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FEBRUARY 2024 RESULTS: MECHANICAL ENGINEER LICENSURE EXAM (ME), TOP 10 PASSERS

FEBRUARY 2024 RESULTS: MECHANICAL ENGINEER LICENSURE EXAM (ME), TOP 10 PASSERS

Only 4,452 (66.02%) out of 6,770 takers passed the Mechanical Engineer Licensure Examination and 65 (60.19%) out of 108 passed the Certified Plant Mechanic Licensure Examination given by the Board of Mechanical Engineering in Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban and Zamboanga this February 2024, according to the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).

The two-day examination was administered on February 20, 21, and 22, 2024 (Tuesday – Thursday) at various testing centers in the National Capital Region (NCR), Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban and Zamboanga.

The PRC Professional Board of Mechanical Engineering, led by its Chairman, Engr. Leandro A. Conti, and its members, Engr. Jerico T. Borja and Engr. Lorenzo P. Larion, conducted the examination.

TOP 10 Mechanical Engineering Board Exam Passers

TOP 10 Certified Plant Mechanic Board Exam Passers

Mechanical Engineer Board Exam (ME) results from 2021 to 2024

Month/Year

Passer /

Total Examinees

Passing

Percentage

February 2024

4,458 / 6,770

66.02%

August 2023

2,133 / 4,237

50.40%

February 2023

3,774 / 6,070

62.17%

August 2022

3,184 / 5,880

54.15%

February 2022

2,121 / 3,780

56.11%

August 2021

247 / 621

39.77%

Certified Plant Mechanics Board Exam from 2021 to 2024

Month/Year

Passer /

Total Examinees

Passing

Percentage

February 2024

65 / 108

60.19%

August 2023

104 / 187

55.61%

February 2023

65 / 90

72.22%

August 2022

140 / 174

80.46%

February 2023

52 / 95

54.74%

August 2021

18 / 29

62.07%

EXAMINATION COVERAGE

I. MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Industrial and Power Plant Engineering (35%)

Mathematics, Engineering Economics and Basic Engineering Services (35%)

Machine Design, Materials and Shop Practice (30%)

II. CERTIFIED PLANT MECHANICS

ELEMENTS OF POWER PLANT MACHINERY (30%) – (Maintenance, Repair and Operation of Types of Prime Movers, including Steam, Internal Combustion Engines, Hydroelectric Plants and such other Motive Powers as encountered in practice)

SHOP MACHINERY PRACTICE (35%) – (Operation of Milling Machines, Planers, Shapers, Lathes, Drills, Welding, Heat Treatment repairing of Machine Parts and Overhauling)

ELEMENTS OF INDUSTRIAL PLANT MACHINERY (35%) – (Maintenance, Operation and Repair of all types of such Industrial Plant Machinery and Equipment as encountered in Sugar Mills, Lumber Mills, Oil Mills, Ice Plants, Air Conditioning Plants, etc.)

PASSING SCORE

To pass the exam, a candidate for professional mechanical engineer, mechanical engineer, or certified plant mechanical must obtain an average of seventy percent (70%) on all subjects, with no rating lower than fifty percent (50%) in any subject.

VERIFICATION OF RATING

The verification of ratings and test results for the February 2024 Mechanical Engineer Licensure Examination (ME) and Certified Plant Mechanics Licensure Examinations (CPM) given by the PRC Board of Mechanical Engineering will be available via an online portal.