Personal Application

Personal Application Instructions

Please follow all instructions on the application carefully, failure to follow instructions will result in a delay in processing your application and can lead to deferral of an application.

North Dakota offers two types of applications, by examination and by endorsement. If you have taken your respective Fundamentals and Principles and Practice exams and have not received a license in a jurisdiction please select the examination option. If you currently hold a valid license in another jurisdiction and would like to be licensed in North Dakota please select the endorsement option. 

If you are NOT submitting an NCEES record you will need to provide work experience, official transcripts, verification of examination/licensure, and references. Your work experience will be completed as part of the application, and your references will complete their reference form online as well. However, your transcripts will need to be sent directly from your university to our office, and your verifications must be completed on our verification form and sent to our office from the state board completing the verification. WE WILL NOT ACCEPT THESE FROM THE APPLICANT.

If you are submitting an NCEES, record your record must be transmitted to our office within the last year. If you do not transmit your record we cannot see it. Your NCEES record will contain the additional required information such as work experience, transcripts, verifications, and references.

Please note you will receive an application number. This application number will be needed by your references to complete their reference form. This number will also allow you to see your application status and any documents that may be missing. 

Fees

Credit card payment must be remitted at time of submission.

License Fee Schedule

License Fee	$ 150.00

Application Approval Process

Standard review of an application can take 6-8 weeks from receipt of a completed application. To see your status please use our application status function.

Once you have submitted the application, it will be sent for review. Once the application has been reviewed and approved, you will receive an email letting you know it has been approved.

Interns

If you currently hold an Engineering Intern Certification or a Land Surveyor Intern Certification in North Dakota, you will need to apply for your Professional Engineer or Professional Land Surveyor License using the Intern Upgrade Application Button.