The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) released the school room assignments for the Criminologist Licensure Examination CLE August 2025. The exam will be on August 01, 02 & 03, 2025, in the cities of NCR, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Calapan, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Palawan, Pagadian, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, Zamboanga, Bacolod, Bayambang, Bohol, Catarman, Cauayan, Dumaguete, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Kidapawan, Oroquieta, Romblon, and Valencia.
Things to Prepare and Bring during the Examination Day
- Notice of Admission
- Official Receipt
- Two (2) or more pencils (No. 2)
- Ball pens with BLACK ink only
- One (1) piece long brown envelope
- One (1 ) piece Long Transparent (non-colored) Plastic Envelope (for keeping your valuables and other allowed items).
- Negative RT-PRC Test Results or copy of vaccination card.
Proper Dress Code on Examination Day – Criminologist Licensure Examination CLE August 2025
The specific dress code for the male and female examinee is without any logo or plain tuck-in polo t-shirt and a white blouse or shirt with a collar. Both examinees are advised to wear comfortable slack or decent pants.
Things that are Prohibited Inside the Classroom
The specific dress code for the male and female examinee is without any logo or plain tuck-in polo t-shirt and a white blouse or shirt with a collar. Both examinees are advised to wear comfortable slack or decent pants.
- Calculators that have embedded programs, especially CASIO FX991ES and CASIO FX-991ES plus, or any kind of calculators.
- Books, notes, review materials, and other printed materials containing coded data/information/formula (except Rules VII and VIII of the 2004 Revised IRR of P.D. No. 1096/1977 NBCP as qualified below)
- Apple, Samsung, and other smartwatches, cellular phones, wireless earplugs, and other electronic devices that are used for communication.
- Bags of any kind.
- Other examination aides are not stated in the program.
Coverage of the Criminologist Licensure Examination CLE August 2025
The coverage of the exam is the following:
- CRIMINAL LAW, JURISPRUDENCE, AND PROCEDURE – (Introduction to Philippine Criminal Justice System, Human Rights Education, Criminal Law (Book I), Criminal Law (Book 2), Evidence, Criminal Procedure, And Court Testimony)
- LAW ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION – (Comparative Models in Policing, Introduction to Industrial Security Concepts, Law Enforcement Operations and Planning With Crime Mapping)
- CRIME DETECTION AND INVESTIGATION – (Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation with Intelligence, Specialized Crime Investigation I with Legal Medicine, Specialized Crime Investigation with Simulation on Investigation and Interview, Traffic Management and Accident Investigation with Driving, Technical English 1, (Investigative Report Writing and Presentation), Fire Protection and Arson Investigation, Vice and Drug Education and Control, Technical English 2 (Legal Forms), Introduction to Cybercrime and Environmental Laws and Protection
- FORENSIC SCIENCE – (Forensic Photography, Personal Identification Techniques, Forensic Chemistry and Toxicology, Questioned Documents Examination, Lie Detection Techniques, Forensic Ballistics)
- CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATION – (Institutional Corrections, Non-lnstitutional Corrections, Therapeutic Modalities
- CRIMINOLOGY – (Introduction to Criminology, Theories of Crime Causation, Human Behavior and Victimology, Professional Conduct and Ethical Standards, Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice System, Dispute Resolution and Crises/lncidents Management, Criminological Research 1 (Research Methods and Applied Statistics)
Reference:
Professional Regulatory Board of Criminology. (2025, May 20). Program of the licensure examination for criminologists on August 1, 2, and 3, 2025 [PDF]. Professional Regulation Commission. Retrieved from: https://www.prc.gov.ph/sites/default/files/Program%20of%20Exam%20August%202025%20(lec)_May202025%20Crim.pdf (prc.gov.ph)
Criminologist Licensure Examination CLE August 2025 Room Assignments
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Manila | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Manila – Added to the list | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Manila – Conditioned | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Bacolod | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Baguio | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Baguio – Removal/Conditioned | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Bayambang, Pangasinan | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Bohol | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Butuan – Advisory | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Butuan | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Cagayan De Oro | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Candon, Ilocos Sur | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Catarman | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Cauayan, Isabela | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Cebu | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Davao | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Dumaguete | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Iloilo | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Kidapawan | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Koronadal | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Laoag, Ilocos Norte | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Legazpi | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Legazpi – Conditioned/Removal | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Lipa | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Lipa – Conditioned | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Lucena | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Lucena – Conditioned/Removal | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Naga City | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Naga City – Conditioned/Removal | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Oriental Mindoro | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Pagadian | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Palawan | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Rosales, Pangasinan | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | San Fernando, Pampanga | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | San Fernando, Pampanga – Conditioned | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Tacloban | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Tuguegarao | |
| Criminologist | August 1,2 & 3, 2025 | Zamboanga | |