Maryland Board for Professional Engineers - Professional Engineers Examination Application Instructions

Please select one of the following applications after you carefully read each section:

Option B

An applicant qualifies under this option if the applicant:

has graduated from a college or university on completion of at least a 4-year curriculum in engineering, or its equivalent, that the Board approves;
has at least 4 years of work experience in engineering that is satifactory to the Board and that indicates to the Board that the applicant may be competent to practice engineering.
has passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES).

Notes on calculating experience:

If an applicant has completed graduate study in engineering that is approved by the Board, it may allow the applicant up to 1-year credit toward the experience requirement of paragraph (1)(b) above.
If an applicant has taught undergraduate or graduate courses in the practice of engineering or has directed engineering research and projects in the applicant's field in a college or university offering an engineering curriculum that is approved by the Board, the Board may consider the teaching experience as work experience for purposes of the experience requirements.
If an applicant is using a Masters or Ph.D. to qualify for the exam, an applicant cannot also use it to receive a 1-year credit toward the work experience requirement.

Option C

An applicant qualifies under this option if the applicant:

has graduated from a college or university on completion of at least a 4-year curriculum in engineering, or its equivalent, that the Board has not approved;
has at least 8 years of work experience in engineering that is satisfactory to the Board and indicates to the Board that the applicant may be competent to practice engineering.
has passed an examination in the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES).

Notes on calculating experience:

If an applicant has taught undergraduate or graduate courses in the practice of engineering or has directed engineering research and projects in the applicant's field in a college or university offering an engineering curriculum that is approved by the Board, the Board may consider the teaching experience as work experience for purposes of the experience requirements.

Option D

An applicant qualifies under this option if the applicant:

has at least 12 years of work experience in engineering that is satisfactory to the Board and that experience indicates to the Board that the applicant may be competent to practice engineering.
has passed an examination in the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES).

Notes on calculating experience:

If an applicant has completed 1 or more years of a college or university curriculum in engineering that the Board approves, it may allow, for each of those years, a 1-year credit towards the experience requirement.
If an applicant has completed 1 or more years of a college or university curriculum in engineering that has not been approved by the Board, the Board may allow, for each of those years, a credit of up to 6 months toward the experience requirement under paragraph (1) above.
If an applicant has taught undergraduate or graduate courses in the practice of engineering or has directed engineering research and projects in the applicant's field in a college or university offering an engineering curriculum that is approved by the Board, the Board may consider the teaching experience as work experience for purposes of the experience requirements.