Title: Professional Engineer / Engineer-In-Training
Alternate Title: Professional Engineer / Engineer-In-Training
Description: Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design (AELSLAGID)
Subject: Engineering
Creation Date: 9/11/2008 2:12:48 PM
Modification Date: 8/6/2026 1:27:08 PM
Agency Name: Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design (AELSLAGID), Minnesota Board of
Agency URL: https://mn.gov/aelslagid/
Agency Description:
The Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design (AELSLAGID) regulates the professions and enforces the statutes and rules in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public.
Agency Phone: 651-296-2388
Agency Fax: 651-297-5310
Agency URL: https://mn.gov/aelslagid/
Agency Address: Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design (AELSLAGID), Minnesota Board of
85 E. 7th Place, Suite 160
St. Paul
MN
55101
Unit Name:
Unit URL:
Unit Description:
Unit Phone: Unit Fax: Contact person(s): aelslagid@state.mn.us
Unit URL:
Audience: Hold
Application URL: https://onlineapps.aelslagid.state.mn.us/
Renewal URL: https://renewals.aelslagid.state.mn.us/
Versa URL:
Requirements:
Rules: 1800.0200 - .5800
Statutes: 326
Forms:
FE/EIT
Apply to the MN Board for FE Exam - printable PDF
Initial License (PE)
Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) Exam
Application Process
If you wish to sit for any discipline of the PE Exam as a Minnesota candidate, you must:
- hold an EAC-ABET accredited engineering degree or its equivalent;
- pass the FE Exam before taking the PE Exam (the FE Exam can be waived under certain conditions—see Minnesota Rules 1800.2800);
- apply to the Board and obtain approval to sit before you register with NCEES (Minn. Rules 1800.2900 Subp. 5);
Currently, all PE discipline exams are computer-based tests (CBT). Most CBT exams are administered year-round. A few are offered in either April or October each year. The breadth sections of the Structural exam are offered year-round while the depth sections are offered just twice a year, in April and October.
See the NCEES website for details.
NOTE: Minnesota is not a discipline-specific state. Those applying to sit for any discipline of the PE Exam – including Structural – should use the Online Application. Follow the instructions in the online application to provide all required additional information. Incomplete applications expire six (6) months after receipt.
See the Instructions Overview (PDF) for more information on how to apply online.
Temporary Permit
Applicants must submit BOTH the printable PDF Application for Temporary Permit (and $120 license fee) as well as the online Application for Licensure as a Professional Engineer by Comity or EEE (and $75 application fee). In the event that your application is denied, only the $120 license fee will be refunded.
Fees:
Comity/EEE application fee - $75
If your application is approved, you will be instructed by mail how to apply for your license. The license fee is $120.
Period of Issuance:
EIT Certificate: indefinite
Length of Determination:
Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Examination: 7-10 business days.
Other Info:
Activity: Engineering
License Detail URL:
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