Engineers' Registration
As a Licensed Member of the ECUK (Engineering Council UK), the Institute encourages suitably qualified members to register with the ECUK. The Institute can assess those members for admission to the ECUK Register. The specific requirements and opportunities for registration are dealt with below.
The register has three sections: Chartered Engineer (CEng), Incorporated Engineer (IEng) and Engineering Technician (EngTech).
Under its Royal Charter, ECUK regulates the engineering profession in the UK and formally represents the interests of UK engineers abroad. It is a Designated Authority under the current General Systems Directives.
All candidates for registration as Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer or Engineering Technician must satisfy the competence standards set by ECUK and be members of the appropriate Licensed Member Engineering Institution. Applicants must show that they have a satisfactory educational base, have undergone approved professional development and, at interview, must demonstrate their professional competence against specific criteria.
The UK-SPEC came into force on 1 March 2004, to replace SARTOR 3 (1997).
As UK-SPEC does not impose any extra requirements on applicants, anyone who was working towards registration under the previous SARTOR 3 rules will now be considered under UK-SPEC. The new arrangements for assessing people without exemplifying academic qualifications, including the possibility of submitting a technical report, became operative on 1 March 2004.
The Mature Candidate Route (MCR) ceased to be in operation when UK-SPEC took effect. The Senior Route also ceased to operate on 30th September 2005. The Technical Report is now an option available to candidates for registration who do not hold the exemplifying qualifications for registration, and is appropriate for engineers with sufficient career experience on which the technical report can be based.
CEng and IEng now follow either the 'Standard Route' or 'Individual Route', whilst EngTech has 'Route A' and 'Route B'. All requirements and information about the UK-SPEC can be found on the Engineering Council (ECUK) website: www.engc.org.uk/ukspec/
Download the UK-SPEC Standard for Chartered Engineers and Incorporated Engineers.
Download the UK-SPEC Standard for Engineering Technicians.
As a Licensed Member of the ECUK (Engineering Council UK), the Institute encourages suitably qualified members to register with the ECUK. The Institute can assess those members for admission to the ECUK Register. The specific requirements and opportunities for registration are dealt with below.
The register has three sections: Chartered Engineer (CEng), Incorporated Engineer (IEng) and Engineering Technician (EngTech).
Under its Royal Charter, ECUK regulates the engineering profession in the UK and formally represents the interests of UK engineers abroad. It is a Designated Authority under the current General Systems Directives.
All candidates for registration as Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer or Engineering Technician must satisfy the competence standards set by ECUK and be members of the appropriate Licensed Member Engineering Institution. Applicants must show that they have a satisfactory educational base, have undergone approved professional development and, at interview, must demonstrate their professional competence against specific criteria.
The UK-SPEC came into force on 1 March 2004, to replace SARTOR 3 (1997).
As UK-SPEC does not impose any extra requirements on applicants, anyone who was working towards registration under the previous SARTOR 3 rules will now be considered under UK-SPEC. The new arrangements for assessing people without exemplifying academic qualifications, including the possibility of submitting a technical report, became operative on 1 March 2004.
The Mature Candidate Route (MCR) ceased to be in operation when UK-SPEC took effect. The Senior Route also ceased to operate on 30th September 2005. The Technical Report is now an option available to candidates for registration who do not hold the exemplifying qualifications for registration, and is appropriate for engineers with sufficient career experience on which the technical report can be based.
CEng and IEng now follow either the 'Standard Route' or 'Individual Route', whilst EngTech has 'Route A' and 'Route B'. All requirements and information about the UK-SPEC can be found on the Engineering Council (ECUK) website: www.engc.org.uk/ukspec/
Download the UK-SPEC Standard for Chartered Engineers and Incorporated Engineers.
Download the UK-SPEC Standard for Engineering Technicians.
