UPD tops April 2025 Civil Engineering Licensure Exam; Iskolar ng Bayan Places Third among Top Examinees

| Written by KIM G Quilinguing

An Iskolar ng Bayan from UPD also ranked third in top successful examinees

 

The Oblation Plaza in UP Diliman, Quezon City. Photo by Abraham Arboleda, UP MPRO.

The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) was named the top-performing school in the April 2025 Civil Engineers Licensure Examination conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).

Results released on May 6 showed that 55 out of 56 UP Diliman examinees passed the exam, earning the Quezon City-based campus a 98.21% passing rate.

According to the PRC, a higher education institution (HEI) is considered a top-performing school if it has at least 50 examinees and a passing rate of 80% or higher.

An Iskolar ng Bayan from UPD also landed in the top ten successful examinees. Hanzel R. Marquez placed third with a rating of 92.10%.

Meanwhile, 37 out of 39 examinees from UP Los Baños passed the exam, giving the campus a 94.87% passing rate.

A total of 16,912 examinees from universities, colleges, and schools all over the country took the exam, with only 4,940 passing, resulting in an overall passing rate of 29.21%.

To view the official announcement from the PRC, please click here: https://www.prc.gov.ph/article/april-2025-civil-engineers-licensure-examination-results-released-four-4-working-days