The Engineering Council recognises engineering education programmes accredited by Washington Accord signatories as contributing to the education requirements for Chartered Engineer (CEng) registration. As the exemplifying academic requirement for Chartered Engineer registration is a Masters level qualification, the assessing institution may ask you to demonstrate further learning acquired through formal or informal learning. They may also ask you to demonstrate knowledge relevant to their discipline(s).
*Students starting Washington Accord programmes from July 2015 onwards will be required to demonstrate learning to European Master's level when applying for Chartered Engineer registration.
The fact is in my personal experience, the recognition of EC qualifications with other country's bodies can be one way.
As a registered CEng I was disappointed to find that in Canada & Ontario specifically the fact that I was a UK CEng held no standing, and to be entitled to practice as a PEng in Ontario I would have to go through their entire process from scratch to prove myself of the required standard. That included having to write some exams since it was so many years since taking my degree.
The sad fact is that I had a PEng working for me, who had been practising for 15 years who would not have made the standard for CEng in the UK due to a lack of certain UKSPEC competancies.
Until we can do a better job of connecting with these overseas orgnaisations ( and I agree that would be a major undertaking ), then I could not support us allowing a rubber stamp on their qualifications as meeting the requirements of the EC.
