Preparation Courses for State PE-EI Examinations
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) offers professional engineering review courses for state exams:
Professional Engineer (PE) / Principles and Practice
Engineering Intern (EI) / Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)
Note: ONLINE delivery coordinated with our Blackboard Learning System make our review courses open to anyone interested in preparing for these exams in any US state.
Important Dates and Information
Course Information, Locations and Dates
Purpose of Professional Registration
Course Registration
Online Courses
Purchase Texts
Text and Materials
Exam Information
Register
Contact Us
Important Dates and Information
The State of Illinois has new rules allowing for later registration. Check with your state board for specific requirements.
State Exam Registration Deadline - February 10, 2012 for April 2012 exam
Review Courses - January 13th - March 31st, 2012
Mock Exam Day at IIT campuses - March 31st, 2012
State Examinations: PE Exam - Friday, April 13th, 2012 / FE Exam - Saturday, April 14th, 2012
NOTE: Registration may be made for individual sessions of the review courses but registering for the full course is the best value.
Mock exam day for one exam (either PE or FE) will be included with all full course enrollments. Additional exam may be purchased for $75. Enrollment for the Mock Exam is required if taking without full course enrollment and registration must be completed by March 12th, 2012.
To be eligible to take the State of Illinois examination, you must first register with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. For other states, please visit the individual state board website.
State of Illinois Exam Specifics:
The Engineering Intern (EI) form is available at http://www.idfpr.com/dpr/WHO/pe.asp. Engineering Intern candidates must include with their application a form completed by their College Registrar certifying their education. An official transcript with school seal affixed must also be submitted if the degree was not from an ″approved program″. This examination is also referred to as ″Fundamentals of Engineering″.
The Professional Engineer (PE) form is available at http://www.idfpr.com/dpr/WHO/pe.asp. Professional Engineer candidates already having EI status generally do not require the certification, but PE candidates do require certification of work experience by their supervisor. Complete information is provided with the state application materials.
After Registering for your State Exam:
You will need to enroll in Illinois Institute of Technology's preparation course. To register for the review course, you may register online, or contact the Office of Professional Development at 630.682.6035 or peei@iit.edu.
For IIT Current Seniors : Engineer Intern (EI) / Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Student Registration
Online student registration for the EI/FE exam in April 2012 is available at the Continental Testing Website. Registration is limited to Seniors in an Illinois Approved College, with an expected graduation date of less than a year from the date of examination. All undergraduate applications must be processed through the www.continentaltesting.net Web site according to the regulations presented there. Registration will be limited to students who will receive their UNDERGRADUATE engineering degree before the end of May 2012, after the examination date in April 2012.
Course Information, Locations and Times
There are more than 30 different review classes to help prepare you for the state exam.
Engineering Intern (EI) candidates should take 13-15 of the EI classes depending on their field (CE, CHE, EE, ME or GE - General).
Professional Engineer (PE) candidates should take 9-14 of the PE classes depending on their field (CE, CHE, EE or, ME).
Persons taking both EI and PE courses would take between 15-17 classes depending on their field.
An orientation will be provided in the first class. Each class includes reviews of theory and sample problems. The instructor for each class is a specialist with experience in the topic area.
A class schedule will be forwarded to all registrants 1-2 weeks before the first class. See below for an overview of preparation courses offered through Illinois Institute of Technology.
NOTE: Registration may be made for individual sessions of the review courses but registering for the full course is the best value.
| Course | EI Majors | PE Majors | EI & PE Majors |
| Introduction, Ethics, Mathematics 1 (EI-PE) -Live & Online | All | All | All |
| Mathematics 2 (EI-PE) -Live & Online | All | All | All |
| Engineering Economics (EI-PE)-Live & Online | All | All | All |
| Mathematics 3 and Computers (EI-PE)-Live & Online | All | EE | All |
| Chemistry & Material Science (EI-PE) -Live & Online (Note: Biology review materials included in Blackboard online classroom) | All | CHE | All |
| Chemical Engineering 1 (PE)-Live & Online | N/A | CHE | CHE |
| Chemical Engineering 2 (PE)-Live & Online | N/A | CHE | CHE |
| Thermal Engineering 1 (EI-PE)-Live & Online | All | CHE,ME | All |
| Thermal Engineering 2 (EI-PE)-Live & Online | CHE,ME,GE | CHE,ME | CHE,ME,GE |
| Thermal Engineering 3 (PE)-Live & Online | N/A | CHE,ME | CHE,ME |
| Thermal Engineering 4 (PE)-Live & Online | N/A | CHE,ME | CHE,ME |
| Fluid Mechanics 1 (EI-PE)-Live & Online | All | CE,CHE,ME | All |
| Fluid Mechanics 2 (EI-PE)-Live & Online | CE,CHE,ME,GE | CE,CHE,ME | CE,CHE,ME,GE |
| Fluid Mechanics 3 (PE)-Live & Online | N/A | CE,CHE,ME | CE,CHE,ME |
| Statics (EI-PE)-Live & Online | All | CE,ME | All |
| Mechanics of Materials (EI-PE)-Live & Online | All | CE,ME | All |
| Construction Engineering and Surveying I (PE)-Live & Online | CE | CE | CE |
| Construction Engineering and Surveying II (PE) -Live & Online | N/A | CE | CE |
| Structural Analysis And Design I (PE)-Live & Online | CE | CE | CE |
| Structural Analysis And Design II (PE)-Live & Online | N/A | CE | CE |
| Soils, Foundations, Surveying (EI-PE)-Live & Online | CE | CE | CE |
| Transportation 1 (EI-PE)-Live & Online | CE | CE | CE |
| Transportation 2 (EI-PE)-Live & Online | N/A | CE | CE |
| Water and Wastewater Engineering (EI-PE)-Live & Online | CE | CE | CE |
| Dynamics (EI-PE)-Live & Online | All | ME | All |
| Environmental Engineering (EI-PE) -Live & Online | CE | CE | All |
| Mechanical Design 1 (PE)-Live & Online | ME | ME | ME |
| Mechanical Design 2 (PE)-Live & Online | N/A | ME | ME |
| Electrical Engineering 1 Circuits (EI-PE) -Live & Online | All | EE | All |
| Electrical Engineering 2 Controls (EI-PE) -Live & Online | EE | EE | EE |
| Electrical Engineering 3 Power 1 (EI-PE)-Live & Online | EE | EE | EE |
| Electrical Engineering 4 Power 2 (PE)-Live & Online | N/A | EE | EE |
| Electrical Engineering 5 Electronics 1 (EI-PE) -Live & Online | EE | EE | EE |
| Electrical Engineering 6 Electronics 2 (PE)-Live & Online | N/A | EE | EE |
| Electrical Engineering 7 Power 3 (PE)-Live & Online | N/A | EE | EE |
| Electrical Engineering 8 Electronics 3 (PE)-Live & Online | N/A | EE | EE |
| Mock Exam (EI-PE)-Live at Rice Campus | All | All | All |
| Mock Exam (EI-PE)-Live at Main Campus | All | All | All |
Online
Since January 2007, ALL PE-EI review sessions have been made available online (see above course schedule for details). Online sessions are available for viewing 24 hours a day / 7 days a week and may be viewed multiple times. These sessions remain available for viewing through the exam weekend in October 2011 and April 2012. For more information on IIT's online course delivery with streaming video through our Blackboard Learning System, please visit IIT ONLINE.
Credit for Continuing Education (CEU)
All professional learning programs offered through the School of Applied Technology of Illinois Institute of Technology award Continuing Education Units (CEU). The Professional Engineering Review awards 2.0 CEU for EI or PE; 3.0 CEU for EI and PE. This will be recorded as a part of the participant's permanent record with IIT. IIT defines a CEU as 10 contact hours of participation and follows internationally accepted criteria and guidelines established by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).
Purpose of Professional Registration
Professional registration is recognition by the State of attaining a level of knowledge of the principles and practice of engineering. Generally, state registration as a professional engineer is important for those who practice engineering for the general public and/or for the government. Consulting engineering firms, regulated industrial concerns and other organizations dealing with public safety often require registration for responsible engineering positions. A registered professional engineer receives a certificate of registration and is authorized to affix an official embossed seal containing his/her name and registration number to engineering documents of record.
Education and experience in engineering are prerequisites for taking the examinations used to qualify candidates.
Engineer Intern (EI) status is obtained by those meeting education and experience requirements and who pass an examination on the Fundamentals of Engineering. Those meeting the EI requirements and a second examination on Principles and Practice, qualify for registration as a Professional Engineer (PE). It is possible for qualified individuals to take both examinations on successive dates and obtain PE status directly.
Course Registration
To assure space and timely availability of texts, please register at least one month in advance. Space is limited and will be reserved in the order of registration applications received. You may register online, or contact the Office of Professional Development office at 630.682.6035 or peei@iit.edu.
Registration Fees
| With Texts | Without Texts | |
| Professional Engineer (PE) Principles and Practice | $1,595 | $1195 (2.0 CEU) |
| Engineering Intern (EI) Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) | $1,445 | $1195 (2.0 CEU) |
| Professional Engineer (PE) & Engineering Intern (EI) | $1,845 | $1195 (3.0 CEU) |
| IIT Alumni - Receive a $100 discount |
Participants registering ″Without Texts″ may purchase texts through our Professional Publications Partner. For those registering ″With Texts″, your text purchase will be handled for you by our trained staff. Texts will then be shipped to your home or office as indicated to us on your registration form.
A class schedule will be forwarded as part of the registration confirmation.
Persons may withdraw from a course with a full refund if requested before the course begins. No refund will be provided for the text portion of the registration fee. A full refund less $50 processing fee will be issued if withdrawal is after the first class but before the third class of the program. No refund will be provided after the third class.
For more information on refund or rescheduling policies, contact the Office of Professional Development at 630.682.6035 or peei@iit.edu.
PE-EI Review Courses
ONLINE PE-EI Review Courses - in addition to live in the classroom, ALL PE-EI review courses are available online. Online courses provide the convenience of anytime anyplace learning and allow courses to be viewed multiple times. The schedule for each individual session indicates when that session becomes available online. Once available online, these sessions remain available for the remainder of the review course.
A listing of PE-EI review sessions, including live and online sessions is available in the Course Information, Locations and Times Section of this Web page.
For additional information about IITonline courses please visit http://www.iit-online.iit.edu/main/.
Text and Materials
Participants may register ″With Texts″ or ″Without Texts″. Texts may be purchased at an additional fee for each course.
Purchase Texts
Participants registering ″Without Texts″ may purchase texts through our Partner Web site. For those registering ″With Texts″, your text purchase will be handled for you by our trained staff. Texts will then be shipped to your home or office as indicated to us on your registration form. (Texts are not required to participate in the program. However, texts are recommended for participants to get the full benefit of doing a review course and preparing for the engineering exams.)
The titles for the EI course are:
FE Review Manual by Lindeburg
Fundamentals of Engineering Discipline Specific
Fundamentals of Engineering Supplied-Reference Handbook (NCEES)
For the PE course, each participant receives a set of 3 texts, depending on the field, published by Professional Publications. In addition to a reference book, each set for the PE includes a solutions manual and sample exam book:
| Chemical | Chemical Engineering Reference Manual for the PE Exam (CHRM6) |
| Six-Minute Solutions for Chemical PE Exam Problems (SXCH) | |
| Practice Problems for the Chemical Engineering PE Exam (CHPP6) | |
| Civil | Civil Engineering Reference Manual for the PE Exam (CERM12) |
| Civil PE Sample Examination (CESX3) | |
| Practice Problems for the Civil Engineering PE Exam (CEPP12) | |
| Electrical | Power Reference Manual for the Electrical and Computer PE Exam (EPRM) or Electrical and Electronics Reference Manual for the Electrical and Computer PE Exam (ELRM) or Computer Engineering Reference Manual for the Electrical and Computer PE Exam (ECRM) |
| Power Sample Exams for the Electrical and Computer PE Exam (EPSX) or Electrical and Electronics Sample Exam for the Electrical and Computer PE Exam (ELSX) or Computer Engineering Sample Exam for the Electrical and Computer PE Exam (ECSX) | |
| Power Practice Problems for the Electrical and Computer PE Exam (EPRP) or Electrical and Electronics Practice Problems for the Electrical and Computer PE Exam (ELPP) or Computer Engineering Practice Problems for the Electrical and Computer PE Exam (ECPP) | |
| Mechanical | Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual for the PE Exam (MERM12) |
| Mechanical PE Sample Examination (MESX2) | |
| Practice Problems for the Mechanical Engineering PE Exam (MEPP12) |
Note that these and similar texts devoted to preparing for the FE and PE examinations are generally not permitted in the examinations in Illinois and some other states. Additional information regarding materials which may be taken into the exam will be given in the review classes.
Texts will be mailed to each participant when book fees are included in the tuition. Please be sure to include the mailing information on the registration form as requested.
Nature of Examination
The Engineering Intern (EI)/Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam consists of two four-hour segments of multiple-choice questions, some requiring calculations. The AM segment covers the general areas of engineering. The PM segment now allows for an additional general exam or a choice of six different discipline-specific engineering exams: Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Environmental, Industrial or Mechanical. The FE exam is closed book except for the NCEES Reference Manual provided by the state on site.
Exam formats vary for the Professional Engineer (PE)/Principles and Practice exams. Sessions consist of a morning (breadth) exam and afternoon (depth) exam session which must be completed on the same day.
All exams are open book with restrictions.
For additional details about the format of the Fundamentals and Professional exam, visit the National Council of Examiners' Web site at http://www.ncees.org/. For specific information regarding the Fundamentals exam, visit http://www.ncees.org/Exams/FE_exam.php and for the Principles and Practice exam, visit http://www.ncees.org/Exams/PE_exam.php.
State Exam Information
Illinois Applicants:
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
www.idfpr.com
320 West Washington Street
Springfield, Illinois 62786
Phones: 217.785.0800 (for information)
217.782.8556 (for application)
Indiana Applicants:
Indiana Professional Licensing Agency
www.in.gov/pla/
302 West Washington
Room E034
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Phone: 317.232.2980
Other States:
Please visit NCEES links to state board information by state.
* IIT engineering majors expecting to graduate within one year after the exam may apply at the beginning of the semester prior to the exam. For registration information or review course details contact Professional Learning Programs at 630.682.6035 or peei@iit.edu
Register
You may register online or contact Professional Learning Programs at 630.682.6035 or peei@iit.edu Participants using a Workforce Development voucher as funding for this program may also be interested in coupling this exam preparation program with a Project Management course for technical professionals.
Contact Us
For additional information contact:
Christopher Widmer, Program Manager
Illinois Institute of Technology
School of Applied Technology
Office of Professional Development
201 East Loop Road
Wheaton, IL 60189
630.682.6035 or cwidmer@iit.edu.