TL;DR — PATTS runs seven bachelor degrees, one two-year technician diploma and senior high school in STEM and ABM. What separates them is not the subject matter, it is which regulator signs off at the end: the PRC for aeronautical engineering, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines for the maintenance and air traffic side, and the National Telecommunications Commission for radiotelephone operators. Two of the degrees answer to nobody at all. Pick the regulator first, then the course.
The address, phone number and campus facts sit on the PATTS College of Aeronautics profile, and other schools in the same city are on the Parañaque schools page. This post is about the programs themselves.
The full list, and where each one is aimed
PATTS groups its offerings into engineering, technology, management, a two-year diploma and senior high school. Its own academic programs page publishes the career outcomes it is aiming at for each one.
| Program | Group | Career targets PATTS names |
|---|---|---|
| BS Aeronautical Engineering | Engineering | Aircraft design engineer, structural and power plant engineer, operations and performance engineer, R&D engineer, consultant |
| BS Industrial Engineering | Engineering | Training and productivity specialist, MRO planning and logistics engineer, quality control supervisor, operations research analyst |
| BS Aircraft Maintenance Technology | Technology | Aircraft maintenance manager, engine mechanic supervisor, aircraft mechanic inspector, structural repair officer |
| BS Air Transportation | Technology | Airport operations manager, flight operations coordinator, airline customer service manager, cargo handling agent, flight dispatcher |
| BS Avionics Technology | Technology | Air traffic controller, avionics inspector, avionics maintenance specialist, radio electronics and instrumentation specialist |
| BS Airline Business Administration | Management | Airline marketing researcher, customs and brokerage officer, general aviation business manager, airfreight forwarding agent |
| BS Tourism Management | Management | Flight attendant, airline and tour operator, travel account officer, tour planner |
| Aircraft Technician Course | Two-year diploma | Sheet metal specialist, line and base maintenance mechanic, cabin interior mechanic, ground equipment operator |
Three regulators, not one
This is the part course lists usually skip, and it is the part that decides your first job.
PATTS states that its program offerings are recognised by CHED, TESDA, the Professional Regulation Commission and the National Telecommunications Commission, and that CAAP certifies the college as an Approved Training Organization rated for Airframe, Powerplant and Avionics. Those four bodies do not overlap.
PRC. BS Aeronautical Engineering ends at the Aeronautical Engineers Licensure Examination. PATTS publicly commends 158 graduates who passed the 2025 AELE, and it keeps a running list of its board topnotchers going back to 1983. This is the only PATTS degree that leads to a PRC licence, and if a protected professional title is what you want, it is the door. Our BS Aeronautical Engineering guide covers what that exam actually asks.
CAAP. Aircraft mechanics, specialists and air traffic controllers are licensed by the aviation authority, not the PRC. That is why the CAAP Approved Training Organization rating matters more to an Aircraft Maintenance Technology or Avionics student than any academic accreditation does. Our BS Aircraft Maintenance Technology guide walks the licensing ladder.
NTC. Radiotelephone operator certification comes from the telecommunications regulator. It shows up on the avionics and air transportation side.
Nobody. BS Industrial Engineering, BS Airline Business Administration and BS Tourism Management have no licensure exam at the end. Industrial engineering surprises people, but the field is not among the PRC regulatory boards anywhere in the country, and what exists instead are voluntary certifications from the Philippine Institute of Industrial Engineers. That is not a knock on these degrees, but it changes how hiring works: your internships and your first employer carry the weight a licence would otherwise carry.
What PATTS is not
PATTS is not a flight school. BS Air Transportation is the course whose name confuses people most, and it is an airport and airline operations degree, not a pilot programme. Actual flying hours are bought from a flight school and priced per hour, separately from anything PATTS charges. We work through that split, and what the pilot route really costs, in the PATTS tuition fee guide. If you are weighing the whole sector rather than one school, our BS Aviation guide is the wider view.
The entrance exam comes before everything
PATTS gates every intake behind an entrance examination, and it publishes two separate document lists: one to sit the exam, one to enrol after passing it. People conflate them and turn up short.
To sit the exam, PATTS asks for one school document proving your current year level, a PSA birth certificate (it states plainly that Civil Registry or NSO copies are not accepted), a recent 2x2 photo with a white background, and an examination fee of PHP 700.00. That fee is the same for incoming Grade 11, senior high transferees, incoming college freshmen, college transferees and second-degree takers.
Only after passing do the admission requirements apply:
- Incoming Grade 11 — original junior high report card, a certificate of good behaviour dated near graduation, two 2x2 photos, original PSA birth certificate.
- Incoming college freshmen — original Form 138 or its equivalent, certificate of good behaviour, two 2x2 photos, original PSA birth certificate.
- Transferees — certificate of permission to transfer, certified true copy of grades or transcript, a temporary evaluation from the PATTS registrar, certificate of good behaviour, photos, PSA birth certificate.
Two conditions on the transferee route are worth reading twice. All transferees are placed under probation, and a transferee may carry a maximum of 18 units. College graduates going for a second degree are treated as transferees. Anyone transferring in should assume a longer stay than the remaining year count suggests. Ask for the credit evaluation in writing before you pay anything.
Documents from schools outside the Philippines, other than Philippine schools abroad, must be authenticated by the appropriate authority in the issuing country.
Foreign applicants have a longer list
PATTS publishes a distinct set of conditions for immigrants, permanent residents and native-born aliens, filed with the Office of the OIC for Foreign Students at the registrar. Authenticated scholastic records with red ribbon or apostille, an original police clearance from the country of origin, a notarised affidavit of support with bank statements, passport data page, and an authenticated birth certificate.
Then the operational ones: a Special Study Permit for applicants 17 and below or those enrolling in a two-year course, a student visa for 18 and above, and a pass in the college entrance exam for four-year courses. PATTS also publishes physical conditions on the same page: no visible tattoos, the haircut the school requires, and not colour blind. A non-refundable acceptance fee of PHP 15,000 is charged to new foreign students on enrolment.
The colour blindness rule is the one that ends applications, and it is worth checking before you pay for anything.
Senior high school is built as a feeder
PATTS runs STEM and ABM, and it is unusually direct about what each is for. It presents STEM as preparation for BS Aeronautical Engineering, BS Industrial Engineering, BS Aircraft Maintenance Technology, BS Air Transportation, BS Avionics Technology and the two-year Aircraft Technician Course, and ABM as preparation for BS Tourism Management and BS Airline Business Administration.
If your child is already set on aviation, that alignment is the argument for taking senior high at PATTS rather than elsewhere. If they are not yet sure, a general STEM programme at a school with a wider college list keeps more doors open. A general STEM programme elsewhere may be the safer bet.
Training placements
PATTS states that students are required to undergo on-the-job training with aviation companies, and names Philippine Airlines, Air Philippines, Cebu Pacific, Lufthansa Technik Philippines, Aviation Partnership Philippines and the Philippine Air Force. For maintenance and avionics students especially, where the OJT lands is closer to a hiring pipeline than a course requirement, so it is a fair thing to ask about on a campus visit: which companies took students from your intended program last year, and how many stayed.
What to ask before you commit
- For a maintenance or avionics course: what does the CAAP practical skill test pass rate look like for recent batches, and who from the faculty holds a current licence?
- For aeronautical engineering: which review arrangements exist for the AELE, and are they included or billed separately?
- For any course: what is the full assessment at enrolment, since PATTS directs fee questions to its accounting office rather than publishing a table.
- For transferees: which of your units will actually be credited, in writing, before you pay.
Sources
- PATTS College of Aeronautics, Academic Programs (program groups, career opportunities, senior high alignment, CHED/TESDA/PRC/NTC recognition, CAAP ATO rating, OJT partners) — https://www.patts.edu.ph/academics/academic-programs
- PATTS College of Aeronautics, Admission Requirements (senior high, freshmen, transferee and foreign student document lists, probation and 18-unit cap) — https://www.patts.edu.ph/admissions/admission-requirements
- PATTS College of Aeronautics, Entrance Examination (PHP 700.00 exam fee, per-applicant document lists, foreign student conditions, PHP 15,000 acceptance fee) — https://www.patts.edu.ph/admissions/entrance-examination
- PATTS College of Aeronautics, AERO Board Topnotchers — https://www.patts.edu.ph/academics/aero-board-topnotchers
- PATTS College of Aeronautics homepage (2025 AELE result) — https://www.patts.edu.ph/
