The Engineering Council and the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 have jointly sponsored research to gauge the level of employer support for employees working towards CEng status by way of a work-based MSc Professional Engineering with a research element.

The study explored the level of support amongst organisations that employ BEng graduates, taken from a sample of UK-based companies across a range of engineering sectors. The key findings include:

• 80% of the companies believe that the work-based Masters with a research component would encourage BEng qualified engineers to become CEng registered.
• 39% of the companies agreed that they would support their employees on the work-based Masters with a research element.
• 88% of the companies encourage BEng and MEng qualified engineers to become CEng registered.
• 96% engage with Universities in some way by either short courses (teaching) or research.

The report recommends that the Engineering Council encourages universities to work with interested industry partners to develop proposals for this type of MSc, and a briefing for interested companies has been held.  For more information please contact Deborah Seddon on dseddon@engc.org.uk.

The full report can be found on: /ecukdocuments/internet/document%20library/Employers'%20views%20on%20the%20workbased%20pathway.pdf