ROUTE TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

Route No. 1 Route No. 3

or Route No. 2 or (Route for a Professional
(Professional Assessment
(Corporate Member of IEM) Engineer from an overseas
Examination)
Regulatory Body)
(i) has obtained 3 years (1) A Corporate (i) The applicant need
practical experience Member of the not sit and passed
as specified in Institution of the Professional
Regulation 22(1) Engineers Malaysia Assessment
which shall include (IEM) Examination or be
the following: corporate member of
(2) has complied with IEM.
(a) at least two years the requirements as
of general determined by the (ii) Applicant shall
training that will Board as follows: submit to BEM a
provide a sound certified latest
basis for (i) has obtained 3 Professional
professional years practical Engineer Certificate
development; and experience as issued by a
specified in Regulatory Body of
(b) at least one year Regulation 22(1) other country.
of professional which shall include
career the following: (iii) The professional
development and engineers status
training (a) at least two years shall be check that it
providing wide of general is equivalent to
exposure to the training that will BEM’s professional
various provide a sound engineer
managerial and basis for qualifications
technical professional eligibility.
expertise in development; and
engineering (iv) The applicant is not
practice where; (b) at least one year entitle to be
of professional registered as a
(c) at least one year career Professional
of the above development and Engineer if at any
training must be training providing time prior to his
obtained in wide exposure to registration there
Malaysia under the various exist any facts or
the supervision of managerial and circumstances which
a Professional technical would have entitled
Engineer in the expertise in the Disciplinary
same branch of engineering Committee to cancel
engineering as practice where; his registration
that practised by pursuant to section
the Graduate (c) at least one year 15 of the
Engineer. of the above Registration of
training must be Engineers Act 1967
Professional obtained in (Revised 2015).
Engineers in Malaysia under
 other related the supervision of
branches of a Professional
engineering Engineer in the (v) Summary of practical
may be same branch of experience not less
accepted engineering as than 3 years using
with the prior that practised by company letterhead
approval of the Graduate certified by a PE in
the Board Engineer. same branch of
engineering at which
(ii) has passed a Professional the applicant did his
Professional Engineers in practical experience
Assessment other related and;
Examination branches of
conducted by the engineering (vi) has complied with the
Board; may be requirements as
accepted determined by the
(iii) has satisfactorily with the prior Board.
attended the approval of
required courses the Board
determined by BEM
as follows: (ii) has satisfactorily
attended the
(a) Code of Ethics – required courses
12 hours determined by
BEM as follows:
(b) Health & Safety
at Works – 12 (a) Code of Ethics
hours – 12 hours

(c) Engineering (b) Health & Safety

Management at Works – 12
Practices – 12 hours
hours
(c) Engineering
(d) Courses related to Management
graduate’s branch Practices – 12
of engineering – hours
24 hours
(d) Courses related
to graduate’s
branch of
engineering –
24 hours