MANILA, Philippines – The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Wednesday, November 23, the schedule of all board examinations for 2023.

The calendar includes schedule of opening of online processing, deadline for filing applications, practical examinations, professional upgrading examinations, Special Professional Licensure Examinations (SPLE) and target dates of release of exam results.

The 'Schedule of Licensure Examinations for 2022', under PRC Resolution No. 1589 Series of 2022, is pursuant to Section 7 (d) of R.A. 8981, authorizing the Commission to determine and fix the places and dates of examinations.

It covers examinations for dentist, architect, mechanical engineers (ME), physician, medical technologist (medtech), professional teacher (LET), electronics engineers (ECE), midwives, electrical engineer (REE), certified public accountants (CPA), civil engineer (CE), nurse (NLE), criminologist (CLE), among others.

2023 Schedule of PRC Examination

You may download the official copy of PRC Resolution No. 1589 Series of 2022 here:

PRC 2022-1589_2023 Calendar Schedule

The SPLE to Overseas Filipino Workers for 2022, shall be scheduled in accordance to PRC Resolution No. 2017-1034 pursuant to R.A. No. 8981 and Executive Order No. 835.

PRC advised that requests for additional testing centers for various examinations shall be in accordance with PRC Resolution No. 1493 series of 2022.

"Filing of applications, including the submissions of all the required and supporting documents at the Regional Offices and Offsite Service Centers shall be within the period indicated in the schedule. Request for extension of the deadline in filing application, if any, must be submitted to the Licensure office at least fifteen (15) days from the scheduled deadline, otherwise, the deadline herein provided is final and shall be strictly implemented. When the deadline falls on a weekend, regular or special holidays, the said deadline shall be automatically moved to the next working day," PRC said.