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The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), commonly referred to as the Council, is a non-profit organization whose membership consists of engineering and land surveying licensing boards for all states and territories of the U.S. These Member Boards represent all states and U.S. territorial jurisdictions. There are no individual members of the NCEES, rather the delegates who represent their respective boards are members of the NCEES. Membership consists of 70 Member Boards. These Member Boards are subdivided into four zones: Western, Central, Southern, Northeast.
Why was it formed?
The Council was founded in 1920 by seven of the thirteen state boards that had engineering and surveying licensing laws. These laws—and thus the Council—were designed to coordinate the issues of interstate licensing problems that developed as a result of the mobility of engineers. Council membership steadily increased as state boards and jurisdictions assumed legal status through legislation in states and territories across the nation.
The vision of the NCEES today is to provide leadership in the professional licensure of engineers and land surveyors and to help shape the standards of the profession's future. This is achieved through excellence in uniform laws, licensing standards, and rules of professional ethics as administered by its Member Boards for the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare.
What does the NCEES do?
The primary role of the Council is to prepare the engineering and land surveying examinations through its Committee on Examinations for Professional Engineers (EPE) and Committee on Examinations for Professional Surveyors (EPS). Examinations are administered twice a year on specific dates.
Engineering Examination committees are composed of professionals from different disciplines in industry, consulting, and universities. They carefully compile, review, edit, and categorize examination questions and solutions according to specifications developed from professional activities and knowledge studies. Questions are checked for the level of difficulty, required response time, and clarity.
Once content is approved by the examination committees, the Council distributes the examinations to Member Boards to be given to applicants. The boards return the completed examinations to the NCEES for scoring.
The Council also:
- Assists Member Boards in the promotion and promulgation of regulatory processes for engineering and land surveying licensure that demonstrate high standards of knowledge, competence, professional development, and ethics.
- Provides services to Member Boards that promote uniform licensing procedures which emphasize quality education, examination, progressive qualifying experience, and continuing professional competency.
- Coordinates with domestic and international organizations to promote licensure of all engineers and land surveyors.
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