The apex body of engineering professionals in Sri Lanka. IESL awards credentials such as the Chartered Engineer - CEng (SL), AMIE (SL) enabling one to practice as a licensed engineer in the country. We are also the sole credentialing authority of engineering degrees offered in Sri Lanka, including for the internationally recognised Washington accord. Incorporated in 1968 by the Parliament Act No.17, IESL is the largest engineers’ organization in Sri Lanka with over 25,000 members. We are actively engaged in providing engineering perspectives on issues of national significance to the government and the general public. For more information, click here
Registration of Engineers in the Directory of Structural Engineers 2021/2022
In order for civil chartered engineers to be eligible to carry out structural design of buildings and to certify such designs for the UDA, provincial and local authorities, it is necessary for such engineers to be listed in the Directory of Structural Engineers that the IESL is publishing annually. This requirement is made mandatory even for designing and certifying designs for buildings up to 4 Floors, because of the many complaints received by IESL in respect of unscrupulous non-chartered civil engineers who are using the ‘Chartered Engineer’ seals obtained illegally.
New Registration as Structural Engineers
(To refer to new guidelines effective from 2019 onwards, please click: CEOO/SE/GD/13)
LOW RISE CATEGORY(Engineers qualified to design Buildings up to and including 4 Floors)
Interested members are requested to apply for registration by using the application form No: CEOO-SE/FO/12 (Click: CEOO-SE/FO/12) and submit to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. on or before 12th November 2021 with the payment slip of application processing fee of Rs. 1,500/-. The application would be processed only if the member has settled his/her subscription fees up to and including the current year.
INTERMEDIATE, MIDDLE RISE AND HIGH RISE CATEGORIES (Engineers qualified to design Buildings more than four Floors)
Interested members are requested to apply for registration using the application form No: CEOO-SE/FO/11 (Click: CEOO-SE/FO/11). Duly filled application has to be accompanied by a brief CV of the applicant to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. on or before 12th November 2021 with the payment slip of application processing fee of Rs. 2,750/-. The application would be processed only if the member has settled his/her subscription fees up to and including the current year. The successful applicants will be requested to pay a fee of Rs. 1,500/- to get their names listed in the Directory of Structural Engineers later.
Continuation for 2021/2022 Directory (LOW RISE, ITERMEDIATE, MIDDLE RISE, HIGH RISE AND HIGH RISE –UNLIMITED CATEGORIES)
(To refer new guidelines effective from 2019 onwards, please click: CEOO/SE/GD/13)
Corporate Members whose names are already listed in our Directory of Structural Engineers, can now get their names listed in the Directory of Structural Engineers – 2021/2022, in order to become eligible to carry out the structural designs of buildings in their respective categories for the year 2021/2022 by applying using the application form NO: CEOO-SE/FO/12 (Click: CEOO-SE/FO/12). The duly filled application form has to be submitted to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. on or before 12th November 2021 with the payment slip of application processing fee of Rs. 1,500/-. The application would be processed only if the member has settled his/her subscription fees up to and including the current year.
Payment options
Option 1 - Pay directly through Internet Payment Gateway (IPG). Please click https://iesl.lk/mis/Outstanding_Payments (this is applicable only for Continuing Members).
Option 2 - Cash payments must be made to IESL AC No. 002323113 Bank of Ceylon, Torrington Square and a scanned copy of the bank slip is to be emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to get the confirmation.
Option 3 - Online fund transfer to IESL Account No: 0002323113 maintained at the Torrington/Independence Square Branch of BOC and a scanned copy of the confirmation payment slip is to be emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to get the confirmation.
For further assistance in this regard, kindly contact Ms. Sanduni Fernando on 071-1216057.
The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka will entertain application from suitably qualified persons for the following Posts up to 18th August 2021. (Application closing date has been extended to 18th August 2021)
Post of Executive Secretary/ Chief Executive Officer
Post of Deputy Executive Secretary
All relevant application details can be obtained by clicking on the following links.
Candidates meeting the requirements stated in the application details may send their applications along with a CV, documentary evidence to support qualifications and experience and a recent passport size photograph under registered post AND email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)with scanned copies of documentary evidence to reach, The President, The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 120/15, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo - 07 on or before 18th August 2021.
Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
Engineers who wish to follow the CDP route or Mentor route are required to fulfill the following steps. (Clause C, G and J of the PR Rules)
· Ensure to select the Chartered Engineers from the given Link (Click Here) according to your engineering discipline and specialized areas
· Make sure to collect his/her consent letter and bio data
· Confirm your project proposal with his/her signature (CDP Route)
· Submit all necessary documents (consent letter, Bio data of the supervisor and the applicant and the project proposal)to IESL for prior approvals. (before commencing )
Professional Standard Management Committee (PSMC) approved date will be the effective date for the CDP route or Mentor route.
