Utah Engineering Industry Licensing

Professional Engineer Application

The following requirements must be met:

Education (one of the following)

Bachelor degree or higher from an EAC/ABET or CEAB accredited engineering program;
Foreign degree in an engineering program deemed equivalent by an NCEES Credentials Evaluation;
Post-graduate degree from an engineering program when obtained from an institution which offers the same specific EAC/ABET or CEAB accredited bachelors or masters engineering program.
Experience and Examination

Complete the experience requirements as outlined in R156-22-302e;
Pass the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (FE) and
Pass the NCEES Priciples of Practice of Engineering Exam (PE).
 

Mail or online.

$121

• If you are applying with a current NCEES Council Record, in addition to the items required for all applicants, you must:
  • Request that NCEES submit your current Council Record to Utah. To obtain an NCEES Council Record, contact
    NCEES at 1-864-654-6824, 1-800-250-3196, or www.ncees.org.
• If you are applying for a Utah license without a council record and do not qualify for licensure by endorsement, in
  addition to the items required for all applicants, you must provide:
• Verification of meeting licensure education requirements through one of the methods below:
• Official transcripts documenting completion of an EAC/ABET accredited program. Transcripts are
  considered official when mailed directly to DOPL from the school or when delivered in a sealed envelope
  with the school's stamp/seal on the envelope flap. Transcripts may also be sent via secure email from the
  school's registrar office to b5@utah.gov.
• NCEES Credential Evaluation: If your engineering education program was completed in a foreign country,
  contact NCEES Credentials Evaluations at www.ncees.org or 1-800-464-7650. Please have NCEES send
  your evaluation directly to DOPL.
• Verification of Engineering Experience as a Principal. Licensed Practice as a Principal: If you have been
  licensed as an engineer and practiced as a principal for 5 of the last 7 years in another state, submit the
  “Verification of Engineering Experience as a Principal” form. You must also have the state(s) you are
  verifying principal experience from submit verification of your license to Utah.
• Verification of passing the NCEES FE and PE. If you passed the NCEES FE and/or the NCEES PE exam in another
  state, you must request an official verification of your scores and license (if applicable) to be sent directly to Utah. If
  you tested in Utah, we will be able to access your scores directly from NCEES.
• One of the items below:
  
  • Verification of licensure in another state verifying licensure for the time documented on your Verification of
    Experience as a Principal.
  •  Verification of Experience form documenting one of the pathways listed below. All employers must complete
    a separate form. If your experience was obtained as a licensed engineer in another state, you must submit
    verification of your licensure from that state.
  • 4 years of supervised work experience if you hold an EAC/ABET accredited bachelor’s degree;
  •  3 years if you hold an EAC/ABET accredited master’s degree and your undergraduate degree was earned in an
    EAC/ABET accredited program;
  • 2 years if you hold a doctorate degree in engineering and your undergraduate degrees were earned in an
    EAC/ABET accredited program

Professional Engineer Application

• Applicants applying by endorsement
  • You may qualify for licensure by endorsement if you can provide official verification of licensure in a state, district, or territory of the United States with a similar scope of practice to the license classification being applied for.
  • To determine if your state qualifies for licensure by endorsement, please click here If you qualify for licensure by endorsement, please submit an official Verification of License from the state you are coming from. The verification form can be found here .
• Applicants not applying by endosresment
  • Education (one of the following)
    • Bachelor degree or higher from an EAC/ABET or CEAB accredited engineering program;
    • Foreign degree in an engineering program deemed equivalent by an NCEES Credentials Evaluation;
    • Post-graduate degree from an engineering program when obtained from an institution which offers the same specific EAC/ABET or CEAB accredited bachelors or masters engineering program.
    • Experience and Examination
    • Complete the experience requirements as outlined in R156-22-302e.
    • Pass the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (FE) and the Priciples of Practice of Engineering Exam (PE).

Mail or online 

$121

Professional Engineer Renewal

Mail or online.

$73

By March 31 of odd-numbered years.

Professional Geologist

$165

Online

$138

By March 31 of odd-numbered years.

Professional Land Surveyor Application

$121

Professional Land Surveyor Renewal

$74

By March 31 of odd-numbered years.