Professional Engineer

Professional Engineer (PE or P.E.) is the term for registration or licensure of engineers in the United States. The earmark that distinguishes a professional engineer is the authority to "sign off" or "stamp" on a design or a structure, thus taking legal responsibility for it. Each state in the United States has specific procedures and requirements for the PE license. However these typically include elements of the following:

• graduation with a degree from an accredited program in engineering
• completion of a standard "fundamentals of engineering" (FE) exam which tests on basic courses and some elements of an engineering specialty
• accumulation of some years of experience doing engineering work under the supervision of a PE
• completion of a second "principles and practice" exam which tests higher level skills, and knowledge of practice and ethics

External Links

• National Society of Professional Engineers

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