January 2024  Room Assignment Architect Licensure Exam (ALE) – The list of room assignments for the January 2024 Architecture Licensure Exam (ALE) has been released by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), just a few days before the scheduled exams.


Scheduled for January 24 & 26, 2024, the Architect licensure exams will take place at PRC testing centers situated in NCR, Baguio, Calapan, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Palawan, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, and Zamboanga.


The Board of Architecture, under the leadership of Chairman Robert S. Sac and members Robert M. Mirafuente and Corazon V. Fabia-Tandoc, oversees the examination process.

January 2024 Room Assignment Architect Licensure Exam (ALE)
January 2024  Room Assignment Architect Licensure Exam (ALE)

January 2024  Room Assignment Architect Licensure Exam (ALE)

NOTE: Examinees shall report before 5:30 AM on the said date, as latecomers will not be admitted.

What do you bring on the day of exams?

Here are the things to bring during the examination proper:

  1. Notice of Admission
  2. Official Receipt
  3. One (1) piece of metered-stamped window mailing envelope
  4. Two (2) or more pencils (No. 2)
  5. Ball pens (black ink only)
  6. One (1) piece long brown envelope
  7. One (1) piece long transparent/plastic envelope (for keeping your valuables and other allowed items)
  8. Negative RT-PCR Test Results, if applicable, or Certificate of Quarantine or Certificate or copy of Vaccination Card for fully vaccinated examinees to the proctor on the examination day.
  9. Calculators with the following features only – addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, trigonometric function, logarithm, and xy.

What to wear on examination day?

Here are the specified dress codes from PRC:

  • For male examinees, tucked-in white polo shirt with collar (without any seal, logo, or mark); decent pants or slacks
  • For female examinees, tucked-in white blouse or shirt with collar (without any seal, logo, or mark); decent pants or slacks

What is not allowed during board exams?

  • Books, notes, review materials, and other printed materials containing coded information or formulas
  • Programmable calculators
  • Apple, Samsung, and other smartwatches, cellular phones, ear plugs, transmitters, portable computers, Bluetooth, and other electronic devices that may be used for communication purposes;
  • Bags of any kind

Special Instructions

On the second day of the examination, each candidate must ensure to bring the following:

  • Architect scales (English and Metric Scales)
  • 30 x 60 and 45-degree triangles
  • Protractors
  • Calculators with the following features only – addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, trigonometric function, logarithm, and xy.
  • Pencils, drawing pens, erasers, and other tools for sketching purposes
  • Graphing paper (used/unused will be surrendered to the room watcher/s after the conduct of the examination)
  • A printed copy of Rules VII and VIII of 2004 Revised IRR of P.D. No. 1096 or the “1977 National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP)”. The printed copy shall be subject to inspection during the examination. This will be confiscated if any markings are found thereon.

Coverage of Exams

The 2024 Architecture licensure exam covered the following topics:

  • History and Theory of Architecture, Principles of Planning, Architecture Practice
  • Utilities Systems, Structural Conceptualization, Building Materials, and Construction
  • Architectural Design and Site Planning

References

  • Program for Architecture licensure exams for January 2024 from PRC

Updates

For inquiries, you may reach the PRC Licensure Exam Division through the following email contacts:

  • licensure.division@prc.gov.ph
  • licensure.office@prc.gov.ph

To stay informed with the most recent and reliable updates and announcements about the architecture board exams in 2024, we recommend that our readers visit the official website of the commission.


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