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Geodetic Engineering Licensure Examination

The GELE is the Philippines' national licensure examination for the geodetic engineering profession, created under the Philippine Geodetic Engineering Act of 1998 (R.A. No. 8560, as amended by R.A. No. 9200) and administered by the Professional Regulation Commission through the Professional Regulatory Board of Geodetic Engineering; since the September 2025 edition it is run as a Computer-Based Licensure Examination of five equally weighted subjects (Laws, Rules and Regulations; Mathematics; Theory and Practice of Surveying; Geodesy; Cartography) held over two consecutive days under the Enhanced Tables of Specifications of Board Resolution No. 1, s. 2025.

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Questions395 items across the five subjects per the Enhanced TOS: Laws, Rules and Regulations 75 items; Mathematics 80 items; Theory and Practice in Surveying 80 items; Geodesy 80 items; Cartography 80 items (each subject's items distributed across Bloom's taxonomy levels: Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating, Creating)

Testing timeFive subject sessions across two consecutive days: Day 1 - Laws, Rules and Regulations 8:00-10:00 a.m. (2 hours), Mathematics 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. (3 hours), Theory and Practice of Surveying 3:00-6:00 p.m. (3 hours); Day 2 - Geodesy 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon (4 hours), Cartography 1:00-4:00 p.m. (3 hours); day one opens with a 45-minute general-instructions and form-filling period at 7:00 a.m.

ScoringPass requires a weighted general average of 70% with no grade lower than 55% in any subject; an examinee who averages 70% or higher but scores below 55% in a subject must re-take only that subject (the 'conditioned/removal' path)

Exam feePHP 900 examination fee for a complete application (PHP 450 for conditioned/removal candidates re-taking subject(s))

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Who runs it: PRC
Category: Engineering Licensure
Current version: Enhanced Tables of Specifications for the Geodetic Engineers Licensure Examination, adopted and promulgated by PRB Resolution No. 1, s. 2025 (dated May 26, 2025; applies from the October 2025 examination onward and supersedes Board Resolution No. 11, s. 2009)
Where it applies: PH — national
Exam languages: English
Score scale: Percentage rating per subject with a weighted general average (passing weighted general average 70%, minimum 55% per subject)
Testing provider: Administered directly by the Professional Regulation Commission through the Professional Regulatory Board of Geodetic Engineering at its testing centers nationwide (no commercial testing vendor)
Format: Computer-Based Licensure Examination (CBLE) taken in person at PRC testing centers nationwide - the exam is tagged '(CBLE)' in PRC's 2026 schedule and has run under full computer-based modality since the September 2025 edition (PRC Resolution No. 2077 s.2025); note that the official September 2026 program still carries legacy pencil-and-paper-style general instructions (No. 2 pencils, black-ink ballpens, one non-programmable calculator per examinee)
Availability: Fixed national administration dates: September 23 and 24, 2026 (Wednesday and Thursday) at 13 testing centers (NCR, Baguio, Butuan, Cebu, Davao, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Palawan, Rosales, Tacloban, and Tuguegarao), with online application open June 25 through August 27, 2026
Results: Target release of results: September 28, 2026 per PRC's official 2026 schedule; under the computer-based modality, PRC released the September 2025 GELE results immediately after the last day of examination
Remote testing: Not available

Exam structure

Five subjects, each weighted 20%: Laws, Rules and Regulations (public land laws and natural resources, laws on property, land reform laws, land registration, laws on obligations and contracts, professional and ethical practice); Mathematics (algebra, solid and analytical geometry, engineering economics, plane and spherical trigonometry, differential and integral calculus, mechanics, least squares); Theory and Practice of Surveying (property, isolated, mineral and mining, cadastral, astronomy, route surveys and earthworks, hydrographic and topographic, photogrammetry, engineering and construction surveying); Geodesy (geodetic surveying, geodetic astronomy, triangulation, leveling, gravity measurement, least squares); Cartography (plotting and mapping of isolated, mineral, cadastral, hydrographic, photogrammetric surveys, and map projection)

Where rules vary

One uniform national licensure examination required to practice geodetic engineering in the Philippines under R.A. No. 8560, administered on the same dates at PRC testing centers nationwide (13 centers listed for September 2026); the same examination is also administered abroad to overseas Filipino workers through Special Professional Licensure Examinations (SPLE), e.g., Abu Dhabi and Singapore in June 2025.

Eligibility

Applicant must be a citizen of the Philippines and a graduate of a Bachelor of Science in Geodetic Engineering from a school, academy, institute, or college duly recognized by the government (plus PSA birth certificate, PSA marriage contract for married female applicants, and a TOR marked 'For Board Examination Purposes')

Retake policy

Repeaters may reapply and pay the PHP 900 examination fee again (PHP 450 conditioned/removal); an applicant who fails the examination for the third time may take another examination only after the lapse of one year from the last examination