Eligibility & Nomination Criteria

Eligibility & Nomination Criteria

The Academy of Engineering, Singapore (SAEng) is actively seeking candidates to be fellows of the academy. 

  

1. Citizenship and Residency

  • Candidate must be a Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident.

  • Candidate must have resided in Singapore for a minimum of three (3) consecutive years immediately preceding the nomination. Candidates who do not meet this requirement will not be considered.

  

2. Professional Standing

  • At the time of nomination, the candidate must hold a full-time professional appointment or be actively self-employed in a professional capacity.

  

3. Nomination Limits

  • Each Fellow may either propose one (1) candidate or second the nominations of a maximum of two (2)

  • A Fellow serving as proposer may act as seconder for only one (1) additional candidate.

  

4. Field Alignment and Assessment

  • The proposer and seconder should be from the same engineering discipline or professional field as the candidate.

  • Both the proposer and seconder must each provide an independent and substantive assessment.

 

5. Conflict of Interest

  • Members of the Fellows Selection Committee and/or Executive Committee are not permitted to serve as proposers or seconders.

  

The Fellowship Process

Fellowship nominations will be reviewed annually in December. To be considered in a given election cycle, nominations must be received by 31 October of that year. Nominations received after 31 October will be deferred to the following year’s review cycle

Successful candidates will be notified in February of the subsequent year.

To submit a nomination, please complete this form with the candidate’s CV and send it to secretariat@saeng.sg.