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Membership Eligibility & Requirements

Student Requirements:

  • GPA
    • Graduates: Top 1/5th
    • Seniors and 5th –year: Top 1/5th
    • Juniors: Top 1/8th
  • Engineering Credit Hours
    • Graduates: 50% of program complete
    • Seniors: Must be of senior status based on engineering curriculum
    • Juniors: Must be of Juniors status based on Engineering curriculum
  • Must be of full time status
  • Must be of good character
  • Must complete service projects
  • Must attend initiation ceremony

Alumni Requirements:

  • You must have graduated in the top 1/5th of your class.
  • This applies even if your school did not have a chapter at the time you graduated.

Practicing Engineer Requirements:

  • You must have achieved eminence in engineering as determined by Headquarters.
  • If you graduated from a recognized engineering college, you must have practiced engineering for at least 10 years.
  • If you graduated from a non-recognized engineering colleges or do not hold an engineering degree, you must have practiced engineering for at least 15 years.
  • Candidates are usually recommended by members who know them.
 
Tau Beta Pi
5796 AMC Building, Room 200
Orono, ME 04469
Phone: (207) 581-2216
E-mail: nolan.southard@umit.maine.edu
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469
207-581-1865