Chemical Engineers Board Exam 2012

The Chemical Engineers Board Exam, also known as the Chemical Engineers Licensure Examination, is a board exam facilitated by the Board of Chemical Engineering under the Professional Regulatory Commission to assess the competency of BS Chemical Engineering graduates.

As per R.A. 1080, individuals who passed the board exam need not take the civil service exams to be eligible for the following positions:

• Chemical Engineer
• Petrochemical Engineer
• Biotechnologist

Review Courses for Chemical 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:

• Physical and Chemical Principles 30 %
  • General Inorganic Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Biochemical Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering

• Chemical Engineering Principles 40%
  • Chemical Engineering Calculations
  • Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
  • Reaction Kinetics
  • Unit Operations
  • Chemical Process Industries
  • Plant Design
  • Instrumentation and Process Control

• General Engineering, Ethics, and Contracts 30%
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Strength of Materials
  • Engineering Economics
  • Laws, Contracts, and Ethics

TAKING THE EXAM

Licensure exams for BS Chemical Engineering graduates are usually held twice a year. Below are the dates and testing centers for the 2012 Chemical Engineers Board Exam:

DATE	DAY/s  PLACE	DEADLINE OF FILING
April 18-20, 2012	Wed, Thu, Fri / Manila	March 29, 2012
November 27-29, 2012	Tue, Wed, Thu / Manila & Cebu	November 07, 2012

NATIONAL PASSING RATE

The table below shows the number of board passers in the Licensure Exam for Chemical Engineers in the last 2 years:

EXAM	EXAM TAKERS	BOARD PASSERS	PASSING RATE
November 2011	638	301	47.17%
April 2011	333	157	47.14%
November 2010	641	380	59.28%
April 2010	329	151	45.89%