Hi Roy,


My degree shows on the current link (under Mehmood's post above) as accredited by the IEE. I assume that if a degree programme ceased to exist before the IET was created then that's all the EC can show as the accreditation. So it's quite likely the OP is in the same position.


I half agree with you and half disagree re "is the IET the right home for someone with a degree with mechanical engineering". I think as you say, everyone has to look at what the institutions offer them and make their own choice. The IET aspires to cover all areas of engineering, but as that's a very broad field (and many engineers are multi disciplined anyway) it's a case of whether the particular service they offer is what is needed for particular individuals. In any case, for many or most of us the fields of engineering we work in only bear a passing similarities to our degree. (It's a moment of delight for me when a question arises in the day job that relates to electronics these days! I'm just as likely to be looking at mechanical issues which was most definitely not my degree.) 


Let alone the fact that many people only join a PEI to get Chartered and aren't too worried what else they offer...the PEIs may not like that but out in the real world it's often what happens.


Cheers,


Andy

Hi Roy,


My degree shows on the current link (under Mehmood's post above) as accredited by the IEE. I assume that if a degree programme ceased to exist before the IET was created then that's all the EC can show as the accreditation. So it's quite likely the OP is in the same position.


I half agree with you and half disagree re "is the IET the right home for someone with a degree with mechanical engineering". I think as you say, everyone has to look at what the institutions offer them and make their own choice. The IET aspires to cover all areas of engineering, but as that's a very broad field (and many engineers are multi disciplined anyway) it's a case of whether the particular service they offer is what is needed for particular individuals. In any case, for many or most of us the fields of engineering we work in only bear a passing similarities to our degree. (It's a moment of delight for me when a question arises in the day job that relates to electronics these days! I'm just as likely to be looking at mechanical issues which was most definitely not my degree.) 


Let alone the fact that many people only join a PEI to get Chartered and aren't too worried what else they offer...the PEIs may not like that but out in the real world it's often what happens.


Cheers,


Andy