Upgrade Your Membership

Student Members: upgrade to professional membership with this form .

Full details on the membership requirements for Member grade

If you have a P.E. or P.L.S....

• Call Customer Service at 800-548-ASCE (2723) or 703-295-6300, Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. E.T.
• Email  member@asce.org
  

If you do not have a P.E. or P.L.S, you may still apply for Member grade based on your experience and education. Check the list of requirements below to see if you are eligible. To apply for an upgrade, send an application in the form of your resume or CV and the Member Advancement Form online (or downloadable version ) for review by the Membership Application Review Committee (MARC) at their next monthly meeting:

• Email to memapp@asce.org
• Mail upgrade application materials to:

Applications Administrator/Membership Coordinator
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
1801 Alexander Bell Dr.
Reston, VA  20191-4382

ASCE staff will review the information provided and notify you if any additional information is required.

Student Members:   upgrade to professional membership with this form.

Full details on the membership requirements for Affiliate Member grade.

• Call customer service at 800-548-ASCE (2723) or 703-295-6300 , Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET.
• Email a note that you've graduated to member@asce.org.

You may also send your application material by postal mail to:

Applications Administrator/Membership Coordinator
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
1801 Alexander Bell Dr.
Reston, VA  20191-4382

ASCE staff will review the information provided and notify you if any additional information is required. 

Student Members: upgrade to professional membership with this form . 

Full details on the membership requirements for Associate Member grade

Contact ASCE with your baccalaureate degree graduation date from an ABET/EAC-accredited or substantially equivalent civil or related engineering program to:

• Call: Customer Service at 800-548-ASCE (2723) or 703-295-6300, Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET.
• Email:  member@asce.org
  

If you do not have a ABET/EAC-accredited bachelor's degree, send a copy of your resume or CV and the Member Advancement Form online (or downloadable version ) OR proof that you are a certified Engineer-in-Training (EIT) or Surveyor-in-Training (SIT) in the United States or the country in which you reside to:

• Email:  memapp@asce.org
  
• Mail upgrade application materials to:

Applications Administrator/Membership Coordinator
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
1801 Alexander Bell Dr.
Reston, VA  20191-4382

ASCE staff will review the information provided and notify you if any additional information is required. 

Full details on the membership requirements for Fellow grade

Submit an ASCE Fellow application to be reviewed by the Membership Application Review Committee (MARC). 

• Email:  fellows@asce.org
  
• Mail to:
  American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 
  Attn: Applications Administrator/Membership Coordinator
  1801 Alexander Bell Dr.
  Reston, VA  20191-4382  

Applications must include:

1. Signed Fellow Application
2. Resume or CV detailing at least 10 years of responsible charge in the grade of Member. Include Professional Engineer or Professional Land Surveyor license number, state, and expiration date (if appropriate to your geographic region).
3. Completed Nomination Form , Attachment 1 of the Fellow Application
4. Completed  Reference Forms
5. Short biographical narrative and digital headshot (at least 300 dpi) suitable for publishing

Questions? 

Read the Detailed Guidelines , or contact the Fellows Coordinator , 800-548-2723 ext. 6289 or directly at 703-295-6289

Full details on Life Membership

No action is required - Life Membership is automatically calculated based on the requirements listed below.

To become a Life Member, an individual must have: 

1. reached the age of 65 years
2. paid dues in any membership grade except Student Member for at least 35 years
3. had 10 years of continuous dues-paying membership immediately preceding the attainment of Life Member.

Full details on the membership requirements for Distinguished Member grade

If you are interested in becoming a Distinguished Member, you must be nominated through a confidential nomination process. Self-nominations are not accepted. Find out more about the process .

Each nominee must be proposed by an organizational entity of the Society (committees, institutes, academies, geographic units, foundations), whose president, chair, or head is the official nominator.

Nomination packages must be received by October 1 each year. 

If not elected in the first year, unsuccessful candidates are automatically held over for reconsideration, allowing opportunity for election over three selection cycles.