The Iowa Engineering and Land Surveying Examining Board offers examinations in engineering and land surveying through NCEES. Principles and Practice of Engineering and Principles and Practice of Land Surveying examinations are given on Friday dates. Fundamentals of Engineering and Fundamentals of Land Surveying examinations are given on Saturday dates.  Please visit NCEES for exam schedules and additional information.

All Fundamentals of Engineering applications must be sent directly to NCEES.  Fundamentals of Engineering applications will be available on-line at NCEES beginning in January.

All Land Surveying examination applications and Principles and Practice of Engineering examination applications must be sent directly to the Board, and must be postmarked on or before January 15 for the April examinations and on or before July 15 for the October examinations. Application packets are available elsewhere on this web site.  

We recommend starting your application process at least one month before the deadline. An application is not considered complete and will not be reviewed until all of the component parts (Engineering Instructions) (Land Surveying Instructions) have been received.

Minimum Educational Requirements:

Engineering: -------- four-year degree in engineering
Land Surveying: ---- two-year degree in mathematics, physical sciences, mapping and surveying or engineering

Experience Requirements: Refer to 193C IAC Chapter 4 Engineering Licensure and Chapter 5 Land Surveying Licensure.

Examination Specifications:
For more information about the engineering and land surveying examinations, contact the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES).

Materials Permitted in Examination Room:

General Guidelines

Loose leaf paper and writing tablets are not allowed in the examination room. Each candidate is required to sign a statement on the examination answer sheet that he or she will neither copy nor divulge any examination question or solution and that any violation thereof will be sufficient grounds for invalidating the candidate's examination.

Items NOT Permitted in the Examination Room

Devises or materials that might compromise the security of the examination or examination process are not permitted.

Calculating and computing devises having QWERTY keypad arrangement similar to a typewriter or keyboard are not permitted. Such devises include but are not limited to palmtop, laptop, handheld, and desktop computers, calculators, databanks, data collectors, and organizers.

Pagers and cellular phones are not permitted.

Items Permitted in the Examination Room

The following calculator models will be allowed in the exam room.  No other models of calculators will be allowed. Only the models listed below may be used on the examination.

Hewlett Packard – HP 33s and HP 35s

Casio – ALL FX 115 models (FX-115 must be in model name)

Texas Instruments – ALL TI 30X and TI 36X models
                            (TI 30X or TI 36X must be in model name)
 

Open-Book Examinations

The following reference materials and aids may be brought into the examination room by the candidate for his or her personal use only.

1. Handbooks and textbooks

2. Bound reference materials provided that the material be and remain contained (bound) in a cover during the entire examination.

"Bound" material refers to : 1) Material Bound permanently, i.e., stitched or glued and 2) Material fastened securely in its cover by fasteners that penetrate all papers, e.g., ring binders, spiral binders, plastic snap binders, brads, or screw posts.

The candidates are not permitted to exchange any reference materials.

Writing tablets, unbound tables, or unbound notes are not permitted in the examining room.

Closed-Book Examinations

The Fundamentals of Engineering examination is a closed book examination. Only NCEES supplied-reference materials are permitted in the examination room.

The Iowa Specific Land Surveying Examination is a closed book examination. No reference materials are allowed in the examination room.