Membership Benefits

• All candidates must have been corporate members of the Institute for 10 years, in addition to what we have in the Memorandum and Articles of Association of NIHTE.
• All HND holders must have additional academic qualification(s) before Fellowship.
• All referees must be financial members of the Institute and their reference letters must be received before consideration of the candidate’s application. Only the President can waive this option.
• Must have attended at least 5 AGMs in the last ten years prior to the year of application.
• Must have written and presented four (4) Technical/Management papers at NIHTE and/or any other fora acceptable to the Board of Fellows. All papers must have been presented in the last 10 years.
• Must have worked on some outstanding projects that stand out from the ordinary.
• Attended the yearly refresher Engineering Courses/Workshops to make him or her current on engineering practices and not with obsolete knowledge; he or she must show evidence of this in the application form.
• Must be active in his or her Branch and Division activities.
• Financial status must be consistent. There must be evidence of consistency in the payment of dues to NIHTE in the last 5 years.

PROCESSING FEES
The processing fees for the two categories of Fellowship had been reviewed upwards as follows:
i) By invitation – the Council had approved N2.5m for applicants by invitation. The intention was to limit the number of applicants for this category and encourage applicants by application.
ii) By application – the Council also approved N300,000 for this category of applicants.

The Council of the Intitutte may, at its discretion, elect distinguished persons to Honorary Fellowship. Such persons, though not necessarily engineers, would normally have used their positions to render notable assistance to the practice of engineering science.

CANDIDATES ARE GROUPED INTO VARIOUS CATEGORIES THUS:

A1 Candidates who are holders of the Bachelor’s degree in Engineering whose institutions’ programmes are accredited by COREN and with such candidates having been registered by COREN as professional Engineers.

A2 Candidates who are already Corporate Members of Engineering Institutions (licensed as Professional Chartered or Registered Engineers) recognized by COREN.

B1 Candidates who are holders of the Bachelor’s degree in Engineering whose qualifications are accredited by COREN or any overseas accreditation board recognized by COREN. Such candidates must have acquired a minimum of 4 years post-qualification experience.

B2 Candidates who obtained HND and PGD in the same field of Engineering from approved Institution and had acquired a minimum of 6 years post-graduation experience in the practice of Engineering.

C1 Candidates who are holders of correct and adequate basic academic qualifications as defined by COREN Standards and Regulations and who are 40 years and older. Such candidates, at the time of application, must have a minimum of 10 years post-qualification experience. The candidates must appear in person.

C2 Candidates who are holders of correct and adequate basic academic qualifications by COREN Standards and Regulations and are top executives in Government parastatals or industries, etc. who are not only 45 years and above with respect to age but who, as of the time of application, have a minimum of 15 years post-qualification experience. They may be accorded Presidential interview through NSE branch.

D4 The candidate must be at least 50 years of age and above and have either of the following credentials: B.Sc. in Sciences with Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) and Masters degree in Engineering City & Guilds of 1999 with PGD and Masters degree in the same field of Engineering

A person seeking admission to Graduate Membership shall possess an academic qualification acceptable to the Council of the Institute and registrable by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) under the provisions of the Engineering Registration Decree (No.55) of 1970 or such amendments thereof. Post-qualification practical experience shall not be a requirement for entry into this class. HND holders are not registrable.

A person seeking election, as an Associate of the Institute shall possess an academic qualification at the level of a university degree in the sciences allied to engineering science, or the qualifications approved by the Council of the Institute. In addition, he shall have been engaged in work related to the practice of engineering for a minimum period of 5 years.

A Student Member shall be a person who is undertaking an approved engineering course of training leading to a degree in an institution recognised by the Council of the Institute for the purpose of training professional engineers.