Eligibility Requirements Documentary Requirements
Selection Criteria Financial Assistance
Downloadable Forms

CHED Medical Scholarship and Return Service for AY 2025-2026 is now accepting new applications!

The deadline for submitting your application to the SUC has been extended until 11 November 2025.

OVERVIEW

Legal Bases: Republic Act (R.A.) No. 11509, otherwise known as the “Doktor Para sa Bayan Act”

Implementing Guidelines:

Scope and Coverage:

This program shall be accessible to qualified and deserving Filipino students who are willing to undertake the mandatory return service, preferably but not limited to those who are: 

  1. residing in municipality without government physicians;
  2. residing in Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA) or from the top twenty percent (20%) provinces and/or municipalities as identified by the PSA, calamity-prone and conflict areas;
  3. residing in low-income class municipalities with high poverty incidence;
  4. belonging to the ethnic group or indigenous population/communities as certified by respective local government units and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP);
  5. dependents of community health volunteers; and 
  6. those whose combined annual family income is less than Php450,000.00.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

  1. Filipino citizen residing in the Philippines
  2. Graduating student or a graduate of an appropriate undergraduate program identified as a prerequisite for a Doctor of Medicine degree and currently enrolled in Doctor of Medicine degree, from any HEIs duly recognized by the CHED, including a direct entrant to the integrated liberal arts and medicine (INTARMED) program; 
  3. Obtained a National Medical Admission Test (NMAT) score mandated by the CHED and required by the SUC/PHEI; and
  4. Passed the entrance examinations and complied with other related requirements for admission into a Doctor of Medicine degree in any of the following SUCs/PHEIs:

A. List of Participating State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) effective Academic Year 2025-2026

Region Name of HEI
I Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU)
Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU)
University of Northern Philippines (UNP)
II Cagayan State University (CSU)
Isabela State University (ISU)
III Bulacan State University (BulSU)
Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology (NEUST)
IV Batangas State University (BatSU)
Cavite State University (CVSU)
MIMAROPA Palawan State University (PSU)
V Bicol University (BU)
VI West Visayas State University (WVSU)
VII Bohol Island State University (BISU)
Cebu Normal University – Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (CNU-VSMMC)
VIII Samar State University – Samar Island Institute of Medicine (SSU-SSI)
University of the Philippines School of Health Sciences (UPSHS)
IX Western Mindanao State University (WMSU)
X University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTSP)
XI University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP)
XII Mindanao State University (MSU) – General Santos City
Sultan Kudarat State University (SKSU)
University of Southern Mindanao (USM)
CARAGA Caraga State University (CSU)
BARMM Mindanao State University (MSU) Marawi
NCR University of the Philippines (UP) Manila

B. List of Designated Partner Private Higher Education Institutions (PHEIs)

Region Name of HEI
NIR University of Saint La Salle (USLS) – Bacolod
CAR Saint Louis University (SLU)

 

Ongoing MSRS scholars who are approved from AY 2021-2022 to AY 2023-2024
and are enrolled in the following medical schools will not be affected:

Region Name of HEI
II St. Paul University Philippines – Tuguegaroa
IV Adventist University of the Philippines
De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute
VI Central Philippine University
Iloilo Doctors’ College of Medicine, Inc.
VII Cebu Institute of Medicine, Inc.
University of Cebu College of Medicine Foundation, Inc.
IX Ateneo de Zamboanga University
X Xavier University – Dr Jose P Rizal School of Medicine
Liceo de Cagayan University
XI Davao Medical School Foundation, Inc.
Brokenshire College, Inc.
NCR Metropolitan Medical Center – College of Arts, Science and Technology
St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine

 

DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS

General

    1. Proof of Filipino citizenship such as any government-issued document showing proof of Filipino citizenship, including, but not limited to a certified true copy of Birth Certificate issued by the Local Civil Registry or Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)/ Philsys ID;
    2. Certificate of Good Moral Character;
    3. Additional requirements for priority groups (as applicable):
      1. Certification of Residency issued by the barangay;
      2. Certification as members of indigenous people or minority group/ National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) certificate;
      3. Tax Exemption/Tax declaration (from BIR) or social case study duly signed by a registered social worker where the applicant resides;
      4. Certification issued by the Municipal Health Office (MHO) that the applicant is a dependent of community health volunteer; and
      5. Certification from the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (LDRRMO) or Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) that the applicant is from the calamity-prone and conflict areas.

Specific

    1. Certification of Acceptance from SUCs/PHEIs; and
    2. Affidavit of no existing scholarship grant.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Category Weight
Category 1: Assessment 10
Category 2: Residence 40
2a: Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA), calamity-prone and conflict areas 20
2b. Certificate of Ancestral of Domain Title (CADT) Area / Indigenous Community 10
2c. Municipality Class / City 10
Category 3: Income (Annual Gross Income) 20
Category 4: Affiliation (Member of Indigenous People or Minority Group, Dependent of Community Health Volunteer, Victim of Calamities/ Insurgencies, Whose Parents are suffering from chronic disease) 10
Category 5: National Medical Admission Test (NMAT) 10
Category 6: General Weighted Average (GWA) 10
TOTAL 100

Priority shall be given to deserving applicants based on Section 7 c iii of the IRR.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

  1. Tuition and Other School Fees (TOSF)
    1.  SUC – Actual TOSF subsidy shall be provided to the scholars to be paid directly to the SUC by the concerned CHEDRO; and
    2. PHEI – Actual TOSF subsidy shall be provided to the scholars to be paid directly to the PHEI but not exceeding 100,000/semester. The concerned PHEI shall provide the counterpart fund for the balance in excess of 100,000/semester.
Type of HEI Tuition Fee (TF) Per Semester Other School Fees (OSF) Per Semester listed in Section 3d of the IRR
SUC Actual Actual
Private Actual TOSF but not exceeding the maximum of Php 100,000

The above rates shall apply to new and ongoing scholars beginning AY 2022-2023. 

The TOSF rates specified in the Memorandum from the Office of the Chairperson “Call for Submission of Application for the MSRS for AY 2021-2022”, issued on October 28, 2021, shall apply for scholars awarded in AY 2021-2022.

  1. Subsidy and Allowances which shall be given to the scholars through the SUC/PHEI by concerned CHEDRO, as follows:
Allowances Amount (Php)
Per Semester Per AY
Book Allowance 13,000 26,000
Clothing/Uniform Allowance 3,500 7,000
Miscellaneous Allowance (to include Connectivity Allowance) 6,000 12,000
Living Subsidy (5,000 x 6 mos.) 30,000 60,000
Lodging Allowance (5,000 x 6 mos.) 30,000 60,000
Transportation Allowance (1,000 x 6 mos.) 6,000 12,000
Total Php 88,500 Php 177,000
  1. Internship Program/5th year Medicine to be given directly to the scholars or through the SUC/PHEI by concerned CHEDRO, as follows: 
Allowances Amount (Php)
Per Semester Per AY
Living Subsidy (5,000 x 6 mos.) 30,000 60,000
Lodging Allowance (5,000 x 6 mos.) 30,000 60,000
Transportation Allowance (1,000 x 6 mos.) 6,000 12,000
One-time Board/Licensure Examination Review and Application Fees 16,000
Total Php 66,000 Php 148,000
  1. Enrolment to the following:  
    1. National Health Insurance Program in the amount prescribed by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) to be paid directly to PHIC quarterly by concerned CHEDCO/RO; and 
    2. Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) Accident Insurance to be paid directly to GSIS annually by concerned CHEDCO/RO.

DOWNLOADABLE FORMS

MSRS Application Form

MSRS Evaluation Sheet (For SUCs)

Scholar’s Commitment to Render Service Obligation