Information - Ingenieur/in; Beantragung der Erlaubnis zum Führen der Berufsbezeichnung - Dienstleistungsportal Bayern

Description

According to the Bavarian Engineering Act (BayIngG), the professional title of "engineer" (alone or in a combination of words) may be used by anyone who has successfully completed an undergraduate degree (usually a bachelor's degree) at a state or state-recognized German university. This must be a course of study

• in a technical/scientific field of study,
• which has a standard period of study of at least six semesters in full-time and with which at least 180 points can be acquired when applying the ECTS system and
• in which the fields of mathematics, information technology, natural sciences and technology predominate; this requirement does not apply to the use of the job title exclusively in the word combination industrial engineer by persons who have completed an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering.

Furthermore, the professional title may be used by

• who has received the authorization to do so after training abroad,
• who is entitled to do so under the law of another country of the Federal Republic of Germany, or
• who was entitled to do so until the entry into force of this Act.

Prerequisites

The prerequisite for permission is the equivalence of the training, which is based on the Bavarian Engineering Act and the Bavarian Professional Qualification Determination Act.

The equivalence is checked on the basis of the foreign diploma and subject catalog; the Central Office for Foreign Education in Bonn provides technical support.

Copies of the diploma and subject catalog are required as documents necessary for the examination. The translations must be done by a translator who is publicly appointed or sworn in Germany or in the EU.

Procedure

If you have completed your training abroad, you must apply to the competent body for authorization to use the professional title "engineer".

• The responsible body for engineers specializing in civil engineering, building and supply engineering or surveying is the Bavarian Chamber of Engineers - Construction.
• The Government of Swabia is responsible for engineers of all other disciplines.

Special notes

You can also work as an engineer in Bavaria if you do not have a permit to use the professional title. However, you are not allowed to call yourself "engineer" and "Ingenieurin".

Processing time

Duration of the procedure: approx. 2 - 3 months after submission of all required documents.

Required documents

• Proof of identity (identity card, passport or birth certificate)
• Registration certificate
• Curriculum vitae including full details of education (primary school, secondary school, grammar school, etc.)
• Evidence of formal qualifications (diploma, etc.)
• Translation of the training certificate (diploma, etc.) into the German language
• Subject catalogue ("Diploma Supplement")
• Translation of the subject catalogue into the German language
• In individual cases, the following additional documents must be submitted:
  • Proof of change of name (e.g. marriage certificate)
  • Acceptance certificate from the Federal Office for the Recognition of Foreign Refugees, Nuremberg, or status certificate - only necessary for Jewish emigrants from the former Soviet Union (contingent refugees) - in these cases the approval is issued free of charge.

• Evaluation letter from the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) - if available
• Notes:
  • The translations must be made by a translator publicly appointed or sworn in Germany or in the EU.
  • The documents may be submitted in the form of copies or transmitted electronically.

Forms

• Form, Bavaria-wide: Antrag auf Genehmigung zum Führen der Berufsbezeichnung „Ingenieurin“ / „Ingenieur“ - Fachrichtungen Bauingenieurwesen, Gebäude und Versorgungstechnik oder Vermessungswesen

  Please note

  This form has to be signed and sent to the responsible authority. You can sign the form manually and send it by email/fax or sign the form electronically with your qualified electronic signature an send it by (secure) email. If the responsible authority has set up a De-Mail account, you can also send the form by De-Mail using an sender-confirmed message.

  zuständig: Bayerische Ingenieurekammer-Bau

Online procedures

• Antrag auf Genehmigung zum Führen der Berufsbezeichnung "Ingenieurin oder Ingenieur"

  If you would like to use the professional title "Ingenieurin" or "Ingenieur" in Germany, but have completed the associated training abroad, you can apply online for permission to use the professional title.

Fees

• 300.00 to 800.00 Euro according to the Schedule of Costs to the Costs Act (Tariff No. 5.IV.4.)

Legal bases

• Bayerisches Gesetz zum Schutz der Berufsbezeichnung Ingenieurin und Ingenieur (Bayerisches Ingenieurgesetz – BayIngG)
• Bayerisches Gesetz über die Feststellung der Gleichwertigkeit ausländischer Berufsqualifikationen (Bayerisches Berufsqualifikationsfeststellungsgesetz – BayBQFG)
• Verordnung zur Regelung von Ausgleichsmaßnahmen nach dem Bayerischen Ingenieurgesetz (Bayerische Ingenieur-Ausgleichsmaßnahmenverordnung – BayIngAMV)
• Gesetz über die Bayerische Architektenkammer und die Bayerische Ingenieurekammer-Bau (Baukammerngesetz – BauKaG)

Remedy

administrative claim

Links to more information

• Genehmigung zum Führen der Berufsbezeichnung "Ingenieur" - Regierung von Schwaben
• Bayerische Ingenieurekammer-Bau - Berufsanerkennung von Ingenieuren
• Informationssystem zur Anerkennung ausländischer Bildungsabschlüsse (anabin)
• Informationen zum Beruf "Ingenieur/in" im Anerkennungsfinder des Portals "Anerkennung in Deutschland"

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• Foreign professional qualification; advice on recognition
• Consulting engineer; application for registration on the list of consulting engineers
• Register of companies for consulting engineers; application for registration
• Engineers; entry in the register of external consulting engineers
• Engineer; application for entry in the list of engineers authorized to submit building documents
• City planner; application for registration in the list of city planners