At the moment you can get registered with COREN without going through NSE or any other engineering body membership. If you don’t belong to an engineering body you will be required to participate in a Professional Interview while those with engineering body membership will not.
This very adjustment in COREN’s policy is an open door for intending Engineers to get registered. Therefore anyone who has been struggling with NSE should better seize this opportunity and do so quickly as you can’t tell how long this will last.
The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN, is a statutory body that regulates and controls the training and practice of engineering in Nigeria. The council also enforces the registration of all engineering personnel (i.e. Engineers, Engineering Technologists, Engineering Technicians, and Engineering Craftsmen) and consulting firms wishing to practice or engage in the practice of engineering. So COREN is empowered to determine who are engineering personnel.
The Council has a portal for registration of new Engineers/Engineering Firms, management of existing Engineers and Engineering Firms and processing of all payments. The URL to the portal can be found on the instructions for registration on their website. It is deliberately left out here to encourage you go through the instructions on the source page.
Note:
If you have any challenges with registration you can drop your questions.
Becoming an Engineer
Engineering Cadres (Categories)
Registration Instructions
General enquiries: info@coren.gov.ng
Registration isues: registration@coren.gov.ng
Portal issues: support@coren.gov.ng
Account issues: accounts@coren.gov.ng
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