The Peruvian Engineers Association is the authorized entity for undertaking the assessment, registering and licensing of professional engineers for practicing the engineering in the country, as well as for representing, defending and norming the development and the practice of engineering.
Types of Licensing
The Peruvian Engineers Association offers to type of licensing: ordinary and temporary. Ordinary licensing is mostly awarded to engineers graduated from Peruvian universities or with degree recognized or revalidated by the corresponding Peruvian education authority or university, and temporary licensing is mostly awarded to foreign engineers graduated from foreign universities who will practice engineering in Peru for a short period of time.
Licensing Requirements
Ordinary Member
The requirements for ordinary licensing are:
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- Bachelor degree in engineering awarded by an authorized university with recognized five-years engineering programs.
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- Title of professional engineer awarded by an authorized university with recognized engineering programs after the approval of the defense of a relevant engineering project.
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- Assessment and approval of graduate transcripts with special focus on transferred subjects. Transferring of subjects taken in institutions not recognized by the National Superintendence of University Education SUNEDU (maximum Peruvian university education authority) are not accepted.
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- Pass an interview and oral evaluation by representatives of the corresponding engineering discipline chapter assessing the candidate ability to communicate effectively, practical experience, ethical behavior, understanding of engineering impact on society, public safety and environment, as well as knowledge of legal fundamentals regulating the practice of engineering.
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- Participation in an induction and motivation session preparatory for swearing ceremony.
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- Signed commitment to comply with the code of ethics of the Professional Engineers Association of Peru.
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Temporary Licensing
The requirements for temporary licensing are:
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- Engineering degree (or engineering title) awarded by a degree-granting institution which has been approved and recognized by the national education authority in the home country.
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- Assessment and approval of graduate transcripts and engineering curriculum taken in home university.
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- Licensing for engineering practice in the home country.
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- Employment contract containing the terms, timing and functions to perform.
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- Pass an interview and oral evaluation by representatives of the corresponding engineering discipline chapter assessing the candidate practical experience, ethical behavior, understanding of engineering impact on society, public safety and environment, and knowledge of legal fundamentals regulating the practice of engineering.
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- Signed commitment to comply with the code of ethics of the Peruvian Engineers Association.
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Temporary licensing is awarded for one year, renewable.
Licensed engineers are awarded a Certificate of Registration / Professional License and included in the register of licensed engineers of the Peruvian Engineers Association accessible from the website for verification.
Procedure
The steps for completing the procedure for registering and licensing of the Peruvian Engineers Association are presented in the following flow diagram.
Maintenance
To maintain the registering and licensing of the Peruvian Engineers Association, engineers must fulfill its norms and regulations, and comply and be bound by the Code of Ethics of the Peruvian Engineers Association.
Source:
www.cip.org.pe
www.cip.org.pe/index.php/colegiacion/procedimientos/miembro-ordinario.html