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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 10. Board For Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers And Landscape Architects
Chapter 20. Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects Regulations
5/8/2026

18VAC10-20-210. Requirements for licensure as a professional engineer.

In general, the required education will be applied as follows:

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

PASSING OF FUNDAMENTALS EXAM REQUIRED?

NUMBER OF REQUIRED YEARS OF QUALIFYING ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE

1. Have graduated from an ABET- accredited undergraduate engineering program.

YES

4

2. Dual degree holders.

a. Have graduated from an ABET-accredited undergraduate engineering program; and

b. Have graduated from a doctorate engineering program that is ABET accredited at the undergraduate level.

NO

4

3. Have graduated from a four-year related science program, engineering technology program, or a non-ABET-accredited engineering program.

YES

6

4. Have obtained, by documented academic coursework, the equivalent of education that meets the requirements of ABET accreditation for the baccalaureate engineering technology. Whether an education is considered to be equivalent will be determined by the judgment of the board.

YES

10

5. Have graduated from an engineering, engineering technology, or related science curriculum of four years or more.

NO

20

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-201 and 54.1-404 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR130-01-2 § 4.6, eff. October 18, 1985; amended, Virginia Register Volume 4, Issue 8, eff. March 1, 1988; Volume 6, Issue 20, eff. September 1, 1990; Volume 7, Issue 14, eff. May 8, 1991; Volume 8, Issue 7, eff. February 1, 1992; Volume 10, Issue 15, eff. May 19, 1994; Volume 13, Issue 23, eff. October 1, 1997; Volume 16, Issue 3, eff. December 1, 1999; Volume 18, Issue 7, eff. March 1, 2002; Volume 23, Issue 1, eff. February 1, 2007; Volume 32, Issue 6, eff. January 1, 2016; Volume 37, Issue 24, eff. September 2, 2021; Volume 42, Issue 16, eff. May 1, 2026.

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