By Mark Vincent A. Durano

Far Eastern University (FEU) Institute of Technology (Tech) garnered its lowest passing rate of 38.5 percent, lower than its usual above-half rating since 2015, in the April 2025 Civil Engineers Licensure Examination (CELE), announced last May 6.

Out of 187 takers, only 72 FEU Tech examinees passed the exams.

The Institute recorded a 25.81-percent rating in the November 2015 CELE, where only 24 out of 93 passed the boards.

Since then, FEU Tech consistently yielded at least a 50-percent passing rate in the CELE, except for May 2017, where the passing rate was at 49.02 percent.

In the November-December 2024 results, the Institute recorded a 50.56-percent rating, hailing 90 passers out of 178 exam takers.

Moreover, FEU Alabang produced seven new civil engineers out of 23 who took the CELE, while one out of two alumni from FEU Manila passed.

This year’s first out of two CELEs also posted the decade’s lowest national passing rate of 29.21 percent, wherein 4,940 passed out of 16,913 exam takers. In May 2015, the national passing rate was at 31.57 percent.

The Professional Regulatory Commission held the April 2025 CELE in testing centers in Metro Manila and 18 other provinces last April 28 and 29. PRC will administer the second CELE of the year on September 27 and 28.

(Photo courtesy of FEU Institute of Technology Facebook page)