Electrical Engineers Board Exam 2013
The Electrical Engineers Board Exam, also known as the Registered Electrical Engineers Licensure Examination , is a board exam facilitated by the Board of Electrical Engineering under the Professional Regulatory Commission to assess the competency of BS Electrical Engineering graduates.
As per R.A. 1080, individuals who passed the board exam need not take any other qualifying exams to be eligible for the following positions:
- Electrical Engineer
- Power Engineer
- Design Engineer
- Illumination Engineer
- Construction Engineer
- Safety Engineer
- Distribution Engineer
- Instrumentation and Control Engineer
Review Courses for Electrical Engineers Board Exam
There are review courses that you can take to prepare for the board exam. The content of these review courses may vary depending on the review centers, but theyre mostly based on the examination scope released by the Professional Regulatory Commission which includes:
- Mathematics
- Algebra
- Trigonometry
- Analytic Geometry
- Differential Calculus
- Integral Calculus
- Complex Numbers and Space Vectors
- Probability and Statistics
- Matrices and Determinants
- Sequences and Series
- Differential Equations, Fourier Series
- Lapace Transforms
- Engineering Science and Allied Subjects
- General Chemistry
- College Physics
- Engineering Materials
- Engineering Mechanics
- Thermodynamics
- Fluid Mechanics
- Engineering Economics and Management
- Electrical Engineering Law and Code of Ethics
- Contracts and Specifications
- Computer Fundamentals and Programming
- Philippine Electrical Code Parts I and II
- Electrical Engineering Professional Subjects
- Quantities/Units/Constants
- Electrical Materials
- Passive Circuit Elements
- Active Circuits Elements
- AC Impedance
- Instruments and Measurements
- DC Electric Circuits
- Transient Response
- Magnetic Circuits
- AC Electric Circuits
- AC Generators
- DC Generators
- Energy Sources
- Energy Conversion
- Prime Movers
- Rotating Electric Machinery
- Power System Components
- AC Transmission
- DC Transmission
- Power System Interconnection
- Substation Design
- Power Distribution
- Wiring Design for Buildings
- Power Electronics
- Industrial Electronics
- Illumination
- Telecommunications
- Computer Application in Electrcial Power Industry
TAKING THE EXAM
Licensure exams for BS Electrical Engineering graduates are held twice a year, usually around the months of April and September. Below are the dates and testing centers for the 2013 Registered Electrical Engineer Board Exam:
DATE | DAY/s PLACE | DEADLINE OF FILING |
---|---|---|
April 21 & 22 | Sun, Mon / Manila, Baguio, CDO, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo & Legazpi |
April 01, 2013 |
September 7 & 8 | Sat, Sun / Manila, Baguio, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena & Zamboanga |
August 19, 2013 |
NATIONAL PASSING RATE
The table below shows the number of board passers in the Licensure Exam for Electrical Engineers in the last 3 years:
EXAM | EXAM TAKERS | BOARD PASSERS | PASSING RATE |
---|---|---|---|
September 2012 | 2,947 | 1,569 | 53.24% |
April 2012 | 723 | 1,655 | 43.68% |
September 2011 | 2,618 | 1,519 | 58.02% |
April 2011 | 1,546 | 625 | 40.42% |
September 2010 | 2,686 | 913 | 33.99% |
May 2010 | 1,611 | 457 | 28.36% |