Becoming an IMechE Fellow comes with the recognition that you are a professional engineer working in a senior role holding significant autonomy and responsibility.

It is the highest membership level and shows that its holder has a huge amount of experience, commitment, and contribution to engineering.

Top reasons to become a Fellow:

Recognition:

• You will gain international recognition by becoming an IMechE Fellow for your experience and knowledge.
• It will increase your exposure to new career opportunities.
• This grade raises the profile of engineering and encourages young engineers.
• It offers thought leadership.
• This qualification can improve your long-term earning potential by means of recognition of your experience and competence.

Build new relationships:  

• You will be able to connect with members of IMechE worldwide.
• This grade will help you build profitable working relationships with other experts in your field.
• It will allow you to volunteer to help IMechE via your region, industry or through particular activities.
• By means of it, you will be able to support and influence young members.

Have access to IMechE’s resources:

• It will let you read member-only expert engineering news, features and expert comment by Professional Engineering.
• You will get email updates from your region or industry or interest group.
• Being a Fellow will provide you with access to financial and practical support through IMechE’s benevolent fund (Support Network).
• You will have access to a global-level engineering library.

Who can apply to become a Fellow?

Generally, A Fellow is a professional engineer who is working in a senior role, and they have major autonomy and responsibility. Besides that, they can show the below-listed qualities:

Essential:

• A role of senior responsibility or/and significant autonomy in your particular field
• Leadership qualities
• Strategy-making decisions and influencing policy in either a technical or business environment
• A structured way to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) explaining both the way you have developed your CPD in your career to date and how you plan your future CPD
• The promotion of the profession of engineering to potential engineers and young engineers

Desirable:

• Highly expert knowledge in a particular engineering area
• Technical or engineering resource management or/and personnel management and development

Optional:

Responsibility for a budget and the related risk

Active development and application of new technologies in engineering and related senior-level areas

Application of a major range of fundamental principles and complex techniques across a broad and often unpredictable variety of contexts

How to start your application for Fellowship:

You can apply to upgrade to the grade of Fellow if you are Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer or Engineering Technician member. In addition, you can apply directly to the Fellow grade by filling in a more detailed application.

Upgrading from IMechE Member:

If you are already registered as an EngTech, IEng or CEng and a Member of IMechE (MIMechE), you have to show proof of fulfilling the Fellowship eligibility criteria. For that, we advise you to hire an expert who is well-familiar with the assessment and eligibility criteria of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.