Title When Working in Graduate Studies

[sandy.bridge]

Hello all,

I have a question regarding professional title when working in graduate school. Upon graduating I will be registered as an Engineer-in-Training with the legislative body responsible for governing engineers in my location. 1 year of my graduate studies is suitable for work experience.
I am a little confused as to what my title would be in this instance.

For example,
Research Engineer
Engineer-in-Training

or

Microwave Engineer
Engineer-in-Training

or

Graduate Student
Engineer-in-Training

or do I even have a title?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

You're an engineering graduate student :)

 

[WWGD]

If you are co-writing a paper with a professor, your name/title is "Et Al".

 

[donpacino]

Hello all,

I have a question regarding professional title when working in graduate school. Upon graduating I will be registered as an Engineer-in-Training with the legislative body responsible for governing engineers in my location. 1 year of my graduate studies is suitable for work experience.
I am a little confused as to what my title would be in this instance.

For example,
Research Engineer
Engineer-in-Training

or

Microwave Engineer
Engineer-in-Training

or

Graduate Student
Engineer-in-Training

or do I even have a title?

Any above would apply, its all how you want to label yourself. That being said, if you say you're a working on a degree, i would say you are a student.

 

[pasmith]

Hello all,

I have a question regarding professional title when working in graduate school. Upon graduating I will be registered as an Engineer-in-Training with the legislative body responsible for governing engineers in my location.

Read carefully that body's rules on the circumstances in which people are permitted to describe themselves as an "Engineer" or "Engineer-in-Training", because it may be that you are not allowed to use either of those descriptions yet.

You should use whatever job title the people you are working for tell you to use.