The Qualification and Membership Board at its meeting on 5 September 2018 approved the following changes related to the eligibility for the HKIE Structural Examination (the Examination) effective from Session 2021/2022:
| (a) | An additional year of experience from applicants of all routes is required. |
| (b) | The formal training route is only available to applicants with HKIE Scheme “A” training. |
| (c) | Applicants with Scheme “A” training in Civil Engineering Discipline are required to possess 1.5 years of structural design experience. |
The amended eligibility for the Examination is as follows:
| (a) | Formal Training Route |
| | (i) | Applicants must possess an accredited/recognised engineering degree or equivalent relevant to the Structural Discipline. | (ii) | Applicants must have completed 3-year Scheme “A” Training in Civil1 / Structural Discipline by [a date to be specified which is around one month before the written examination date]2. | | 1 | For Civil Scheme “A” graduates, a self-declaration of 1.5 years of structural design experience is required. | | 2 | Completion of Scheme “A” Training: The submissions of both a satisfactory Scheme “A” Final Training Report by applicant’s Scheme “A” company before the application deadline of the Examination, and a certified true copy of the Training Certificate by the applicant one month before the date of written examination. |
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| (b) | General Experience Route |
| | (i) | Applicants must possess an accredited/recognised engineering degree or equivalent relevant to the Structural Discipline. | | (ii) | Applicants must have at least 5 years post-graduation relevant experience by [a date to be specified which is around one month before the written examination date]. |
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| (c) | Mature Route |
| | (i) | For applicants with an accredited/recognised engineering degree or equivalent: | | - They must be over 35 years old.
- They must have at least 5 years post-graduation relevant experience by [a date to be specified which is around one month before the written examination date].
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| | (ii) | For applicants without an accredited/recognised engineering degree: | | - They must be over 35 years old.
- They must have obtained relevant experience in posts of increasing responsibility over a period of at least 14 years by [a date to be specified which is around one month before the written examination date].
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The amendments to the eligibility for the Examination will be effective from the Examination in Session 2021/2022. In that connection, starting from the Examination in Session 2021/2022, all applicants via formal training route are required to have completed their Scheme “A” training. Details of the arrangement of the Examination in Session 2021/2022 will be announced in due course via the HKIE website.
