Policies and procedures
These procedures are organised into sections. Use the quick click menu option to jump to the section you require. The majority of the documents are in Microsoft Word or PDF formats.
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All documents are approved by the appropriate Board or Committee on behalf of the Institute's Council. Some procedures are not published on the web, please contact the CPD Department if you require further information.
Section 1: Membership and Qualifications Board
Section 2: Professional Standards Committee
Section 3: CEng Panel
Section 4: ACTS Panel and documents
Section 5: CPhys Panel
Section 6: Institute forms
Section 7: Procedural documents
Section 8: Guidance for interviewers
Section 9: Appeals procedure
Section 10: Internal audits for CEng
Section 11: CPD
Section 1 - Membership and Qualifications Board
- Terms of Reference (Word, 21 KB)
Section 2 - Professional Standards Committee
- Professional Standards Committee Terms of Reference (Word, 73 KB)
- CEng Panel Terms of Reference (Word, 150 KB)
- Use of the EC(UK) Liaison Officer (Word, 151 KB)
- Guidance for the CEng Panel (Word, 155 KB)
- Assessing CEng applications (Word, 166 KB)
- ECUK License (January 2005 - January 2009) (PDF, 701 KB)
- MEng Gap Assessment (Word, 152 KB)
Section 4 - ACTS Panel and Documents
- ACTS Panel Terms of Reference (Word, 155 KB)
- ACTS Guidance for ACTS Panels (Word, 158 KB)
- ACTS Assessment Procedures Flowchart (Word, 165 KB)
- ACTS Staff and Panel Assessment Procedures (Word, 373 KB)
- ACTS Application Form Guidelines for Applicants (Word, 570 KB)
- ACTS Interim Visit Guidelines (Word, 181 KB)
- ACTS PDP Application Form Guidelines (Word, 408 KB)
- ACTS PDP Application Form (Word, 450 KB)
- CPhys Panel Terms of Reference (Word, 72 KB)
- Guidance for the CPhys Panel (Word, 78 KB)
- Assessing CPhys applications (Word, 81 KB)
- CPhys Application Form and Guidelines (editable PDF, 592 KB)
- CEng Application Form and Guidelines (editable PDF, 316 KB)
Section 7 - Procedural Documents
- CPhys procedures (Word, 218 KB)
- CEng procedures (non standard route with an accredited degree) (Word, 257 KB)
- CEng procedures (non standard route without an accredited degree) (Word, 223 KB)
Section 8 - Guidance for Interviewers
- CEng PRI guidance to interviewers (for candidates with an accredited degree) (Word, 223 KB)
- CEng PRI guidance to interviewers (for candidates without an accredited degree) (Word, 228 KB)
- Appeals procedure (PDF, 25 KB)
Section 10 - Internal Audits for CEng
- Internal audit procedures (Word, 154 KB)
- 2008 Internal Audit (Word, 40 KB)
- CPD policy (Word, 154 KB)
- Reflection for CPD (Word, 153 KB)