18VAC10-20-191: Requirements for an engineer-in-training designation

Applicants must apply directly with NCEES to take the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam and meet applicable education or experience requirements in this section. An applicant qualified under subdivision 1, 2, or 3 of this section will receive the engineer-in training (EIT) designation upon passing the FE exam and verification of the applicant's degree by the board. All other applicants will receive the EIT designation upon passing the FE exam. The EIT designation will remain valid indefinitely.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

NUMBER OF YEARS OF QUALIFYING ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE

1. Student applicants must meet one of the following:

a. Be enrolled in an ABET-accredited undergraduate EAC or ETAC curriculum, have 12 months or less remaining before completion of the degree, and provide a certificate of good standing from the dean of the engineering school or the dean's designee;

b. Be enrolled in an ABET-accredited graduate or doctorate EAC or ETAC curriculum, have six months or less remaining before completion of the degree, and provide a certificate of good standing from the dean of the engineering school or the dean's designee; or

c. Be enrolled in a graduate curriculum that is ABET-accredited EAC or ETAC at the undergraduate level at the institution at which the graduate degree is being sought, have six months or less remaining before completion of the degree, and provide a certificate of good standing from the dean of the engineering school or the dean's designee.

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2. Graduated from an approved engineering or an approved engineering technology curriculum.

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3. Dual degree holders must:

a. Have graduated from a non-ABET-accredited undergraduate engineering curriculum of four years or more; and

b. Have graduated from a graduate or doctorate engineering curriculum that is ABET accredited at the undergraduate level.

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4. Graduated from a nonapproved engineering curriculum or from a related science curriculum of four years or more.

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5. Obtained, by documented academic coursework, the equivalent of education that meets the requirements of ABET accreditation for the baccalaureate engineering technology curricula. Whether an education is considered to be equivalent will be determined by the judgment of the board.

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