This web site has been commissioned by IESIS (The Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland) to promote the principle that professional engineering is a very important activity in human affairs. Young people with high level qualifications from school seeking to decide on a career should consider professional engineering.

The information available from this web site is intended to help in making such a choice.

Numbers of professional engineers

Did you know that there are approximately 180,000 Professional (i.e. Chartered and Incorporated) Engineers registered with the Engineering Council and employed in the UK economy? It is estimated that within the next 10 years the UK will require to train a further 250,000 Chartered Engineers of various disciplines to replace those retiring and to support the country's research, design services capability and the updating of it's manufacturing industries.

Part of the need for this growth is because the UK, while maintaining its manufacturing base, is forecast to move towards providing higher value more sophisticated services to the world. The UK will increasingly become a "Knowledge Economy"

It is predicted that the UK workforce will require to move from 32% of employees at the professional level in 1987 to 47% by 2017.

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• 16 Robertson Street
• Glasgow, G2 8DS
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• Email:Secretary at iesis.org