Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 37 - STATE REGISTRATION BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, LAND SURVEYORS AND GEOLOGISTS › REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS › Section 37.31 - Requirements for certification as an engineer-in-training and for licensure as a professional engineer

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The
					 following requirements apply to a candidate who received a qualifying academic
					 degree on or after June 30, 1994, or who began acquiring qualifying experience
					 on or after February 19, 1991.
(1)
Engineer-in-training.
A candidate for certification as an
					 engineer-in-training shall be of good moral character and achieve a passing
					 score on the NCEES fundamentals of engineering examination. To qualify for the
					 fundamentals of engineering examination, the candidate shall possess one of the
					 following qualifications:
(i) Graduation from
					 an undergraduate engineering curriculum in the United States accredited by
					 ABET. A student who has completed 2 years in an ABET-accredited undergraduate
					 curriculum in the United States and has maintained current enrollment may, with
					 Board approval, sit for the fundamentals of engineering examination, but will
					 not be eligible for certification as an engineer-in-training until the student
					 provides proof of graduation. The effective date of certification will be the
					 later of the date of graduation or the date of notification from NCEES of
					 achieving a passing score on the fundamentals of engineering
					 examination.
(ii) Graduation from
					 an ABET-accredited graduate-level engineering curriculum in the United States
					 or from a foreign ABET-accredited undergraduate or graduate engineering
					 curriculum. Enrollment in a graduate-level or foreign engineering curriculum
					 does not authorize the student to sit for the fundamentals of engineering
					 examination prior to graduation.
(iii) Graduation from both a graduate-level
					 engineering curriculum at a college or university in the United States and from
					 an undergraduate engineering curriculum at a college or university in the
					 United States that was substantially equivalent to an ABET-accredited
					 curriculum, as shown by an evaluation of the candidate's credentials by NCEES's
					 credentials evaluation division.
(iv) Graduation from a foreign undergraduate
					 or graduate, or both, engineering curriculum that was substantially equivalent
					 to an ABET-accredited curriculum, as shown by an evaluation of the candidate's
					 credentials by NCEES's credentials evaluation division.
(v) Eight years of progressive experience in
					 engineering work and knowledge, skill and education approximating that attained
					 through graduation from an approved engineering curriculum. The experience must
					 be of a grade and character sufficient to enable the candidate to independently
					 learn through practice the principles of mathematics and science attained
					 through formal education. Academic training in engineering subjects may be
					 counted towards the experience requirement.