Professional Engineer

Exam

Third-party exam

Education

Degree

Experience

None

Background check

None

§73-13-23. Qualifications for licensure. (1) (a) The following shall be considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is qualified for licensure as a professional engineer: Graduation in an engineering curriculum of four (4) years or more from a school or college approved by the board as of satisfactory standing or graduation in an engineering, engineering technology, or related science curriculum of four (4) scholastic years from a school or college other than those approved by the board plus a graduate degree in an engineering curriculum from a school or college wherein the same engineering curriculum at the undergraduate level is approved by the board as of satisfactory standing; a specific record of four (4) years of qualifying engineering experience indicating that the applicant is competent to practice engineering (in counting years of experience, the board at its discretion may give credit not in excess of three (3) years of satisfactory graduate study in engineering), and the successful passing of examinations in engineering as prescribed by the board; or (b) In considering the qualifications of applicants, engineering teaching may be construed as engineering experience. (c) The mere execution, as a contractor, of work designed by a professional engineer, or the supervision of the construction of such work as a foreman or superintendent shall not be deemed to be the practice of engineering. (d) Any person having the necessary qualifications prescribed in Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 to entitle him to licensure shall be eligible 9 for such licensure although he may not be practicing his profession at the time of making his application. (e) No person shall be eligible for licensure as a professional engineer who is not of good character and reputation, as defined in the board's Code of Professional Conduct, or who presents claims in support of his application which contain major discrepancies. (2) The following shall be considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is qualified for enrollment as an engineer intern: (a) Graduation in an engineering curriculum of four (4) scholastic years or more from a school or college approved by the board as of satisfactory standing or graduation in an engineering, engineering technology, or related science curriculum of four (4) scholastic years from a school or college other than those approved by the board plus a graduate degree in an engineering curriculum from a school or college wherein that same engineering curriculum at the undergraduate level is approved by the board as of satisfactory standing; and (b) Successfully passing a written examination in the fundamental engineering subjects. §73-13-25. Application for licensure; fees. Applications for enrollment as an engineer intern or for licensure as a professional engineer shall be on the forms prescribed and furnished by the board, shall contain statements made under oath, showing the applicant's education and detailed summary of the applicant's qualifying experience. Applications for licensure or relicensure as a professional engineer shall also contain not less than five (5) references, of whom three (3) or more shall be engineers having personal knowledge of the applicant's engineering experience. The application fee for licensure as a professional engineer shall be determined by the board but shall not exceed Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00), which fee shall accompany the application. The application fee for enrollment as an engineer intern shall be determined by the board but shall not exceed Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), which fee shall accompany the application. Whenever an applicant is cited to an examination or reexamination, an additional fee equal to the actual cost of the examination shall be paid by the applicant. Each application or filing made under this section shall include the Social Security number(s) of the applicant in accordance with Section 93-11-64, Mississippi Code of 1972.