How to apply for Academic Review 

You must not apply for Academic Review or complete the Academic Review application form if your qualifications:

• Have been Accredited by us (the Institution), or  
• Have been Accredited by another professional engineering institution, or listed as acceptable on the Engineering Council database, or
• Are covered by a Mutual Recognition Accord, ie Washington Accord, Sydney Accord or Dublin Accord  

If you're not sure whether your qualifications are Accredited or covered by an international accord, you must complete our Qualification checker. Once you have completed the Qualification checker we will tell you whether or not you need to apply for Academic Review.

You may need to complete Academic Review if you:

• Don’t have any formal qualifications, or
• If you only have pre-degree qualifications, such as HNC/HND that do not meet the current academic requirements
• Have been told by our membership team that you need to undertake Academic Review
• Already know that your non-accredited qualifications need to be reviewed

If you do need to complete Academic Review, you'll need to upload several documents. Submission of these documents is mandatory and they will be used to determine your engineering knowledge and understanding.

You must have these documents ready to upload before you start your application:

• A copy of the certificate and transcript for each of your academic qualifications
• Undergraduate qualifications: a one page summary of your final year project
• Post-graduate qualifications: table of contents, abstract and conclusions pages from your thesis
• A copy of your CV

Any documents in languages other than English must be accompanied by a translation. Ideally this should come from a professional, licensed translator with evidence to that effect. We can also accept translations that have been authenticated and signed by a Chartered Engineer. Short course certificates are not required.

The person conducting the translation or certification should not be:

• related to you
• living at the same address
• in a relationship with you

Complete the online Academic Review form.

You can also apply by completing a PDF Academic Review form. 

You should refer to the guidance notes and checklist for assistance.  If you have any questions email academicreview@imeche.org.