Monday, November 10, 2014

Professional registration and licensure


  • ¨Professional registration and licensure earns you the title of Professional Engineer (PE) 
  • ¨For most engineers, professional registration is optional
  • ¨About 20% of all practicing engineers are registered (Civil engineers have a higher rate of registration)
  • ¨For fields of work that involve public safety, professional registration may be mandatory¨
  • ¨Professional registration is handled at the state level
  • ¨Requirements are almost uniform across states due to the efforts of the National Council of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors (NCEES)
  • ¨More information is available at http://www.ncees.org , where they have links to each states’ contact information regarding professional registration

    State licensing boards:
    http://ncees.org/licensing-boards/


  • ¨For Texas, information for professional registrations can be found at the Texas Board of Professional Engineers’ website:  http://engineers.texas.gov
  • ¨The requirements for professional registration in Texas are:
  • ¤Obtain an ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) accredited engineering degree
  • ¤Pass the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam
  • ¤Obtain four years of engineering practice and get three references from currently licensed PE’s 
  • ¤Pass the NCEES Principles and Practice of Engineering Exam (PE) and the Texas Ethics of Engineering exam
  • ¨There are some variations to the process regarding graduate degrees

¨Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
  • ¤Offered every year in April and October
  • ¤8 hour closed book exam – Morning Session 120 M/C Questions (General), Afternoon Session 60 M/C Questions (Discipline Specific)
  • ¤Test locations: Fort Worth, Austin, El Paso, Houston
  • ¤Student Sites: Texas Tech, Texas A&M, West Texas A&M, UTEP, Texas A&M Kingsville, UTSA, University of Texas Pan Am, LeTourneau University
  • ¤After passing FE (Fundamentals of Engineering) exam and obtaining degree, you can apply with the state to be an Engineer-In-Training (EIT)
  • ¤Recommendations: prep course, take exam senior year 

    Principles and Practice of Engineering Exam

  • ¤Offered every year in April and October
  • ¤8 hour discipline specific closed book exam – M/C and Essay questions
  • ¤Test locations: Fort Worth, Austin, El Paso, Houston
¨Texas Ethics of Engineering Exam


  • ¤Can be taken online
  • ¤Open book

    Additional certifications:





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http://www.asce.org/Ethics/Principles-Study-Application/Q-A-Discussion-On-Ethics/#Who_enforces_ethics,_and_how_is_it_done



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