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The Bachelor of Engineering (commonly abbreviated as BE or BEng) is an undergraduate academic degree

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awarded to a student after three to five years of studying engineering

Engineering

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at universities in Armenia

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, Australia

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, Bulgaria

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, Canada

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, China

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, Denmark

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(non-academic degree), Germany

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, India

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, Ireland

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, Jordan

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, Korea

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, Nepal

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, the Netherlands

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, New Zealand

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, Nigeria

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, Pakistan

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, Sri Lanka

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, Sweden

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, Tunisia

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, the United Kingdom

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, the United States

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, Vietnam

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, Zambia

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and Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

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. The nature of the qualification varies around the world, hence it may or may not be a professional degree and it may or may not involve undertaking some engineering work. The course may or may not be accredited by a national professional society.

Some institutions award a Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...

(BSc Eng) Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering Science (BESc), Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE), or Bachelor of Applied Science

Bachelor of Applied Science

The Bachelor of Applied Science, often abbreviated as BAS, BSAS. BASc or BAppSc is an undergraduate degree awarded for a course of study that generally lasts three to four years in the United Kingdom and Australia, and four to six years in Canada, the Netherlands and the United States.-Usage:In...

(BASc) degree to undergraduate students of engineering study. For example, Canada is the only country that awards the BASc degree for graduating engineers.

A less common variety of the degree is Baccalaureus in Arte Ingeniaria (BAI), a Latin

Latin

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name meaning Bachelor in the Art of Engineering. It is awarded by the University of Dublin

University of Dublin

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, Ireland

Ireland

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and is more commonly referred to as Bachelor of Engineering; some South African Universities refer to their Engineering degrees as B.Ing. (Baccalaureus Ingeniaria).

Fields

A Bachelor of Engineering degree will usually be undertaken in one field of engineering, which is sometimes noted in the degree postnominals, as in BE(Aero) or BEng(Elec). Common fields for the Bachelor of Engineering degree include the following fields::

Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace engineering
Aerospace engineering is the primary branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft. It is divided into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering...
Automotive engineering
Automotive engineering
Modern automotive engineering, along with aerospace engineering and marine engineering, is a branch of vehicle engineering, incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software and safety engineering as applied to the design, manufacture and operation of motorcycles, automobiles,...
Biological/Chemical Engineering: Including Biochemical
Biochemical engineering
Biochemical engineering is a branch of chemical engineering or biological engineering that mainly deals with the design and construction of unit processes that involve biological organisms or molecules, such as bioreactors...

, Biomedical
Biomedical engineering
Biomedical Engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology. This field seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine: It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to improve...

, Biosystems
Biological engineering
Biological engineering, biotechnological engineering or bioengineering is the application of concepts and methods of biology to solve problems in life sciences, using engineering's own analytical and synthetic methodologies and also its traditional...

, Biomolecular
Molecular engineering
Molecular engineering is any means of manufacturing molecules. It may be used to create, on an extremely small scale, most typically one at a time, new molecules which may not exist in nature, or be stable beyond a very narrow range of conditions....

, and Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...

: Deals with the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms
Computer Engineering
Computer engineering
Computer engineering, also called computer systems engineering, is a discipline that integrates several fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop computer systems. Computer engineers usually have training in electronic engineering, software design, and...
Civil Engineering
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...

: This is a wide-ranging field including building engineering, civil engineering, construction engineering, industrial, manufacturing, mechanical, materials and control engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering/Electronic Engineering
Electronic engineering
Electronics engineering, also referred to as electronic engineering, is an engineering discipline where non-linear and active electrical components such as electron tubes, and semiconductor devices, especially transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, are utilized to design electronic...

: Very diverse field including Computer Engineering
Computer engineering
Computer engineering, also called computer systems engineering, is a discipline that integrates several fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop computer systems. Computer engineers usually have training in electronic engineering, software design, and...

, Communication/Communication systems engineering, Information Technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

, Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...

, Electronics Engineering, Microelectronic Engineering, Microelectronics
Microelectronics
Microelectronics is a subfield of electronics. As the name suggests, microelectronics relates to the study and manufacture of very small electronic components. Usually, but not always, this means micrometre-scale or smaller,. These devices are made from semiconductors...

, Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology deals with developing materials, devices, or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres...

, Mechatronics
Mechatronics
Mechatronics is the combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, computer engineering, software engineering, control engineering, and systems design engineering in order to design, and manufacture useful products. Mechatronics is a multidisciplinary field of engineering, that is...

, Software Engineering
Software engineering
Software Engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches; that is, the application of engineering to software...

, Systems
Systems engineering
Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that focuses on how complex engineering projects should be designed and managed over the life cycle of the project. Issues such as logistics, the coordination of different teams, and automatic control of machinery become more...

, Wireless and Telecommunications, Photovoltaic and Power Engineering
Power engineering
Power engineering, also called power systems engineering, is a subfield of engineering that deals with the generation, transmission and distribution of electric power as well as the electrical devices connected to such systems including generators, motors and transformers...
Electrical Controls Engineering
Control engineering
Control engineering or Control systems engineering is the engineering discipline that applies control theory to design systems with predictable behaviors...

: A relatively new and more specialized subdiscipline of Electrical Engineering that focuses on integrating Electrical Controls, and their programming.
Engineering Management
Engineering management
Engineering Management or Management Engineering is a specialized form of management and engineering that is concerned with the application of engineering principles to business practice...

: Which is the application of engineering principles to the planning and operational management of industrial and manufacturing operations
Environmental Engineering
Environmental engineering
Environmental engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to improve the natural environment , to provide healthy water, air, and land for human habitation and for other organisms, and to remediate polluted sites...

: Includes fields such as Environmental, Geological, Geomatic, Mining, Marine, and Ocean engineering
Fire Protection Engineering
Fire protection engineering
Fire Protection Engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to protect people and their environments from the destructive effects of fire and smoke....

: Is the application of science and engineering principles to protect people and their environments from the destructive effects of fire and smoke.
Geomatics Engineering
Geomatics engineering
Geomatics Engineering, Geomatic Engineering, or Geospatial Engineering is a rapidly developing discipline that focuses on spatial information . The location is the primary factor used to integrate a very wide range of data for viewing and analysis...

: The acquisition, modeling, analysis and management of spatial data. Focuses on satellite positioning, remote sensing, land surveying, wireless location and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Geotechnical Engineering
Geotechnical engineering
Geotechnical engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials. Geotechnical engineering is important in civil engineering, but is also used by military, mining, petroleum, or any other engineering concerned with construction on or in the ground...

: A combination of civil and mining engineering, and involves the analysis of earth materials.
Industrial Engineering
Industrial engineering
Industrial engineering is a branch of engineering dealing with the optimization of complex processes or systems. It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials, analysis...

: Which studies facilities planning, production management, statistical quality control, etc.
Information Technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
Instrumentation engineering: which is a branch of engineering dealing with measurement
Manufacturing Engineering: Includes operations management and production management
Materials Engineering: Includes metallurgy, polymer and ceramic engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...

: Includes engineering of machines and engines. Explores the applications of the theoretical field of Mechanics
Mechanics
Mechanics is the branch of physics concerned with the behavior of physical bodies when subjected to forces or displacements, and the subsequent effects of the bodies on their environment....

.
Mechatronics Engineering: Is a combination of Mechanical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, and Computer Engineering.
Mining Engineering
Mining engineering
Mining engineering is an engineering discipline that involves the practice, the theory, the science, the technology, and application of extracting and processing minerals from a naturally occurring environment. Mining engineering also includes processing minerals for additional value.Mineral...

: Involves the extracting and processing of minerals from a naturally occurring environment. This particular field is mostly offered in countries such as Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

where the mining industry is one of the fundamental parts of its economy.
Motorsport Engineering: Taking elements of Automotive Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and applying it to Motorsport.
Nanotechnology Engineering: Building material from the bottom-up approach. University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...

is currently the only university offers such a program.
Naval Engineering: Includes Naval Architecture and Ship construction
Navigation Technology
Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear engineering
Nuclear engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with the application of the breakdown as well as the fusion of atomic nuclei and/or the application of other sub-atomic physics, based on the principles of nuclear physics...

: Includes nuclear and radiological engineering
Quantity Surveying

Australia

In Australia

Australia

, the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) is a four-year undergraduate degree course and a professional qualification. It is also available as a six-year sandwich course (where students are required to undertake a period of professional placement as part of the degree) or an eight-year part-time course through some universities. The Institution of Engineers, Australia (Engineers Australia

Engineers Australia

The Institution of Engineers Australia, often shortened to IEAust and trading as Engineers Australia, is a professional body and not-for-profit organisation dedicated to being the national forum for the advancement of the engineering field within Australia...

) accredits degree courses and graduates of accredited courses are eligible for membership of the Institution. Bachelor of Engineering graduates may commence work as a graduate professional engineer upon graduation, although some may elect to undertake further study such as a Master's or Doctoral degree. Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) status or the various State registration requirements are usually obtained in later years. Graduates with formal engineering qualifications in Australia are often referred to as Professional Engineers to distinguish them from other professions where the term "Engineer" is used loosely.

Canada

In Canada

Canada

, a degree for studies in an accredited undergraduate engineering program is either named Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng. or B.Ing. in French), or equivalently, Bachelor of Applied Science
Bachelor of Applied Science
The Bachelor of Applied Science, often abbreviated as BAS, BSAS. BASc or BAppSc is an undergraduate degree awarded for a course of study that generally lasts three to four years in the United Kingdom and Australia, and four to six years in Canada, the Netherlands and the United States.-Usage:In...

or Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...

. Graduation from an accredited program, which normally involves four years of study, is a required first step to becoming a Professional Engineer

Professional Engineer

Regulation of the engineering profession is established by various jurisdictions of the world to protect the safety, well-being and other interests of the general public, and to define the licensure process through which an engineer becomes authorized to provide professional services to the...

. Regulation and accreditation are accomplished through a self-governing body (the name of which varies from province to province), which is given the power by statute to register and discipline engineers, as well as regulate the field of engineering in the individual provinces.

Germany

In Germany

Germany

, the Bachelor of Engineering was introduced as part of implementation of the Bologna process

Bologna process

The purpose of the Bologna Process is the creation of the European Higher Education Area by making academic degree standards and quality assurance standards more comparable and compatible throughout Europe, in particular under the Lisbon Recognition Convention...

. However, this degree is in fact mostly offered by German Fachhochschule

Fachhochschule

A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...

-institutions Universities of Applied Sciences. German technical universities award a Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Science

in engineering rather than the BEng degree.

Finland

The situation is similar in Finland

Finland

as in Germany. Universities of applied sciences (ammattikorkeakoulu

Ammattikorkeakoulu

An ammattikorkeakoulu , abbreviated amk, is a Finnish institution of higher education.- Significance :...

) grant professional Bachelor's degrees (insinööri (amk)
Insinööri (amk)
Insinööri is a four-year Bachelor of Engineering degree, given by institutions called Universities of Applied Sciences in Finland . The Swedish language term is ingenjör , where "YH" is an abbreviation for "yrkeshögskola"...

). The degree does not traditionally prepare for further study, but due to the Bologna process, a completely new degree of ylempi insinööri (yamk) has been introduced for engineers who wish to continue studying after some work experience. Before 2005, academic universities (see Education in Finland

Education in Finland

The Finnish education system is an egalitarian Nordic system, with no tuition fees and with free meals served to full-time students. The present Finnish education system consists of well-funded and carefully thought out daycare programs and a one-year "pre-school" ; a nine-year compulsory basic...

) did not make an administrative distinction between studies on the Bachelor's and Master's level, and the Master's level diplomi-insinööri

Diplomi-insinööri

Diplomi-insinööri is a Finnish Master's level academic degree with a nominal length of 300 ECTS credits. The official English translation of the degree is Master of Science in Engineering, Master of Science and Master of Science in Technology. The Finnish name derives from the old German degree...

was the first degree to be received. Due to the Bologna process

Bologna process

, an intermediate "Bachelor of Science in Engineering" (tekniikan kandidaatti) has been introduced. However, even today, academic universities do not consider the AMK degree to be on par with the academic degree, and compensate only half of the credits.

Netherlands

In the Netherlands

Netherlands

the Bachelor of Engineering was also introduced as part of implementation of the bologna process

Bologna process

, the same as in Germany. The degree is only offered by Dutch Hogeschool-institutions and is equivalent to the Dutch engineer's degree "ingenieur" (ing.). A Dutch BEng involves a rigorous study of four years and is only awarded in the field of aeronautical engineering, mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...

, software engineering

Software engineering

Software Engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches; that is, the application of engineering to software...

, or electrical engineering

Electrical engineering

Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...

. Completion of a Dutch engineer's study in the field biochemical engineering

Biochemical engineering

Biochemical engineering is a branch of chemical engineering or biological engineering that mainly deals with the design and construction of unit processes that involve biological organisms or molecules, such as bioreactors...

, biomedical engineering

Biomedical engineering

Biomedical Engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology. This field seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine: It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to improve...

, chemical engineering

Chemical engineering

Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...

, environmental engineering

Environmental engineering

Environmental engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to improve the natural environment , to provide healthy water, air, and land for human habitation and for other organisms, and to remediate polluted sites...

, material engineering is however awarded with a Bachelor of Applied Science

Bachelor of Applied Science

degree. Dutch technical universities award a Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Science

in engineering (BScEng) instead of the BEng degree.

India

In India

India

, the Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) is a degree awarded by many public and private universities to a student who has completed four years coursework (eight semesters) related to a specific field of engineering. The prerequisite for an entry into a B.E. program is 10+2 years of schooling or a Diploma (10+3). It is also a common requirement for candidates to clear an entrance test administered by the University / College where they seek admission - especially in more popular institutes; where places on courses are offered to students based on their ranks in these tests (refer IIT-JEE). Diploma holders of engineering enter B.E. courses, by lateral entry, which gives some concessions in study of subjects. Typically a diploma holder student joins a four year BE program in the second year of BE, thus the diploma student's years of education (10+3+3=16) are same as non-diploma students (10+2+4=16). Autonomous universities in India award BTech i.e.; Bachelor of Technology

Bachelor of Technology

The Bachelor of Technology is an undergraduate academic degree conferred after completion of a three or four year program of studies at an accredited university or accredited university-level institution...

instead of B.E. Some universities may also offer a "B.Tech with honors" or a "B.Tech with minor" depending on additional course load.

Some universities also offer a BE-Sandwich programs mostly for Mechanical Engineering & Production Engineering disciplines. Under this program the students are required to undergo in-plant training in real world factories. This in-plant training can be compared to an internship. Only difference is that, at the end of the semester the student is graded by the university based on the work performed during the in-plant training. Typically this in-plant training is required in 5th & 8th semester. 5th semester is the first semester of the third year and 8th semester is the second semester of the fourth year, and is the final semester of the BE program. Pune University is one of the universities that offered such BE-Sandwich programs. Under this university Vishwakarma Institute of Technology

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology is an autonomous engineering college in Pune, India. Established in 1983, it is affiliated to the University of Pune. The school is academically and financially autonomous and is run by the Bansilal Ramanath Agrawal Charitable Trust. The director is Prof. Dr. R. N...

, AISSMS College of Engineering

AISSMS College of Engineering

AISSMS College of Engineering, Pune is a private sector engineering college in Maharashtra, India, and is affiliated to the University of Pune, India. Established in 1992, AISSMS is an institute founded by Chattrapati Shri Shahu Maharaj and H. H. Shri Madhavraoji Scindia...

and College of Engineering, Pune

College of Engineering, Pune

College of Engineering, Pune is an engineering college in Pune, India. Established in 1854, it is the third oldest engineering college in Asia, after the College of Engineering, Guindy and IIT Roorkee...

have offered BE-Sandwich in past.

Pakistan

In Pakistan

Pakistan

, the Bachelor of Engineering Degree with names (B.Sc. Engg. / B.S. Engg. / B.E. / B.Tech (Hons) / B.Sc. Technogy, A.M.I.E) is awarded by many Public & Private Universities/Institutes. Bachelor of Engineering Degree is awarded to a student who has completed four years course in engineering, which consists of eight semesters. The entry to an engineering programme is after 12 years of schooling. Students are required to appear in an entry test and final evaluation is made by calculating their Intermediate (HSSC / F.Sc. Pre Engineering) Marks and entry test marks. Students having three years diploma of Associate Engineering (D.A.E.) can also appear for entry test. The rest of the procedure is same. Due to recent growth in Telecommunication

Telecommunication

Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...

market of the country, students are more interested to become a Telecommunication Engineer. Pakistan Engineering Council

Pakistan Engineering Council

The Pakistan Engineering Council is an executive and administrative premier engineering regulatory authority for professional and registered engineers, and technicians in Pakistan. It is located at Islamabad, Pakistan. As a statutory authority it regulates the education and accreditation of...

(PEC), a regulatory body of Engineering profession in Pakistan, registers and awards registration certificates to those graduates only, who complete their engineering studies from Universities/Institutes offering Accredited Engineering Programmes, thus declaring them bona fide Professional Engineers, capable of carrying-out any professional engineering works in private or public sector and are entitled to use the prefix (Engr.) with their names in general and (R.E. / P.E.) titles in particular as per registration status. Engineers are registered in two categories namely: Registered Engineer (R.E.) & Professional Engineer (P.E.). Graduate Engineers are registered as Registered Engineers and 5 years of further experience after graduation gets them registered as Professional Engineers on the PEC Register.

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