STUDY IN PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINES

In this peaceful, plural and modern society, Philippines, located in South East Asia, is a testimony to the world of what it is able to offer academically, socially, ethnically, culturally and in every other aspect of life to make the stay of any international student worth their time, money and effort. It is a fascinating and enchanting nation. The PHILIPPINES is located in Southeast Asia & is Asia's First Democratic country. It is the third largest English-speaking nation in the world after USA & UK with 90M population and 95% literacy rate. Philippines is the world's largest exporter of Nurses & second largest exporter of Doctors after India. The visitor to Metro Manila commonly sees the Philippines as the most westernized of Asian countries and in many ways it is. But there is also a rich underlay of Malay culture beneath the patina of Spanish and American heritage. National cultural life is a happy marriage of many influences, as the indigenous Malay culture is assimilated and adapted to different strains in a practice typical of Malay temperament. An upsurge of Philippines nationalism stimulated a desire to preserve the ancient heritage without restricting its openness to foreign artistic influence. It is also one of the world's largest exporter of Marine Engineers, Ship Captains & Officers. The Philippines is the only country in Southeast Asia that has an unblemished track record of racial harmony between Americans and local people.

The presence of more than 30,000 international students, in the beginning of year 2005, from many parts of the world attending schools and pursing tertiary courses ranging from Diploma to Degrees to PhD in private schools, private higher educational institutions and public universities in Philippines, signifies the confidence and acceptance of Philippines as a destination for acquiring academic qualifications. It has large number of students from India, Korea, China, Nepal.

In her quest for education excellence, Philippines has the ability to offer all international students a peaceful and friendly environment; an established education system; accredited and high quality programs; low cost of living and tuition fees; a modern infrastructure, and; an efficient transportation system running across the whole length and breadth of Philippines. You can be assured of heading home with more than just a tertiary qualification.

WHY YOU SHOULD STUDY IN PHILIPPINES

International Accredited Universities- Philippines is home of top universities that has produced worlds caliber in different fields from medicine, science, business, politics foreign studies and have hundreds of foreign enrollees and studies every year.

English as Official Language- Philippines is considered as one of the top English speaking countries and top English speaking country in Asia. English is its second official language and schools use English as their official language medium.

Low cost of living- Foreign students can enjoy balancing their lifestyle while spending less money. In the Philippines, you can rent a dormitory or an apartment unit in just less than $50 or Php2,000 a month. Not to mention the less expense in food, clothing and leisure.

Western-based Pattern of education- Education pattern and curriculum in the Philippines is westernize and modern. Since Filipinos are widely recognized in the medical field, more foreign students in the Philippines are studying Medicine, Nursing and other medical courses.

Friendly Filipinos!- The Filipinos are natural born hospitable and friendly. That’s what Filipinos are loved for. You can meet a lot of new friends easily and they will tour you around without hearing complaints or aloofness. Filipinos treat you as part of the family, will invite you to come over their house to know you better. That way, you will not miss your country so much because you know you are loved in your new community.

Education Programs Philippines education is patterned after the American system, with English as the medium of instruction. Schools are classified into public (government) or private (non-government). The educational ladder in the Philippines has a 6-4-4 structure, that is, six years of elementary or primary education , four years of  secondary education, and another four years of tertiary education for a degree program (except for some courses like Engineering, Law and Medical Sciences which require five or more years of schooling).

Protection, guaranteed!- Colleges and universities that have foreign students have more stricter protection for their foreign nationals students. 24 hour security and schools with CCTV cameras are installed around the campuses.

Leisure, Culture, and Fun!- Filipinos are known for always being happy and fun loving. The Filipinos has adapted western culture over the years due to the presence of different nationals in the country. International-owned companies are in the country like restaurants, boutiques, resorts and private companies.

Faster and Easy Visa Application- Unlike any other countries, the Philippines is much loose in terms of accepting foreign students since its aim is to provide better education and promote the education system of the country, visa is 100% sure, once you have a genuine admission letter from any designated universities

Tuition fee in Philippines is among the lowest in the world, payable per semester, about 400usd approximately 60-70k in naira per semester. Compared to tuition fee of schools in Britain, USA and other developed countries that offers similar standard of education, universities in Philippines are almost free .

HOW TO APPLY

You send a written admission letter to the school of your choice, providing the school with all the necessary documents the school request.

The documents required by most schools in Philippines include;

·         Data page of international passport

·         Age declaration from National Population Commission
·         Official Transcript of record
·         Letter of application for admission

To get admitted into any school in Philippines, you actually need an agent physically present in Philippines that will help you collect the admission letter, stamp it in their court and send the hard copy via courier DHL.

Once the admission letter and the letter from their office of consular affairs arrives Nigeria, the next step is to get the following documents;

·         Photocopy of datapage of international passport

·         Medical certificate of fitness
·         Police certificate of good character
·         Letter of sponsorship
·         Sponsor’s statement of account
·         Waec result
·         Transcript of record

The medical certificate will be authenticated at the Federal ministry of health Abuja.

The waec result, transcript of record and other educational documents will be authenticated at federal ministry of Education.

The entire documents including the one that have been authenticated will be taken to the ministry of foreign affairs for authentication.

With these documents, letter of Admission from your school and letter from their consular affairs the student will apply for visa at the Philippine embassy after paying the visa fee to the embassy. The embassy will ask you to come back in three working days to collect the visa. Isn’t it so easy?

We have representatives in Philippines that will help you process the admission, stamp the letter from consular affairs and send the document to your address in Nigeria via DHL and that will cost #120000.

We will guide you through the visa process in Nigeria and our consultation fee is #60,000 but you only pay after you have secured your visa.

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