The Engineering Council was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1981 to regulate the engineering profession in the UK.

A registered charity, our Charitable Object is:

to advance education in, and to promote the science and practice of, engineering (including relevant technology) for the public benefit and thereby to promote industry and commerce.

The primary benefit of our regulatory activity is a trustworthy engineering profession that keeps people safe and supports responsible social and economic development. 

Our AGM will be held on 3 July 2025

Read our 2025 Strategy, Advancing Regulation
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Our people ›

Meet the Engineering Council's Board of Trustees and senior management team working together to ensure the organisation is well governed and led.

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Our partners ›

Find out more about how organisations work together to lead the professional engineering community in the UK.

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Mission, vision, values ›

These short statements describe our overall goal and guide how we work towards it.

Hierarchy of regulations and standards

The Royal Charter is an instrument of incorporation granted by the UK monarch. It confers independent legal personality on the Engineering Council and defines its objectives, constitution and powers to govern its own affairs.

View our Royal Charter

The Bye-laws are the established rules by which the Engineering Council regulates itself. 

View our Bye-laws

The Regulations (including Regulations for Registration and Regulations for Licensing) set out the rules licensed professional engineering institutions must adhere to when carrying out processes regulated by the Engineering Council.

View our Regulations

  • UK-SPEC and the ICTTech Standard are reference Standards that, with reference to Regulations for Registration, set out the competence and commitment required for registration as CEng, IEng, EngTech and ICTTech.
  • AAQA and AHEP are reference Standards that, with reference to RfR, set out the policy, context, rules and procedures for recognising learning and development programmes that help develop the competence and 
    commitment set out in UK-SPEC and ICTTech Standard.
  • Recognised Standards are derived from UK-SPEC by the Engineering Council, licensed professional engineering institutions, or a third party.