Engineering Council Annual Review 2025 - Flipbook - Page 15
Annual Review - 2025 – ©Engineering Council 2026 – engc.org.uk
In 2025, we were honoured to
re-sign Admission Pathway
Agreements with Engineers
Ireland and Engineers
New Zealand, and we will
pursue further bilateral
arrangements in 2026
International recognition and professional mobility
remained a strong strategic focus in 2025. Building
on the Mutual Recognition Agreement signed in
2024 with the USA’s National Council of Examiners
for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), demand
for International Professional Engineer (IntPE)
registration continued to grow. We were particularly
pleased that this agreement was cited in the UK
Trade Strategy as a practical example of how robust
professional regulation can support economic
growth without compromising standards.
Alongside this, we continued to support the UK
Government’s Free Trade Agreements and wider
Industrial and Trade strategies where these affect the
engineering profession internationally.
The UK’s signatory status to the Washington Accord
for Chartered Engineer (CEng) was unanimously
extended for a further six years at the International
Engineering Alliance (IEA) annual meeting in Mexico,
reflecting continued international confidence in
UK engineering education and standards. We also
continued to monitor and review our participation in
the Dublin and Sydney Accords.
We have continued to use established organisations
and mechanisms such as ENGINEERS EUROPE,
including EUR-ING, alongside IntPE recognition and
tailored bilateral agreements, to ensure professional
mobility can be enabled within a regulated framework.
In 2025, we were honoured to re-sign Admission
Pathway Agreements with Engineers Ireland and
Engineers New Zealand, and we will pursue further
bilateral arrangements in 2026.
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