FE Exam and Review

The FE Exam

The Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam is provided by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), “a national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing professional licensure for engineers and surveyors,” and is your first step towards becoming a professional licensed engineer (P.E.). The exam is intended for students who have recently completed or are near completion of their undergraduate engineering degree at an ABET accredited program. Our BSCE program is ABET accredited.

Civil engineering students take the Civil Engineering FE exam, which you can learn more about here.

FE Exam Review Course

The department provides an FE Civil Engineering review course code for free to current BSCE juniors and seniors as well as BSCE alumni who are within one year of their graduation date. This service is currently provided in contract with the School of PE. The goal is to provide our students with an opportunity to be well prepared for passing the FE exam. 

Review course codes last for four months. We encourage our students to take full advantage of this resource to be ready to pass the exam on the first attempt. We also strongly recommend that you allow yourself the full four months to study for the exam.

Process for Receiving an FE Exam Preparation Course Code

1. Register for the FE Exam and schedule your exam date
2. Submit this form to request your exam preparation course code once you have your confirmed exam date
3. If you are eligible to receive a course code, one will be provided to you 4 months ahead of your confirmed exam date (if you submit more than four months ahead of your exam date, a code rollout will be scheduled and you will be notified of the rollout date)
4. Take the FE Exam
5. Results are usually received within two weeks of your exam date
6. Submit this form again once you receive your exam results to notify us of the outcome, even if you do not pass