California PE

Hello everybody, I have a MS degree in Mechanical engineering. Can i include my internship experience during my Masters degree on my California PE application. I have around two years experience after my Masters degree but that includes drafting and designing. My bachelors degree is from outside US.

Thanks.

Harrysingh said:

Hello everybody, I have a MS degree in Mechanical engineering. Can i include my internship experience during my Masters degree on my California PE application. I have around two years experience after my Masters degree but that includes drafting and designing. My bachelors degree is from outside US.
Thanks.

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No. You can not get credit for work experience during your studies. Board calls it overlapping exp and I think it is stated on footer of page 2 of CA application.

BAZ20 said:

Harrysingh said:

Hello everybody, I have a MS degree in Mechanical engineering. Can i include my internship experience during my Masters degree on my California PE application. I have around two years experience after my Masters degree but that includes drafting and designing. My bachelors degree is from outside US.
Thanks.

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No. You can not get credit for work experience during your studies. Board calls it overlapping exp and I think it is stated on footer of page 2 of CA application.

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Nope that's overlapping, just like Baz20 said. However, because you have you are in good shape. California, awards you 4 years of credit for an ABET BS degree, and and additional year for a Master's degree. I ran into this when I was sitting for the ME degree. For your master's the board rules say, that it should be an ABET a acreidited degree. However, there is not a single ABET acredited master's degree in the nation! Go figure. What the board actually looks at is that the university you attended has a bs degree in your major that is ABET accredited, then they award you the 5th year.

Now you are even further in luck. There is a new rule, that if your Master's degree meets the criteria, you automatically get 5 years, regardsless of what your bachelor's degree is in! So hopefully you won't have to mess with getting the foreign degree evaulation, ect. The way I see it just list your degrees, and experience. If you did do full time engineering work between bs and masters, I would include that too. Just make sure you have at least 1 PE reference for each engagement (job) you are claiming credit for.