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Register to practise engineering (COREN)
Become a COREN-registered engineer — required to practise and take engineering responsibility: meet qualifications → apply online → professional exam/assessment → registration.
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Who you will deal with
Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)CORENCOREN Panel of Experts
Procedure
The steps, in order
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01 Meet qualifications and prerequisites
- Agency
- Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)
- What is required
- Hold an engineering degree + minimum 4 years post-graduation experience + NYSC (or exemption); be a member of NSE/NATE/NAEC/NISET; obtain two proposers.
- Documents
- Engineering degree; 4-yr experience; NYSC; association membership; 2 proposers
- Typical timeline
- Eligibility
02 Apply online
- Agency
- COREN
- What is required
- Complete the online Practitioners application, upload documents and pay the fees (around ₦200,000 all-in including exam/induction).
- Documents
- Online application; documents; fees
- Typical timeline
- Application stage
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- Agency
- COREN Panel of Experts
- What is required
- Sit the professional examination (held twice yearly in Abuja) and/or a 25-30 minute assessment interview within ~6 months, before a panel.
- Documents
- Exam/interview
- Typical timeline
- Within ~6 months
04 Registration
- Agency
- COREN
- What is required
- On success, register as a COREN engineer — required to practise and take engineering responsibility. Engineering firms register separately.
- Documents
- Passed assessment
- Typical timeline
- On registration
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