With the 78th Season of the UAAP just around the corner, everyone’s wondering when are the events for each sport going to happen?
Everyone knows that four of the eight competing schools are now following an academic calendar that suits international standards. That is the reason why the UAAP moved its athletic calendar as well. Before showing the schedule, here are the enrollment dates for the University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, and the University of Santo Tomas.
| SCHOOL | 1ST Semester Enrollment | 2ND Semester Enrollment |
| UP | August 3 to 7, 2015 | January 12 to 25, 2016 |
| ADMU | August 10 to 15, 2015 | January, 2016 (2nd week) |
| DLSU | July 31 to August 7, 2015 | December, 2015 (3rd week) |
| UST | June-July, 2015 | January 11, 2016 |
The UAAP has just released that the Juniors’ Volleyball tournament will start on August 22 and will be played at the Adamson Gym. The Seniors’ basketball tournament will formally open on September 5, 2015. The opening weekend will have the following games:
| DATE | TIME | VENUE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL |
| Sept. 5 | 1:00PM | SMART Araneta Coliseum | Opening | Ceremony |
| Sept. 5 | 2:00PM | SMART Araneta Coliseum | UP | UE |
| Sept. 5 | 4:00PM | SMART Araneta Coliseum | UST | AdU |
| Sept. 6 | 2:00PM | SM Mall of Asia Arena | NU | DLSU |
| Sept. 6 | 4:00PM | SM Mall of Asia Arena | FEU | ADMU |
Here are the tentative schedules for all first semester events:
| EVENT HOST | 1ST Semester Sports | Tentative Dates | Proposed venues |
| UP | Basketball – Men’s and Women’s | Sept. 5 to Dec 6, 2015 | Men’s: Smart Araneta Coliseum, SM Mall of Asia ArenaWomen’s: Blue Eagle Gym |
| AdU | Volleyball – Boys and Girls | Start date: August 22 | Adamson Gym |
| FEU | Badminton – Men’s and Women’s | Oct. 3 to 31, 2015 (Wed, Sat, Sun) | Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall |
| UST | Beach Volleyball – Men’s and Women’s | Oct. 3 to 31, 2015 (Wed, Sat, Sun) | Sands by the Bay |
| Special Events Committee | Cheerdance Competition | Depending on basketball season | SM Mall of Asia Arena |
| ADMU | Taekwondo: Kyorugi/Poomsae – Men’s, Women’s, Juniors’ | Mid of Oct or 1st week of November (Tue, Thu) – 4 playing days | Filoil Flying V Arena/Blue Eagle Gym |
| UE | Table Tennis – Men’s, Women’s, Boys’, Girls’ | Mid of Oct or 1st week of November (Sat) – 4 playing days | ??? |
| NU | Swimming – Men’s, Women’s, Boys’, Girls’ | Mid of Oct or 1st week of November (Thurs-Sun) – 4 playing days | Rizal Memorial Swimming Center |
| DLSU | Judo – Men’s, Women’s, Juniors’ | Nov. 28-29, 2015 | Filoil Flying V Arena |
| FEU | Basketball, Chess, Fencing, Athletics – Juniors’ | Nov. 14, 2015 – Feb, 2016 | Basketball: Blue Eagle Gym, Filoil Flying V Arena |
As we can see in the enrollment schedule above, the University of the Philippines has a second semester enrollment cutoff set at January 25, 2016. As a result, the deadline for submission of the second semester student-athletes’ documents has been set at January 29, 2016. Because of that the second semester sports have a tentative start date of February 14, 2016.
| EVENT HOST | 2ND Semester Sports | Tentative Dates | Proposed Venues |
| UP | Volleyball – Men’s, Women’s | Feb. 14 to Apr., 2016 (Wed, Sat, Sun) | Filoil Flying V Arena, SM Mall of Asia Arena, Araneta Coliseum |
| ADMU | Football – Men’s, Women’s | Feb. 14 to Apr., 2016 (Thu, Sat, Sun) | Moro Lorenzo Field, FEU-FERN Field, Rizal Memorial Football Stadium |
| DLSU | Baseball, Softball | Feb. 14 to Apr., 2016 (Baseball – Thurs, Sun; Softball – Wed, Sat) | Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium |
| AdU | Chess – Men’s, Women’s | Feb. 28 to Mar., 2016 | ??? |
| UST | Lawn Tennis – Men’s, Women’s | Feb. 28 to Mar., 2016 (Sat, Sun) | Rizal Memorial Tennis Court |
| NU | Athletics – Men’s , Women’s | Feb. 28 to Mar., 2016 (Fri – Tues) | ULTRA Track Oval |
| UE | Fencing – Men’s, Women’s | Feb. 28 to Mar., 2016 (Thurs – Sun) | ??? |
| Special Events Committee | Streetdance Competition | Depending on volleyball season | SM Mall of Asia Arena |
All dates and venues are in its early stages. Dates that are currently locked in are the opening dates for basketball, juniors’ volleyball, and seniors’ volleyball, football, and softball.
