THE University of the Philippines (UP) will hold its face-to-face admission test in 2023, the first time since the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic broke in 2020.The UPCAT for first-year admission in Academic Year (AY) 2024-2025 will be held on June 3 and 4, 2023 in almost a hundred testing centers across the country, UP said in a statement.Current grade 11 students who are expected to graduate from senior high school at the end of the AY 2023-2024 are qualified to take the exam.The application will begin in March 2023.“The early opening of applications for UPCAT 2024 and the holding of the UPCAT in June will ensure the timely release of results in light of the anticipated large increase in applications,” the UP said.“The University Councils (UCs), composed of the chancellor, professors, associate professors, and assistant professors of each UP constituent university, will meet to refine the details of the administration of UPCAT 2024,” it added. (SunStar Philippines)