Before being granted registration as a Professional Engineer, Professional Geoscientist, Non-Resident Licensee or Limited Licensee, you must pass the Professional Practice Examination.The Professional Practice Examination is a 3 -hour examination consisting of a two hour 100 multiple-choice section and a one hour essay . The examination tests your knowledge of Canadian professional practice, law and ethics.

The Professional Practice Examination can be attempted after the applicant has submitted a completed application for registration or licence, paid the required application fee and APEGBC has received academic transcripts. Materials are available for purchase from the APEGBC office.

You do not have to take the Professional Practice Examination if:

• you are applying for registration/licence under the Inter-Association Mobility Agreement and are a Professional Engineer, Professional Geoscientist, Professional Geologist, Professional Geophysicist, ingénieur(e) or géologue in good standing with another Canadian association/ordre ; or
• you have previously passed a professional practice examination for an Engineers Canada or Canadian Council of Professional Geoscientists constituent association/ordre
• you are a former member whose practice rights have lapsed for three years or less; or
• you are a non-practising member applying for reinstatement of practice rights that have lapsed for three years or less

Do I qualify to write the examination?

What are the examination dates?

What do I need to study?

How many times can I write this examination?

I need the application form.

Can I claim the exam fees on my income taxes?

Do I qualify to write the examination?

Do I qualify to write the examination?

You qualify to write the examination if:

• You are a current EIT / GIT member of APEGBC or have submitted a completed application form for P.Eng/P.Geo/Eng.L /Geo.L status to APEGBC.
• APEGBC has received your academic transcripts.
  

What are the examination dates?

* Please note that registering for the Professional Practice Exam will not automatically register you for the Law & Ethics Seminar.

What do I need to study?

It is strongly suggested that you study the:

• Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience: Practice and Ethics by G. C. Andrews
• Practical Law of Architecture, Engineering, and Geoscience, Canadian Edition, by Brian M. Samuels and Doug R. Sanders
• Industry Canada Booklet - A Guide to Patents
• Industry Canada Booklet - A Guide to Trade-Marks
• Industry Canada Booklet - A Guide to Industrial Designs
• Industry Canada Booklet - A Guide to Copyrights
• Engineers and Geoscientists Act, Bylaws and Code of Ethics

There are no past examinations available for the PPE. However, sample questions are available in the Professional Practice Examination Application Package.

Please be aware that the Law & Ethics Seminar and/or CD-Rom Set is not an alternative to studying the textbooks. The seminar is meant as supplementary material only.

How many times can I write this examination?

I need the application form.

Professional Practice Exam Application

Please email, mail or fax the application form with the appropriate payment to APEGBC on or before the application deadline date of the session you wish to write in.

Please check the FEE SCHEDULE for the most current fees.

Can I claim the exam fees on my income taxes?

Beginning in 2011 and subsequent years, the federal government is allowing a tax credit for examination fees paid to an institution for examinations taken in the year, if the examination is required to obtain a professional status recognized by federal or provincial statute.   For more information, please consult the federal government website