International Professional Engineer (IntPE)

International Professional Engineer (IntPE) Registration

What is IntPE?

The International Professional Engineers Agreement (IPEA), which is a multi-national agreement between engineering organizations in the member jurisdictions, provides a framework for the establishment of an international standard of competence for professional engineering, and then empowers each member organization to establish a section of the International Professional Engineers Register.

The standard of competence applied is the same as that the APEC Engineer agreement. Many of the APEC agreement members are also members of the IPEA agreement, but the latter includes non-APEC economies such as the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa and Sri Lanka.

Each member operates a national section of the International Professional Engineer (IntPE) Register; the registrants on these national sections may receive credit when seeking registration or licensure in the jurisdiction of another member.

-Australia - Represented by Engineers Australia (EA) (1997)
-Canada - Represented by Engineers Canada (EC) (1997)
-Chinese Taipei - Represented by Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE) (2009)
-Ireland - Represented by Engineers Ireland (EI) (1997)
-Hong Kong China - Represented by Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) (1997)
-India - Represented by Institution of Engineers India (IEI) (2009)
-Japan - Represented by Institution of Professional Engineers Japan (IPEJ) (1999)
-Korea - Represented by Korean Professional Engineers Association (KPEA) (2000)
-Malaysia - Represented by Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) (1999)
-New Zealand - Represented by Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) (1997)
-Singapore - Represented by Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES) (2007)
-South Africa - Represented by Engineering Council South Africa (ECSA) (2007)
-Sri Lanka - Represented by Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) (2007)
-United Kingdom - Represented by Engineering Council United Kingdom (ECUK) (1997)
-United States - Represented by National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) (1997)
(As of 2017)

IntPE Registration

The registered International Professional Engineers in Japan are entitled to use IntPE(Jp).

There is no classification of technical disciplines for International Professional Engineer (IntPE)　Register, so IntPE(Jp) shall be used without technical disciplines. However, IntPE(Jp) shall strictly work in question which is clearly relevant to the fields of engineering in the applicant’s expertizes.
（See IPEJ web page IntPE(Jp), Japanese version only.)
View Japanese page here

Renewal of Registration

The IntPE(Jp) registration is valid for five (5) years. For renewal 250 CPD hours during a period of five -years in accordance with the IPEJ’s CPD Guideline are required.

Criteria for Registration of IntPE(Jp)

The IntPE(Jp) Registration is essentially the same as the APEC Engineer registration.
Criteria for registration of IntPE(Jp) as follows.

- have completed an accredited or recognized engineering education program, or is recognized to be equivalent to an engineer who meets the preceding requirement; and
- have demonstrated the professional engineering competence for independent practice as provided in the Professional Engineer Competency Profile, Japan, and hold effective registration as a professional engineer, Japan; and
- have gained a minimum of seven-year practical experience since graduation; and
- have spent at least two years in responsible charge of significant engineering works; and
- have maintained his/her continuing professional development at a satisfactory level.
- agree to observe the Codes of Ethics for Professional Engineers, Japan formulated by IPEJ and the codes of professional conduct of any jurisdiction within which he/she is practicing.
- agree to be individually accountable to his/her actions.

Each application for the IntPE(Jp) Register shall be assessed by the Japan IPEA Monitoring Committee.

International Professional Engineer (IntPE)