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My degree hasn't been accredited by IET have I joined the wrong Institution?

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I am looking to start applying for CEng and joined the IET as my work place is advising on this institution. But when I searched for my MEng degree it doesn't appear to have been accredited by IET. However other institutions IMechE, RAeS and IEE have accredited it for CEng.

Does this mean that I need to leave IET and join on of these three institutions instead?


Finally I am confused on what exemplifying qualification means. In the UK SPEC, the competency and commitment for CEng A to E. Does the MEng exemplify an applicant from any of these or does it just give you the ability to simply apply?


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    Engineering Council is responsible for Academic Accreditation carried out by Professional Engineering Institutions (PEIs). The PEIs are “licensees”, or what would be described in business as “franchisees”. 

    Engineering Council are also responsible for professional registration and set the rules about how accredited qualifications should be treated.

    Some PEIs attach great importance to whether or not they accredited a degree, or if not how similar it was to their "requirements". The IEE used to work like that.

    My understanding is that, The IET accepts all UK accredited degrees and those that can be verified as being of similar quality by a competent authority, as being valid evidence.  

       
    Engineering Council rules require applicants for professional registration be defined as either “Standard Route” or “Individual Route”. Anyone without fully accredited qualifications is “individual”. Therefore, IET Staff will check every case against the Engineering Council database, including an “older list” going back 40+ years, international treaties (such as Washington Accord), or NARIC for broader equivalence to UK standard.  

    A professional registration assessment by the IET, does not require an engineer’s work to be aligned to the title of their academic qualification.

    Trained IET registration assessors, will each have a professional opinion about how relevant a registration applicant’s academic evidence is to their overall underpinning knowledge and understanding (UK&U). Therefore, when IET Assessors feel it necessary during the initial stage of a registration assessment, they will discuss this with the other members of a review panel.  


    This initial stage of assessment requires the panel to justify why the applicant should go forward to interview, on the grounds of having UK&U and also sufficient evidence of having met UK-SPEC competences.  Being “standard route” is a common justification for having sufficient UK&U.

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    Engineering Council is responsible for Academic Accreditation carried out by Professional Engineering Institutions (PEIs). The PEIs are “licensees”, or what would be described in business as “franchisees”. 

    Engineering Council are also responsible for professional registration and set the rules about how accredited qualifications should be treated.

    Some PEIs attach great importance to whether or not they accredited a degree, or if not how similar it was to their "requirements". The IEE used to work like that.

    My understanding is that, The IET accepts all UK accredited degrees and those that can be verified as being of similar quality by a competent authority, as being valid evidence.  

       
    Engineering Council rules require applicants for professional registration be defined as either “Standard Route” or “Individual Route”. Anyone without fully accredited qualifications is “individual”. Therefore, IET Staff will check every case against the Engineering Council database, including an “older list” going back 40+ years, international treaties (such as Washington Accord), or NARIC for broader equivalence to UK standard.  

    A professional registration assessment by the IET, does not require an engineer’s work to be aligned to the title of their academic qualification.

    Trained IET registration assessors, will each have a professional opinion about how relevant a registration applicant’s academic evidence is to their overall underpinning knowledge and understanding (UK&U). Therefore, when IET Assessors feel it necessary during the initial stage of a registration assessment, they will discuss this with the other members of a review panel.  


    This initial stage of assessment requires the panel to justify why the applicant should go forward to interview, on the grounds of having UK&U and also sufficient evidence of having met UK-SPEC competences.  Being “standard route” is a common justification for having sufficient UK&U.

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