Top Architecture Schools in the Philippines, January 2012 Architect Exam

Here are the top architecture schools in the Philippines, based on the results of the January 2012 Architect Licensure Exam.

Top-ranking schools with at least 30 examinees:


Passing                        School                 No. of Passers /
Rate                                                        No. of Examinees

100.0%    University of the Philippines - Diliman (38/38)
79.15%    University of Santo Tomas (186/235)
72.50%    Polytechnic University of the Philippines - Mla (29/40)
70.00%    Saint Louis University (21/30)
61.22%    Mapua Institute of Technology - Manila (30/49)
58.00%    Technological University of the Philippines (29/50)
52.83%    Adamson University (28/53)
51.35%    Bicol University - Legazpi (19/37)
45.45%    Bataan Peninsula State University - Balanga (15/33)
44.87%    Far Eastern University - Manila (35/78)
43.33%    University of Saint Louis - Tuguegarao (13/30)
42.50%    Bulacan State University - Malolos (17/40)
41.94%    Cebu Institute of Technology (13/31)
40.91%    Eastern Visayas State University - Tacloban (27/66)

Architecture Schools with Few Examinees But Got a Passing Rate of 100%:

100.00%    Pangasinan State University -- Urdaneta (3/3)
100.00%    De La Salle University - Dasmarinas (2/2)
100.00%    University of the Philippines - Mindanao (2/2)
100.00%    Notre Dame of Marbel University (1/1)
100.00%    Surigao Education Center (1/1)

Architecture Schools with Few Examinees But Got a Passing Rate of 60% or Higher:

88.24%    Holy Angel Universty (15/17)
83.33%    University of the Cordilleras (10/12)
80.00%    University of Nueva Caceres (4/5)
77/78%    Palawan State University - Puerto Princesa (7/9)
75.00%    Mindanao University of Science & Tech - CDO (6/8)
75.00%    Aklan State University - Kalibo (3/4)
68.75%    Camarines Sur Polytechnic College - Naga (11/16)
68.75%    University of San Carlos (11/16)
66.67%    Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (8/12)
62.50%    Ateneo de Davao University (5/8)
61.11%    Western Visayas Coll of Sci & Tech - La Paz (11/18)
60.00%    Western Mindanao State Univ - Zamboanga (11/18)
60.00%    Columban College - Olongapo City (6/10)

Architecture Schools with Examinees in the Top Ten (Highest Exam Ratings)

University of the Philippines Diliman

- 7 Topnotchers from the University of the Philippines Diliman got 6 of the 7 highest places

86.40%   Sudarshan Varsovia Khadka Jr.  (Highest Rating)  (No.1)
86.30%   Maria Francesca Salido Latay  (No.2)
85.70%   Kim Patrick Legaspi Pullante  (No.3)
85.50%   Marinel Landeta Siega  (No.4)
85.30%   Paul Hendrick Martinez Letana  (No.5)
84.30%   Carlo Richfield Bayona Gonzalez  (No.7)
84.30%   Walfrido Carlos Simbul  (No.7)

University of San Carlos

86.40%   Andrew Mulato Wee (Highest Rating) (No.1)

Pangasinan State University - Urdaneta

84.40%   Mark Jeff Macadangdang Tapawan  (No.6)

Cebu Institute of Technology

84.30%   Ruelan Calinawan Mira  (No. 7)

University of Bohol
83.60%   Prime Daryl Calamba Deliman  (No.8)

University of Santo Tomas

83.50%   Armel Andre Dinulos Bonifacio  (No.9)

Mapua Institute of Technology - Manila

83.40%   Jeffrey Yebes Ecleo  (No.10)


Architecture Schools With 30 or More Examinees but Had a Passing Rate of Less than 40%

38.71%    University of Mindanao - Davao City (12/31)
32.86%    Technological Institute of the Philippines - QC (23/70)
32.35%    La Consolacion College - Bacolod City (11/34)
26.32%    Technological Institute of the Philippines - Mla (10/38)
22.50%    Aquinas University  (9/40)
19.35%    Central Colleges of the Philippines (6/31)
18.75%    University of Pangasinan (6/32)


The University of Santo Tomas towers among the top architecture schools in the Philippines. It fielded the largest number of examinees and got the second highest passing rate, second only to the University of the Philippines.