UPLB awarded Rank 1 Top-Performing School in the May 2025 Licensure Examination for Chemical Engineers
The University of the Philippines Los Baños Department of Chemical Engineering (UPLB DChE) was awarded as Rank 1 Top-Performing school in the May 2025 Computer-Based Chemical Engineering Licensure Examination given by the Philippine Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). UPLB had an overall passing rate of 100.00% (32 passed out of 32 takers). The Rank 1 spot is shared with De La Salle University Manila, and University of the Philippines Visayas, both schools also garnering an overall passing rate of 100.00%. In addition to this achievement, three (3) of its alumni bagged 4th, 7th, and 8th places among the topnotchers. On record, the last licensure examination when UPLB got 100.00% passing rate was in April 2006 (19 passed out of 19 takers) with four (4) of its alumni bagged 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 7th places.