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

Incorporated Engineers are able to demonstrate:

  • 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

If this sounds like you then you deserve to see your professionalism recognised by gaining the IEng title.

Why wait? Apply today by contacting your relevant Licensed PEI

Eligibility for IEng

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, visit our Course Search
  • 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 Licensed PEI
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History of the Incorporated Engineer title

The professional engineering community has worked hard over the years to raise the awareness and status of Incorporated Engineers. The following timeline and the "The History of the Incorporated Engineer" paper below sets out the key dates and explains the evolution of this professional title. 

 

  • 1818: The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is founded
  • 1828: ICE awarded its Royal Charter (awarding Chartered Civil Engineer)
  • 1847: The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) is founded. Royal Charter is granted in 1930
  • 1965: The Council of Engineering Institutions (CEI) is formed. Operating under its Royal Charter, the CEI holds the register of Engineering Technicians (EngTechs), Technician Engineers (TEng) and Chartered Engineers (CEng)
  • 1977: An ‘Inquiry into the Engineering Profession’ is announced, chaired by Sir Montague Finniston
  • 1980: Finniston Committee report is published
  • 1981: The Engineering Council was formed with its own Royal Charter
  • 1987: The term Incorporated Engineer was widely accepted by the Profession and Industry
  • 1988: The title of Technician Engineer was replaced by IEng after the necessary changes were approved to the Engineering Council’s Royal Charter
  • 1991: Following the newly formed Joint Accreditation Panel (JAP), which received delegated powers from institutions to accredited academic courses for EngTech and IEng registration, an accreditation agreement was approved for civil engineering courses
  • 1997: The Engineering Council launched the third version of its standards for registration, SARTOR 3. This raised the academic entry standard for the Incorporated Engineer to BEng
  • 1998: The Institution of Electronics and Electrical Incorporated Engineers merged with the Institution of Mechanical Incorporated Engineers to form the Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE).
  • 2001: A new certificate for Incorporated Engineers who wished to be recognised in Continental Europe was published
  • 2001: The IIE gained a Royal Charter
  • 2001/02: Engineering Council UK (ECUK) and Engineering Technology Board (ETB) formed from Engineering Council
  • 2004: ECUK launches the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC)
  • 2006: The IIE merged with Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) to become the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
  • 2007/8: ECUK undertook an IEng review, recommendations included to retain the name and to revise competent statements in UK-SPEC
  • 2008: ECUK is granted a budget from ETB to promote professional registration
  • 2009: ECUK changes its name to Engineering Council and ETB becomes EngineeringUK
  • 2009/10: IEng promotion including research, advertising and communications
  • 2010: The number of new IEng registrations increases by 64% compared to the year before
  • 2012: Engineering Council’s Strategic Plan 2012-2015 includes IEng strand
  • 2012: IEng promotion continues

Many practising engineers have the relevant standards of knowledge and competence to become registered as Incorporated Engineers, but are often unaware of this opportunity to enhance their professional profile.

As a result, the Engineering Council and the professional engineering institutions ran a campaign to raise awareness of IEng and increase understanding of its value. 

In line with this drive a special email signature logo was created for those already registered as Incorporated Engineers, downloadable below, to promote their professional status.

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