Summary of PPE Exam Results

View the yearly pass rates for the Practice of Professional Engineering Examination, broken down by engineering branch from 2007 to 2025.

Last updated 2 April 2026

Results of Practice of Professional Engineering Examination (PPE)

PPE Results for 2007 and 2008

Branch of Engineering	No. of candidates	No. of passes	Passing rate	No. of candidates	No. of passes	Passing rate
Branch of Engineering	Year 2007			Year 2008
Civil	28	19	67.9%	65	42	64.6%
Electrical	23	16	69.6%	46	38	82.6%
Mechanical	11	8	72.7%	24	14	58.3%
Overall	62	43	69.4%	135	94	69.6%

PPE Results for 2009 and 2010

Branch of Engineering	No. of candidates	No. of passes	Passing rate	No. of candidates	No. of passes	Passing rate
Branch of Engineering	Year 2009			Year 2010
Civil	98	35	35.7%	112	40	35.7%
Electrical	48	27	56.3%	43	14	32.6%
Mechanical	36	19	52.8%	26	5	19.2%
Overall	182	81	44.5%	181	59	32.6%

PPE Results for 2011 and 2012

Branch of Engineering	No. of candidates	No. of passes	Passing rate	No. of candidates	No. of passes	Passing rate
Branch of Engineering	Year 2011			Year 2012
Civil	154	35	22.7%	189	56	29.6%
Electrical	48	34	70.8%	56	20	35.7%
Mechanical	42	23	54.8%	57	22	38.6%
Overall	244	92	37.7%	302	98	32.5%

PPE Results for 2013 and 2014

Branch of Engineering	No. of candidates	No. of passes	Passing rate	No. of candidates	No. of passes	Passing rate
Branch of Engineering	Year 2013			Year 2014
Civil	183	57	31.1%	245	80	32.7%
Electrical	60	35	58.3%	78	31	39.7%
Mechanical	47	20	42.6%	63	13	20.6%
Overall	290	112	38.6%	386	124	32.1%

PPE Results for 2015 and 2016

Branch of Engineering	No. of candidates	No. of passes	Passing rate	No. of candidates	No. of passes	Passing rate
Branch of Engineering	Year 2015			Year 2016
Civil	232	66	28.4%	284	73	25.7%
Electrical	88	32	36.4%	116	23	19.8%
Mechanical	82	27	32.9%	82	22	26.8%
Overall	402	125	31.1%	482	118	24.5%

PPE Results for 2017 to 2018

Branch of Engineering	No. of candidates	No. of passes	Passing rate	No. of candidates	No. of passes	Passing rate
Branch of Engineering	Year 2017			Year 2018
Civil	255	81	31.8%	253	72	28.5%
Electrical	154	40	26.0%	163	53	32.5%
Mechanical	87	19	21.8%	94	32	34.0%
Overall	496	140	28.2%	510	157	30.8%

PPE Results for 2019 to 2021

Branch of Engineering	No. of candidates	No. of passes	Passing rate	No. of candidates	No. of passes	Passing rate
Branch of Engineering	Year 2019			Year 2021
Chemical	-	-	-	4	2	50.0%
Civil	248	54	21.8%	249	58	23.3%
Electrical	176	47	26.7%	160	55	34.4%
Mechanical	113	32	28.3%	102	58	56.9%
Overall	537	113	24.8%	515	173	33.6%

PPE Results for 2022 to 2023

Branch of Engineering	No. of candidates	No. of passes	Passing rate	No. of candidates	No. of passes	Passing rate
Branch of Engineering	Year 2022			Year 2023
Chemical	5	4	80.0%	2	1	50.0%
Civil	282	54	19.1%	319	143	44.8%
Electrical	148	51	34.5%	129	66	51.2%
Mechanical	86	28	32.6%	98	40	40.8%
Overall	521	137	26.3%	548	250	45.6%

PPE Results for 2024 to 2025

Branch of Engineering	No. of candidates	No. of passes	Passing rate	No. of candidates	No. of passes	Passing rate
Branch of Engineering	Year 2024			Year 2025
Chemical	1	1	100.0%	1	1	100.0%
Civil	294	43	14.6%	317	91	28.7%
Electrical	125	31	24.8%	131	35	26.7%
Mechanical	107	52	48.6%	90	44	48.9%
Overall	527	127	24.1%	539	171	31.7%

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