If you are planning to study medicine, here are the top medical schools in the Philippines as of June 2014. Roman Romulo, Pasig City Representative, and committee chairman have identified the list of medical schools that are top producers of would-be medical doctors.
Currently, there is a total of 11 schools that have shown good performance in the 2 recent physician licensure examinations (August 2013, February 2014). See the list below with their respective passing rates:
1. University of the Philippines – Manila – 100%
2. Pamantasan ng Lungson ng Maynila – 100%
3. Ateneo De Manila University – 100%
4. Cebu Institute of Medicine – 100%
5. University of Santo Tomas – 98.88
6. University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center – 96.8%
7. Cebu Doctors University – 95.74%
8. West Visayas State University La Paz – 95.29%
9. Xavier University – Cagayan De Oro – 93.94%
10. Cagayan State University – Tuguegarao – 86.36%
11. University of St. La Salle-Bacolod – 85.71%
Based on Professional Regulations Commission’s statistics, Pasig City representative told that at least 80 percent of the examinees who graduated from these schools passed the Physician Licensure Exam.