A PE license lets you sign and seal engineering plans and offer engineering services to the public. The PE exam tests how you apply engineering principles at the level of a practicing engineer with about four years of experience.
USA PE Exam: Quick Facts
- Administered by
- NCEES (licenses by state boards)
- PE Civil format
- 80 questions, 8 hours of exam time
- Appointment
- 9 hours including a scheduled break
- Fee (PE Civil)
- $400 to NCEES
- Delivery
- Computer-based, year-round
- Reference
- Discipline-specific NCEES handbook on screen
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