Three more NCEES Principles & Practice of Engineering exams are transitioning to computer-based testing in 2020.
The PE Mechanical exam will be administered year-round at Pearson VUE test centers beginning April 2020. Meanwhile, the PE Fire Protection and PE Industrial and Systems exams join PE Nuclear and PE Petroleum exams as single-day administrations, which will be Oct. 22, 2020.
Registration for all three exams is underway. Florida examinees should register directly with NCEES and reserve their seat at a Pearson VUE center.
Also, the PE Agricultural and Biological exam will be administered for the last time as a pencil-and-paper exam in April 2020, while the PE Mining and Mineral Processing and PE Electrical and Computer exams will be administered for the last time as pencil-and-paper exams in October 2020.
The PE Agricultural and Biological exam and the PE Mining and Mineral Processing exam will transition to single-day CBT administrations beginning in October 2021.
For the PE Electrical and Computer exams, the Power exam will move to year-round CBT beginning April 2021, while the Electronics, Controls, and Communication exam, and the Computer exam will be single-day CBT administrations beginning in October 2021.
New Exam Specifications
New exam specifications are available on the NCEES website for the Fundamentals of Engineering exam and the PE Chemical exam.