ADB,

When I completed the HNC in 1965 you couldn't even join one of the senior institutions with Higher National. The minimum requirement was an ordinary degree and now just to be interested in engineering you can join an institution, but obviously not necessarily be granted a designation.

In 1995 when they raised the academic standards to Masters level for CEng and an Ordinary Degree for IEng the EC(UK) back then, introduced descriptions that described IEng's and CEng's as equal but different., but somehow all this has been washed under the carpet and hence much of the confusion. IEng's are classified in the U.K. as engineers. even those who have gained an Honours Degree, yet elswhere in the world IEngs are recognised as Technologists.

Come to Canada with an Honours Degree and after a given time and the proper requirements you will probably be granted PEng.

Things do change and obviously they have, but causing confusion about it all shouldn't be included with change.

Just read the articles above and see how the members are comparing the IEng and CEng descriptions taken from the UKSPEC.

Regards,

Daniel

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Daniel Scott GCGI IEng MIET

That is the same also here in Italy : The Italian equivalent of the British Incorporated Engineer , that is , the ' Doctor Junior Engineer -Dottor
Ingegnere iunior ' is seen one of lower rank than the five-year one , that is, the Dottor Ingegnere Senior ).

Here we have, at the moment , only 5,000 first-level engineers, and they perhaps run the risk to disappear in the next future (falling
down in the Higher Technicians ' area ! ).

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Luciano Bacco

I'm afraid your memory has played tricks on you. AMIEE was awarded to graduates who met the academic requirements for CEng registration. Once the necessary experience was achieved they applied for CEng. It had nothing to do with IEng (or TEng) registration, which was available to engineers who qualified through the HNC route.

...The fact that IEng was recognised under Sydney Accord and that makes it equal as Engineering Technologist elsewhere but UK.

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Kah-King MSc. MIET

But in Europe the IEng is regarded as a full professional engineer:
http://ec.europa.eu/internal_m....regProfs&profId=6000

http://ec.europa.eu/internal_m...regprof.show&RPId=3359

What people think and wonder http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/qu...=20070717045706AAOTrqF

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Luciano Bacco