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Hello, Hydrogen & Anerkennung

JLawrie
Hello IET Germany Network,


I'm new to the IET online communities (first post), currently in Germany working full time in R&D in the Hydrogen industry and I wanted to introduce myself and say hello to everyone in this community.


I came looking for this community because my degree was accredited by the IET (I am not currently a member, but I was a student member hence the connection) and I have been considering working through the process for getting official recognition of my masters degree in Germany through a process called Anerkennung.


This is a formal process which would (hopefully) see my IET accredited degree as officially and legally equivalent to a Masters degree from a German institution. It is also required to work independently as an engineer rather than as an employee of a company doing engineering work. Another benefit is that it grants one the legal right to be introduced as an engineer ("Ingenieur" or "Ingenieurin"), something that would perhaps be nice.


I have been doing some research on the topic and I think I know what's involved, but what I am unsure of is whether it is something worth doing as a British trained engineer working in Germany (and hoping to continue doing so for the foreseeable future). I am also unsure whether it would interfere with possibly working towards chartership in the UK (do you have to work in the UK to qualify for CEng?).


As engineers and members of the IET in Germany, I couldn't think of a better place to ask for opinions on this topic, I hope that's ok. I welcome all and any thoughts on you all have to share.


Thank you for your time and understanding!


Kind regards,


Joe


Munich


P.S. Anyone else working with Hydrogen please let me know - I'm always happy to talk about what's occurring with Hydrogen. I don't know that much, but it's riding a wave of interest in Germany right now for sure.
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    Hi Joe. Alistair has pretty much said what needs to be said on the German attitude to C.Eng. and MIET. As he points out the big gain for German companies in employing UK graduates is that they're native English speakers. It's not so long ago that some of the major German companies switched to English as their working language,


    But there are some sceptical voices. In the days when I was involved in recruitment we found UK graduates as good technically as other nationalities but younger and more immature. They also had a less well-rounded education. Our older daughter went to school in Munich and uni in the UK. She was shocked when she found that her UK contemporaries weren't interested in discussing philosophy or ecology but rather Eastenders.


    The IET is fairly strong in commonwealth countries and has been making heroic efforts in China, but with how much success I don't know. If you scan the IET site you'll get a feel for which countries host groups.


    BTW, I was sceptical about Jitsi, having got used to Zoom and Skype, but once it's up and running it's no harder to use. The paranoics among us like it as the security is said to be good and the server is in Munich.


    Alec Clelland BSc CEng FIET (thanks for the reminder Alistair)
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    Hi Joe. Alistair has pretty much said what needs to be said on the German attitude to C.Eng. and MIET. As he points out the big gain for German companies in employing UK graduates is that they're native English speakers. It's not so long ago that some of the major German companies switched to English as their working language,


    But there are some sceptical voices. In the days when I was involved in recruitment we found UK graduates as good technically as other nationalities but younger and more immature. They also had a less well-rounded education. Our older daughter went to school in Munich and uni in the UK. She was shocked when she found that her UK contemporaries weren't interested in discussing philosophy or ecology but rather Eastenders.


    The IET is fairly strong in commonwealth countries and has been making heroic efforts in China, but with how much success I don't know. If you scan the IET site you'll get a feel for which countries host groups.


    BTW, I was sceptical about Jitsi, having got used to Zoom and Skype, but once it's up and running it's no harder to use. The paranoics among us like it as the security is said to be good and the server is in Munich.


    Alec Clelland BSc CEng FIET (thanks for the reminder Alistair)
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