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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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    Thanks for taking the time to reply to my post Joe,


    I suspect you are right in the long run.  I decided back in June to be proactive with respect to the accreditation - I tend to be pessimistic by nature - but like you say, time will tell as to whether it turns out to be the right decision.  It certainly isn't a cheap process - and that's after you've had all the documentation translated.


    My degree is pre-Bologna, plus I preceeded it with an HND which means I transferred directly into the second year of the BEng(Hons) programme - So on paper my Bachelor was "only" two years, although it actually took four.  However, whether that has a negative impact on the application remains to be seen.


    I hope that in the years to come, the Engineering Council and the Institutions will make in-roads getting CEng better recognised in Europe.  I have a friend who is international vice president of the IMechE and I know that they have been doing a lot of work in this direction.  By all accounts, the sticking point as far as Germany is concerned is the Engineers who get Chartered status without actually having studied to a degree level.  However, in all honesty this is only a handful and that is only after many, many years of work experience.  Quite frankly, anyone who achieves CEng via that route absolutely deserves it!

     

    I hope there will be a "Green Industrial Revolution" in the UK.  My personal belief (without wanting to get political) is that Brexit will bite the UK a lot harder than many people think - which is why it surprises me so much that the institutions have been so quite about it.  I guess they don't want to upset any members.


    I report back here once I know - one way or another.


    Stay Healthy!

    Robert
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    Thanks for taking the time to reply to my post Joe,


    I suspect you are right in the long run.  I decided back in June to be proactive with respect to the accreditation - I tend to be pessimistic by nature - but like you say, time will tell as to whether it turns out to be the right decision.  It certainly isn't a cheap process - and that's after you've had all the documentation translated.


    My degree is pre-Bologna, plus I preceeded it with an HND which means I transferred directly into the second year of the BEng(Hons) programme - So on paper my Bachelor was "only" two years, although it actually took four.  However, whether that has a negative impact on the application remains to be seen.


    I hope that in the years to come, the Engineering Council and the Institutions will make in-roads getting CEng better recognised in Europe.  I have a friend who is international vice president of the IMechE and I know that they have been doing a lot of work in this direction.  By all accounts, the sticking point as far as Germany is concerned is the Engineers who get Chartered status without actually having studied to a degree level.  However, in all honesty this is only a handful and that is only after many, many years of work experience.  Quite frankly, anyone who achieves CEng via that route absolutely deserves it!

     

    I hope there will be a "Green Industrial Revolution" in the UK.  My personal belief (without wanting to get political) is that Brexit will bite the UK a lot harder than many people think - which is why it surprises me so much that the institutions have been so quite about it.  I guess they don't want to upset any members.


    I report back here once I know - one way or another.


    Stay Healthy!

    Robert
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