Change Eliminates Additional Professional Engineer Credit Requirement
ATLANTA — A move by U.S. engineering and surveying licensing boards to remove a requirement for an additional 30 credit hours for obtaining licensure as a professional engineer has been approved by ASHRAE.
In 2006, the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) approved language in its model law requiring the additional 30 hours — roughly the equivalent of a master’s degree — to obtain a professional engineering license. The requirement was slated to take effect in 2020.