Membership
EC Registration
Registration with the Engineering Council as a Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer or Engineering Technician is a step further - it marks out the top professionals.
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Why register
- Recognition by employers of your elite status
- Personal satisfaction in achieving independent recognition by your peers
- Demonstrated commitment to your career and personal development.
Employers: see the business benefits
You need the right academic education coupled with initial professional experience at the appropriate level of responsibility. These are broadly set out below.
| Chartered Engineer | Incorporated Engineer | Engineering Technician |
| Academic entry standards: as listed on www.engc.org.uk and www.jbm.org.uk | ||
| BEng (Hons) + accredited Masters degree MEng Accredited BEng (Hons) or BSc (Hons) in engineering started before 1999 |
BSc in engineering or technology HND, HNC in Engineering started before 1999 | National Certificate or Diploma in engineering Approved NVQ3 ONC or HNC in engineering |
| Your competence and professional commitment | ||
| Develop and apply new technologies or concepts Are innovative and creative Provide technical and commercial leadership |
Practical engineers delivering existing technology Manage projects or schemes | Apply proven techniques to solve problems Supervise works or people |
Look on the EC and JBM websites for accredited qualifications. If yours are not listed do not worry ring IHE on 020 7436 7487 or email for advice.
The Institute is also happy to individually assess your unique package of qualifications and experience. We need your CV with current responsibilities explained, copies of your further and higher qualification certificates and lists of units studied and a note on any final year project or dissertation. We can also formally advise on top ups you are considering or on Further Learning.
Download How do I get qualified?, with detailed lists of how various qualifications can lead to EC registration and what part time courses are available at universities and colleges. It covers all EC registration grades.
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Other academic entry qualifications may access other routes: we need to individually assess and advise you. | ||
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| Chartered Engineer | Incorporated Engineer | Engineering Technician |
| BSc (Hons) in engineering or cognate discpline or senior IEng. You need technical MSc or Further Learning at work or Technical Report Route |
HND started in/after 1999 BSc (Hons) in cognate discipline Top up with Further Learning at work or Technical Report Route Individual Route | MANCAT Road Safety, Bath HOT, C & G in traffic engineering Use the Individual route form |
Further Learning allows BEng(Hons) or senior IEng applicants for CEng or HND applicants for IEng to demonstrate knowledge to the benchmark level from projects at work, by additional academic courses (eg a Postgraduate Diploma) or by a combination of both. IHE needs to give you the go ahead to use this route: look at the Other Routes Document CE4 or Document IE4. If you pass the further learning assessment, you can follow the standard professional review.
Under the Technical Report Route you submit a Technical Report in which you show engineering knowledge and understanding to the same level as Masters or degree level qualified contemporaries at the sametime as submitting for Review. There are two interviews. All is explained in Document CE4 / Document IE4. Application templates are available.
