Minnesota PE license requirements

In Minnesota you must pass the FE, then apply to the Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design (AELSLAGID) and be approved before registering with NCEES. The application fee is $75. You can take the PE before finishing your experience: you may submit experience evidence with your exam application or later, before licensure. For year-round exams, approval lasts three years.

Source: Minnesota AELSLAGID (engineering page and PE exam application instructions), checked October 11, 2026. License fee as reported.

PE exam fee

$400

Paid to NCEES

Board application

$75

Non-refundable

Early PE

Allowed

Experience can come later

Approval valid

3 years

Year-round CBT exams

Key details

Item	Minnesota
Licensing board	Minnesota AELSLAGID
Before booking the PE	Pass the FE; apply online and wait for board approval (don’t register first or you may forfeit your NCEES fee)
Experience	Submit with the exam application or later; needed for licensure
Once-a-year exams	Board deadline August 13, 2026 for the October 27-28, 2026 exams
After passing	Provide experience and references (or NCEES “PE/PS Exam Docs”) to complete licensure; license fee about $120 (reported)

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