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Application forms are provided in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). To view these documents, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader; if you do not have it, you can download it from Adobe's website.

Prior to completing an application, we strongly recommend that you thoroughly read the instructions for your particular application.  Once you have read the instructions, complete the application and print it. Attach your photo and have the completed application form notarized; then submit it with the application fee by mail. The Board of Licensure does not accept applications by fax or email.  Once an application is accepted for processing, there is no refund of the application fee. 

Please submit questions about our online application forms, via email to information@pepls.state.ms.us.

IMPORTANT: your application is received by the Board office and processed only upon successful payment of the required application fee. If you don't receive the emailed receipt of your payment, you should first log back into the system and verify your email address and that you actually finished the process and submitted your payment. If you did, then contact our office to be sure we have received your application.

Important Reminder: Your FULL NAME is REQUIRED by state law.

General Forms:
Engineer Intern (EI) application forms:

Submitting an Engineer Intern application is now done through an ONLINE process. The application is completed online by answering questions. The application fee is submitted electronically by credit card or electronic check through NIC, the online payment processor for Mississippi state government. The Engineer Application fee is $25.00; you will also be assessed an online processing fee of about three dollars.

If you do not have a credit card or a bank account, or if you decline to pay the application fee with a credit card or electronic check, you will not be able to apply with the Mississippi Board, but you can apply with the PE Board in a neighboring state and still take the exam in Mississippi by choosing a Mississippi exam location.

BEFORE PROCEEDING to the application, you are strongly advised to download the Engineer Intern Application Instructions.

Once you have downloaded the Instructions, proceed to the online EI application by clicking on the link below.

Link to secure online system for Engineer Intern Application

Professional Engineer (PE) application forms:

Initial Professional Engineer Forms

Available to Mississippi residents only

BE ADVISED - experience cannot be anticipated. On the date you sign your application, you should have obtained the required amount of experience at that point in time. You should not file the application if you know you need several more months of experience.

NEW:  As of February 2020, PE applicants who qualify will no longer make application to the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors to take the PE exam.  Instead, individuals will be allowed to register directly with NCEES, prior to having obtained the four years of engineering experience, provided they already meet the following criteria:

  • hold a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from an EAC/ABET-accredited program
  • have taken and passed the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Examination.
  • are a Mississippi resident.
  • have the FE exam and their education VERIFIED in their NCEES account

Only those individuals that have met the education requirements and have passed the FE exam may sit for the PE exam prior to having gained the required experience.  Learn more about the decoupling of the PE exam and experience requirements here.

AFTER you have taken and successfully passed the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Examination; the NCEES Principles & Practice of Engineering Examination; AND, have obtained four (4) full years of qualifying engineering experience from the date you received your ABET EAC accredited degree in engineering, you are then eligible to complete the Mississippi “licensure application”.

Comity PE with an NCEES record

If you will be submitting an NCEES Record, then you are to submit your Comity PE application online by logging into our secure application site and answering a series of questions. At the end of the questions, the application fee is submitted electronically by credit card or electronic check through NIC, the secure online payment processor for Mississippi state government. The Comity PE application fee is $150.00; you will also be assessed an online processing fee of about four dollars. You will be sent an emailed receipt of payment.

BEFORE PROCEEDING to the online application, you are STRONGLY ADVISED to download the Instructions & Forms (if needed) for a Comity PE applicant who is submitting an NCEES Record. 

Link to secure online Application for a Comity PE submitting an NCEES Record

Comity PE NOT submitting an NCEES record

The Comity PE application for those NOT submitting an NCEES Record is completed online by logging into our secure application site and answering a series of questions. At the end of the questions, the application fee is submitted electronically by credit card or electronic check through NIC, the secure online payment processor for Mississippi state government. The Comity PE application fee is $150.00; you will also be assessed online processing fee of about four dollars. You'll be sent an emailed receipt of payment.

BEFORE PROCEEDING to the online application, you are STRONGLY ADVISED to download the Instructions & Forms for a Comity PE applicant.

Once you have downloaded the instructions, then proceed to the Online Application for a Comity PE not submitting an NCEES record by clicking on the link below.

Link to secure online Application for a Comity PE not submitting an NCEES Record

Universal Licensure Application packet

Mississippi Universal Licensure Application packet

JPEC forms

If you meet the JPEC MOU requirements and are ready to proceed, complete the Social Security Number Affidavit form below. (The intent of this form is to explain why you do not have a U. S. Social Security Number.).  Mail your completed Affidavit form to: MS Board of Licensure for Prof. Engineers & Surveyors, 660 North Street, Suite 400, Jackson, MS 39202 in the United States.

The Board office will advise you by email when your Affidavit has been received.  You should then allow another two (2) weeks for the Board's review.

If Board's review finds that the Affidavit indicates you have complied with U.S. immigration laws and/or work visas, the Board will advise you by email how to proceed with the next step in the application process. This next step will require a completed application, official transcript, proof of English proficiency, verification of the NCEES FE and PE exams, references and other documentation as may be required by the Board regarding outside-U.S. experience.

Surveyor Intern application forms:

Available to Mississippi residents only

Professional Surveyor application forms:

Initial Professional Surveyor

Available to Mississippi residents only

Comity PS with an NCEES record

Comity PS without an NCEES record

Re-Licensure:

Professional Engineer

Professional Surveyor

Expert Testimony:

Expert Testimony application packet

Firms:
Continuing professional competency information:

Be advised that the Mississippi Ethics Commission has ruled that the state public records law requires the Board to furnish the following licensee information in response to public records requests: name, address, employer, telephone number, and email address. So if you have both a public email address and a private email address, it is suggested that you use your public email address in online transactions with the Board.