Requirements for Chartership
To obtain Chartership
through IChemE, you must satisfy the following criteria:
Fulfil IChemE’s academic educational
requirement
Have sufficient relevant training and
experience (typically, candidates have at least four
years)
Work, or have worked, in a responsible
position in chemical engineering
Nominate suitable referees who agree
to support your application
Fulfil IChemE’s academic educational requirement
Whatever your qualifications, we seek to establish
your educational level is equivalent to UK Masters level
outcomes.
We welcome candidates with a range of academic backgrounds
and the educational requirement can be satisfied in
many ways:
You automatically meet IChemE’s educational
requirement if you hold:
- An IChemE accredited BEng(Hons) or MEng degree
started before September 1999
- An IChemE accredited BEng(Hons) or MEng degree
accredited to MEng level started in, or after September
1999
You meet IChemE’s educational requirement,
but must also complete Further Learning to Masters,
if you hold:
- An IChemE accredited BEng(Hons) started after September
1999
If you are accredited to Beng(Hons) level you must
complete Further Learning to Masters before applying
for Chartership.
Further Learning to Masters can be completed through
learning in the work place or further academic study.
Please contact IChemE’s
Membership Department for more information.
You do not automatically meet the educational
requirement and must first complete Form E before applying
for Chartership if you hold a non-accredited qualification
e.g.:
- A chemical engineering degree not accredited by
IChemE
- A degree in a related discipline, e.g. chemistry,
maths, mechanical engineering etc.
- A qualification below degree level, e.g. HND / HNC
If you do not automatically meet the educational requirement,
we will use your Form E to individually assess your
unique combination of academic qualifications and work-based
learning, to confirm whether you have the equivalent
of UK Masters level outcomes.
Once we have made this assessment, we will advise you
on what additional qualifications or experience (if
any) are still needed before you can apply for Chartership.
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here to check if your qualification is IChemE accredited.
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Have sufficient relevant training and experience
Candidates wanting to get Chartered typically have
at least four years working in an environment where
they are using chemical engineering principles.
Your training and experience can include:
- IChemE accredited industrial sandwich year.
- PhD: completed PhD will count as 1 year.
- EngDoc: completed EngDoc will count for at least
1 year depending on course content.
- Pre-graduation experience. Mature students or distance
learning students may have worked at an appropriate
level before starting their course.
Contact IChemE
if you have any queries about your experience.
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Work, or have worked, in a responsible position in
chemical engineering
Do other professionals rely on your judgement, advice
and chemical engineering skills?
- Are you a supervisor, mentor or trainer of other
professionals?
- Do you approve the work of other professionals?
- Do you manage your own budget?
Positive answers to such questions indicate you have
a position of sufficient responsibility.
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Nominate suitable referees who agree to support your
application
Two referees are required in support of your application
- ideally IChemE
Corporate Members familiar with your work, for example:
line manager, client, mentor or
colleague.
If you do not work with IChemE Corporate Members who
can act as referees, there are
alternatives. You may be able to ask a Corporate Member
whom you have met through IChemE activities. If this
is not possible, the IChemE membership department will
be pleased to help you find suitable referees.
In addition to the two IChemE Corporate Member referees,
you may name another referee
who may or may not be a Corporate Member. Please only
name an additional referee if they
can provide extra information.
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