's own announcement covered by GMA News. UE President Zosimo Battad said the move, along with waiving the UE College Entrance Test for qualified applicants, was meant to help students "begin their college education with fewer financial and procedural barriers in these difficult times." UE also confirmed it is freezing tuition and miscellaneous fee rates across basic education, college, and graduate levels for the year, meaning no increase versus the prior school year.
Books, uniforms, and program-specific supplies are not itemized in UE's public fee schedule, so budget for those separately based on your specific course.
How much is tuition at UERM, UE's medical school?
We can't tell you an exact peso figure here, and we're not going to guess one. UERM (University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center) publishes its Doctor of Medicine tuition schedule only as an embedded image file on its own registrar and College of Medicine pages, which isn't extractable as verified text for this guide. If you need the current MD tuition figure, contact UERM's College of Medicine office directly rather than relying on third-party estimates, since figures circulating on international MBBS-consultancy sites for UERM are aimed at foreign applicants and may not reflect actual Filipino-student rates.
What is verified: UERM's College of Medicine is the first and only private medical school in the Philippines with a Level IV PAASCU-accredited program, the highest accreditation tier PAASCU grants, and it's also recognized by the Department of Science and Technology as a Center of Excellence in Research. The MD program is post-baccalaureate, meaning applicants need a completed bachelor's degree first, and admission requires an NMAT (National Medical Admission Test) score alongside transcripts, a certificate of good moral character, and letters of recommendation. UERM operates as a separate institution from UE's Manila and Caloocan undergraduate campuses, located in Quezon City.
Does University of the East offer scholarships?
Yes. UE runs its own UE-Tan Yan Kee Foundation Inc. (UE-TYKFI) Scholarship, administered through a qualifying exam and open to incoming college freshmen at both the Manila and Caloocan campuses, per UE's own scholarship announcements. UE's scholarships page lists additional grants for financially disadvantaged but academically qualified students, student-athletes, and members of recognized school organizations, though exact coverage amounts and GWA cutoffs for each program weren't itemized on the pages reviewed for this guide, so confirm specifics with UE's Scholarships Office.
Separately, UE also accepts the Commission on Higher Education's grant-in-aid program under Republic Act 10931 (the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act), which provides qualified students up to ₱20,000 per school year toward tuition and other fees at any CHED-recognized public or private higher education institution, UE included. This is a national program, not a UE-specific one, so eligibility and application go through CHED rather than the UE Admissions Office.
What are the admission requirements at UE?
For SY 2026-2027, UE waived the UE College Entrance Test (UE CET) for qualified applicants, letting public and private senior high school graduates who meet documentary and academic requirements skip the exam entirely, according to UE's own announcement. This is a change from UE's historical practice of requiring the CET for all incoming freshmen, so confirm with UE Admissions whether the waiver still applies for your intended enrollment year before assuming you can skip it. Classes for SY 2026-2027 begin July 23, 2026, per UE's published academic calendar.
Quotable stat: UE is freezing tuition and lowering the enrollment down payment to ₱1,000 for early enrollees through May 30, 2026, according to a GMA News report on UE's SY 2026-2027 admission policy.
How to choose: is UE the right fit for your budget?
- Match your program to the table above. Business and Accountancy programs sit at the higher end (~₱67,700), while most Engineering and Arts and Sciences programs land closer to ₱52,000-61,000 for first semester.
- Double the first-semester figure for a rough annual estimate, keeping in mind second-semester totals can shift slightly with different unit loads.
- If your budget ceiling is well under ₱50,000 per semester, compare UE against other affordable colleges in the Philippines, including free state university options.
- If you're specifically weighing a medical career, read our broader medical school tuition in the Philippines guide alongside contacting UERM directly, since UERM's own MD tuition isn't confirmed here.
- Apply for the UE-TYKFI scholarship or CHED grant-in-aid before committing to full-price tuition if your family qualifies, since either can meaningfully cut your out-of-pocket cost.
- Ask about the SY 2026-2027 down payment reduction and CET waiver early, since both are time-bound policies tied to specific enrollment dates.
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Sources
- University of the East official School Fees page — directory of official fee schedule PDFs by college
- UE Manila College of Business Administration fee schedule, SY 2026-2027 (via ue.edu.ph/mla) — Accountancy, Management Accounting, and BSBA program totals
- UE Manila College of Arts and Sciences fee schedule, SY 2026-2027 (via ue.edu.ph/mla) — Biology, Hospitality, Tourism, Political Science, Psychology, and Medical Technology totals
- UE Manila College of Engineering fee schedule, SY 2026-2027 (via ue.edu.ph/mla) — Civil, Computer, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering totals
- UE Caloocan College of Engineering fee schedule, SY 2026-2027 (via ue.edu.ph/mla) — Engineering and Computer Science/IT totals
- GMA News: "UE maintains tuition rates, lowers enrollment down payment to P1K, waives college entrance test for SY 2026-27" — tuition freeze, down payment change, CET waiver, President Battad quote
- Wikipedia: University of the East — founding history, CHED autonomous status, campus locations
- Wikipedia: University of the East Caloocan — Caloocan campus history, enrollment, and college structure
- UERM College of Medicine page — PAASCU Level IV accreditation, DOST Center of Excellence recognition
- UERM College of Medicine admission requirements — NMAT and document requirements
- University of the East scholarships page — UE-TYKFI scholarship and general scholarship offerings
A note on these figures: all tuition figures above are UE's own estimates for incoming freshmen and are subject to change; UERM's medical tuition could not be independently verified from a readable source at the time of writing. Confirm current, exact amounts with the relevant UE or UERM office before enrolling.
