THE Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) has updated the list of freshmen students eligible for admission for Academic Year 2021-2022.
Recognizing the right of every Filipino citizen to free quality tertiary education, the university will welcome more than 6,000 applicants for the new school year.
“[We are] taking yet another bold step of accepting a high number of students despite the pandemic,” President Emmanuel Leyco of PLM said. “As a publicly funded academic institution, PLM recognizes the right of Filipinos to [access] quality education, and help them realize their dreams to become professionals and leaders in their chosen fields.”
Leyco added, “This recognition becomes especially important amid the unprecedented challenges brought about by the…pandemic,” he added.
The updated list of admitted freshmen may be viewed via https://web1.plm.edu.ph/crs/admission/plmat2021PassersList_updated.php
Course assignments were determined based on student preference and academic qualifications, as well as PLM’s technical capabilities and academic resources.
Two-thirds of the successful applicants are female. Bulk of the incoming students are residents of the City of Manila, in keeping with the university’s mandate of providing access to education for local residents.
Nearly half of them pursued the science, technology, engineering and mathematics strand, or STEM, in high school, followed by about one-fourth who took up accountancy, business and management.
By academic unit, the PLM Business School will accept 28 percent of the incoming freshmen, followed by the College of Engineering and Technology (23 percent), and the College of Education (14 percent). Top course choices were accountancy, civil engineering, nursing and psychology.
Online freshmen enrollment already started on July 19 through the PLM web site. Students should expect that the upcoming semester will continue to be administered through virtual and distance learning methods, as the local pandemic outbreak has yet to be contained, and mass gatherings remain limited.
Since its creation in 1965, PLM continues to fulfill its mandate of contributing to nation-building through the provision of quality education to the Filipino youth.