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  • #32
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,265 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    peter_de_tool wrote: »
    This has been taken from Engineering Council (UK) website

    "The Engineering Council (UK) now requires a master's-level qualification for Chartered Engineer registration, the other Washington Accord signatories have not raised the level of qualification (it remains at the bachelor's degree-level). A recent International Engineering Alliance (IEA) meeting brought forth these issues regarding the Washington Accord. It was unanimously agreed that all Washington Accord countries will look to follow the path taken by the UK and raise the requirement for professional engineer registration to the master's degree-level. In the meantime, the Engineering Council (UK) will restrict registration of those that hold bachelor's degree qualifications from Washington Accord countries. And reciprocally many current UK qualified Chartered Engineers are not eligible for licensing as Professional Engineers in Canada and the United States since they do not have engineering degree level education. Licensing bodies in North America assess each Chartered Engineers application for P.E / P.Eng on a case by case basis."

    Essentially Irish engineers who only possess a bachelor's degree and graduated after 1998, can no longer register for chartered status in the UK.

    Where does it say anything about Irish engineers? As far as I know you can still get chattered in Ireland and transfer to the UK.

    Getting chattered in the UK is alot more difficult than Ireland. I'm working in Manchester now and there is a lot of talk about it. Many companies are opposing the new requirements and there is some debate about it here.

    If you dont have a masters it just means it takes longer to get chattered. You become incorporated first and then move on


  • #33
    Dilbert75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,724 ✭✭✭Dilbert75


    AFAIK if you graduate before 2013 with a degree from an accredited Irish course, you'll be eligible for C.Eng. After that you need Masters.


  • #34
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,265 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Dilbert75 wrote: »
    AFAIK if you graduate before 2013 with a degree from an accredited Irish course, you'll be eligible for C.Eng. After that you need Masters.

    I got a letter in the post about that on Friday. Dont all accredit courses have end with a Masters?


  • #35
    Robertd_07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭Robertd_07


    For my own information, and to satisfy that pedantic urge, I emailed the ECUK who confirmed that they will accept an IEI accredited degree as satisfying the academic requirements for achieving CEng in the Uk.

    You are correct that the UK minimum standard is now a master degree. However, ECUK continues to honour its obligations under the Washington Accord and so will recognise your IEI accredited honours degree as meeting our CEng requirement.

    Also Engineers Ireland are in the process of changing the academic requirements for achiveing CEng in Ireland.

    With effect from programmes completed in 2013, the education standard for the professional title of Chartered Engineer will be a Master degree in engineering (Level 9) as defined in Section
    B of Part 1 of this document.
    The education standard for the grade of MIEI will remain an honours Bachelor of Engineering degree (Level 8) as defined in Section A of Part 1 of this document, up to 2018.


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