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18VAC10-20-210: Requirements for licensure as a professional engineer
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
- Agency 10. Board For Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers And Landscape Architects
- Chapter 20. Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects Regulations
- Part IV. Qualifications for Licensing of Professional Engineers
In general, the required education will be applied as follows:
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
PASSING OF FUNDAMENTALS EXAM REQUIRED?
NUMBER OF REQUIRED YEARS OF QUALIFYING ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE
1. Have graduated from an ABET- accredited undergraduate engineering program.
YES
4
2. Dual degree holders.
a. Have graduated from an ABET-accredited undergraduate engineering program; and
b. Have graduated from a doctorate engineering program that is ABET accredited at the undergraduate level.
NO
4
3. Have graduated from a four-year related science program, engineering technology program, or a non-ABET-accredited engineering program.
YES
6
4. Have obtained, by documented academic coursework, the equivalent of education that meets the requirements of ABET accreditation for the baccalaureate engineering technology. Whether an education is considered to be equivalent will be determined by the judgment of the board.
YES
10
5. Have graduated from an engineering, engineering technology, or related science curriculum of four years or more.
NO
20
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