Previously Registered or Experienced Applicant

Apply to sit for the oral examination for Professional Engineer (PE) registration. Download the required forms and submit them with your payment to PEB.

Last updated 30 July 2026

The oral examination tests an applicant’s knowledge, expertise, experience and achievements in the appropriate branch of engineering.

A person may apply to sit for the oral examination -

if the person was previously registered under the Act as a professional engineer or is an experienced applicant;
if the person has not applied to sit for any of the written examinations; and
where applicable, a period of 12 months has elapsed from the date of the person’s last unsuccessful application to sit for the oral examination.

An experienced applicant means a person who —

before 1 December 2005, obtained a qualification specified in Part 1 or 3, Division 3, 4 or 5 of Part 4 or Division 2 of Part 5 of the Schedule to the Professional Engineers (Approved Qualifications) Notification 2009; and
has not less than 25 years of such practical experience in professional engineering work as may be acceptable to the Board, of which at least 10 years must be obtained in Singapore.

The application for registration shall be submitted together with the application to sit for the oral examination as the professional interview for registration may be conducted after the oral examination in a single session.

Applications for Practising Certificates will be processed within 30 working days upon submission of complete documents. If the application requires more extensive evaluation, a longer processing time may be required.

The fee to sit for the oral examination is $450 and the fee for registration is $300. For more information on PE registration, please refer to Guidelines on Registration [PDF, 419 KB] (opens in new tab).

To apply, download and submit the following documents at PEB Portal (opens in new tab).