FOR INTERNATIONALLY EDUCATED PROFESSIONALS

The Manitoba System

Engineering and Geoscience are regulated professions in Canada. Each province and territory has its own regulator and membership requirements. Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba is the regulator in Manitoba.

Getting Registered In Manitoba

If you are an internationally educated engineer or geoscientist who has completed an appropriate post-secondary program (typically bachelor's degree) and who wishes to practice engineering or geoscience in Manitoba, you will be legally required to become registered with Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba.

This means that even though you have a university degree in engineering or geoscience, and you may have worked as an engineer or geoscientist in another country, you may not call yourself a professional engineer or professional geoscientist in Manitoba until you have become registered with Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba. You may also not take responsibility for engineering or geoscience work until you have become licensed with Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba.

Academic Assessment

Each province in Canada conducts their own academic and competency assessment to determine eligibility and readiness for professional registration.

If you are an international graduate applying for Engineering Intern status, EngGeoMB will let you know if an academic assessment is required after receiving your World Education Services (WES) credential assessment. If you are an international graduate applying for Geoscience Intern status, an academic assessment is always required.

NOTE: WES does not assess the content of your program. The purpose of the academic assessment undertaken by EngGeoMB is to compare the content of your program to Canadian accredited engineering programs or to the geoscience knowledge requirements.

If your application requires an academic assessment, you will be notified and asked to complete a self-assessment checklist and pay an assessment fee.

Depending on the outcome of your academic assessment, you may be required to complete a Confirmatory Program.

Intern Enrollment

In Manitoba, you must first be admitted as an Intern based on academic qualifications. Once enrolled as an Intern, you must complete the competency-based assessment process and pass the National Professional Practice Exam to be eligible for professional registration.

Visit the Engineers Canada - Becoming a Licensed Engineer in Canada website and the Geoscience in Canada website for information on immigrating to and becoming a licensed practitioner in Canada.

Complete these tasks before you begin the application process

Immigration

If you will be moving to Manitoba and you would like to start the admission process, review the engineering and geoscience intern application requirements outlined on the Intern Program webpage, Manual of Admissions and Required Documents.

Manitoba residency is not a requirement to apply for registration. However, applicants applying for Intern enrollment are encouraged to apply in the province their practice takes effect.

English Proficiency

Review Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba's language requirements.

Credential Authentication

You must have your academic documents authenticated by World Education Services (WES) before you submit your Application for Admission. We do not accept credential assessments made by other agencies.

Engineering

If an internationally-educated engineering intern applicant is not a graduate of an accredited engineering program from a signatory country of the Washington Accord, the applicant must order the WES ICAP course-by-course document and select Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba as the recipient.

If an internationally-educated engineering intern applicant has an engineering degree from an accredited program of a Washington Accord signatory country, the applicant can order a World Education Services (WES) International Credential Evaluation Package (ICAP) document by document and select Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba as the recipient.

Geoscience

All first-time internationally-educated geoscience applicants must order the WES ICAP course-by-course document and select Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba as the recipient.

Note: Applicants with Canadian Post-Graduate Degrees

You may not need to obtain a WES ICAP credential evaluation if you have completed a post-graduate degree (Masters or Ph.D.) in engineering or geoscience from a Canadian university in a closely related discipline to the undergraduate degree. Instead, you may ask the Canadian university to send copies of the undergraduate transcript, which the university received at the time of your application for the post-graduate degree to: Transcripts@EngGeoMB.ca Your post-graduate degree transcript must be submitted by the university. If for any reason the university will not provide us with the documents, then you must provide the WES ICAP credential evaluation.

Application Forms and Information

Questions

Please contact the Admissions Department.