THE UNIVERSITY produced 78 new electronics engineers out of the 116 Thomasian examinees who took the October 2025 licensure board examinations.
UST logged a 67.24% passing rate, higher compared with the 52.71% (24 out of 46) it recorded in the April 2025 examination cycle.
Andrei Chu of the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman topped the examination with a 92% score.
UP Diliman emerged as the top-performing school after recording a 96.72% passing rate, with 59 out of its 61 examinees passing the test.
The national passing rate decreased to 44.85% (1,040 out of 2,319), compared with 45.39% recorded in the April 2025 cycle.
The October 2025 licensure exams for electronics engineers were held on Oct. 18 and 19.
Electronics technicians
A total of 79 out of 99 Thomasian examinees passed the separate licensure examinations for electronics technicians.
UST recorded a 79.80% passing rate in this cycle, a dip from the April 2025 cycle’s 84.62% (22 out of 26).
Ace Ilustrisimo of Cebu Institute of Technology University led the new batch of electronics technicians with a 92% score.
UP Diliman and Ateneo de Davao University were named top-performing schools as both universities attained a 100% passing rate.
The national passing rate for the October 2025 electronics technician licensure examinations dipped to 65.22% (1,142 out of 1,751), from the previous cycle’s with 81.75% (1,971 out of 2,411).
The October 2025 licensure board exams for electronics engineers were held on Oct. 20. Alexandra S. Demaisip
