Additional Registrations

Chartered Engineers (CEng) develop solutions to engineering problems using new or existing technologies, through innovation, creativity and change and/or they may have technical accountability for complex systems with significant levels of risk.

Why become a Chartered Engineer?

The benefits of professional registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng) include:

• Become professionally registered as an CEng – a globally recognised benchmark
• Improved career prospects and employability
• Higher earning potential
• Demonstration of a professional attitude valued by employers and customers
• International recognition of competence and commitment
• Evidence of expertise
• Greater influence within industry and own organisation

Who can apply?

The CEng title is open to anyone who can demonstrate the required professional competences and commitment, as set out in the professional standard UK-SPEC. Individuals generally develop these through education and working experience.

The application process for CEng registration is more straightforward for those with exemplifying academic qualifications. For CEng this is one of the following:

• A Bachelors degree, with Honours, in engineering or technology, accredited for CEng, plus an appropriate and accredited Masters degree or Engineering Doctorate (EngD), or appropriate further learning to Masters level
• An accredited Bachelors degree (Hons) in engineering or technology (if obtained before the year 2000). You can find out if your courses are accredited by the Engineering Council here: https://www.engc.org.uk/education-skills/course-search/accredited-course-search/.
• If you cannot find your course on the Engineering Council’s database and have studied at a European university, your degree may still be recognised as equivalent to an Engineering Council accredited degree for registration purposes. You can check this here: https://www.feani.org/european-engineering-education-database/eeed-database.”
• An accredited integrated MEng degree

Applicants may also apply through the individual route if one or both your degrees are not listed on the Engineering Council’s accredited course search and you are from an appropriate academic background (please contact membership@ciwem.org for details) then you can apply through the individual route.

To apply through the individual route for IEng or CEng, you will need to have your qualifications approved by the CIWEM Qualifications Panel before submitting your online application. To do so please send a copy of your CV and university transcripts (undergraduate and post graduate if applicable) to membership@ciwem.org. Once your qualifications have been approved, please save the document provided to you and submit this alongside your application. Failing to do so may result in the delayed processing of your application.

Engineering Technicians (EngTech) apply proven techniques and procedures to the solution of practical engineering problems.

Why become an Engineering Technician?

The benefits of professional registration as a Engineering Technician include:

• Become professionally registered as an EngTech – a globally recognised benchmark
• Improved career prospects and employability
• Higher earning potential
• Demonstration of a professional attitude valued by employers and customers
• International recognition of competence and commitment
• Evidence of expertise
• Greater influence within industry and own organisation

Who can apply?

EngTech registration is open to anyone who can demonstrate the required professional competences and commitment.

Typically, applicants will have successfully completed an Advanced/Modern Apprenticeship or other work based learning programme approved by CIWEM. This can lead directly to Engineering Technician registration.

Or, alongside appropriate working experience, they will hold:

• a qualification, approved by a licensed professional engineering institution, in engineering or construction set at level 3 (or above) in the Qualifications and Credit Framework/National Qualifications Framework for England and Northern Ireland; or at level 6 (or above) in the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework; or at level 3 (or above) in the Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales;
• or equivalent qualifications approved by a licensed professional engineering institution.

To check whether your academic qualification is approved for EngTech please click here.

Individuals without formal qualifications may also apply for EngTech registration by demonstrating they have acquired the necessary competence through substantial working experience.

UK-SPEC provides details of the competence required for EngTech registration

Incorporated Engineers (IEng) maintain and manage applications of current and developing technology, and may undertake engineering design, development, manufacture, construction and operation.

Why become an Incorporated Engineer?

Incorporated Engineers demonstrate they have shown:

• The theoretical knowledge to solve problems in developed technologies using well proven analytical techniques
• Successful application of their knowledge to deliver engineering projects or services using established technologies and methods
• Responsibility for project and financial planning and management together with some responsibility for leading and developing other professional staff
• Effective interpersonal skills in communicating technical matters
• Commitment to professional engineering values.

Who can apply?

The IEng title is open to anyone who can demonstrate the required professional competences and commitment, as set out in the professional standard UK-SPEC. Individuals generally develop this through education and working experience.

The application process for IEng registration is more straightforward for those with exemplifying academic qualifications. For IEng this is one of the following:

• An accredited Bachelors or honours degree in engineering or technology
• An accredited HNC or HND in engineering or technology (for programmes started before Sept 1999)
• An HNC or HND started after Sept 1999 (but before Sept 2010 in the case of the HNC) or a Foundation Degree in engineering or technology, plus appropriate further learning to degree level
• An NVQ4 or SVQ4 that has been approved for the purpose by a licensed engineering institution, plus appropriate further learning to degree level*

Please note:

• Applicants holding the exemplifying qualifications are automatically eligible for interim registration.
• To check whether your academic qualification is accredited for IEng please click here.
• You can still become an IEng without these academic qualifications. Further information about the individual, work-based, assessment process can be found in UK-SPEC and from your professional engineering institution.

For environmental professionals independent of discipline, chartership reflects a high level of skill and experience, setting Chartered Environmentalists (CEnv) apart from others working in their field. It enhances career prospects through establishing proven expertise, experience and commitment to professional standards.

In the UK and across the world, Chartered Environmentalists utilise their specific expertise to lead departments, advise governments and work hands-on as practitioners.

Why become a Chartered Environmentalist?

As the prominence and reputation of Chartered Environmentalists continues to grow in the profession, chartered status is increasingly seen internationally as a highly desirable demonstration of an individual’s competence. Registration as a Chartered Environmentalist demonstrates that an individual has been judged by their peers to be working at the highest possible standards in the environmental profession. Chartered Environmentalists demonstrate:

• High level of theoretical knowledge of sustainability and environmental issues
• Successful application of this knowledge to lead sustainable management of the environment
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills
• A personal commitment to maintain professional standards, and to recognise obligations to society, the profession and the environment

Who can apply?

Registration as a CEnv is open to any who demonstrate the required professional competences and commitment, these can be view here. Individuals generally develop these through education and working experience.

The application process for becoming a Chartered Environmentalist requires achievement of a relevant master’s degree.

Please find The Chartered Environmentalist Practice Direction (CEnvPD) Edition 5 here.

Watch "The Pathway to Become a CEnv or REnvTech" webinar here.

Chartered Scientists (CSci) represent the best professional scientists working in the UK and abroad. They demonstrate effective leadership, using their specialist knowledge and broader scientific understanding to develop and improve the application of science and technology by scoping, planning and managing multifaceted projects.

Chartership as a scientist reflects the wide variety of sciences and their practice, recognising high levels of skill and experience, independent of discipline.

Why become a Chartered Scientist?

Professional registration as a Chartered Scientist provides independent recognition of your achieving and maintaining the exacting standards required to join the global community of professional scientists. Benefits include:

• Be publicly recognised for your professional excellence
• Increase your confidence and skill
• Demonstrate your ethical credentials
• Improve your chances of promotion
• Become a leader within your field
• Join a worldwide community of cross-disciplinary scientists

Who can apply?

The application process for becoming a Chartered Scientist requires master’s degree level thinking, demonstrated either through achievement of a relevant master’s degree or through the submission of written work deemed to be at an equivalent level by the registration assessors. Applicants need to demonstrate their competence across five areas by providing examples from your working life, usually within the last five years.