Transfer Your Engineering License to Connecticut: Reciprocity & Endorsement (2026)
Does my PE license transfer to Connecticut?
Yes — Connecticut issues a new Professional Engineer license by comity to an engineer already licensed in another state. You apply to the Connecticut State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (Department of Consumer Protection), which verifies your ABET-accredited degree, experience, exam record, and good standing against Connecticut's own statute rather than re-testing you. FE and PE exam results transfer through your NCEES Record and are not retaken; Connecticut requires proof of passing both the NCEES FE and PE exams and has no separate state jurisprudence exam. Application fee: $190 (Non-refundable PE reciprocity/comity application fee paid to the Department of Consumer Protection; the official comity page lists no separate initial-license fee. Transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 for the first board and $100 for each additional board, paid separately to NCEES).
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Verdict
Licensure by endorsement
Comity is Connecticut's normal route for an already-licensed engineer, and the word describes what the Connecticut State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (Department of Consumer Protection) actually does: it extends professional courtesy to your existing PE license after confirming your record meets Connecticut's practice act, rather than re-examining you. The lever that makes this smooth is your NCEES Record — NCEES compiles your transcripts, experience, references, and FE/PE results and transmits them straight to Connecticut, and a Model Law Engineer designation speeds many boards further. One prerequisite is absolute: your current license must be active and unencumbered, so clear any open disciplinary matter before you file.
Read the exam line on this page closely before you assume the move is exam-free. Most boards add nothing to the FE and PE, but a few require a state-specific examination — seismic, surveying, or a statutes-and-rules review — that comity does not waive, and where Connecticut requires one it is listed above rather than folded silently into the process.
Licensure by reciprocity/comity: a full application in which the board confirms comparable qualifications before issuing a new Connecticut PE license. Underlying standard is an ABET-accredited degree plus four years of qualifying experience (more for non-accredited/foreign degrees). Board is administered by the DCP License Services Division.
Connecticut requirements at a glance
| Fees | $190 (Non-refundable PE reciprocity/comity application fee paid to the Department of Consumer Protection; the official comity page lists no separate initial-license fee. Transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 for the first board and $100 for each additional board, paid separately to NCEES) |
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| Processing time | DCP publishes no comity processing time; the State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors reviews applications once the exam proof, references, and NCEES Record are complete |
Step by step
- Confirm Connecticut's current requirements on the Connecticut State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (Department of Consumer Protection) website — rules change.
- Submit the endorsement application to the Connecticut State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (Department of Consumer Protection) (application linked on this page).
- Arrange license verification from your current state via the verification system.
- Hold an active PE license in another U.S. jurisdiction.
- Show proof of passing the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering and Principles and Practice of Engineering exams (an NCEES Record may be submitted, but does not guarantee approval).
- List at least five references, at least four in the profession and not related to you, with at least three licensed U.S. Professional Engineers.
- Meet the education/experience standard: an ABET-accredited degree plus 4 years of engineering practice (7 years minimum for a non-accredited or foreign-evaluated degree).
- Pay the fees listed above, and allow for the processing time shown there.
Official links
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Sources
Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-07-21.
- Connecticut DCP - Professional Engineer Reciprocity or Comity ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- Connecticut DCP - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Licensing ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- NCEES - Records Program (comity licensure) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
Reviewed by the License Reciprocity Editorial Team · verified against primary sources 2026-07-21
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