CEng and IEng registration

Application form
Surname/Last/Family name:

First names:

Title (Mr/Mrs/Ms etc):

Date of birth (DD/MM/YY):

BCS membership no:

Home details
Address:
Town/City:

Postcode:

Telephone:

Telephone (mobile):

Country:

Work details
Organisation name:

Department:

Address:
Town/City:

Postcode:

Country:

Telephone:

Preferred mailing address (please tick):

Contact email:

Alternative email:

Home

Work

Your work experience

Number of years working in IT:
Your current CV/resume attached*

Your current/most recent job title:

Experience Statement form attached

* Your CV/resume should include a description of the relevant key tasks and responsibilities for all your IT work experience,
including your existing/most recent role.
Supporter
Please provide a supporter who will be able to validate your competence over the last year. Your supporter could be your manager,
a senior colleague or a client.
If your supporter cannot comment on the whole of the last year, please provide details of further supporters on a separate sheet.
Please obtain the agreement of your supporter before providing their contact details.
Surname/Last/Family name:

First names:

Title (Mr/Mrs/Ms etc):

BCS membership no. and grade (if appropriate):

Job title:

Professional relationship to you:

Address:
Postcode:

Country:

Telephone:

Telephone (mobile):

Email:
Period of time during which you have known supporter:

From:

To:

April 2015

Engineering Council
BCS is licensed by the Engineering Council to award Chartered Engineer (CEng) and Incorporated Engineer (IEng)
registrations.
Please indicate your preferred registration by ticking the appropriate box below.
Chartered Engineer (CEng)
*CEng: An accredited Bachelors degree with honours in engineering or technology, plus either an appropriate Masters degree or
Engineering Doctorate (EngD) accredited by a professional engineering institution, or appropriate further learning to Masters level*;
or an accredited integrated MEng degree.
Incorporated Engineer (IEng)
*IEng: An accredited Bachelors or honours degree in engineering or technology or a Higher National Diploma or a Foundation
Degree in engineering or technology, plus appropriate further learning to degree level* or an NVQ4 or SVQ4 which has been approved for
the purpose by a licensed professional engineering institution, plus appropriate further learning to degree level*.
*See www.qaa.ac.uk for qualification levels and HE reference points.
The Engineering Council website provides a searchable database of accredited programmes. Please check the Engineering Council
website: www.engc.org.uk/courses.
There are four routes your application can take for CEng and IEng registrations. Your application will receive an initial review
assessment by our qualified assessors to determine the route most appropriate to your qualifications and experience:
Standard Route (Accredited)
Experiential Route
Technical Report Route
Academic Individual Assessment Route
Please ensure you complete and attach the Experience Statement Form, available at bcs.org/ceng and bcs.org/ieng with your
application

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Standard Route (Accredited) Registration

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For applicants who hold qualifications accredited by the Engineering Council.

Please visit www.engc.org.uk to determine whether your academic qualifications are accredited or recognised for either
CEng or IEng Registration*see above. Please include authenticated certificates (copy signed by a senior colleague
confirming they have seen the original) with your application (see guidance notes).
Engineering Council Accreditation reference number/s (if known):

CEng:

IEng:

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Experiential Route
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For applicants without exemplifying qualifications; this path enables applicants who do not have exemplifying
qualifications to demonstrate their underpinning knowledge and understanding through evidence of their substantial work
experience and knowledge gained.
Please ensure you complete and attach the Experience Statement Form, available at bcs.org/ceng and bcs.org/ieng
Please provide details of any relevant academic or vocational qualifications that you hold in the table below:
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Technical Report Route assessment fee required - http://www.bcs.org/category/5780
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For applicants without exemplifying qualifications; this path enables applicants who do not have exemplifying
qualifications to demonstrate their underpinning knowledge and understanding through the production of a technical report.
Please provide details of any relevant academic or vocational qualifications that you hold:
Qualification

MTG/FORM/940/0311

Course title
Educational
(As shown on certificate) institution
Educational

Start
date
Start

Finish
date
Finish

Mode of study
(FT/PT/DL/Sandwich)
Mode of study

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Academic Individual Assessment Route Registration assessment fee required - http://www.bcs.org/category/5780

For applicants who have BSc Hons and MSc degrees in relevant subjects which are not accredited by the Engineering
Council (see guidance notes). This path enables applicants who have studied courses that have not been EC accredited
but meet the academic requirement to have their qualifications reviewed by BCS in the same manner as an accredited
qualification.
Do you have a Bachelors degree with Honors and a Masters degree in Engineering or a technology-related subject (Chartered
Engineer) or a Bachelors Degree in Engineering or a technology-related subject (Incorporated Engineer)?
Yes

No

If your qualifications meet the criteria defined via the

Academic Individual Assessment route you may qualify
to proceed to the Professional Review interview. Please
detail qualifications below (i).

Please refer to the guidance for the Experiential or Technical Report

Routes.

For more information on the Academic Individual Assessment route to registration please visit www.engc.org.uk

Other documents will be required (see guidance notes)

(i) Academic qualifications
Please note: We require you to provide authenticated certificates for any qualifications detailed in your application.
Qualification

Bachelors degree with Honours

Masters degree

Course title:
(As shown on Certificate)
University/Institution:
Start date:
Graduation date:
Mode of study (FT/PT/DL/Sandwich):

What prompted you to make your application at this time? Please choose an option from the list below.
Press advert

BCS website

Other website

BCS email

Colleague

University department/lecturer

Employer

BCS event

BCS leaflet

Search engine advertising

BCS member

Press publication

Exhibition

BCS presentation

Other

Fees: For the latest fees, please visit www.bcs.org/membership/fees

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Declaration
I wish to be considered for Chartered Engineer/Incorporated Engineer status (please specify) with BCS, The Chartered Institute for
IT. If admitted I agree to being governed and to comply with the Institutes Charter, Bye-Laws and Regulations from time to time in force
and will abide by the BCS Code of Conduct from time to time in force.
Signature:

Date:

If you are returning your application by email and are unable to sign it, please tick the box below to indicate your agreement
to the declaration. I agree to the declaration
Once completed please return with CV/Resume and Experience Statement form to:
BCS The Chartered Institute for IT
Membership Department First Floor Block D North Star House North Star Avenue Swindon SN2 1FA United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1793 417 424 Fax: +44 (0) 1793 417 444 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bcs.org
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, is the business name of The British Computer Society (Registered charity no. 292786) 2012

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CEng and IEng registration: Guidance notes

To apply you will need to send us your signed application form, including supporter contact information, your current CV, work
experience statement and an application fee (For the latest fees, please visit www.bcs.org/membership/fees). Where applicable, you
will need to provide relevant authenticated certificates. Your supporter must have known you for at least 12 months and be able to
comment on your work experience for the last 12 months.
Chartered Engineer criteria
Bachelors Degree with Honours in engineering or technology, plus either an appropriate Masters Degree accredited or approved
by a professional engineering institution or appropriate learning to Masters level or an accredited integrated MEng Degree.
Incorporated Engineer criteria
An accredited Bachelors or Honours Degree in engineering or technology, or a Higher National Certificate or Diploma* or a
Foundation Degree in engineering or technology, plus appropriate further learning to degree level.
*Rules apply to Higher National Certificate or Diploma. Visit http://www.engc.org.uk/accreditation/hn_awards.asp for further information.
The information detailed below will be requested during the application process by Membership Operations and is not required
with your initial application.

Standard Route (Accredited)

For applicants who hold qualifications accredited by the Engineering Council, for either Chartered Engineer (CEng)
or Incorporated Engineer (IEng).
Minimum requirements

Refer to Engineering Council website for accredited or recognised qualification course lists www.engc.org.uk
Make a note of the course reference number and note this on the application form
Authenticated certificates are required as proof a photocopy or scan signed by a work colleague will suffice
There will be a peer assessment of your application

Experiential Route
The Experiential Route enables applicants who do not have exemplifying qualifications to demonstrate their underpinning knowledge
and understanding through evidence of their substantial work experience. Our assessors will review your CV and Experience
Statement and if sufficient evidence of the core competencies has been provided, you will progress directly to Professional Review
Interview.

Technical Report Route

If the evidence does not sufficiently demonstrate the necessary underpinning knowledge and understanding to support the Experiential
route, the assessor may request further information from you or recommend that you progress via the Technical Report Route instead.

Requirements:
Initial two page synopsis of the proposed Technical Report.
Following successful assessment of synopsis, a full Technical Report should be submitted for peer assessment. The report must be
3000 to 10000 words, dependent upon qualifications and registration applied for. Membership Operations will advise.
Individual Case Procedure (ICP) assessment fee (for the latest fees, please visit www.bcs.org/membership/fees).
A Technical Report interview (TRI) will be conducted
Once all requirements have been satisfied by any of the 4 routes, all applicants will be required to attend a Professional Review
interview (PRI).

Academic Individual Assessment Route Registration

For applicants who have BSc Hons and MSc Degrees in relevant subjects which are not accredited by the Engineering Council.
If you hold a relevant BSc Honours Degree and MSc Degree which are not accredited by Engineering Council, please provide us with
information regarding the courses content and our Accreditation Department will make an assessment to see if they meet the relevant
academic benchmarks.
Minimum requirements

Transcripts
Syllabus/syllabi
Final year projects
Individual Case Procedure (ICP) assessment fee (For the latest fees, please visit www.bcs.org/membership/fees).
Authenticated certificates are required as proof a photocopy or scan signed by a work colleague will suffice
There will be an academic assessment, recommendations and/or an interview conducted

Further information that may be required (desirable)

Module content documents

01897/PDS/FORM/1012

 Exam papers

01897/PDS/FORM/1012