Requirements for Licensure as a Professional Engineer

Licensure by Examination

An applicant may qualify for certification as a Professional Engineer by meeting the educational, experience and examination requirements specified in one of the following subsections of O.C.G.A. 43-15-9:

O.C.G.A. 43-15-9(1)

  1. has obtained certification by the Board as an Engineer-in-Training having graduated in an approved engineering curriculum of not less than four years; and
  2. has acquired not less than four years of acceptable engineering experience (which may include up to six months experience credit for co-op work); and
  3. has made application to the Board and submitted the requisite, non-refundable, fee of $30.00 to the Board (made payable to the Secretary of State); and
  4. has made application to NCEES and submitted the requisite fee to NCEES; and
  5. has passed a written examination in the principles and practice of engineering (professional engineer examination).

O.C.G.A. 43-15-9(2)

  1. has obtained certification by the Board as an Engineer-in-Training having graduated in an an approved engineering, engineering technology, or related science curriculum of not less than four years; and
  2. has acquired not less than seven years of acceptable engineering experience (which may include up to six months experience credit for co-op work); and
  3. has made application to the Board and submitted the requisite, non-refundable, fee of $30.00 to the Board (made payable to the Secretary of State); and
  4. has made application to NCEES and submitted the requisite fee to NCEES; and
  5. has passed a written examination in the principles and practice of engineering (professional engineer examination).

O.C.G.A. 43-15-9(3)

  1. has obtained certification by the Board as an Engineer-in-Training having acquired not less than eight years of acceptable engineering experience; and
  2. has acquired not less than seven additional years of acceptable engineering experience; and
  3. has made application to the Board and submitted the requisite, non-refundable, fee of $30.00 to the Board (made payable to the Secretary of State); and
  4. has made application to NCEES and submitted the requisite fee to NCEES; and
  5. has passed a written examination in the principles and practice of engineering (professional engineer examination).

O.C.G.A. 43-15-9(4) [Waiver of FE/EIT Examination]

  1. has graduated in an engineering or related science curriculum of not less than four academic years; and
  2. has acquired not less than sixteen years of acceptable engineering experience of which at least eight years have been in responsible charge of important engineering work.  (six months experience credit may be creditable for co-op work); and
  3. has made application to the Board and submitted the requisite, non-refundable, fee of $30.00 to the Board (made payable to the Secretary of State); and
  4. has made application to NCEES and submitted the requisite fee to NCEES; and
  5. has passed a written examination in the principles and practice of engineering (professional engineer examination).

Licensure by Comity

An applicant may qualify for certification as a Professional Engineer by comity if the applicant:

  1. is currently licensed to practice professional engineering in another state, territory or possession of the United States; and
  2. provides adequate evidence that, at the time the applicant was so licensed, the applicant met requirements that meet now current Georgia law; or
  3. was licensed as a Professional Engineer on or prior to July 1, 1956; and
  4. has made application to the Board and submitted the requisite, non-refundable, fee of $70.00 to the Board (made payable to the Secretary of State).