Editing Engineer's degree (section)

== North America ==

=== United States ===
In the [[United States]], the engineer's degree requires a year of study beyond a master's degree or two years from a bachelor's degree and often includes a requirement for a research thesis.<ref name=MIT>{{cite web|url=https://odge.mit.edu/gpp/degrees/masters/engineers-degree/|title=Engineer's degree|publisher=MIT|access-date=21 December 2017}}</ref><ref name=Stanford>{{cite web|url=https://aa.stanford.edu/academics/graduate-programs/degree-engineer-post-ms-program|publisher=Stanford University|title=Degree of Engineer — Post MS Program|access-date=21 December 2017}}</ref><ref name=SCU>{{cite web|url=https://www.scu.edu/engineering/academic-programs/department-of-electrical-engineering/graduate/engineers-degree/|title=Engineer's degree|publisher=Santa Clara University|access-date=21 December 2017}}</ref>

At the U.S. [[Naval Postgraduate School]] the thesis is required to be "more extensive and complete in problem scope and solution than a master's thesis", although "not necessarily meeting the test of original research and contribution to fundamental knowledge that is applied to PhD dissertations."<ref name=NPS>{{cite web|url=https://my.nps.edu/web/ece/engineer-degree|title= Electrical Engineer Degree Program|publisher=Naval Postgraduate School|access-date=21 December 2017}}</ref> At [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], the engineer degree is explicitly set at the level of the preliminary PhD examination, i.e. not including the contribution to fundamental knowledge.<ref name=UCLA>{{cite web|url=http://catalog.registrar.ucla.edu/ucla-catalog2017-85.html|title=UCLA General Catalog 2017-18|at=Engineer Degree|publisher=UCLA|access-date=21 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710065231/http://catalog.registrar.ucla.edu/ucla-catalog2017-85.html|archive-date=10 July 2017}}</ref>

The engineer's degree was originally a first degree at the same level as a bachelor's degree. [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]] was empowered by its 1824 charter to award Civil Engineer and Topographical Engineer degrees alongside the Bachelor in Science, and awarded the first Civil Engineer degrees in 1835. Civil Engineer degrees were also awarded by [[Dartmouth College]] (from 1845), the [[University of Michigan]] (from 1855) and by [[Yale University]] (from 1860), while [[Columbia University]] awarded Engineer of Mines degrees from 1867. By the early 20th-century engineer's degrees were commonly at graduate level – a survey by a committee of the [[Association of American Universities]] in 1916 found that this was the case in over two-thirds of the universities surveyed. The committee recommended that engineer's degrees  be reserved for study beyond master's level.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070539849&view=1up&seq=116|pages=102–104|title=Degrees in Higher Education|author= Walter Crosby Eells|series=Library of education, a project of the Center for Applied Research in Education | publisher=Center for Applied Research in Education|year=1963}}</ref>
===Mexico===

The engineer's degree in Mexico is a five to ten year program that takes you beyond the master's degree level. It is a terminal degree that certifies you to practice with a license.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Valverde |first=Tamara |date=2024-12-27 |title=Pasos para Convertirse en Ingeniero en México: Titulación y Experiencia Necesaria - LUMBIER |url=https://ieslumbier.es/pasos-para-convertirse-en-ingeniero-en-mexico-titulacion-y-experiencia-necesaria/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |language=es}}</ref> Internationally, that degree can be considered to be equivalent to a doctorate in engineering. This can be verified through reputable sources such as Collins online translation dictionary, that translates "ingeniero" to doctor for Mexico, it gives the example Ing. Quintanilla ~Dr.Quintanilla.<ref>{{Cite web |title=English Translation of “ingeniero” {{!}} Collins Spanish English Dictionary |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/spanish-english/ingeniero |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160102194507/http://www.collinsdictionary.com:80/dictionary/spanish-english/ingeniero |archive-date=2016-01-02 |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=www.collinsdictionary.com |language=en}}</ref>.The international Engineering alliance graduate attributes and professional competencies gives the qualifications and credentials of the professional engineer in all the signatory countries Mexico and Chile included.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.internationalengineeringalliance.org/ |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=International Engineering Alliance |language=en-US}}</ref> The Unirank system can be used to determine the level of a five year engineering program from an accredited and reputable school. For example, the engineering program at the university of Quintana roo goes from bachelor's to doctoral level according to the degree matrix level.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Universidad de Quintana Roo Ranking & Overview 2024 |url=https://www.4icu.org/reviews/3343.htm |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=www.4icu.org |language=en}}</ref>