Licensure

NCEES seeks volunteers for PS Geospatial exam development

September 23, 2026

NCEES is recruiting subject-matter experts to help write and evaluate questions for a new Principles and Practice of Surveying (PS) Geospatial licensing examination. Earlier this year, the NCEES board of…

NCEES Foundation invests in future of licensure

August 19, 2026

Education, Engineering, Licensure, News, Outreach, Surveying

The NCEES Foundation is pleased to announce the 18 organizations that received funding for projects that will have a direct impact on advancing licensure for engineers and surveyors. These projects…

NCEES Foundation funds projects advancing licensure

August 20, 2025

Education, Engineering, Licensure, News, Outreach, Surveying

The NCEES Foundation is pleased to announce the 13 organizations that received funding for projects that will have a direct impact on advancing licensure for engineers and surveyors. These projects…

NCEES and UK Engineering Council begin work to develop mutual recognition agreement

June 13, 2023

Engineering, Licensure

Recent trade discussions between U.S. President Joe Biden and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have resulted in the signing of the Atlantic Declaration for a Twenty-First Century U.S.-UK Economic Partnership, which…

NCEES announces new Records option for military families seeking comity licensure

April 28, 2021

Licensure, News, Records

NCEES is pleased to announce that it has added a new option to the NCEES Records program to assist military families with the comity licensure process. Starting April 27, active-duty…

NCEES headquarters has relocated to Greenville, South Carolina

June 12, 2020

FE Exam, FS Exam, Licensure, News, PS Exam

The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) has relocated its headquarters from Clemson, South Carolina, to 200 Verdae Boulevard, Greenville, South Carolina. The organization’s headquarters move coincides…

October 2020 exam administration updates

April 14, 2020

Engineering, Exams, Licensure, News, PE exam, SE Exam

October 12, 2020 NCEES COVID-19 Screening Questionnaire Examinees scheduled to test during the October pencil-and-paper exam administration are required to print and complete the NCEES COVID-19 Screening Questionnaire prior to arriving at…

NTSB report on gas explosion emphasizes role of engineering licensure in public protection

November 29, 2018

Licensure, News

The release of the National Transportation Safety Board’s report, Natural Gas Distribution System Project Development and Review, highlights the important protections that licensed professional engineers (P.E.s) provide the U.S. public.…

NCEES hosts forum to strengthen future of surveying profession

January 29, 2016

Licensure, News, Surveying

The NCEES Future of Surveying Forum, held January 22 in San Diego, California, brought together representatives from 18 surveying-related organizations to identify key elements and strategies to strengthen the future…

NCEES adopts position statement on the future of engineering licensure

August 24, 2015

Education, Engineering, Licensure, News

The U.S. engineering and surveying licensure boards that make up NCEES have voted to adopt a position statement on future engineering education requirements for licensure as a professional engineer. The…