If you are an approved Graduate Engineer and a FULLY paid-up member of any of the Engineering Societies / Institutions mentioned below, then you are entitled to use the new International Initials, * iEng *, or * iIng *, FREE of CHARGE .

Licenced Professional Engineers to use the International Initials, * P.iEng*, or * P.iIng * for Continental Europe.

* iEng * is a single identity and is equivalent to all existing approved Graduate qualification initials in existence, worldwide. These initials are self-explanatory as far as the public are concerned, something that is not the case with most of the other Engineer-initials in existence at present, e.g., * P.E *, * C.Eng *, CPEng*,
* IntPE *, etc.

A study has shown that the public see * P.E * as meaning Physical Education or Physical Educator since this is the interpretation, internationally. * C.Eng * meaning Certified Engineer. * CPEng * meaning Certified P.... Engineer.

The meaning of the new initials * IntPE * was unknown to all, and was not even worthy of a guess. Will Engineers ever learn ?

The Canadian * P.Eng * WAS KNOWN to all.

It is important that the general public can recognise the significance of the different qualification initials, so why not, for once and for all, pick suitable initials that can be easily recognised by all, internationally ?

It is hoped that some Engineering Society / Institution, in due course, will take control and issue the above new initials.

In Addition, the Engineer must ;

#1. Be a FULLY paid-up member of an approved Professional Engineering Society / Institution.

#2. Must adhere to the ethics of that Professional Engineering Society.

#3. Must, where professionally possible, refrain from facilitating the misuse of the title, * Engineer *.

Since all accredited Engineers, from graduates upwards, are members of the Engineering Profession, they are all Professional Engineers. However, there are several categories of Professional Engineers such as C.Eng., P.E., P.Eng., CPEng., Eur-Ing., etc.

See website, http://www.eng-i.com.

Regards,

Fintan Lynch, B.E., iEng
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http://www.engineersireland.ie - Engineers Ireland. ( Associate Engineer, Chartered Engineer, Eur-Ing ).
http://www.engc.org.uk - Engineering Council (UK). ( Incorporated Engineer, Chartered Engineer, Eur-Ing ).
http://www.ieaust.org.au - Engineers Australia.
http://www.ipenz.org.nz - IPENZ (NZ).
http://www.ieindia.org - IEI (India).
http://www.nspe.org - NSPE (US).
http://www.ccpe.ca - CCPE (CANADA).
http://www.hkie.org.hk - The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.
http://www.pec.org.pk - Pakistan Engineering Council.
http://www.peb.gov.sg - Professional Engineers Board (Singapore).
http://www.ecsa.co.za - ECSA (South Africa).
http://www.abet.org - The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET ) - US.
http://www.ccpe.ca - The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) - Canada.

Others to follow.