By Rusieljs G. Lunasco

CPU College of Engineering Building photo by Nina Sumergido.

The Chemical Engineering program has been granted Level II Re-Accreditation Status by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU) on September 16, 2020.

CPU’s Chemical Engineering program has been designated as one of the centers of development in the country by the Commission on Higher Education. For the past years, CPU has garnered high passing rates in the Chemical Engineer Board Exams.

In the 2018 Board Exams, CPU got an over-all passing percentage of 100% and garnered 82.35% over-all passing percentage the following year.

The CPU College of Engineering is the only engineering school in the Western Visayas region and one of the few in the country with several of its programs to be designated as centers of development by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). Aside from the Chemical Engineering program, the electronics engineering and electrical engineering programs are also recognized as centers of development.