Each Professional Review cycle takes three months to complete (from application deadline to election decision). Keeping to this time frame requires both the applicant and the professional reviewers to stay on schedule. Dates for upcoming cycles are listed below.

Planning your application

• read the Fellow applicant guidance document carefully to check you have met all the requirements
• submit your application (as early as possible) before the deadline to allow time for administration checks*
• contact our membership team with any questions.

Process overview

• once the submission deadline has passed, we will confirm that your application has been accepted and pass your application to the professional reviewers for assessment
• the professional reviewers will carry out a Professional Review of your application. If the professional reviewers require clarification or more information from you, or if they want to discuss your application via an online interview, IChemE membership staff will contact you
• following the Professional Review (and interview, if required) your application will be put forward to the Virtual Election Panel responsible for making the decision. The results will be sent you following their meeting.

*Although we aim to progress applications as quickly as possible, our processing capacity is dependent on the volume of applications received. For this reason, we cannot guarantee to include your application within a particular Professional Review cycle.

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Please note that capacity is dependent on application volumes within a given Professional Review cycle. We therefore cannot guarantee inclusion within a particular cycle; however, we will always seek to progress applications in a timely manner as possible.