The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Thursday that 4,165 out of 4,447 examinees, or 93.66%, passed the October 2026 Physicians Licensure Examination (PLE).
The PRC said the examination was administered by the Board of Medicine in Metro Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, and Zamboanga in October 2026.
University of Santo Tomas’ Maxine Francesco Gwyneth Cena Baculo topped the licensure examination with a rating of 95.50%.
The successful examinees who garnered the ten (10) highest places in the October 2026 Physicians Licensure Examination are the following:
UST also led the list of top-performing schools with at least 100 examinees and a passing rate of at least 85%. The other schools in the category were the University of the Philippines-Manila, University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health, and West Visayas State University-La Paz.
Meanwhile, the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, San Beda University, St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine-William H. Quasha Memorial, Cagayan State University-Tuguegarao, Xavier University, and Cebu Institute of Medicine were recognized as top-performing schools with 50 to 99 examinees and a passing rate of at least 90%.
The top-performing schools will be determined under Commission Resolution No. 1814, Series of 2024, covering schools with at least 50 examinees and a minimum passing rate of 90 percent.
Click the link for the complete list of passers.
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