MANILA -– Out of 1,767 architecture graduates, 901 passed the Architecture Licensure Exam taken on June 7 and 9 in Manila, official reports showed Saturday.
The Professional Regulation Commission said Kenneth Yap Hubiera, a graduate of Ateneo de Davao University, topped the exam, scoring 86 percent in the exam.
Dale Jon Cortez Esconde from the University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman), ranked second with a score of 85.90 percent.
Justin Santos Roque, Holy Angel University, and Patrick Andrew Tanhuaco Yuchenkang, University of Santo Tomas, tied in third with 85 percent.
There are three students who ranked fourth: Lindon Acena Fontejon, University of Northern Philippines-Vigan; Roger Mendoza Sarmineto III, Polytechnic University of the Philippines- Sta. Mesa and Clarissa May Mendoza Segura, Ateneo De Davao University, 84.90 percent.
Pedro Miranda Santos Jr. from the UP-Diliman ranked fifth with 84.70 percent, the reports showed.
Misael Renz Costales Granil, Tarlac State University, and Jahzeel Veloso Magdadaro , UP-Mindanao, ranked sixth with 84.20 percent.
Rebecca Aboda Cantallejo and Catherine Marie Tanchico Reyes, from the UP-Diliman, got seventh with 84 percent.
Robert Cris Zamora, Technological Institute of the Philippines- Manila, and Valerie Anne Patricia Adriano Consuji, UP-Diliman, both got 83.90 percent, ranking eighth.
Ninth is Janfour Olboc Cualos from the University of San Carlos, 83.90 percent; and 10th is Mark Joseph Antisoda Bagongon from the Mindanao University of Science and Technology with 83.60 percent. (PNA)