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Wisconsin Eligibility Requirements

FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING

To be eligible to take the fundamentals of engineering examination, an applicant shall meet one of the following requirements:

A) A senior in an ABET accredited B.S. engineering program

OR

B) Have at least 4 years of engineering experience qualifying under s. A-E 4.03, Wis. Admin. Code,

OR

C) Have a combination of qualifying education under s. A-E 4.05 and experience under s. A-E 4.03, Wis. Admin. Code totaling at least 4 years.


PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF ENGINEERING

Please contact the Wisconsin Engineering and Land Surveying Examining Board at (608)266-2112 for exam eligibility.

Once you have passed the PE exam, you must complete the form below and submit it to the Wisconsin Board.

FUNDAMENTALS OF LAND SURVEYING

Per the WI Board's website, to be eligible to take the fundamentals of land surveying examination, an applicant shall have:

a) Received a bachelor's degree in a course of study in land surveying of not less than 4 years duration from a college or university approved by the state where the college or university is located;

OR

b) Received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering of not less than 4 years duration from a college or university approved by the state where the college or university is located. The curriculum shall include no less than 16 of 24 credits in courses concentrating on the legal principles of land surveying and the technical aspects of land surveying. These courses shall include areas of study such as research of public and private records, principles of evidence and the interpretation of written documents used in boundary determination, the study of the legal elements of land surveying including those involving resurveys, boundary disputes, defective descriptions, riparian rights and adverse possession, the study of the professional and judicial functions of a land surveyor, the study of surveying methods for measuring distance and angular values, note keeping computation and writing descriptions and the study of the Wisconsin statutes and local ordinances relating to the preparation of subdivision maps and plats, other land divisions and real property creation.  The applicant may be allowed to receive up to 8 credits in certain other courses related to surveying.  These courses may include:  engineering surveying, municipal surveying, route surveying, highway surveying, topographic surveying, geodetic surveying, photogrammetry, cartography, construction surveying, air photo interpretation, artillery surveying, geographic information systems, land information systems and remote sensing systems.

OR

c) Received an associates degree having completed at least 60 semester credits in a civil engineering or land surveying curriculum including no less than 12 semester credits in land surveying which shall be in the following categories of study: No less than 8 of the 12 credits may be in courses concentrating on the legal principles of land surveying and the technical aspects of land surveying. These courses shall include areas of study such as research of public and private records, principles of evidence and the interpretation of written documents used in boundary determination, the study of the legal elements of land surveying including those involving resurveys, boundary disputes, defective judicial functions of a land surveyor, the study of surveying methods for measuring distance and angular values, note keeping computation and writing descriptions and the study of the Wisconsin Statutes and local ordinances relating to the preparation of subdivision maps and plats. No more than 4 credits may be in courses related to land surveying such as engineering surveying, municipal surveying, route surveying, highway surveying", topographic surveying, geodectic surveying, photogrammetry, cartography, construction surveying, air photo interpretation, artillery surveying; geographic information systems, land information systems and remote sensing systems.

OR

d) Have at least 5 years of practice in land surveying or a combination of work and training in a course in land surveying and practice in land surveying which totals at least 5 years.

 

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF SURVEYING EXAMINATION

Per the WI Board's website, to be eligible to take the principles and practice of surveying examination, an applicant shall have:

a) Received a bachelor's degree in a course of study in land surveying of not less than 4 years duration from a college or university approved by the state where the college or university is located; or received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering of not less than 4 years duration from a college or university approved by the state where the college or university is located with no less than 16 of 24 credits in courses concentration on the legal principles of land surveying and the technical aspects of the land surveying AND have at least one year of approved practice in land surveying;

OR

b) Received an associates degree having completed at least 60 semester credits in a civil engineering or land surveying curriculum including no less than 12 semester credits in land surveying AND have at least 3 years of approved practice in land surveying;

OR

c) Have at least 9 years of approved practice in land surveying or a combination of at least 9 years of approved work and training in a course in land surveying and practice in land surveying.


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