UST posted a modest performance in the September 2013 licensure examination for mechanical engineers, while improving in the chemistry and electrical engineering boards.
The University recorded a 75.21-percent passing rate, with 91 out of 121 examinees making the cut, results from the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) showed. This was lower than last year’s 84.26 percent, with 91 passers out of 108 examinees.
UST failed to enter the list of top-performing schools, with only one Thomasian entering the top 10 list of passers. Last year, the University was the sixth top-performing school.
Thomasian Stephen Macalinga shared the eighth spot with Edmar Elca of Southern Luzon State University-Lucban.
Batangas State University was this year's top-performing school, with a 100-percent passing rate. Other top-performing schools were University of the Philippines-Diliman (UP), Saint Louis Univesity, Bicol University-Legazpi, Technological University of the Philippines-Visayas, Bataan Peninsula State University-Balanga, and Technological University of the Philippines-Manila.
PRC requires at least 50 examinees and an 80-percent passing rate to be declared a top-performing school.
This year’s national passing rate went down to 68.87 percent (2,201 passers out of 3,196 examinees), from last year’s 69.86 percent (2,026 passers out of 2,900 examinees).
Meanwhile, UST recovered from last year's subpar performance in the Chemistry boards after scoring 63.83 percent, with 30 passers out of 47 examinees. This was better than last year’s 44.62 percent, with only 29 out of 65 examinees passing the test.
However, the University was unable to make it to the list of top-performing schools again. UP-Diliman was still the lone top-performing school, with a 90.57-percent passing rate.
Two Thomasians entered the Top 10: third placer Justine Kalaw, and Jameson Eusebio, who shared the eighth spot with Dmitri Leo Cordova and Janrick Nichol Lee of UP-Manila.
The national passing rate went up to 56.04 percent (320 passers out of 571 examinees), from last year’s 45.48 percent (292 passers out of 642 examinees).
UST was the second top-performing school for the electrical engineering licensure examination, with only one Thomasian entering the top 10 list of passers.
However, the University posted a 96.49-percent passing rate, with 55 passers out of 57 examinees. This was significantly higher than last year’s 87.50 percent, wherein 56 out of 64 examinees made the cut. All 54 first-time takers passed the exam.
Thomasian Anthony John Crisostomo placed seventh. Last year, two Thomasians entered the top 10.
UST trailed behind Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, University of Batangas, and UP-Los Baños, all of which recorded 100-percent passing rates and were named top-performing schools.
The national passing rate inched up to 53.64 percent (1,643 passers out of 3,063 examinees), from last year’s 53.24 percent (1,569 passers out of 2,947 examinees). Lord Bien G. Lelay and Gena Myrtle P. Terre
