Routes to

Membership
(MICE)
ICE 3001A
2
Routes to membership
(For Routes to Technician Membership see ICE 3002A)
1 For details of various types of Non-standard Routes, see ICE 3004A. Further learning and IPD can take place in parallel, but both must be
completed before Review.
2 For details of ICE Approved Employer Training Schemes and self managed schemes leading to Career Appraisals, refer to this document.
3 For details of TRR, see ICE 3004A.
4 For details of the Progressive Route to the CPR via the Member Professional Review (MPR), refer to this document.
5 For details on the Chartered Environmental (CEnv) qualication see ICE 3008A.
6 For details on the award of AMICE combined with CEnv see ICE 3003A.
Award of MICE
5
and
Chartered Civil Engineer
(option to register as CEng)
Chartered Professional
Review (CPR) or Chartered
Professional Review
Progressive (CPRP)
Award of MICE
5

(option to register as IEng)
Award of
MICE
Award of
AMICE
6
Member
Professional
Review (MPR)
Technical
Report Route
(TRR) includes
Academic Review
and CPR
3
Technical
Report Route
(TRR) includes
Academic
Review and
MPR
3
Member
Professional
Review
(MPR)
Associate
Member
Professional
Review
(AMPR)
With further learning
Initial
Professional
Development
(IPD) based on
engineering
principles
2
Initial
Professional
Development
(IPD) based on
engineering
principles
(optional)
Initial
Professional
Development
(IPD) based on
engineering
principles
2
Initial
Professional
Development
(IPD) based on
engineering
principles
(optional)
Initial
Professional
Development
(IPD) based on
engineering
principles
2
Initial
Professional
Development
(IPD) based on
scientific
principles
2
Further
learning
1
Further
learning
1
Other
MEng
BEng
(Hons)
BSc
or BEng
HND Other
Any UK
bachelors
degree
(Optional)
progressive
route
With further
learning or
optional
progressive
3
1. Introduction 4
2. Educational base 5
3. Initial Professional Development (IPD) 6
4. Professional Reviews 7
5. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) 9
6. Regional Support Teams (RST) 10
7. Detailed guidance 10
Appendix A
A1 Attributes of Member (MICE, IEng MICE) and
Member Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng MICE) 11
Appendix B
Professional Reviews detailed guidance 13
B1 Professional Review process 13
B2 Application process for Reviews 13
B3 Sponsorship 14
B4 Professional Review reports 14
B5 The presentation 15
B6 The interview 15
B7 Written exercise 15
B8 Summary of Review requirements 16
B9 Review results 16
Table of contents
ICE values the diversity that individuals with differing backgrounds and abilities bring to the Institution; it
respects all members and applicants through fairness, tolerance and consistency of professional standards;
ensuring that professional qualication and membership of ICE is open to all who meet its standards.
To supplement this document ICE has placed on
its website ice.org.uk a number of Membership
Guidance Notes (MGNs) which give more detailed
practical advice on a number of issues regarding
membership. A list of current MGNs appears in
MGN 0.
Revision A no criteria have been modied.
Changes relate to procedures. Principal changes
are: Engineering Council Professional Reviews in
English; clarication but no change of educational base
for IEng; additional information concerning the use
and submission of S/NVQs; clarication of Progressive
Route in diagram; CPD in hours and minimum before
Review; reference to diversity issues: reference to
completion of HKIE training scheme; change in timing
of submission of reports to Reviewers; additional
duties of Lead Sponsors; clarication of requirements
of a Re-sit Review; update to Attributes; change of title
for written exercise.
Page
... it is accordingly of importance that
there should be a ready means heretofore
of ascertaining persons who by proper
training and experience are qualied...
Extract from Royal Charter

4
Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers
(MICE) can be awarded to a wide range of engineers
practising in the broad area encompassed by civil
engineering. For full details of all the grades of
membership available, see ICE 3000A.
The stages in qualifying as a member at any grade are:

the achievement of the required educational base

a period of responsible work experience under

early guidance and decreasing supervision,
known as Initial Professional Development (IPD)
while following the systematic maintenance,
improvement and broadening of knowledge,
skills and competence known as Continuing
Professional Development (CPD)

success at a Professional Review

1.1
Educational base
Initial Professional
Development (IPD)
Professional
Review
Membership
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Figure 1- Route to membership. The achievement of the educational base and IPD can
take place at the same time, but both need to be completed before the Review.
Membership can be awarded at one of two levels,
Member and Member Chartered Civil Engineer,
as can registration with the UKs Engineer
Regulating Authority, the Engineering Council
7
. ICE
holds different Professional Reviews for different
grades of membership. For details of the different
Attributes of each see Appendix A. You will need to
demonstrate these at a Professional Review.
The Reviews are:

Member Professional Review (MPR),

success at which leads to the award of MICE. If
your educational base meets its requirements,
registration with the Engineering Council as an
Incorporated Engineer (IEng) is possible

Chartered Professional Review (CPR),

success at which leads to the award of MICE.
It also allows registration with the Engineering
Council as a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and
permits you to use ICEs own protected title of
Chartered Civil Engineer
A two stage Progressive Route to Chartered Civil
Engineer and CEng is available. If you have been
successful at the MPR (and hold the prerequisite
educational base for CEng), subsequent success at a
modied version of the CPR called the Chartered
Professional Review Progressive (CPRP) will
lead to the same qualications as success at the
CPR.
7 For registration with the Engineering Council the interview will be conducted in English, subject only to the provisions of the
Welsh Language Act 1993, or any other changes that the Engineering Council might introduce (see www.engc.org.uk).
1. Introduction
5
The educational base required depends on which
grade of membership you are seeking.
The educational benchmark for Membership only
(MICE) is a Bachelors degree, or equivalent, in any
subject.
The educational benchmark for Membership with
Engineering Council registration as IEng is either the
award of:
a) a Bachelors degree in engineering or
technology, accredited for IEng, or
b) a Higher National Certicate or Diploma or
Foundation Degree in engineering or
technology, plus appropriate further
learning to IEng degree level
Generally, students starting on accredited HNC/HND
courses before 1999 were able to meet the
academic requirements for IEng MICE registration.
From 1999, new accredited Bachelor degree courses
became the benchmark standard. However, some
HNC/HND courses were still recognised after this
date. For information on these contact your Regional
Support Team (RST).
The educational benchmark for both Membership as
a Chartered Civil Engineer and for Engineering
Council

Chartered Engineer (CEng) registration is
identical and is the award of either:
a) a Bachelors degree with honours in
engineering or technology, accredited as a
base for CEng learning, to which has been
added either an appropriate Masters
degree accredited or approved by a
professional institution or appropriate
further learning to Masters level, or
b) an accredited MEng degree
Generally students starting a CEng accredited
Bachelors course before 1999 are able to meet the
academic requirements for CEng registration
without the additional Masters level requirement.
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
From 1999 new accredited MEng courses became
the benchmark standard. However, some Bachelors
courses were still recognised after this date.
To check whether your course is accredited, you can
look on the ICEs Joint Board of Moderators website
www.jbm.org.uk or the Engineering Council

website
www.engc.org.uk
Since 1976 academic courses have been accredited
by the Institution as meeting the educational base
for the Engineering Council. To check whether your
course is accredited, you can look on ICEs Joint
Board of Moderators website www.jbm.org.uk or
the Engineering Council

website www.engc.org.uk
If your academic qualication does not meet the
Engineering Council benchmark you may
demonstrate that you have compensated for the
shortfall in a number of ways. See ICE 3004A for
details of how you can do this using the Non-
standard Routes to Membership.

2.7
2.8
2. Educational base
6
in lieu of all or part of the Development Objectives.
Your SCE will still have to certify completion of
your Development Objectives and your overall IPD.
If you have completed a Scottish/National Vocational
Qualication (S/NVQ) in an ICE approved
occupation, this will provide substantial evidence
for the achievement of the Development Objectives.
However, you will still need to certify completion of
any Development Objective not explicitly covered
by the S/NVQ. Details of ICE approved S/NVQs
including guidance on their coverage of the
Development Objectives and of the certication
required is given in a Membership Guidance Note.

If you have completed a Hong Kong Institution of
Engineers (HKIE) Scheme A training scheme in the
civil engineering or geotechnical discipline, you may
use this to show completion of IPD.
If it is not possible for you to either enter into or to
complete a Training Agreement, you must apply to
ICE for a Career Appraisal in order to have your IPD
and CPD authenticated.
For information on Career Appraisals, see
Membership Guidance Notes on ICEs website.

3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
3. Initial Professional Development
(IPD)
8 Certain Scottish/National Vocational Qualications (S/NVQs) are consided by ICE as meeting the majority but not all of the
Development Objectives. See Membership Guidance Note for further information.
Initial Professional Development comprises the
acquisition and development of the special skills
and professional approach you will need to practise
as a civil engineer. It bridges the gap between your
educational base and professional qualication.
Acquiring learning and experience at work will
develop your ability to hold positions of
responsibility and make independent judgements.
The rst part of your IPD should be structured to
give you the necessary breadth of experience, as
dened in ICEs Development Objectives (DO)
8
. The
second part should be a gradual progression
(dependent on your personal development and
commitment) towards increasing responsibility. This
part should also provide time for consolidation of
your experience and for preparation for the
Professional Review. The two parts may be
concurrent or consecutive. For information on and
details of the Development Objectives see ICE
3005A.
All relevant knowledge and experience at any time
in any location is valid when assessing IPD. This can
be obtained when undertaking formal academic
education, when employed or when working in a
voluntary capacity. Suitable pre-graduation
experience from industrial placements and part-time
or vacation work is valid.

The diagrams in Section 4 show the principal routes
for IPD. The Institution strongly recommends that
you enter into a formal Training Agreement with
one of the Institutions Approved Employers. Your
development and training will then be structured
and you will have the benet of guidance from a
mentor known as a Supervising Civil Engineer (SCE)
appointed by your employer. For a list of Approved
Employers see ICEs website.
If you have completed a bespoke in-house company
training and development programme, subject to
ICEs approval, you may use this to show completion
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
7
To qualify as a MICE or IEng MICE, you must meet
the Institutions requirements, outlined in Appendix
A, at the Member Professional Review (MPR).
4.1
4. Professional Reviews
Training Agreement
using DO for MICE/
IEng MICE
Training Review
Educational
base for MICE
or IEng MICE
Self managed IPD
using DO for MICE/
IEng MICE
Career Appraisal
9
Consolidation
and
preparation
MPR
Figure 2 - IPD options. In certain circumstances the completion of the educational base and IPD can
take place at the same time, but both need to be completed before the Review.
To qualify as a CEng MICE, you must meet the
Institutions requirements outlined in Appendix A, at
the Chartered Professional Review (CPR). You may
approach this Review in one of two ways, either via
the direct route or the Progressive Route.
For further details see Appendix B.
You can follow the direct route by applying for the
Chartered Professional Review (CPR).
4.2
4.2.1
9 If certain approved S/NVQs are achieved, a Career Appraisal will not be necessary. See Membership Guidance Note for
further information.
Figure 3 - Direct Route.
Training Agreement
using DO for
CEng MICE
Training Review
Educational
base for
CEng MICE
Self managed IPD
using DO for
CEng MICE
Career Appraisal
9
Consolidation
and
preparation
CPR
8
The alternative is to follow the Progressive Route.
4.2.2
If you have been successful at the MPR you will have
already gained many of the Attributes of a Chartered
Civil Engineer (see Appendix A). Only the additional
Attributes will then need to be demonstrated at a
modied Review (CPRP).
The progressive route to CPR will allow you to
become a Member of the Institution (MICE) earlier
in your career thus providing early evidence of your
skill and competence.
Each Review consists of three parts: the submission
of reports and other documents; an interview with
two experienced members; and a written excercise.
4.2.3
4.2.4
4.3
10 If certain approved S/NVQs are achieved, a Career Appraisal will not be necessary. See Membership Guidance Note for further
information.
Figure 4 - Progressive Route. You will need to show prior to your submission for CPRP how the additional CEng
Development Objectives have been met. This will involve either completion of a Training Agreement or a Career
Appraisal for the additional objectives. Completion of the educational base for CEng MICE may be undertaken before or
after completion of MPR. It must, however, be done before applying for the CPRP.
Training Agreement
using DO for IEng
MICE
Training Review
Educational
base for CEng
MICE, IEng
MICE or MICE
Self managed IPD
using DO for
IEng MICE
Career Appraisal
10
Consolidation
and
preparation
MPR
Check if you
have correct
educational
base and
also have
achieved
the DO for
CEng MICE
CPRP
9
5. Continuing Professional
Development (CPD)
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is
dened as the systematic maintenance,
improvement and broadening of knowledge and
skills, and the development of personal qualities
necessary for the execution of professional and
technical duties throughout your working life.
As part of your Professional Review you will be
assessed on your commitment to CPD both to date
and in the future. This can be demonstrated by
regular use of a Development Action Plan (DAP) and
a Personal Development Record (PDR) during the
period of your IPD. Further details of how to plan
and record your CPD are set out in ICE 3006A with
blank forms available in ICE 3190, which can be
downloaded from the website.
You should plan to achieve a well-balanced
programme of CPD, including technical, managerial
and professional topics. To ensure this, no single
element or topic, eg higher degrees, or courses
of further education, may count for more than 30
hours of effective learning time, irrespective of the
number or length of units studied.
At the MPR you must show, through your
Development Action Plan (DAP) and your
Professional Development Record (PDR) or similar,
that you have managed and achieved a minimum
of 30 hours of effective learning time of CPD per
year. You must achieve at least 60 hours before your
Training Review or Career Appraisal and at least
90 hours before your Professional Review. These
must include current formal training related to the
Health, Safety and Welfare Development Objective
E2 in ICE 3005A. ICE 3190, available from the ICE
website, provides further details on this in
conjunction with ICE 3006A.
At the CPR or CPRP you must show, through
your Development Action Plan (DAP) and your
Professional Development Record (PDR) or similar,
that you have managed and achieved a minimum
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
of 30 hours of effective learning time of CPD per
year. You must achieve at least 90 hours of effective
learning time before your Training Review or Career
Appraisal and at least 180 hours before your
Professional Review. These must include current
formal training related to the Health Safety and
Welfare Development Objective E2 in ICE 3005A.
See Membership Guidance Notes on ICEs website
for further guidance on this.
As a guide, a CPD day can be considered as six
hours of effective learning time.


5.6
10
6. Regional Support Teams (RSTs)
In the UK and in Hong Kong, the Institution employs
a network of Regional Support Teams (RST) who
can be contacted by you and your SCE or mentor for
advice and guidance on all aspects of professional
development. The teams contact details are given in
a Membership Guidance Note on ICEs website
ice.org.uk/nearyou
For individuals not covered by the above, guidance
should be sought from ICEs Professional
Development Manager.
During any contact, ICE staff will expect your
training records to be available and up-to-date. This
will enable a positive discussion of your progress to
take place and an assessment made of the general
effectiveness of your development training.
ICE staff will make regular contact with Approved
Employers to ensure that commitments entered into
are being honoured. If you have any doubts about
this you should contact your RST.
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4


7. Detailed guidance
For full details of the application procedure for all
grades see Appendix B.
A useful checklist of information for the Professional
Reviews is available as MGN 17.
7.1
7.2
11
Appendix A
Attribute Group
Attributes of CEng MICE to be demonstrated at
Chartered Professional Review (CPR)
Attributes of MICE / IEng MICE to be
demonstrated at Member Professional
Review (MPR)
Additional Attributes of CEng MICE to be
demonstrated, if you are already IEng
MICE, at Chartered Professional Review
Progressive (CPRP)
1. Knowledge and
Understanding
of Engineering
A Ability to maintain and extend a sound theoretical
approach to the application of technology in
engineering practice.
B Ability to use a sound evidence-based approach to
problem solving and be able to contribute to
continuous improvement.
C Ability to maintain and extend a sound theoretical
approach in enabling the introduction and
exploitation of new and advancing technology.
D Ability to engage in the creative and innovative
development of engineering technology and
continuous improvement systems.
2. Technical
and Practical
Application of
Engineering

A Ability to identify, review and select techniques,
procedures and methods to undertake engineering
tasks.
B Ability to contribute to the design and development
of engineering solutions.
C Ability to implement or construct design solutions
and contribute to their evaluation.
D Ability to conduct appropriate research, relative
to design or construction and appreciate its relevance
within own area of responsibility.
E Ability to undertake the design and development of
engineering solutions and evaluate their
effectiveness.
F Ability to implement or construct design solutions and
evaluate their effectiveness.
3. Management
and Leadership
A Ability to plan for effective project implementation.
B Ability to manage the planning and organisation of
tasks, people and resources.
C Ability to manage teams and develop staff to meet
changing technical and managerial needs.
D Ability to manage quality processes.
E Ability to plan direct and control tasks, people and
resources.
F Ability to lead teams and develop staff to meet
changing technical and managerial needs.
G Commitment to continuous improvement through
quality management.
4. Independent
Judgement and
Responsibility
A Ability to identify the limits of personal knowledge
and skills.
B Ability to exercise sound independent engineering
judgement and take responsibility.
C Ability to identify the limits of a teams skill and
knowledge.
D Ability to exercise sound holistic independent
judgement and take responsibility.
5. Commercial
Ability
A Ability to prepare and control budgets.
B A sound knowledge of statutory and commercial
frameworks within own area of responsibility.
C A high level of commercial and contractual
understanding and an ability to use it within
own area of responsibility.
A1 Attributes of Member (MICE, IEng MICE) and
Member Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng MICE)
A1.1 At any Professional Review you must have had responsible and relevant experience at a level such that you can demonstrate the
Attributes shown in the table below.
A1.2 The interpretation of Attributes 1 and 2 will relate to your elds of work as indicated to the Reviewers on your application form.
You must demonstrate a sound understanding of core engineering principles in those elds, particularly if you do not hold the
educational requirement necessary for Engineering Council registration. The Reviewers will judge your level of attainment of
Attributes 3 to 9 with regard to their relative importance within your elds of work.
A1.3 As a prospective professional civil engineer, in order to full your obligation to society and to meet the requirements of Health, Safety
and Welfare legislation, you must have a sound knowledge and understanding of the construction process
11
together with the activities
connected to it. You must have an appreciation of and be able to identify and manage risks arising as a consequence of your actions.
For those whose experience includes the construction process, site experience will ordinarily be required.
11 The construction process is held to include the conception, design, construction, commissioning, maintenance, decommissioning,
removal, management and procurement of civil engineering works.
Table continued on page 12
12
Appendix A
6. Health, Safety
and Welfare
A A sound knowledge of legislation, hazards and safe
systems of work.
B Ability to manage risks.
C Ability to manage health, safety and welfare within
own area of responsibility.
D Commitment to leading continuous improvement in
health, safety and welfare.
7. Sustainable
Development
A A sound knowledge of sustainable development best
practice.
B Ability to manage engineering activities that
contribute to sustainable development.
C Committed to leading continuous improvement in
sustainable development.
8. Interpersonal
Skills and
Communication
A Ability to communicate well with others at all levels.
B Ability to discuss ideas and plans competently and
with condence.
C Personal and social skills.
D Ability to deal with diversity issues.
E Ability to communicate new concepts and ideas to
technical and non-technical colleagues.
9. Professional
Commitment
A Understanding and compliance with the ICE Code of Conduct.
B Commitment to current and future CPD of self and others.
C Support of ICE activities.
D A personal commitment to professional standards, recognising obligations to society, the profession and the
environment.
13
Professional Reviews - detailed
guidance
Professional Review process
The Review requires you to:

submit an experience report and a project

report. See section B4 for details of length and
content

submit CPD documents comprising your DAP

and PDR

attend an interview with two experienced

members of the Institution (Reviewers) which
commences with a fteen-minute presentation
by you undertaken sitting across the table from
your Reviewers. The total length of the interview
will vary for different grades of membership. See
section B5 and B6 and ICEs website for details

the interview will be followed by a written exercise.

The subject for this will be set by the Reviewers.
See section B7 and the Membership Guidance
Notes on ICEs website for details
Application process for Reviews
Review interviews are held twice a year at regional
centres throughout the UK and annually at certain
international locations. Details of available Review
centres, Review dates, application deadlines and
application documents can be found on ICEs website.
Your application should include:

an application form

a non-refundable fee

support from sponsors

evidence to demonstrate full attainment of the

educational base for the required grade of
membership (unless this has already been
approved, eg by acceptance as a Graduate
member)
B1
B1.1
B2
B2.1
B2.2

evidence of IPD completion, one of the following:

-
ICE Approved Training Scheme Completion
Certificate
-
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE)
Scheme A for Civil Engineers or Geotechnical
Completion Certificate
-
an ICE Career Appraisal letter or letters

a one page prcis of each of your proposed

reports to assist in selection of the Reviewers
12

evidence of any special requirement which you

would like taken into account at Review
You will be given approximately four weeks notice
of your Review date and of the names of your
Reviewers. If you know a Reviewer or feel there may
be conict of interest, you should advise the Reviews
Ofce at ICE immediately. Reviewers are similarly
advised.
Having been told your Review date, you will need
to forward the following documents listed below
to each of your Reviewers:

one copy of each report signed by your Lead

Sponsor

one copy of your Personal Development Record

and Development Action Plan (see ICE 3006A)

a passport size photograph (with your name and

membership number, if applicable, written on the
reverse) attached to each copy of your experience
report
If you require conrmation of receipt of your
documents, please enclose a stamped and addressed
postcard. The package sent to each Reviewer must
not exceed one kilogram.
Your documents will need to be delivered to
them at least 10 clear working days before your
interview. Failure to do so may result in your Review
being deferred.
B2.4
12 Every endeavour will be made to ensure that at least one Reviewer is familiar with the report subject matter or employment category
indicated on the application form.
B2.3
Appendix B
14
Sponsorship
The Institutions Royal Charter and By-laws require
your application to be sponsored. Sponsors will all
be required to conrm in some detail your suitability
for Membership. Details of the number of sponsors
required and of their professional status can be found
in a Membership Guidance Note.
You need to select one of your sponsors as a Lead
Sponsor. The Lead Sponsor, who must be an ICE
member at a membership grade equivalent or higher
than the one for which you are applying, has a duty
to act as a mentor during your Review submission
process and co-ordinate the other sponsors reports.
Whilst all sponsors should know you well and be
convinced, through direct experience, that you are a
t and proper person to be elected to membership,
Lead Sponsors should additionally be familiar with the
current Review process and the current standards
required at Review. Lead Sponsors must sign both the
report prcis and the submitted reports and conrm
that they have satised themselves that you have
taken note of any comments made by ICE on
your IPD.
The choice of a good Lead Sponsor can often
contribute to a successful Review. The Institution
recommends that Lead Sponsors are members who
were involved in your IPD process, for example
your SCE.
The scope of the Lead Sponsors involvement should
extend to constructive criticism of reports, advice on
presentation and to arranging practice interviews.
The Professional Review reports
13
For MPR, CPR and CPRP you will need to submit an
experience report of no more than 2,000 words.
It should describe the structured training and
responsible experience you gained during your IPD.
It must describe the tasks which you undertook.
B3
B3.1
B3.2
B3.3
B3.4
B4
B4.1
It must not be a mere inventory, although it may
include the precise positions you have occupied and
the degree of responsibility assigned to you. You
should give an indication of the size and nancial
value of the work undertaken. It is essential that
you emphasise your personal experience and
contribution. You should enlarge on the decisions
you have made, any special problems you have
met and occasions when you gained unusual or
extensive experience or learned valuable lessons.
The report should include a one-page foreword in
the form of a brief curriculum vitae this will not be
included within the 2,000 word limit.
For MPR and CPR you will need to submit a project
report which should demonstrate your
competence as a potential member. For MPR this
report should be up to 2,000 words long, for CPR
up to 4,000 words. It should describe a particular
project (or parts of projects) in which you played
a major part, including taking the lead in some or
all of the elements. You must indicate clearly your
role in the development and management of the
project(s) by giving the background to the important
decisions for which you were responsible or to which
you made a signicant contribution. Above all you
must show where you have exercised independent
engineering and professional judgement.
For CPRP the project report should be up to 2,000
words long and concentrate on signicant work
you have carried out since your success at MPR.
You should use this to display how the additional
professional Attributes required at CPR have been
achieved.
Numerical analyses, cost data, drawings or other
relevant additional documentation should be
included as appropriate to support decisions
described in both the reports. Any appendices are
not included in the word-count, but they should be
bound into the report.
B4.2
B4.3
B4.4
13 ICE takes plagiarism seriously. You should ensure that the reports are your own work or clearly reference the work of others.
Refer to MGN 45 for guidance.
15
The presentation
You will be asked to make a presentation at the
start of your interview. This is carried out sitting
opposite the Reviewers at a table. You may use visual
aids such as ip portfolios, not larger than A3, to
illustrate the presentation. Whilst the use of laptop
computers is permitted, experience has shown that
you will need to plan the practicalities of your
presentation with great care.
The presentation should be based on the project
report. It should seek to expand this rather than
repeat the information already given to your
Reviewers.
The interview
Reviewers will be seeking to conrm that the
evidence of competence that you have provided is
supported by your responses to their questioning and
meets the requirements of Appendix A. If you have
not demonstrated sufcient evidence of a particular
Attribute, Reviewers may frame specic questions to
try to draw out your knowledge and experience in
that area. However it is your responsibility to
demonstrate the achievement of Attributes as well as
that of the Reviewers to see if you possess them. This
will require considerable communication skill on your
part, both in the compilation of each report and in
discussion.
Written exercise
The purpose of the written exercise at MPR is to
ascertain that you can produce straightforward
documents without assistance from others. Details
of the format can be found on ICEs website.
The purpose of the written exercise at CPR and CPRP
is to test your ability to marshal your thoughts and to
present them logically and clearly. Although it is not
a direct test of engineering knowledge, a sufcient
B5
B5.1
B5.2
B6
B6.1
B7 B7
B7.1 B7.1
B7.2
understanding and knowledge of the professional
subject matter is clearly essential to producing a
satisfactory result. Factual errors or lack of knowl-
edge could affect the Review result, but not matters
of well reasoned personal opinion.
The subject of the written exercise will be set by your
Reviewers after reading your reports and will be set
within the context of your experience.
The Reviewers will set two questions and you will
only be required to answer one in the allotted
time. Whilst they will choose a subject on which
you should have sufcient knowledge to answer
condently, you will need to prepare by acquiring
industry-related knowledge by experience and study.
You may, if you wish, use a laptop computer for the
written exercise. Details of the format can be found
on ICEs website, with the Membership Guidance
Note 21.
B7.3
B7.4
16
Summary of Review requirements
The summary below compares the Professional Reviews.
B8
B8.1
Direct Route Direct Route Progressive Route
MPR CPR CPRP
Award IEng MICE /MICE CEng MICE CEng MICE following success
at the MPR
Experience report 2,000 words 2,000 words 2,000 words
Project report 2,000 words 4,000 words 2,000 words
Interview Required (maximum 60 minutes) Required (maximum 75 minutes) Required (maximum 60 minutes)
Presentation
(included in interview)
15 minutes 15 minutes 15 minutes
Written exercise 120 minutes 120 minutes 120 minutes
CPD requirement A minimum of 30 hours of
effective learning time per year
A minimum of 30 hours of
effective learning time per year
A minimum of 30 hours of
effective learning time per year
CPD before Review A minimum of 90 hours of
effective learning time with at
least 30 hours per year in the
three years preceding your
application
A minimum of 180 hours of
effective learning time with at
least 30 hours per year in the
three years preceding your
application
A minimum of 180 hours of
effective learning time with at
least 30 hours per year in the
three years preceding your
application
Review results
Time is required for Reviewers to assess the Review
result and for quality control, audit and approvals
processes. The results will be emailed to you. The
names of successful candidates will then be
published on ICEs website ve days later and
subsequently published in New Civil Engineer/New
Civil Engineer International.
If the Review results in a failure, you will be provided
with an indication of where your Review was
satisfactory as well as the reasons for failure. The
holistic nature of all ICEs Reviews requires you at a
Re-sit Review to undertake all of the Review process
again. You should therefore prepare in the same way
as you did for the original Review, taking care to
show in your new submission how you have
B9
B9.1
B9.2
addressed the concerns of the original Reviewers.
During a Re-sit Review you will have to satisfy the
new Reviewers that you can demonstrate all the
required Attributes and not just those that caused
the failure during previous Reviews. You are advised
to discuss this with your sponsors/SCE and with your
RST. This should help you prepare a strategy for any
future application.
There is a right of appeal in cases of perceived error
in process or for unforeseen events. Appeals are only
accepted if received within two months from the
date of the failure letter. For details contact your RST.
To be valid a non-refundable fee must accompany
any appeal. Details of the current fee can be found
on the ICE website.
B9.3
B9.4
17
Useful Contacts
Admissions and Processes
+44 (0)20 7665 2344
Education and Learning
+44 (0)20 7665 2247
ICE Regions
+44 (0)20 7222 2006
ICE Events
+44 (0)20 7665 2293
Initial and Continuing Professional Development
+44 (0)20 7665 2200
Library Enquiries
+44 (0)20 7665 2251
Professional Development Manager
+44 (0)20 7665 2014
Subscriptions
+44 (0)20 7665 2227
Thomas Telford
+44 (0)20 7222 7722
Application dates and dates of interviews can be found
at ice.org.uk/membership
18
Acronyms
AMICE
Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers
AMPR
Associate Member Professional Review
AQP
Academic Qualications Panel
AVQ
Advanced Vocational Qualication
BEng
Bachelor of Engineering
CA
Career Appraisal
CDM
Construction Design Management
CEng
Chartered Engineer
CEnv
Chartered Environmentalist
CEPR
Chartered Environmentalist Professional Review
CPD
Continuing Professional Development
CPR
Chartered Professional Review
DAP
Development Action Plan
DE
Delegated Engineer
DO
Development Objective
ECO
Engineering Council Organisation
Eng Tech
Engineering Technician
EU
European Union
GNVQ
General National Vocational Qualication
HS&W
Health, Safety and Welfare
ICE
Institution of Civil Engineers
IEng
Incorporated Engineer
IPD
Initial Professional Development
IT
Information Technology
JBM
Joint Board of Moderators
MDO
Membership Development Ofcer
MEA
Mutual Exemption Agreement
MEng
Master of Engineering
MGN
Membership Guidance Note
MICE
Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers
MPR
Member Professional Review
MRA
Mutual Recognition Agreement
NVQ
National Vocational Qualication
PDR
Personal Development Record
RD
Regional Director
RGN
Register Guidance Note
RST
Regional Support Team
SCE
Supervising Civil Engineer
SE
Supervising Engineer
SVQ
Scottish Vocational Qualication
TMICE
Technician Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers
TPR
Technician Professional Review
TR
Training Review
TRR
Technical Report Route
VCE
Vocational Certicate of Education
19
...as a civil engineer, at the end of every project I
can physically see the fruits of my labour and leave
a legacy behind that benets society.
I dont think I have a typical day. I could be in on
a teleconference with a contractor in Korea in the
morning, visiting a construction site in Liverpool in
the afternoon and making a presentation over
the web to a client in New York in the evening.
Almost everyday brings a new problem to solve.
ICE membership provides you with a network
for continued learning. Being involved with ICE
has kept me in contact with people that have not
only enabled me to become qualied, but have
since supported my career and my business plans
for the future.
Being a member of ICE has given me a lot of
respect within both the industry and the work
place. Also it has helped me broaden my horizons
and provided me with a lot of knowledge from
within the industry that I wouldnt have been
otherwise aware of.

One Great George Street

Westminster
London SW1P 3AA
t +44 (0)20 7665 2279
e profdev@ice.org.uk
ice.org.uk
Registered charity number
210252
Charity registered in Scotland
number SC038629
ICE 3001A, v5, June 2012
..it is accordingly of importance that there
should be a ready means heretofore of
ascertaining persons who by proper
training and experience are qualied...
Extract from Royal Charter