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.

Changes effective with the October 2010 and April 2011 administration: https://www.ncees.org/Exams/Upcoming_Exam_Changes.php

October 2010 Exam Application Deadlines

• June 1, 2010 - application submitted to LAPELS
• July 1, 2010 - application must be complete*
• July 6, 2010 - NCEES registration opens
• July 9, 2010 - Reschedule for the FE, PE, LSI, PLS and the Louisiana Laws of Surveying
• July 19-20, 2010 - Multi-failure interviews will be conducted
• August 1, 2010 - Students with NON-ABET and/or foreign undergraduate degrees. Graduate Students are required to apply to the LAPELS Board for approval. All applicants with a foreign non-ABET degree must obtain a credential evaluation by an approved evaluation service (list below). Please submit an application after receiving an official credential evaluation as well as a current transcript of the courses you are taking for a Masters/PhD in engineering.
• September 1, 2010 - Students in the last 2 semesters obtaining a BS degree in an engineering discipline from an ABET university.
• September 12, 2010 - Must be registered with NCEES - DO NOT REGISTER WITHOUT BOARD APPROVAL.

*COMPLETE application - A complete application consists of an acceptable experience record, transcripts received by LAPELS directly from the institution(s) attended and/or received a degree, verification of certification and examination (Fundamental Exam), pass the Rules and Laws quiz, pass the Professional Ethics quiz, Verification of Experience from each employment (with dates matching the experience record, all questions answered and signed – if the Verification is not completed by a licensed Professional Engineer a letter must be included per Rule 1527), Personal References (received with the occasion of knowing each other, all questions answered and signed with the date).

You can upload your application including the experience record directly into our system: http://www.lapels.com/Applications/Applications.aspx

All applicants with a foreign non-ABET degree must obtain a credential evaluation by an approved evaluation service. The evaluation and your application must be received by the application deadline:

APPROVED CREDENTIAL SERVICE CENTERS

ECEI

FCSA

Josef Silny

NCEES Center for Evaluation

Re-examination and Reschedule requests

Download the Exam_reschedule form to reschedule an examination. If your application is 3 years old or older, do not use this form.

Undergraduate students must submit a new application each exam administration. You can upload completed applications into our system.

Non-student examinees that have previously tested as a Louisiana student examinee must submit a Non-Student application along with the appropriate fees. Have your transcript(s) sent directly to the Louisiana Board. You must reschedule with the Louisiana Board and receive Board approval in order to be considered for the exam administration.