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UK-SPEC

UK-SPEC is the standard

for recognition of professional engineers and professional engineering technicians in the UK. The standard is published by ECUK on behalf of the engineering profession.

Who owns UK-SPEC?

UK-SPEC is published by the Engineering Council UK, a chartered educational charity responsible for the UK register of Chartered Engineers, Incorporated Engineers and Engineering Technicians. UK-SPEC was developed by panels representing professional engineering institutions, employers, and engineering educators. The Standards may only be changed and updated by the authority of the governing Board of ECUK, whose members come from each of these stakeholder groups.

Implementation

UK-SPEC came into force on 1 March 2004.

Institutions use the UK-SPEC Regulations for Registration to assess applications or registration. This is available for download on the right of this page. Many Institutions include additional or interpretive requirements. Intending applicants for registration are encouraged to contact their chosen Institution directly.

As UK-SPEC does not impose any extra requirements on applicants, anyone who was working towards registration under the previous SARTOR 3 rules will now be considered under UK-SPEC.   The new arrangements for assessing people without exemplifying academic qualifications, including the possibility of submitting a technical report, became operative on 1 March 2004.