MEng vs the standard 4 yr BS/BE/BTech 4

[sayee1]

I am currently in process of getting UK based registrations where I am being offered Incorporated Engineer in place of Chartered Engineer because I do not have a 4 year MEng degree. Now my question is first on the registration itself where it seems that IEng is more of a QC related while CEng is more QA related to be very gross on the comparision. Can anyone give an insight on the differences in these two?
In addition I do find by looking at the course structure and curriculums for MEng that it is similar to a 4 year BE/BTech degree acoorded in India..Any thoughts on this?

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Sayee Prasad R
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[HamishMcTavish]

Hi Sayeeprasadr,

The new structure for achieving Chartered status in the UK stems from the requirement to have your academic qualifications accredited by the IMechE. See

http://www.imeche.org.uk/profdev/degree_accreditation.asp

and

http://www.imeche.org.uk/membership/sartor_3_and_imeche.asp

for further information. It may be that you could have your academic qualifications assessed to see whether they are sufficient. I would refer you to the recent standard published by the UK Engineering Council

http://www.uk-spec.org.uk/

where it states on page 12 that the educational requirements of a Chartered Engineer are as follows:

1) An accredited Bachelors degree with honours in engineering and technology plus EITHER an appropriate Masters degree (accredited or approved by a professional engineering institution) OR appropriate further learning to Master's level

2) An accredited integrated MEng degree.

Hope that this helps.

Regards, HM.


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[Jalipa]

Hi Sayeeprasadr,

The important thing you must establish is:-

a) That an Engineering Institute accredits the Course.
(Not all courses are Accredited – A single University Department can have both accredited and non-accredited Engineering courses)
b) Which Institute it is – Ask the University and contact the institute and or the Engineering Council. Also, ask if the university has ever been refused accreditation for that particular course.

Note:- you will not get either IEng or CEng straight from University. You will have to work in industry and be assessed at a later date...even with a Masters. You can obtain a "pack" from either your institute or the Engineering Council.

Also: there are UK Universities that offer CEng accredited BSc/BEng/ BA’s.

IEng was always more of "practical" sort of thing and was more common when everyone did apprenticeships (Before they abolished BTEC in the UK). it was often held as a stepping stone to CEng.

CEng has always been considered the “superior” grade. It can also get you "Eur Ing" the EU’s equivalent. That said, never bad mouth IEng at a job interview: There’s a good chance that your "boss" will have one!

I would suggest that you only consider a CEng accredited course, simply because a CEng is "higher profile".

Aside:
They’ve clearly changed the requirements. It used to be that IEng was achievable with a BTEC HND and 5 years experience; while BSc/BEng/ BA plus 5 years experience (or exams) was enough for CEng. Also, if you had IEng and later got a degree, you could upgrade.

And they say standards at universities are not dropping!

Jalipa

 

[sayee1]

Just to close this thread, I finally got my CEng status by proving that the 4 year BTech course is in fact equivalent to a 4 yr MSc/MEng course by comparing the curriculum and the course contents!!!

Thanks and regards
Sayee Prasad R CEng MWeldI MIOMMM


If it moves, train it...if it doesn't move, calibrate it...if it isn't written down, it never happened!

 

[GregLocock]

Well done.

Cheers

Greg Locock

 

[sayee1]

Thanx Greg

Thanks and regards
Sayee Prasad R CEng MWeldI MIOMMM


If it moves, train it...if it doesn't move, calibrate it...if it isn't written down, it never happened!