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 20,000 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
Terms and Conditions for the Management Information System of The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka
Introduction :
Access to and the use of this website/system is subject to the following standard terms and conditions. You are kindly requested to read them carefully before making use of this website/system in any manner whatsoever. These Terms will be applied fully and affect your use of this system. By using this system, you will agree to accept all terms and conditions written in here.
Intellectual Property Rights :
Other than the contents of your own, the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka and/or its licensors will own all the intellectual property rights and materials contained in this Website/system under the terms of this agreement. You are granted limited license only for purposes of viewing the material contained on this website/system.
Restrictions :
You are specifically restricted from all of the following :
publishing any material available in this website/system in any other media without the written consent of the IESL;
selling, sublicensing and/or otherwise commercializing any material available in this website/system;
using this website/system in any way that is or may be damaging to this Website/system;
using this website/system in any way that impacts the users who access to this website/system or the IESL;
using this website/system contrary to applicable laws and regulations, or in any way may cause harm to the website/system, or to any other party including person or business entity;
engaging in any data mining, data harvesting, data extracting or any other similar activity in relation to this website/system;
using this website/system to engage in any advertising or marketing.
Certain areas of this Website/system are restricted from being accessed by you and the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka may further restrict your access to any areas of this Website/system, at any time, in its absolute discretion. Any user ID and password you may have for this Website/system are confidential and you must maintain the confidentiality of them.
Your Content :
In this Standard Terms and Conditions, "Your Content" shall mean any audio, video text, images or other material you choose to display on this Website/system. By displaying Your Content, you grant Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka a non-exclusive, worldwide irrevocable, sub licensable license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute it in any and all media. Your Content must be your own and must not be invading any third-party’s rights. The Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka reserves the right to remove any of Your Content from this Website at any time without notice.
General :
Please note that although this site has some hyperlinks to other third-party websites, these sites have not been managed by the IESL and are not under the control of the IESL. The links are only provided as a convenience, and do not imply that the IESL endorses, checks, or approves of the third-party site. The IESL is not responsible for the privacy principles or content of these third-party sites.
The use of this website/system is governed by Sri Lankan law and shall be interpreted accordingly.
The IESL reserves the right to alter, modify or update these terms of use and we may change our terms and conditions at any time.
Be amongst the leading professional institutions in engineering and technology in the world.
Mission
To be the apex national body of engineers in Sri Lanka which ensures internationally recognized and locally relevant standards in the professional practice and education in engineering, while actively supporting national development and diligently serving its members and the society at large.
History
The Engineering Association of Ceylon was formed in 1906 with the objective of facilitating the acquisition of technical knowledge. Its inauguration on January 6, 1906, was held in the Legislative Council Chamber of the country presided by the then Governor of Ceylon, Sir Henry Blake. At this inauguration, Mr F A Cooper was appointed as the first President and the Governor was made the patron, a practice followed to date in that the Head of State functions as the patron of the Institution.
In 1956, the Association was reconstituted to become ‘The Institute of Engineers, Ceylon’ and from then on only engineers opted to be its members. The Institution obtained the membership of the Commonwealth Engineering Conference in 1958 and in 1968 it was admitted to be a member of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations. It was in the same year that the Institution was incorporated by an Act of Parliament. Some of the new objectives of the reconstituted body were the setting up of standards of practice and conduct, the encouragement of research and study and publication, and the promotion of professional and social welfare of its members.
In 1996, the name of the Institution was changed as The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka by an amendment to Act 17 of 1968.
The IESL became a signatory to the Washington Accord on June 13, 2014. Being a signatory to the Washington Accord, the four year full time engineering degree programmes accredited by the IESL will be considered as substantially equivalent to four year engineering degree programmes that have been accredited by the other signatories to the Washington Accord. A signatory to the Washington Accord is empowered by the Accord to accredit only those degree programmes conducted within the jurisdiction (country) of the signatory.
At the closed session of the signatories of the Sydney Accord held on June 21, 2017 in Alaska , USA as a part of the meetings of the International Engineering Alliance , the IESL was admitted as a provisional signatory to the Accord marking another milestone in the IESL.
Engineering Council, Sri Lanka has been established by Engineering Council, Sri Lanka Act, No 4 of 2017 passed in the Parliament of The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. According to clause 14 of said act, no engineering practitioner shall engage in the practice of engineering profession unless such engineering practitioner is registered under ECSL. In order to register in the ECSL under one of the following Member categories, one has to be an active Member of the IESL.
a) Chartered Engineer - Corporate Members of the IESL (Fellow and Member Categories of the IESL)
b) Associate Engineer - Associate Members of the IESL
c) Affiliate Engineer - Affiliate Members of the IESL
Membership Composition
Total Membership - 23,172 (Corporate Members - 5850, Fellow - 551, Honorary Fellow 3, Associate Members - 13321, Affiliate Members - 132, Companions - 7, Associates - 35, Student Members -3273 (IESL Annual Transactions 2022)
In Sri Lanka, the award of Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.) status is exclusive to The Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL). It is awarded to the Corporate Members of IESL. Chartered Engineers with corporate membership at IESL enjoy recognition by government, business and the general public. Chartered Engineer represents the highest standards of professionalism, Leadership, Up-to-date expertise, Quality and safety and the ability to undertake independent practice.
Operating Framework
The affairs of the Institution are managed by ‘The Council’, the governing body of the Institution in accordance with the By-laws. The Council is assisted in its work by Standing Committees and the Secretariat.
