ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS (AMIE) EXAMINATION

INTRODUCTION

The Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers (popularly known as AMIE) is a professional certification given by Institution of Engineers (India) which enables one for practice as Engineers in India and overseas countries. The Institution of Engineers (India), IEI, is the first professional body of engineers in India incorporated by Royal Charter to promote and advance the art, science and practice of engineering and technology amongst the members and the persons attached to the Institution.

AMIE qualification can be earned by passing Section A and Section B examination of the Institution of Engineers (India). If an applicant passes both sections of the examination, he or she becomes a Associate of the Institution of Engineers (AIE). This qualification is recognised by Ministry of HRD, Government of India as equivalent to B.E./ B.Tech. degree in the appropriate branch of Engineering of the recognised universities in India. 

AMIE is also recognised by UK-NARIC as British Bachelor's Honours degree and by FCSA Foreign credential service of America as equivalent to Bachelor's degree in engineering. Defense Services, Central government organisation like Railways, ISRO, DRDO, HAL, BHEL, BEML, NBCC, Bharat Electronics and many public sector organisation's offer employment / increments / promotions for those achieving this qualification.

The AMIE is a worth while alternative option for such students who are unable to pursue for an engineering degree course through a regular course in an engineering college. It is a non-formal course and anyone who meets the specified educational qualification and a keen desire to become a graduate engineer can do this course. This course is suitable for employed person, as they can study this course without being interfering with their job, whether they are in India or abroad.

AMIE degree holder can write examinations like civil services, Indian engineering services, GATE, GRE, etc. The candidates after earning a certificate in Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers (AMIE) can choose for higher studies leading to master’s degree in engineering or any other qualification.

ELIGIBILITY

General : Those who wish to do AMIE must have any one of the following qualifications.

 •  Intermediate / PUC / 10+2 / B.Sc. with English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry with 45% aggregate marks (also 45% aggregate marks in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry). OR
 •  A recognized 3-year Polytechnic Diploma or its equivalent in any branch of engineering.

Only registered members are eligible to apply for the Institution examination. So in order to join for AMIE , a candidate shall first get Membership Registration with the Institution of Engineers (India). Based on the educational qualification, there are two categories of student membership. i.e
Senior Technician (ST) membership and Technician (T) membership.

Eligibility for Membership

Technician Members:
Candidates can directly become Technician Members if they have a minimum qualification of a pass in the Standard XII Examination (45% minimum aggregate).

Senior Technician Members: 

For selection as a Senior Technician Member or for transfer from being a Technician Member to a Senior Technician Member, candidates must satisfy the following conditions:

 • A minimum age of 18 years on the date of application for selection or transfer. 
 •  He / she should be an engineer by profession working under a Corporate Member or a person qualified to be elected as a Corporate Member. The candidate should also be striving to acquire the qualifications for Corporate Membership (temporary unemployment is not an impediment to being elected).
 •  The candidate should have passed a diploma examination in engineering or technology or its equivalent recognised by the Council, or an examination recognised by the Council as exempting from passing Section A of the Institution of Engineers examination in the non-diploma stream.

Academic Qualification for Technician Membership
Candidates who have passed in English and secured an aggregate of at least 45% in the qualifying examination as well as an aggregate of 45% in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics are eligible to apply.

The following examinations are considered as qualifying examination for AMIE technician membership :

 • Bachelor of Science examination with Mathematics, Physics & Chemistry.
 •  Passing of the first year examination or promotion to the second year of a three year Bachelor's degree course with any one of the subjects: Mathematics or Physics or Chemistry, provided the candidate has passed the Pre-University or Higher Secondary examination with English, Mathematics, Physics & Chemistry.
 •  Passing of the two year course (10+2+3 system) with English, Mathematics, Physics & Chemistry, conducted by any State Board of Higher Secondary Education or recognised Indian University after 10 years of school education.
 •  Pre-professional Examination in Engineering or the passing of the first year examination of a five-year integrated course in Engineering.
 • Pre-engineering Examination
 •  Board of Apprenticeship Training Admission Examination, West Bengal
 •  B.Arch. Preliminary Examination of Kolkata University
 • Passing of the first year examination of B.Tech Ed. of Regional College of Education, Ajmer.
 •  Passing of the two year course of Indian Military Academy/National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla and Dehradun.
 •  Vocational Higher Secondary Course from Directorate of Vocational Higher Secondary Education, Kerala
 •  Senior Secondary School Certificate from National Open School, New Delhi
 •  Diploma in (i) Diesel mechanics, (ii) Electrical Instrument Mechanics, (iii) Diploma in Vocational Training for Fitter conducted at Sumant Moolgaonkar Engineering Institute, Kymore (MP)
 •  B.Sc. degree in Electronics and Computer Science conducted at Narmada College of Science and Commerce, Bharuch.

EXAMINATION

Institution of Engineers India (IEI) offers AMIE Examination in two sections - Section A and Section B. These examinations, held twice a year - generally in the month of May/ June and November/ December, are termed as summer and winter examinations respectively. The exams are separately designed for two streams i.e. Diploma stream (senior technician members) and Non-Diploma Stream (technician members). Separate papers are offered for diploma stream and non diploma stream.

Section A Examination

Section A Exams are conducted in June & December every year. Students are eligible for appearance in the first exam only after completion of one year. Students can write any four subjects (Maximum) in any of the examinations.

Section A is common for all candidates for all those who aspire to become an engineer. Students with Diploma in Engineering will be exempted from 5 subjects of Section A and can directly join Section A Diploma Stream.

Subjects in Section A examination are :

Diploma Stream

• Fundamental of Design and Manufacturing
• Material Science and Engineering
• Computing and Informatics
• Society and Environment

Non-Diploma Stream

• Fundamental of Design and Manufacturing
• Material Science and Engineering
• Computing and Informatics
• Society and Environment
• Mechanical Science
• Engineering Physics and Chemistry
• Engineering Drawing and Graphics
• Electronics and Instrumentation
• Engineering Mathematics
• Electrical Science

Technician Members who have been on the roll of the Institution of Engineers for a year are eligible to appear in the non-diploma stream examination based on their date of election to membership. Senior Technician Members can appear in the diploma stream.

Section B Examination

After Section A, the student has to complete a project work over a period of one year and only on the basis of satisfactory professional competence report, he / she will be admitted to appear for the Section B examination. Candidates wishing to appear in Section B examination will have the choice to change his branch of Engineering. Section B examination consists of 9 papers of which 6 are compulsory and 3 optional. Engineering branches in Section B examination are :

• Aerospace Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science & Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Metallurgical and Material Science Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Production Engineering
• Textile Engineering

After passing minimum 5 papers of Section B in respective branch, the student will be admitted to appear for Project work/ Laboratory experiments.

Examination Scheme

Each paper is 3 hours long (unless specifically mentioned otherwise in the list of subjects). The maximum number of papers a candidate can appear at a time is:

Section A (Diploma Stream)	: 3 papers
Section A (Non-Diploma Stream)	: 5 papers
Section B	: 5 papers