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Principles and Practice of Engineering Exam (PE Exam)
The Principles and Practice of Engineering Exam (PE Exam) is the last step on the road to becoming a licensed engineer. But before you qualify to take the PE exam, you must pass the FE Exam (or successfully waive the requirement) and gain at least 4 years of engineering experience under your belt. Your state licensing board will review your experience to determine if you qualify to sit for the PE exam.
You choose to take one PE Exam based on your engineering specialty. The PE Exams you may choose from include:
- PE Agricultural
- PE Architectural
- PE Chemical
- PE Civil
- PE Control Systems
- PE Electrical and Computer
- PE Environmental
- PE Fire Protection
- PE Industrial
- PE Mechanical
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- PE Metallurgical
- PE Mining and Mineral
- PE Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
- PE Nuclear
- PE Petroleum
- PE Structural I
- PE Structural II
- PS (Principles and Practice of Surveying)
The exams vary from 6-8 hours. They are all divided up into morning and afternoon sessions regardless of the length. The exams contain between 80-100 multiple-choice questions. The exception to this is the PE Structural II exam, which instead consists of 8 essay questions – 4 of which must be answered.
All exams are open book. Only specific, approved calculator models may be used. You may not bring any pagers or cell phones into the exam room.
Once you pass the exam, you will be licensed in your jurisdiction. You can apply for a license in other jurisdictions by contacting each licensing board. The PE Exam was first administered in 1966. The uniform, national PE Exam that is used today was adopted in the U.S. by 1984.
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