The Engineering Council registration is open to anyone who can demonstrate that they meet the UK Standard of Professional Engineering Competence and Commitment (UK-SPEC), regardless of nationality or location.
The Engineering Council’s dedicated International Team ensure that its standards are globally recognised, facilitating international mobility in your career.
To fulfil this aim we are:
- The UK member of the International Engineering Alliance (IEA), ENGINEERS EUROPE (formerly FEANI) and the European Network for the Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE) and ENGINET
- The UK signatory to international engineering education agreements known as the
- The holder of the UK Section of the International Registers of Professional Engineers (IntPE), Engineering Technologists (IntET) and Engineering Technicians (IntETn)
- The UK National Member of ENGINEERS EUROPE, responsible for:
- European Engineer (EUR ING) applications
- Submitting accredited engineering programmes to the European Engineering Education Database (EEED, previously the FEANI INDEX)
- The UK’s authorised agency for award of the EUR-ACE® label to accredited first and second cycle engineering education programmes.
The Engineering Council has relationships with many international engineering organisations, either directly or indirectly through the licensed professional engineering institutions (PEIs) and other partner organisations.
Whether you’re a UK engineer or technician wishing to work abroad, or you’re aiming to work within the UK, we have the resources and guidance you need to seamlessly enable the next stage of your career.