Student Membership Program Gordon M. Sterling, P.Eng. PEO licenses more than 64,000 professional engineers in Ontario while setting standards and regulating engineering practice in the province. We are mandated under the Professional Engineers Act to serve and protect the public interest where the practice of engineering is concerned. Many professional engineering associations across the country offer some form of student membership.
Membership is free to full-time engineering students.
By studying in an accredited program, you are currently in the process of fulfilling the academic requirement, which is the first step to becoming a member of an esteemed profession. As you progress in your studies, I m sure you ll have questions about the engineering profession and our admission requirements. As a PEO student member, you ll gain access to PEO s resources and we ll do our best to answer any questions you may have. We want to facilitate your transition to the workplace, where you ll gain the experience needed to obtain your P.Eng. licence. PEO wants to be more proactive in its role of serving and protecting the public interest with regard to new areas of practice.