Licensure Examination Performance of Mechanical Engineering Graduates and Its Relationship with Academic Performance

This study aims to investigate the Licensure Exam Performance  of Mechanical Engineering graduates of one higher education institution in the Philippines from 2014-2018 and its relationship with academic performance. Descriptive type of research was utilized in the study with a total population of 30examinees. Results showed that the examinees obtained a good rating result of licensure examination for mechanical engineers from 2014-2018 with an overall average of 81.33 percent. The graduates obtained affair rating academic performance in Mathematics, Engineering Economics and Basic Engineering while just a passing rating for Machine Design and Industrial and Power Plant Engineering. Correlation exists between the Licensure Examination Performance result and the academic performance taken as a whole but not within per area or subject. The Final Grade of the graduates in Statics of Rigid Bodies is considered as the best predictor of the result of licensure exam performance in Mathematics, Engineering and Basic Engineering with 30.3 percent confidence on the strength of association. The Fuels and Heat Power as wells Combustion Engineering when combined the final grades are considered as best predictors of the result of Board Examination in Industrial and Power Plant Engineering with 44% confidence.

Keywords: Mechanical Engineering, Licensure Exam, Industrial and Power Plant, Machine Design