1. (a) An undergraduate student who is within two full-time regular semesters (not including summer sessions) of graduating and who is enrolled in an engineering program accredited or approved by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, United States (EAC/ABET), a four year baccalaureate technical program accredited or approved by the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, United States (TAC/ABET), or an engineering-related science program of four years or more that has been approved by the board, may take the examination on the fundamentals of engineering at the student's school provided the school administers the examination as prescribed by the board.

2. (b) A graduate student may take the examination on the fundamentals of engineering at the student's school provided that the school administers the examination as prescribed by the board and the student is enrolled in an EAC/ABET-accredited graduate degree program or in a graduate program at an institution which has an EAC/ABET-accredited undergraduate degree program in that discipline, and the student has:

   1. (1) a baccalaureate degree that is EAC/ABET-accredited;
   2. (2) an engineering or engineering-related science program degree that has been approved by the board; or
   3. (3) a non-engineering related curriculum or other degree in which the student has provided evidence acceptable to the executive director as meeting the minimum requirements of §12(a)(1) or (2) of the Act.
3. (c) Engineering students may schedule the examination on the fundamentals of engineering at their participating school through the engineering dean, department head, or other program administrator.
4. (d) Persons who demonstrate that they meet the educational requirements for a license and who have not passed the examination on the fundamentals of engineering while in college may apply to the board to take the examination in accordance with the applicable examination schedule adopted by the board.
5. (e) Persons who do not meet the criteria of subsection (a) of this section, but who need only to complete the examination on the fundamentals of engineering to fulfill the graduation requirements of a degree program that would meet the educational requirements for a license, may apply to the board to take the examinations in accordance with the applicable examination schedule adopted by the board.

Source Note:The provisions of this §131.103 adopted to be effective February 3, 2003, 28 TexReg 945; amended to be effective July 9, 2003, 28 TexReg 5151.