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Reach your potential with Professional Registration

Professional Registration is highly regarded by employers, clients, engineers and technicians across the globe.

There are four different categories to choose from when applying for Professional Registration. Each category is of equal recognition, and they all follow a variation of the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence.

Proud to be an engineer

With a title after your name, help clients, colleagues and employers see your commitment to your profession.

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Proud to be a technician

Gain international recognition and demonstrate your commitment with an ICTTech or EngTech status.

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Support your engineers

You can help your engineers achieve Professional Registration through our extensive range of services.

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Chartered Engineer (CEng)

Will develop solutions to engineering problems using new or existing technologies, through innovation, creativity, and change.

Go to The Chartered Engineer (CEng) Standard

Incorporated Engineer (IEng)

Will maintain and manage applications of current and developing technology, and may undertake engineering design, development, manufacture, construction, and operation.

Go to The Incorporated Engineer (IEng) Standard

Engineering Technician (EngTech)

Will apply proven techniques and procedures to the solution of practical engineering problems.

Go to The Engineering Technician (EngTech) Standard

ICT Technician (ICTTech)

Will work in a variety of environments. These include, but are not limited to offices, development labs, data and operational centres, field environments, customer premises and manufacturing.

Go to The Information and Communications Technology Technician (ICTTech) Standard

Five steps to Professional Registration

The application process is similar for all categories. We’ve simplified your journey into five straightforward steps.

The application process is similar for all categories. We’ve simplified the journey into five straightforward steps.

Step 1: Choose a category (CEng, IEng, EngTech or ICTTech) to apply for.

If you would like advice on how to choose the most appropriate category for you, please contact our team at profreginfo@theiet.org or call 01438 211476.

Step 2: Collate your work experience and qualifications (you don’t need a degree to apply) and begin your application.

Make use of the one-to-one support and investigate becoming an IET member to use Career Manager, our online tool for recording and mapping competencies.

Step 3: Have your application reviewed prior to submission by a Professional Registration Advisor (PRA).

Step 4: For CEng and IEng only, you will attend an interview to show how your engineering story needs the UK-SPEC competencies.

Step 5: Submit your application!

Why the IET?

The Institution of Engineering and Technology have been supporting engineers and technicians become Professionally Registered since 1924 and as the largest multi-disciplinary engineering institution.

We work extensively with industry, providing support to companies wanting to encourage their employees to be the best they can be.

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Professional Registration - FAQs

If you’re considering Professional Registration, you probably have a few questions about things you’re unclear on, or some terminology you don’t understand. Here are some questions we get asked most often.

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