Who is eligible to take the FE Exam?
The individual state boards of registration (in our case, the Texas Board of Professional Engineers) are the ones who determine eligibility for the FE Exam. Per the rules of the Texas Board of Professional Engineers, Non-students, Students, and Professional Engineers are eligible to take the FE Examination. Students typically take the examination at their school where the exam is administered as prescribed by the Board and NCEES. Student eligibility requirements to take the exam consist of the following: 1. An undergraduate student who is within two full-time semesters (not including summer sessions) of graduating and who is enrolled in an EAC/ABET-accredited engineering program, a TAC/ABET-accredited four year baccalaureate technical program or an engineering-related science program of four years or more that has been approved by the Board. 2. A graduate student enrolled in a Master’s or Ph.D. engineering program. To register for the exam at Texas Tech University, students obtain sche
