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What can I expect from the FE exam?
The Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam covers topics found in typical EAC/ABET-accredited baccalaureate engineering programs. Check out the FE exam specifications (PDF).
It is recommended that you consider taking the exam in your final year of school—while the information is still fresh on your mind. After you pass the FE exam, your board may designate you as an engineer intern (EI). In the past, the term "engineer-in-training" (EIT) also has been used to recognize this step in your career path toward professional licensure.
The exam is closed book; however, you are provided with a Supplied-Reference Handbook containing information that examinees are not expected to commit to memory.
The current version of the FE exam has a 4-hour morning session common to all examinees. The topics on the morning session of the exam generally cover the first 90 semester credit hours of engineering coursework (five semesters at 18 credit hours per semester). In the afternoon session, you have a choice between two exam formats: a general exam and a discipline-specific exam.
Morning Session
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• Engineering Statistics
• Economics
• Electricity & Magnetism
• Chemistry
• Ethics
• Fluid Mechanics
• Strength of Materials
• Thermodynamics
• Mathematics
• Statics & Dynamics
• Computers
• Material Properties |
Afternoon Session
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General Exam–
Designed for all other disciplines
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Discipline Specific Exams–
Choose one of these disciplines: |
• Chemical
• Civil
• Electrical
• Environmental
• Industrial
• Mechanical
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The exam booklet for the afternoon session contains seven exams. All seven of these exams typically reflect questions from your upper-division subjects (the last two years of the engineering
coursework).
You will not have to decide whether you will take the general exam or one of the discipline-specific exams until the day of the examination. However, there may be specific rules, subject to any locally imposed rules by the state licensing board administering the exam. For more information about whether you should choose the general vs. the discipline-specific exam formats, click here.
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