“If you graduate from FEU Alabang, then you’re equipped to pass the board examination.”
FEU Alabang set the bar high when the first batch of their Mechanical Engineering graduates posted a 92.31% passing rate in the August 2023 Licensure Board Exams.
Get to know our first batch of Mechanical Engineering board passers.
Engr. Reynaldo Muli, Senior Director for Higher Education, was beaming with pride as they continued the institution’s testament to ensuring students’ success in the board exams.
“Everyone was celebrating, we’re very happy and proud. Our students and faculty members were very motivated.”
Strategy to Success
Although passing the board exams remains undeniably difficult and uncertain even for FEU Alabang graduates, Engr. Muli believes that the preparation their students undergo in the program’s curriculum gives them a good probability of obtaining positive results.
Engr. Reynaldo Muli, Senior Director for Higher Education.
“The quality of education we provide to our students will make them proficient and competent in passing the board examination when they graduate.”
With this, he shared a strategy that they utilize to equip students with the necessary analytical skills and familiarity with board exam questions, as early into the program as possible.
“We incorporate past board examination questions and problems in the formative and summative assessments of our professional and board-related programs. So that the student will immediately get the skills in answering board examination questions.”
The School of Innovation
FEU Alabang’s Engineering programs do not only focus on preparing students for board exams, they also aim to make students ready for when they go out into the engineering industry.
In staying true to its commitment to innovation and technology, the ME Department offers students with new, advanced, and industry-grade laboratory equipment, which exceeds the minimum requirements set by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for the program.
Through this, they provide students with knowledge and skills to operate laboratory equipment under the instruction of qualified faculty members with experience in the industry. Thus, making it possible to relate engineering theories to real-life engineering problems—further giving students valuable training under the program.
Congruently, FEU Alabang started utilizing an innovative strategy in its educational system, M.I.L.E.S. or Mastery-based Individualized Learning Enhancement System, which could address the need for students to exhibit a level of mastery in their courses, thereby achieving the essential foundation for higher courses. This becomes particularly useful for the institution’s Engineering programs, as mastery is of the essence for their Integration courses.
No Tamaraw Left Behind
“One of the things that sets us apart here at FEU Alabang is that we really love our students. Small community pa lang naman kami, so we really know them from day one.”
Thanksgiving Mass for the first batch of Mechanical Engineering Board Passers at the Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel.
Aside from incorporating strategic academic courses into the curriculum and providing access to advanced laboratory equipment, Engr. Muli emphasized the consistent support that they have offered to the board examinees.
During the course of the preparations for board exams, Engr. Muli himself maintained communication with the graduates, even suggesting to conduct additional lectures or review programs within the institution as needed.
Although this idea did not see the light of day, the majority of board examinees passed, proving just how well-equipped they already are as FEU Alabang graduates.
“Our objective has always been a 100 percent passing rate in the board examination regardless of the program. Every time I talk to our graduates, I tell them that no one should be left behind. We’re one for all, all for one.”
But beyond attaining recognition through board exam achievements, FEU Alabang values its commitment to producing professionals that would excel in the industry and contribute meaningfully to society.
“We will continue to be professional and personal with these graduates to make sure that they become successful, not only in the board examination but also in their future careers as well.”