THE UNIVERSITY kept its spot as the top-performing school in the September 2018 licensure examinations for electrical engineers after posting a 100-percent passing rate.
All 73 Thomasian examinees passed the test. UST shared the crown with the University of Saint Louis in Tuguegarao whose 52 examinees passed the test.
Last year, 74 passed out of 75 Thomasian examinees, or a 98.67-percent passing rate.
Niño Boy Dacer of Bicol University in Legazpi in Albay led the country’s new batch of electrical engineers, with a score of 93.05 percent.
The national passing rate slipped to 66.74 percent, or 3,135 out of 4,697 examinees, from last year’s 68.40 percent, or 2,643 out of 3,864 examinees.
