NPPE Exam Dates And Registration Deadlines

If you have a burning desire to attain a professional engineering licence in Canada, then you must have heard of the NPPE, which stands for National Professional Practice Exam. Here, in this blog, you will come to the exams dates and registration deadlines for this exam. Apart from that, we will also tell you about the NPPE blueprint. Therefore, this blog is of immense value to you.

What is NPPE?

The NPPE confirms that a candidate has the necessary amount of knowledge of law, professionalism, and ethics. Eleven engineering and geoscience self-regulatory organizations in the country currently use the NPPE.

This exam adheres to all related standards given in the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing to make sure that the exam program is valid, fair, and trustworthy (psychometrically defensible).

Registration for the NPPE:

This exam is offered 5 times each year. Each session for that month provides the exam six times: one morning and one-afternoon slot over three days.

Exam fees:

Exam location	Examination fee
All locations	$250

 

The fee doesn’t include GST, and it is subject to change without notice.

 

Upcoming exam registration deadlines:

Exam dates	Registration deadlines
January 23-25, 202	December 2, 2022
April 3-5, 2023	February 10, 2023
June 5-7, 2023	April 28, 2023
September 11-13, 2023	July 14, 2023
November 6-8, 2023	September 29, 2023

Registration starts when the registration deadline for the previous session has passed.

A Member-in-Training may only write the exam after having submitted an application for Professional Membership (P.Eng./P.Geo.).

When registering, pick your preferred location from a list. After the registration deadline, you will get an email confirming your location, exam, date, time, and any additional instructions.

 

NPPE blueprint:

The NPPE blueprint (exam specifications and blueprint) was developed by means of the collaboration of engineer and geoscience subject-matter experts (SMEs) all over Canada in a one-year consultation process. The NPPE blueprint content and the number of questions in each area were created by the SME members of the Professional Practice Examination Committee (PPEC) on the basis of their professional experience, judgement about the value of each area, and harmonization with the national guideline on the professional practice examination that is outlined by Engineers Canada. The blueprint content and question weighting were then validated at a national level by all participating jurisdiction members of the NPPEAC, which stands for the National Professional Practice Examination Advisory Committee.

Each National Professional Practice Exam administration has 100 operational questions used to compute candidate scores. The totals of the lower and upper ranges for the number of questions in each topic (for example, 7 to 10 questions) only show that the weights are symmetrical around the averages that would make up the exams over time. For instance, in one exam administration, the Professional Law topic area may have 8 operational questions. In another exam administration, the Professional Law topic area may have 9 questions and the like.

You need to know and demonstrate an understanding of all material given in the NPPE blueprint as any of the topics listed may be tested to a greater or lesser extent in each exam.

 

Although we told you the necessary things about the NPPE, we find it important to advise you to hire an APEGS NPPE exam expert who can prepare an excellent report for you to show your engineering/geoscience competency.