The Educational Base can be satisfied by one, or a combination, of the ways outlined in more detail below.
UK Accredited Course An accredited course is one that is deemed to have satisfied all or part one of the educational base required for a particular grade of membership with EC(UK) registration. Certain courses may require Further Learning to fulfill part 2 of the educational base requirements for a particular grade of membership.
Specific agreements with non-UK universities/colleges
European agreement - European Federation of National Engineering Associations - FEANI
International Agreements
These are agreements between the bodies responsible for accrediting professional engineering degree programs in each of the signatory countries. They recognise the substantial equivalency of programs accredited by those bodies, and recommend that graduates of accredited programs in any of the signatory countries be recognised by the other countries as having met the academic requirements for entry to the practice of engineering. These agreements are:
For information about which countries are included in each of the agreements, please click on one of the above links.
Academic Assessment of non-accredited courses If you do not hold an engineering qualification which is accredited with ICE, you would need to apply for an Academic Assessment, whereby your qualifications will be assessed on an individual case basis by the Academic Qualifications Panel. The Academic Assessment will determine what grade of membership (Engineering Technician, Incorporated or Chartered) your academic base fulfils and advise of any 'top-ups' required. After successful completion of this Assessment you would be admitted as a Graduate Member of ICE at the appropriate grade. For further information on making an application please see:
Further Learning Graduates whose academic qualifications only satisfy Part 1 of the Educational Base can satisfy Part 2 through Further Learning via one of the following means:
Full or part-time postgraduate courses
A suitable employer-led learning programme
For example, in order to meet the academic requirements for:
Chartered/Incorporated Engineer. E.g. A BEng(Hons) degree would meet the academic requirement for IEng but would require Further Learning to meet the requirement for CEng
An HND would meet the academic requirement for EngTech but would require Further Learning to meet the requirement for IEng
Additional information on Further Learning (Part 2 Educational Base) can be found on the Joint Board of Moderators (JBM) website.
To find out whether your course is accredited please consult our Course Search.
