Professional Engineer Licensing

Anyone practicing or offering to practice professional engineering in Maine must be qualified and must be licensed with the State of Maine. Maine licenses individual professional engineers only and does not require firm licensure or certificates of authorization. For more detailed information on licensure qualifications, please read our Laws and Rules. If you have questions, please contact us.

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Initial Licensure 

Comity Licensure

BS Degrees from Outside the US

Initial Licensure with NCEES Record

Applicants for initial (first-time) licensure with a current NCEES Record (including transcripts, FE exam, work experience, and PE references) must:

  1. Pay NCEES to transmit your NCEES Record to Maine;
  2. Complete the online application and payment. 

Please Note: The online application will remind you to send your NCEES Record even if you have already sent it. The state database and the NCEES database are two separate database systems that do not talk to each other. Board staff will match your application and NCEES Record. Staff will reach out to you if your application is incomplete.

Initial Licensure with separate supporting documents

Applicants for initial (first-time) licensure as a PE in Maine must submit the following:

NOTE: All documents in support of your application should be emailed directly to the board at professional.engineers@maine.gov.

  1. Completed online application and payment of the application and licensure fee.
  2. Official transcripts sent directly to the board from your school showing a four-year degree in (Maine EI skip this--we have it):
    • Bachelor of Science degree from an ABET-accredited engineering or engineering technology program or equivalent (Note: Equivalency is determined against the NCEES Education Standard); or
    • Bachelor of Science in engineering, engineering technology or an allied science (i.e. Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, etc.).
  3. Passing result on the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam (Maine EI skip this--we have it).
  4. Passing result on the NCEES Principles and Practices of Engineering examination. (May be taken at any point after passing the NCEES FE Exam.)
  5. Engineering Employment Verification Forms (PDF) Sent directly to the board by the verifier. Experience required: accredited--4 yrs; non-accredited or related science--8 yrs. 
  6. PE Reference Form (PDF) References send the form directly to the board. You need 5 references. At least 3 must be from licensed PEs--they are not required to be from Maine or in your discipline.
  7. Your license will be granted upon completion of licensure requirements.

Comity Licensure with NCEES Record

Applicants for comity licensure as a Professional Engineer who hold a current NCEES Record must:

  1. Pay NCEES to transmit your NCEES Record to Maine;
  2. Complete the online application and payment process.

Comity Licensure with separate supporting documents

Applicants for comity licensure as a Professional Engineer in Maine must submit the following:

NOTE: All documents in support of your application should be emailed directly to the board at professional.engineers@maine.gov.

  1. Completed online application and payment of the application and licensure fees.
  2. Proof of an active license in good standing as a Professional Engineer in an equivalent U.S. or foreign jurisdiction and passing results on the NCEES FE and PE exams. Proof should include completed Exam/Licensure Verification Form (PDF) or NCEES electronic verification sent directly to the board from the jurisdiction where the applicant took the FE exam and PE exam and received initial licensure, as well as from the jurisdiction of current licensure, if different;
  3. Engineering Employment Verification Forms (PDF) sent directly to the board from the employers;
  4. PE Reference Form (PDF) sent directly to the board from each of five references familiar with your work and character, three of whom must be licensed PEs;
  5. Official transcripts sent directly from the college or university showing a four-year degree in one of the following:
    • Bachelor of Science degree in an ABET-accredited engineering or engineering technology program or equivalent (Note: Equivalency is determined against the NCEES Education Standard); or
    • Bachelor of Science in engineering, engineering technology or an allied science (i.e. Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, etc.).

BS Degrees from Outside the US

Licensure candidates with undergraduate degrees obtained outside the US must have their degree evaluated with an NCEES Credentials Evaluation, unless their degree is from a program accredited by ABET, CEAB, or is equivalent by formal agreement such as the Washington Accord or Sydney Accord. Please be aware that both the NCEES FE and PE exams are required of all initial licensure applicants. Contact the board office with any questions: professional.engineers@maine.gov.