The February 2026 Criminologists Licensure Exam (CLE) room assignments are out! 🎉

This year’s 1st CLE will be conducted on February 04, 05 & 06, 2026 at the following testing centers nationwide: 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, Lipa (Batangas), Nueva Vizcaya, and Romblon.

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Room Assignments

Below are room assignments for the February 2026 CLE:

• Manila
• Manila – Conditioned
• Manila – PWD
• Bacolod
• Baguio
• Bayambang
• Bohol
• Butuan
• Cagayan de Oro
• Calapan
• Catarman
• Cauayan, Isabela
• Cebu
• Davao
• Dumaguete
• Ilocos Norte
• Ilocos Sur
• Iloilo
• Kidapawan
• Koronadal
• Legazpi
• Lipa City
• Lucena
• Nueva Vizcaya
• Palawan
• Pagadian
• Pampanga
• Pampanga – PWD
• Romblon
• Rosales
• Tacloban
• Tuguegarao
• Zamboanga

Some room assignments may not be available yet. Kindly bookmark this page for quick and real-time updates.

TAKE NOTE: Examinees shall report before 6:30 in the morning on the said date because latecomers will not be admitted.

Things to Bring Examination day

Here are the things to bring during the examination proper:

• Notice of Admission
• Official Receipt
• Two (2) or more pencils (No. 2)
• Ball pens (black ink only)
• One (1) piece long brown envelope
• One (1) piece long transparent/plastic envelope (for keeping your valuables and other allowed items)
• Horseshoe Microscope or Magnifying Glass

Dress Code 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

Prohibited Items Inside the Exam Rooms:

• Books, notes, review materials, and other printed materials containing coded information or formulas
• Calculators which are programmable or with embedded functions, especially CASIO FX991ES and CASIO FX-991ES plus
• Apple, Samsung and other smart watches, cellular phones, ear plugs, transmitters, portable computers, Bluetooth and other electronic devices which may be used for communication purposes;
• Bags of any kind (place your documents inside the transparent/plastic envelope)
• Other examination aides not stated in this program

All personal belongings of the examinees shall be surrendered to the proctor and shall be placed in a secured space within the examination room.

The rules on the conduct of bodily search, an inspection of personal belongings of the examinees, and the seizure/confiscation of prohibited items during the licensure exam (Annex A of PRC Memorandum Order No. 57, s. 2020) shall be strictly observed.

Exam Coverage

The February 2026 Criminologists Licensure Exam (CLE) will cover the following topics:

• Criminal Jurisprudence, Procedure, And Evidence (criminal law book I, criminal law book II; criminal procedure, evidence, and court testimony) 
• Law Enforcement Administration (police organization and administration with police planning, industrial security administration, police patrol operations with police communication system, police intelligence, police personnel, and records management, comparative police system) 
• Criminalistics (personal identification, police photography, forensic ballistics, questioned documents examination, polygraph – lie detection, legal medicine)
• Crime Detection And Investigation (fundamentals of criminal investigation, traffic management, accident investigation, special crime investigation, organized crime investigation, drug education, and vice control, fire technology, and arson investigation)
• Sociology of Crimes and Ethics (introduction to criminology and psychology of crimes, Philippine criminal justice system, ethics and values, juvenile delinquency, human behavior, and crisis management, and criminological research and statistics)
• Correctional  Administration (institutional corrections, non-institutional corrections)

References

• Program for February 2026 Criminologists Licensure Exam (CLE) from PRC.

Exam Statistics & Passing Rate

PRC Regional Offices Directory

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