EIT & PE Exams
EIT & PE Exams
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Hi,
I guess this is a follow up to my previous thread about emmigrating to the United States.
From Browsing around it looks like I'll need to be licensed if I am to practice in the U.S.
Just looking at the EIT reference manual (Professional Publications Inc.), there seems to be an amount of information I've not covered before (some electronics, optics, fortran etc.).
I'm not sure how engineering courses are structured in the United States, but here I only shared general courses with other disciplines (physics, calculus, etc.)
Can people explain the EIT (and to a lesser extent PE) exams to me. Is it the one exam for all disciplines or does it differ? Also any personal experiences/advice are much appreciated.
I guess this is a follow up to my previous thread about emmigrating to the United States.
From Browsing around it looks like I'll need to be licensed if I am to practice in the U.S.
Just looking at the EIT reference manual (Professional Publications Inc.), there seems to be an amount of information I've not covered before (some electronics, optics, fortran etc.).
I'm not sure how engineering courses are structured in the United States, but here I only shared general courses with other disciplines (physics, calculus, etc.)
Can people explain the EIT (and to a lesser extent PE) exams to me. Is it the one exam for all disciplines or does it differ? Also any personal experiences/advice are much appreciated.





RE: EIT & PE Exams
The exam itself has two parts. The morning part is the same general exam for everyone. The afternoon exam can be a continuation of general engineering knowledge or can be focused on a specific discipline (your choice). Opinions differ as to which is the most easily accomplished, I took the General afternoon session on the theory that I had already studied the general topics for the morning and this was more of the same. All in all, with a lot of preperation the test was pretty easy.
The FE is a closed book exam except for the reference manual that they provide. You can purchase a copy at http://www.ncees.org/exams/study_materials/ (it was free when I took the test a few years ago). I'd buy Lindberg's study guide and work through it, but make sure that you know the reference manual backwards and forwards.
David
RE: EIT & PE Exams
Regards
Brad Stone