Chartership
My chartership
I am a Chartered Engineer in the United Kingdom, and a full Member (CEng MIStructE) of The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) and the Engineering Council.
My membership certificate for the current year
I was awarded my chartership in the United Kingdom after my qualifications assessment by the IStructE, submitting my IPD final report forms and professional experience portfolio through a Retrospectively Collated IPD Route and an interview back in 2011, followed by passing the IStructE professional exam in 2014.
About IStructE and chartership in UK
A Chartered Engineer in the United Kingdom is an engineer registered with the Engineering Council. The Engineering Council is the UK regulatory body for the engineering profession. They hold the national registers of 222,000 Engineering Technicians (EngTech), Incorporated Engineers (IEng), Chartered Engineers (CEng) and Information and Communications Technology Technicians (ICTTech). In addition, the Engineering Council sets and maintains the internationally recognised standards of professional competence and ethics that govern the award and retention of these titles. This ensures that employers, government and wider society, both in the United Kingdom and overseas, can have confidence in the knowledge, experience and commitment of professionally registered engineers and technicians.
According to the Engineering Council website, Chartered Engineers are able to demonstrate:
The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), established in 1908, is a professional body for structural engineering based in the United Kingdom. It has 27,000 members in 105 countries. It has three Chartered Membership grades: Fellow (FIStructE), Member (MIStructE) and Associate (AIStructE). Members who have attained these grades are eligible for registration as Chartered Engineers (CEng) with the Engineering Council.
According to the IStructE website, the MIStructE grade is arguably the most widely respected mark of competence in the structural engineering profession and respected around the world as a marker of professional and technical excellence. The grade identifies the holder as world class to industry peers and delivers outstanding benefits such as international mobility, access to a global community of engineering academics, researchers and professionals, career-long opportunities for learning and development, and unique, peer-reviewed technical resources.
Steps to IStructE chartership
Here are the steps to achieve IStructE chartership. Further details and other routes to chartered membership are highlighted at https://www.istructe.org/membership/how-do-i-become-chartered/.
Preparation for IStructE exam
The best way of preparation for the exam is to study the past papers, set yourself a programme to answer each part of the past exams' questions and train to answer each section under time constraints. Samples of the past exams further to what you can find on the IStructE website as well as my portfolio and notes are shared at the download section of this website.