ENGR 1201: 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