Engineering Council Annual Review 2025 - Flipbook - Page 9
Annual Review - 2025 – ©Engineering Council 2026 – engc.org.uk
A profession you can count on
During 2025 we pursued our strategic themes to advance regulation, while maintaining our focus on
the ongoing activities that contribute to a trusted, responsible engineering profession.
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At the end of 2025 there were 211,574 people on our Register, holding at least one
of our professional titles. Of these, 78% are Chartered Engineers (CEng). While the
gradual downward trend remains a concern, retention remains above 95%.
There were 18,110 women on our Register at the end of 2025. While this is only 8.6%
of the registrant population overall, women account for 13.8% of new registrants.
At the heart of our regulatory work is our licensing of 40 professional engineering
institutions (Licensed PEIs) to assess individuals for professional registration and
recognise programmes of learning and development. Five are now licensed to
assess candidates for our new Higher-Risk Buildings (HRB) Register, with the first
candidates completing registration in 2025.
During 2025 we undertook 28 risk assessments and 13 licence reviews to monitor
and regulate the activity of Licensed PEIs, receiving 119 Liaison Officer reports
providing a vital link between our organisations.
In total, there were 42,087 registrants from outside the UK, reflecting 19.9% of the
total registrant population. While other continents saw a slight decline, the year on
year growth in Asia continued, rising by 0.91% in 2025.
Our online Course Search was viewed over half a million times by a total of 70,743
people during 2025, helping prospective engineers and technicians find courses
that have been recognised as meeting our Standards.
The number of International Professional Engineer registrations grew by 26% last
year, as mutual recognition agreements, such as the one we established with the US,
continue to enhance international mobility of engineering professionals.
During 2025 there were more than 67,000 learning items logged on mycareerpath®,
reflecting our continuing focus on through-career competence, and the introduction
of a minimum CPD sample size for licensed institutions.
Overall nearly 900 registrants submitted their annual CPD records using the
mycareerpath® sampling interface in 2025 - more than ever before. During the year
6,000 new accounts were registered on the system.
During 2025 volunteers from throughout the engineering community gave time and
expertise to advance regulation in engineering through our committees and panels,
and through working groups to guide our activity in areas such as fairness, diversity
and inclusion. This volunteer effort, adding up to well over 1,200 days, has a financial
value of around £620,000 but is invaluable to our regulatory activity.
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