2. PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTION
JOIN YOUR
PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTION
International recognition of your competence
Career enhancement, creating opportunities
Increased earning potential
Ongoing development
Professional credentials
Be part of a professional Institution
Professional Registration
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3. Become an Affiliate Member It’s FREE

4. Unlimited access to the world’s biggest mechanical engineering library
Virtual library access with free book loan
Institution’s newsletter, Agenda, and a monthly newsletter dedicated to you
Access to significant grants to pay for your studies
Discounted rates for professional seminars and events

5. Knovel contains 400 electronic engineering handbooks
You don’t need a Kindle or anything special to view them
Effectively it is like searching across this library
We were asked to find the formula for hoop stress in cylinders – able to quickly run a key word search -

6. Books24x7
Examples of Books 24x7

7. GET ACTIVE WITH THE INSTITUTION
Regional Young Member Groups organise competitions, technical & social events to support professional development locally
Affiliates members can join to:
Be part of a professional network
Meet with fellow engineers and local employers
Share experience, help to build your knowledge and support others
Build soft professional skills

8. Affiliate membership will
TAKE THE FIRST STEPS
Affiliate membership will
Prepare you for career development
Demonstrate personal initiative & professional commitment
Keep abreast of what’s going on in the global engineering environment
Start building the contacts and skills that will prepare you for work

9. REAP THE BENEFITS
Students website and newsletter dedicated to providing careers advice, upcoming events and the latest news from the engineering industry.

10. ONLINE SUPPORT Careers guidance and job application and search advice
Membership
benefits
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Networking opportunities and events page

11. ONLINE RESOURCES
Learn more about what’s involved in a career within manufacturing, power, process, aerospace, medical, railway, automobile and construction.

12. SOCIAL NETWORKING Links to IMechE website, Twitter
feed and LinkedIn profile
IMechE videos uploaded with
comment enabled
Details, photos and comments
on IMechE student interest events
Discussions are enabled in a
forum format
Regular posts on IMechE news
and events, with links to IMechE
Facebook profile.

13. GET REGISTERED Demonstrate your commitment to you own development
Increase your earning potential
Improve your career prospects
Provide international recognition of your expertise
Increase your influence within your industry/organisation
Gain access to life-long learning from IMechE
Gives you post nominal letters after your name that will demonstrate that you are a Registered Engineer (EngTech/IEng/CEng)

14. PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
Formal qualifications and/or work based learning will lead to:
IEng
CEng
Incorporated
Engineer
Manage, Maintain,
Develop
Chartered
Engineer
Innovate, Create,
Analyse

15. Fellow Member Associate Affiliate
CEng/IEng/EngTech
AMIMechE
Fellow
Member
Associate
Members can benefit from our level of experience and established standards, in the knowledge that our process of assessment is notoriously stringent and retains worldwide acclaim for its accuracy of assessment.
Members at all grades are designated with post nominal, which they highly regard as international recognition for their commitment, professionalism and expertise
Associate member (AMIMechE)
Those with an appropriate degree can automatically join the Institution at this level.
Engineering Technician (EngTech)
Suitable for those who apply proven techniques and procedures to solve practical engineering problems.
A variety of non-degree based qualifications can satisfy the requirements, but most importantly candidates must be able to demonstrate knowledge, technical skills and have the necessary experience to meet all competences required.
Incorporated Engineer (IEng)
Often working in operational roles, maintaining and managing applications of today’s technology at the highest possible level of efficiency.
An Incorporated Engineer needs a thorough and detailed knowledge of technology in order to exercise independent judgement and management on a professional basis. Knowledge to a Bachelor degree level will need to be validated.
Chartered Engineer (CEng)
Involved in developing solutions to engineering problems using new or existing technologies, either by innovation, creativity or change.
A Chartered Engineer might work to develop new technologies, introduce new and more efficient production techniques or pioneer new engineering services and management methods.
You will need to show learning equivalent of a Masters degree, in addition to having the appropriate skills and experience.
Fellow (FIMechE)
A progression from EngTech, IEng or Ceng, applicants must demonstrate significant individual responsibility, sustained achievement and exceptional professionalism during your career.
Affiliate

16. HNC/HND Foundation Degree
FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS
IEng
CEng
BEng / BSc
MEng
HNC/HND Foundation Degree +
Further Learning
BEng (Hons) +
Further Learning
In order to apply for Incorporated (IEng) membership, applicants need to be able to demonstrate a bachelors level of learning. IE: equivalent to accredited bachelors of engineering (BEng) or bachelor of science (BSc). Likewise, in order to apply for chartered (CEng) status potential members need to demonstrate learning at a level equivalent to a masters of engineering (MEng).
However, academic courses need to be accredited by IMechE on a case-by-case basis which may mean may degrees or masters are non-accredited and potential members will need to adopt another route to membership.
However, for those who have studied at non-accredited courses, there is equivalency with some university courses in certain locations, however, it is the responsibility of the membership team to check this on a case-by-case basis; this is not a volunteer or local member role due to the complexity of courses involved. If you or a potential member are not sure whether your qualifications are accredited then please use the qualification checker
There are alternative routes to membership for those who do not have formal education to bachelors or masters level. An example is the career learning assessment process - a means the Institution uses in order to look to demonstrate learning through work-based training plus the career of the individual engineer. For those who still need to demonstrate more academic experience in order to demonstrate a masters or bachelors level of learning then the Institution may recommend further learning through (EG) training courses or even completing a module from an academic course.
If you are uncertain about the appropriate level of membership you should pursue or what your academic achievements lead you towards you can contact the Institution’s membership team

17. PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
You will need to demonstrate all three to achieve professional registration
Knowledge
Understanding
Competence Development

18. SUPPORTED REGISTRATION SCHEME
A quality assured route to Professional Registration
Supported by an allocated mentor
of EC UK-SPEC
Quarterly reports & annual assessments
Full IMechE Staff support

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20. ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP – THE NEXT STEP
The next step after graduation.
Become an Associate member of the Institution
This will give you ‘AMIMechE’ post nominal after your name to demonstrate personal initiative and professional commitment to your prospective employers.
We’ll contact you at graduation time with details of how to upgrade your membership for free.

21. ANY QUESTIONS

22. For enquiries about:
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