Hi Olutayo,


I will add to what Roy has advised with a bit of background. Up to about five years ago (probably at the issue of UK Spec Rev 3) it was common for CEng rejections to offer IEng as the interview/application had clearly demonstrated compliance with IEng but not CEng (and it was never offered as a 'consolation prize', though some may have taken this view). With the change in the Engineering Council Rules that a Registration Category had to be specifically applied for, the IET had to cease this option.


With regard to the individual route, one of the reasons it is called the individual route is that each candidate is different. A candidate who has completed a Masters degree that is not accredited will be given more credit for this than one who has not completed a Masters degree at all, so your non-accredited degree is better than no degree. Further, I assume your MSc in Electrical Power from Newcastle University is an accredited degree and probably fills in any gaps from your first degree not being accredited (though this will not be assumed and some questions at the interview would be likely to just confirm this).


My advice (if I was acting as your PRA) would probably be to fill in the self assessment to see how close you might be to achieving all the UK Spec competences and then make plans to develop any gaps there may be (or, if it comes out well, start to fill in an application form).

Hi Olutayo,


I will add to what Roy has advised with a bit of background. Up to about five years ago (probably at the issue of UK Spec Rev 3) it was common for CEng rejections to offer IEng as the interview/application had clearly demonstrated compliance with IEng but not CEng (and it was never offered as a 'consolation prize', though some may have taken this view). With the change in the Engineering Council Rules that a Registration Category had to be specifically applied for, the IET had to cease this option.


With regard to the individual route, one of the reasons it is called the individual route is that each candidate is different. A candidate who has completed a Masters degree that is not accredited will be given more credit for this than one who has not completed a Masters degree at all, so your non-accredited degree is better than no degree. Further, I assume your MSc in Electrical Power from Newcastle University is an accredited degree and probably fills in any gaps from your first degree not being accredited (though this will not be assumed and some questions at the interview would be likely to just confirm this).


My advice (if I was acting as your PRA) would probably be to fill in the self assessment to see how close you might be to achieving all the UK Spec competences and then make plans to develop any gaps there may be (or, if it comes out well, start to fill in an application form).