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Technical Exams

Technical Exams

Eligibility

To be eligible to write technical exams, you must have had an academic assessment and been assigned exams by the Academic Review Committee.

Important Information

Registration is now closed for the Fall/Winter 2025 Session. Exam results may take 4-8 weeks to process.

The next exam sitting is Spring/Summer 2026 and registration will open on January 2, 2026. Please visit this page regularly for more updates.

APEGS offers technical exams online through Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (EGBC).  You must review information on EGBC.ca in preparation for these exams.

Technical Exams are offered twice per year in the Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter. Information regarding Engineering Technical Exams can be found here.

Deadline to submit your Spring/Summer 2026 exam applications to APEGS is 4:30 PM CST (Saskatchewan Time), January 23, 2026.

Deadline for payment is January 27, 2026. Payments received after the deadline will not be accepted, and Technical Exam registration will not be granted.

Study Materials

  • You can find examples of past exams on the Engineers & Geoscientists British Columbia (EGBC) website found here.
  • There are also recommended textbooks for each subject in the Canadian Engineering Qualification Board (CEQB) Syllabi, which can be found here.

Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (FE) OR Fundamentals of Geology Exam (FG)

As an alternative to writing three confirmatory exams, engineers may instead opt to take the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (NCEES). Geoscientists assigned the confirmatory exams may opt to take the Fundamentals of Geology Exam as an alternative.