- ¨Professional registration and licensure earns you the title of Professional Engineer (PE)
- http://ncees.org/engineering/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
Examinees will be provided one attempt per testing window and no more than three attempts in a 12-month approval period, beginning with the examinee’s first attempt.
Practice exams: https://account.ncees.org/exam-prep/
http://ncees.org/exams/exam-preparation-materials/exam-prep-errata/
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
- ¤Can be taken online
- ¤Open book
Additional certifications:
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