Membership Grades
GRADE | NARRATIVE |
Honorary Fellow | This grade is awarded to persons honored for their distinguished and exceptional contribution/services to engineering and/or to the Institution. |
Fellow | Progressive Grade: when a member has attained a superior position of responsibility. Any engineer who has served as a Member for more than five years and is over forty years of age can apply for the Fellow Member Grade. |
Member | Holder of a University Degree in Engineering and a minimum of 3 years post-university engineering experience. |
Technologist | Holder of a Quasi-Engineering or HND in Engineering and a minimum of 3 years post-university engineering experience. |
Technician | Holder of a minimum educational qualification of a National Diploma who has gained at least 3 years post-college engineering experience. |
Graduate Engineer | University Graduate who has not yet gained the necessary practical training and experience. |
Graduate Technologist | University Graduate in Quasi-Engineering Degree/Diploma who has not yet gained the necessary practical training and experience. |
Graduate Technician | Qualified Technician who has not yet gained the required practical experience. |
Student | Person undertaking a course of study in an engineering field which will eventually qualify them for some other professional grades of membership are entitled to join the Institution as a Student. |
Affiliate Organization | An organization which, by the nature of its works and services contributes to the advancement of engineering, science and technology. |
Companion | A person honored by the Institution for his/her services and direct contributions to the development of Engineering and the engineering profession. |