Designations

Letters after or before a person's name (post-nominal or pre-nominal letters) are commonly used to
denote the holder of an engineering license in various jurisdictions:

Africa
 Ing. in Ghana (for engineers holding a BSc or higher with relevant engineering experience)
and a registered member of the Ghana Institute of Engineers (GhIE)
 Pr Eng. or Pr Ing is used as a post-nominal in South Africa (for engineers holding a BEng,
BSc.Eng. or B.Ing. with relevant experience). "Pr.Cert.Eng" standing for professional certificated
engineer is used as a post-nominal for engineers who have registered with Engineering Council
of South Africa after passing the Engineers Certificate of Competence Examinations.
 R.Eng standing for registered engineer in Kenya (Holders of five years of post-secondary
engineering education and four years of work experience).
 Eng. is used for engineers holding the Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Engineering (or
higher) with relevant engineering experience in Egypt and must be a member in the Egyptian
Syndicate of Engineers.
 Engr is used as a pre-nominal in Nigeria (for holders of bachelor or higher degree in
engineering with relevant experience and having successfully passed the Nigerian Society of
Engineers (NSE) Professional Exams and fulfill other NSE and Council for Regulation of
Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) requirements)"[36]
 R.Eng or CEng is used as post-nominal for registered engineers in Nigeria after fulfilling
both NSE and COREN requirements.
 Eng is used as a pre-nominal in Uganda for registered engineers. In Uganda, a registered
engineer must as a prerequisite be a member of the Uganda Institution of professional
engineers (UIPE) and must have a Bachelor of Science (or higher) in engineering together with
relevant engineering experience that must be documented, supported by two registered
engineers and defended by the applicant in an interview with the Engineers' Registration Board
(ERB), which has the power to confirm designation as a registered engineer. Annual fees must
be paid to the ERB by all registered engineers.[37]
Australia and New Zealand
 RPEng, is used as a post-nominal in Australia for Registered Professional Engineers only
and subject to a rigorous competence based assessment and ongoing CPD requirements to
maintain status.[38] RPEng is administered by Professionals Australia.
 NER, administered by Engineers Australia, is used as a post-nominal in Australia for
technologists, associates and professional engineers registered on the National Engineering
Register and is subject to CPD requirements to maintain status. Registration is performed by
Engineers Australia.[39]
 RPEQ is used as a post-nominal in Queensland for registered professional engineers of
Queensland and is subject to CPD requirements [40] to maintain status. Registration and
monitoring is performed by the Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland. [41] The
assessment entities for the Board can be found here. [1].
 MIEAust is used as a post-nominal to designate a member of Engineers Australia. This
indicates at least three years' experience beyond graduation, but does not imply chartered
membership by itself.
 CPEng is used as a post-nominal in Australia and New Zealand for chartered professional
engineers and subject to a rigorous competence based assessment and ongoing CPD
requirements to maintain status.
 FIEAust is used to designate a fellow (highest membership category) of Engineers Australia.
 Graduate Engineer is an official designation under Australian Legislation (Professional
Employees Award 2010) that covers graduated engineering students of a suitable engineering
course.[42]
 Professional Engineer and Experienced Engineer are official designations under
Australian Legislation (Professional Employees Award 2010) for engineers that carry out
professional engineering duties and; are a member of Engineers Australia; or are a graduate
engineer with 4 years experience with professional engineering duties; or are who have not
graduated from a university course, but are an engineer with five years experience carrying out
professional engineering duties as would be the case for autodidactic and industry-trained
engineers.[42]
Asia
 Mohandess Payeh 1 and Mohandess Payeh 2 are titles used respectively for professional
engineer and engineer-in-training in Iran.
 Ir is used as a pre-nominal in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Indonesia.
 Er is used as a pre-nominal in Singapore and P.E./P.Eng. ( professional engineer ) are used
as post-nominal designations.
 P.E.Jp as a pre-nominal in Japan.
 Engr. or engineer is allowed before your name only if you have membership in IEB,
in Bangladesh.
 R.E. and P.E. are used as post-nominal designations for engineers in Pakistan registered
with the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) after completing a four years Bachelor of
Engineering/Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree. R.E. ( registered engineer )
and P.E. ( professional engineer )
 Mohandes is used as a pre-nominal in Arab countries like Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.
 Eng. or . ‫م‬ as a pre-nominal in Jordan (for engineers holding a university degree in
engineering after five years of studies).
 Engr. or engineer is used as a pre-nominal in the Philippines for individuals passing the
government regulated professional licensure examination, which is only given for certain fields of
engineering.
 CEng (Sri Lanka) is used in Sri Lanka as a post-nominal abbreviation by corporate members
of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL).
 IEng. The term incorporated engineers is offered by the Institution of Incorporated
Engineers, Sri Lanka.
 CEng (India) is used as post-nominal abbreviation in India by those who are registered as a
chartered engineer with Institution of Engineers (India).
 Er is used before their name by chartered engineers who hold the IE [India] designation, in
India.
 ‫'אינג‬ is used in Israel mostly by master's degree civil engineers.