Montana Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors

Professional Engineer Application

$75

Professional Engineer by Comity Applicants Submitting an NCEES Record or Professional Engineer by Comity Applicants Not Submitting an NCEES Record

Once you have completed the required fields and answered the required questions, you can skip the optional ASI pages of the application and proceed directly to payment of fees. This will open your application and get it before a processing specialist more quickly. You then can go back at your leisure to upload the Board's experience documents (which are required, even with the NCEES Record) and the Board's Laws and Rules Questionnaire, after you've completed them. If you're still unsure about this, open the "Contact Us" Quick Link at the right and e-mail the Board office.

Online

$75

• Licensure or registration to engage in the practice of engineering in another jurisdiction 
• Passage of the Principles & Practices of Engineering (PE) exam administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) 
• Board-approved engineering education (separate pathways for Bachelor’s, Master’s and Ph.D. degrees)
• For Bachelor’s and Master’s degree holders, passage of NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam and certification as Engineer Intern (also known as “Engineer-in-Training” or “EIT” in many states.) This is not required of Ph.D. degree applicants 
• Engineering experience (separate requirements based on each educational degree)
• 5 references, 3 of which must be from U.S.-licensed Professional Engineers with knowledge of applicant’s work
• Except for third party character references, hand-written documents from the applicant will not be accepted.
• Practicing or offering to provide services as a professional engineer in Montana in any manner without an active Montana Professional Engineer license is considered unprofessional conduct.
• The board recognizes degrees issued by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited institutions by rule
• Applicants for PE licensure in Montana must meet one of the following set of requirements. "By comity" applicants must also demonstrate prior passage of the NCEES PE exam.
  • A Baccalaureate (B.S.) degree in a board-approved engineering or engineering technology program, passage of the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering examination, certification as an engineer intern (or engineer-intraining), a specific record of at least four years of progressive experience under the supervision of a licensed Professional Engineer, and five character references, three of which must be from licensed Professional Engineers familiar with your work.
  • A Master’s (M.S.) degree in a board-approved engineering or engineering technology program, passage of the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering examination, certification as an engineer intern (EI) or engineer-in-training, a specific record of at least four years of progressive experience under the supervision of a licensed Professional Engineer, and five character references, three of which must be from licensed Professional Engineers familiar with your work.
  • A Baccalaureate degree in an engineering, engineering technology, or other science curriculum not approved by
    the Board, passage of the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering exam, certification as an Engineer Intern (or
    Engineer-in-Training), and a specific record of 20 years of engineering experience, with at least 10 years under
    the supervision of a licensed Professional Engineer, and five character references, three of which must be from
    licensed Professional Engineers familiar with your work.
  • A Doctoral degree in engineering from an institution with an engineering program approved by the board, passage of the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering exam, certification as an Engineer Intern (or Engineer-inTraining), a specific record of 2 years of progressive engineering experience acceptable to the Board, and 5 character references, 3 of which must be from licensed Professional Engineers familiar with your work.
  •  A Doctoral degree in engineering from an institution with an engineering program approved by the board, a specific record of four years of progressive engineering experience acceptable to the Board, and five character references, three of which must be from licensed Professional Engineers familiar with your work.

• Licensure or registration to engage in the practice of engineering in another jurisdiction 
• Passage of the Principles & Practices of Engineering (PE) exam administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) 
• Board-approved engineering education (separate pathways for Bachelor’s, Master’s and Ph.D. degrees)
• For Bachelor’s and Master’s degree holders, passage of NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam and certification as Engineer Intern (also known as “Engineer-in-Training” or “EIT” in many states.) This is not required of Ph.D. degree applicants 
• Engineering experience (separate requirements based on each educational degree)
• 5 references, 3 of which must be from U.S.-licensed Professional Engineers with knowledge of applicant’s work
• The Board’s PE Laws and Rules questionnaire
• Contact NCEES to have your NCEES Record transmitted directly to the board office

Online

$75

By June 30 of even-numbered years.

Professional Land Surveyor Application

$100 application fee + $100 exam fee.

Active Professional Land Surveyor Renewal Form

$100

By June 30 of even-numbered years.