The New Brunswick System
Engineering and Geoscience are regulated professions in Canada. Each province and territory has its own regulator and membership requirements. The Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of New Brunswick (APEGNB) is the regulator in New Brunswick.
Getting Registered In New Brunswick
If you are an internationally educated engineer or geoscientist who has completed an appropriate post-secondary program (typically bachelor’s degree) and who wishes to practice engineering or geoscience in New Brunswick, you will be legally required to become registered with APEGNB.
This means that even though you have a university degree in engineering or geoscience, and you may have worked as an engineer or geoscientist in another country, you may not call yourself a professional engineer or professional geoscientist in New Brunswick until you have become registered with APEGNB. You may also not take responsibility for engineering or geoscience work until you have become licensed with APEGNB.
Each province in Canada conducts their own academic and competency assessment to determine eligibility and readiness for professional registration.
Visit the Engineers Canada – Becoming a Licensed Engineer in Canada website and the Geoscience in Canada website for information on immigrating to and becoming a licensed practitioner in Canada.
Submitting An Application
1. Become Academically Qualified
If your bachelor’s degree was obtained outside of Canada, we must first assess your education to make sure it meets (or exceeds) our academic requirements. For this, we will require a course by course (ICAP)report from World Education Service (WES). This report must be sent directly from WES to APEGNB (you can select APEGNB from a dropdown list on their website).
NOTE: You must be a New Brunswick resident to receive the results of your academic assessment.
2. Begin application
Once you have been deemed academically qualified, you will follow the same path as a first time applicant who was educated in Canada.
The form will advise you of which supporting documents are required for your situation and how to submit them. If we do not receive all required supporting documents within 1 year of the date of your application submission, your file will be closed. You will be required to reapply should you wish to continue with your registration.
When your application is processed, you will receive an email with next steps.
Possible Outcomes
Applications will be submitted to the Examinations Committee when all required documents are received. They will compare the whole of your education to a typical Canadian Bachelor of Engineering degree or to the Geoscientists Canada’s Geoscience Knowledge & Experience Requirements, as appropriate.
There are 3 possible outcomes:
- You may exceed our academic requirements
- You may appear to meet our academic requirements. Exam(s) or an interview may be assigned to confirm that you have required depth and breadth of education.
- You may appear to have gaps in your education. You will be assigned technical exams or university level courses.
National Professional Practice Exam (NPPE) – This exam must be passed before you are eligible to register as a Professional Engineer or Geoscientist.
Confirmatory/Technical Exams – If you have been assigned confirmatory or technical exams, these exams must be passed or waived before you may write the National Professional Practice Exam. All exams, apart from the NPPE, must be passed before you are eligible to enroll as a MIT. Please review Exam Regulations prior to writing any exams.