LibGuides: Structural Engineering: Licensure and Professional Societies

Licensure

Professional licensure is a method by which a government ensures that only highly qualified people are allowed to practice certain professions where incompetence or malpractice could pose a danger to the public. Professional licensure is typically required in architecture, civil engineering, law, psychology, and surveying.

Professional Licensure and Certification
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Professional Societies

Professional societies and industry or trade associations are good sources of information for things like current trends, professional development, or job openings

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
The American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 160,000 members of the civil engineering profession in 177 countries. Founded in 1852, ASCE is the nation’s oldest national civil engineering society.
Student memberships are free of charge.
Institution of Civil Engineers (ice)
The Institution of Civil Engineers is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom. The ICE has over 93,000 members, of whom three-quarters are located in the UK, while the rest are located in more than 150 other countries.

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Structural Engineering

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Licensure

Professional Societies