TWO THOMASIANS landed in the top 10 of the October 2023 licensure examinations for chemical engineers, in which UST logged a 77.2-percent passing rate.
Charlene Mendoza and Justin Tolentino led the batch of new Thomasian chemical engineers after both tied at no. 9 with an 84.80-percent score.
Robby Ching of the De La Salle University-Manila topped the October 2023 chemical engineering boards, with a score of 90 percent.
UST was the third top producer of new chemical engineers in the cycle, with 61 of its 79 examinees making the cut, behind Saint Louis University (86 passers) and the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman (62 passers).
UP Diliman was named the top-performing school in the latest exam cycle after it posted a perfect passing rate (62 of 62).
UST’s passing rate was an improvement from the 64.62-percent passing rate it recorded in the May 2023 cycle, in which 42 out of 62 examinees passed.
The national passing rate significantly improved to 70.23 percent (651 of 927) from the May cycle’s 58.93 percent rate (472 of 801)
The October 2023 chemical engineering board exams were conducted from Oct. 14 to Oct. 16. Ernest Martin G. Tuazon