The role of the Engineering Council UK (ECUK)

ECUK regulates the UK engineering profession. It maintains the national register of Chartered Engineers, Incorporated Engineers and Engineering Technicians, and sets the standards of competence that govern the award and retention of these titles.

To apply for the CEng, IEng or EngTech titles an individual must be a member of one of the 36 engineering institutions that are licensed by ECUK to assess candidates. ECUK monitors and supports these institutions to ensure correct and consistent application of the standards for registration.

Accreditation of engineering degrees, other academic awards and professional development schemes is an important area of ECUK's work. Here again it works through the engineering institutions, many of which have been granted licences to evaluate such programmes.

Among its many other commitments, ECUK is a member of various international organisations and agreements, which has allowed it to exert real influence outside the UK. This has benefited not only individual registrants - some 50,000 of whom are domiciled overseas - but also UK engineering businesses and our system of engineer education.

More: http://www.engc.org.uk/About_ECUK