December 1, 2008 First-Time Non-Student Applicants for the FE, PE, LSI, PLS and the Louisiana Laws of Surveying - First-time applications must be received by the Board Office no later than December 1, 2008. The COMPLETE application must be received by this date -- incomplete applications may not be processed.

January 24, 2008 Reschedules for the FE, PE, LSI, PLS and the Louisiana Laws of Surveying.

February 1, 2009 Graduate Students are required to apply to the LAPELS Board for approval. Please submit an application along with an official undergraduate degree transcript as well as a current transcript of the courses you are taking for a Masters/PhD in engineering. Applications for the spring 2009 exam administration need to be received no later than February 1, 2009.



For FE examinees enrolled in an undergraduate engineering program:

Graduating seniors of 4-year engineering curricula may be permitted to take the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination during their last academic year pursuant to Section 1303.A of the Rules of the Board. You must complete a Louisiana state application, which can be found on the Louisiana Board's Web Site at http://www.lapels.com.

The applicant must first submit the completed application to his/her Dean of Engineering. The Dean has the authority to approve student applicants for the examination. Once approved by the Dean, the student applicants must also register with ELSES to reserve a seat for the examination and pay the examination fee required by ELSES by the posted deadline (ELSES information will be updated after January 1, 2009)Please note: So that we may verify your eligibility with your university, please ensure that you select the university you currently attend.



Examination Registration Process

The examination registration process is essentially a two-step process:

  1. Submit an application along with the corresponding application fee to the Board Office. The Board will review your application.
  2. ONLY AFTER BOARD APPROVAL, you must then register with ELSES and pay an examination fee to reserve a seat for the examination. Do not register with ELSES without board approval. Fees will not be refunded if you register and have not been approved by the LAPELS Board.



Re-examination and Reschedule requests


Undergraduate students must submit a new application to the Dean's office.

Non-student examinees that have previously tested as a Louisiana student examinee must submit a Non-Student application along with the appropriate fees, to the Louisana Board. You must reschedule with the Louisiana Board and receive Board approval in order to be considered an approved examinee.



Examination Schedule

Examinations in land surveying and in the Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Environmental, Mechanical, Structural I, and Structural II engineering disciplines are offered in the spring and fall of each year.

Examinations in the discipline of Architectural engineering and Naval Architecture & Marine engineering are offered ONLY in the spring of each year.

Examinations in Agricultural, Control Systems, Fire Protection, Industrial, Metallurgical, Mining and Mineral, Nuclear, and Petroleum are offered ONLY in the fall of each year.

The professional examinations are offered on Fridays, and the fundamentals examinations are offered on Saturdays.

  • Professional Engineering and Professional Land Surveying exams are administered in Baton Rouge.
  • Fundamentals of Engineering and LSI examinations are administered in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and Ruston. For the fall exam administration, FE and LSI exams are offered in Lake Charles.

Future Application Deadlines
for First-Time Non-Student Applicants

December 1, 2008   for April 24-25, 2009
June 1, 2009   for October 23-24, 2009
December 1, 2009   for April 16-17, 2010
June 1, 2010     for October 29-30, 2010


Information for applicants taking exams multiple times

Read the source document here

IN SUMMARY:

  1. 3rd examination failure: sit out two exam cycles, then reapply (submit application, pay application fee).
  2. 4th examination failure: sit out two exam cycles, then reapply (submit application, pay application fee).
  3. 5th or more examination failure: sit out two exam cycles, then successfully complete a board-approved review course prior to reapplying.




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