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Professional Engineering MSc

Scott Stewart
I have recently had my IEng PRI and while I wait for the Eng Council decision, I have been looking for a distance learning masters. I have seen that a number of universities are offering Professional Engineering MSc that provide a pre-agreed path to CEng. Does anyone know anything about this?

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Scott
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    Hi Scott,


    Hmmmm...this has to beg the question, what are you looking for from a CEng? Assuming that it's to enhance your career prospects, is the CEng actually going to be more important than a Master's or experience? In most professions (certainly all that I've worked in) it works the other way around - once you have the right combinations of knowledge, experience and attitude to reach a senior engineer level then the CEng application will go straight through irrespective of your actual qualifications.


    Which is a long winded way of saying that mostly it's best to identify those qualifications (or experience) which will best help you get promoted or get a new job in your industry of choice, rather than worrying about how "CEng friendly" they are.


    Unless you are in an industry where CEng is a solid gateway to entry in which case the situation I suppose may be different.


    Probably not the best discussion to have on a forum (as it very much depends on your personal circumstances), I'd strongly recommend finding a PRA through the IET (ideally but not essentially one who has awareness of your industry), they should be able to sit down quietly with you over a coffee / pint and look at your specific case. 


    But in general - much though this may not be IET policy! - personally I would never recommend getting a Masters solely to get CEng.


    Good luck!


    Andy
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    Hi Scott,


    Hmmmm...this has to beg the question, what are you looking for from a CEng? Assuming that it's to enhance your career prospects, is the CEng actually going to be more important than a Master's or experience? In most professions (certainly all that I've worked in) it works the other way around - once you have the right combinations of knowledge, experience and attitude to reach a senior engineer level then the CEng application will go straight through irrespective of your actual qualifications.


    Which is a long winded way of saying that mostly it's best to identify those qualifications (or experience) which will best help you get promoted or get a new job in your industry of choice, rather than worrying about how "CEng friendly" they are.


    Unless you are in an industry where CEng is a solid gateway to entry in which case the situation I suppose may be different.


    Probably not the best discussion to have on a forum (as it very much depends on your personal circumstances), I'd strongly recommend finding a PRA through the IET (ideally but not essentially one who has awareness of your industry), they should be able to sit down quietly with you over a coffee / pint and look at your specific case. 


    But in general - much though this may not be IET policy! - personally I would never recommend getting a Masters solely to get CEng.


    Good luck!


    Andy
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