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The FE Environmental exam tests your understanding of fundamental environmental engineering principles. Most students take the exam at the end of their undergraduate degree or soon after. Get the tools you need to optimize your prep with PPI’s proven resources, all built by leading engineers.
About the Live Online FE Environmental Course
If you are looking for an instructor-guided review (with a passing guarantee!) for your NCEES FE Environmental Exam, the Live Online Course Bundle is for you.
What Sets PPI Apart?
- Our newly-redesigned eLearning platform. The easy-to-navigate interface, exam-like features, and expert design of our new eLearning platform give you the best possible exam prep experience.
- Instruction from professional engineers. Learn directly from industry experts with a unique mix of lectures, problem-solving demonstrations, exam strategy sessions, and office hours.
- Complete coverage of every topic on the NCEES FE Environmental exam. Our lectures, course materials, and homework assignments thoroughly cover every topic you’ll see on exam day.
- Trusted exam prep materials designed to help you pass. You'll receive reference materials, homework assignments, detailed class notes, as well as access to online quizzes, practice exams, flashcards, and more.
- Access to prep materials before and after your course. Start preparing right away with early access to study tools, plus access your course for one additional month after it ends to ensure you can study up to your exam date.
- Schedules that span 4 to 6 months. With our decades of instructional design experience, you don't have to worry about “cramming” for your exam. We provide a structured study schedule of assignments to keep you on track.
- Prep materials that are always updated. Our content is always updated to the most current NCEES exam specifications and codes.
- Our reputation as leaders in FE and PE exam prep. We have been preparing engineers for their FE and PE exams since 1975. Our courses are high quality and based on decades of experience.
- A passing guarantee. When you take a Live Online course, we guarantee you will pass, or you can take the OnDemand course for free.
Why Enroll in a Course Now?
- Immediate Access to Online Study Tools: As soon as you enroll, you'll get immediate access to OnDemand lectures and online study tools so you can start preparing now before live lectures begin.
- Monthly Payment Options with Affirm: Pay off your course over 3, 6, or 12 months with our convenient Affirm payment plans.
- Risk-Free Enrollment: We offer Risk-Free Enrollment should you need to transfer or cancel your enrollment because you are not able to sit for your exam.
- Secure Your Spot: Courses fill up fast! By enrolling now, you don’t have to worry about your course potentially being full closer to the start date.
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What's Included:
Interact with your instructor and other classmates during Live Online lectures. Watch bite-sized video lectures in between classes, then ask the instructor questions during live lecture. Live Lecture also features exclusive problem-solving content to review during class. Live lectures on scheduled dates/times help provide structure throughout your course.
Connect with your instructor on discussion forums and by email. Your instructor is an expert with years of real-world professional experience and is here to guide you every step of the way.
Live office hours, strategically placed in the schedule, provide time for additional Q&A and problem solving with your instructor.
All Live Online lectures are recorded and posted the next day for additional viewing in case you are unable to attend or want to re-watch an important topic.
Interact with your classmates on forums and live lecture chats to discuss your exam prep experiences and talk through exam topics.
New Videos Available! Watch new, bite-sized video lectures to help understand key concepts for the exam.
Upon registration for your course, you will gain instant access to OnDemand lectures to get your exam prep started.
All presentation slides are downloadable, providing you the opportunity to take notes as you follow along with your instructor.
Proven test-taking and time-management tips from your instructor are provided throughout your course to prepare you for exam-day success.
Michael R. Lindeburg, PE's FE Environmental Practice web book contains problems similar in length and format, references to NCEES FE Reference Handbook, and step-by-step solutions to ensure confidence on exam day.
Purchase Options
May - August Course
If you are looking for an in-depth and instructor-guided review for your FE exam, the PPI Live Online Course Bundle is for you. We leverage over 45 years of exam prep experience, offering you a thorough review of every NCEES FE Environmental exam topic. Our professional engineers have real-world experience and will guide you through each step of your exam prep. Utilizing your live instructor, a community of other students, and the bounty of FE study resources included, this is the best possible path to pass your exam the first time.
September - December Course
If you are looking for an in-depth and instructor-guided review for your FE Environmental exam, the PPI Live Online Course Bundle is for you. We leverage 50+ years of exam prep experience, offering you a thorough review of every NCEES FE Environmental exam topic.
Our professional engineers have real-world experience and will guide you through each step of your exam prep. Utilizing your live instructor, a community of other students, and the bounty of FE Environmental study resources included, this is the best
possible path to pass your exam the first time.
Every PPI Live Online course comes with:
- Instruction from professional engineers. Includes 60+ hours of live lectures and 60+ hours of OnDemand lectures, including lectures on each exam topic, problem-solving demonstrations, exam strategy sessions, and office hours.
- Trusted exam prep materials designed to help you pass. You'll receive reference materials, homework assignments, detailed class notes plus NCEES handbook, as well as access to online quizzes, practice exams, flashcards, and more.
- A passing guarantee. When you take a Live Online course, we guarantee you will pass, or you can take the OnDemand course for free.
About the OnDemand Course
This OnDemand Course Bundle was created to help you study at your own pace, but also choose the course time frame that works best for you. We leverage over 45 years of FE Environmental exam prep experience when designing our OnDemand courses, offering you a thorough review of every NCEES exam topic. Our professional engineers have real-world experience and will guide you through each step of your exam prep. Choose between the 3-month, 6-month, or 1-year options.
Every PPI OnDemand course comes with:
- Instruction from professional engineers. Includes 26+ hours of recorded lectures, problem-solving demonstrations, and exam strategy sessions.
- Trusted exam prep materials designed to help you pass. You'll receive reference materials, detailed class notes, and more.
- PPI’s Learning Hub with practice exams, a Qbank, flashcards, and so much more!
Access Time
Access to your OnDemand Course begins immediately upon purchase. For 3-month, 6-month, and 1-year courses, access ends automatically at the end of your chosen duration. For monthly and weekly courses, access renews monthly or weekly until you cancel the subscription.
Live Online Lecture Demo
Learning Platform Demo
What's Included:
New Videos Available! Watch new, bite-sized video lectures to help understand key concepts for the exam.
Upon registration for your course, you will gain instant access to OnDemand lectures to get your exam prep started.
All presentation slides are downloadable, providing you the opportunity to take notes as you follow along with your instructor.
Proven test-taking and time-management tips from your instructor are provided throughout your course to prepare you for exam-day success.
Michael R. Lindeburg, PE's FE Environmental Practice web book contains problems similar in length and format, references to NCEES FE Reference Handbook, and step-by-step solutions to ensure confidence on exam day.
Purchase Options
Select an Access Period
Recurring Subscription
Study at your own pace with PPI’s OnDemand Prep Course. Not only do OnDemand courses thoroughly cover every topic, but they also provide you with all the NCEES-approved materials you need.
FE Environmental Prep Course Overview:
- Provides focused review of all topics on the NCEES FE Environmental exam
- Includes 26+ hours of lectures, problem solving demonstrations, exam strategy sessions, and office hours
- Gives you everything you need to pass—from reference materials to homework assignments to detailed class note
Benefits Include:
- Watch lectures and problem solving demonstrations on your own schedule
- Stay on track with structured and focused reading and problem assignments
- Download presentation slides for easy note-taking
- Assess your exam readiness with digital resources in the PPI Learning Hub
- Learn tips and tricks for how to use your Casio FX-115 ES Plus Calculator
- Hone your test-taking and time management skills
This course is a monthly renewing subscription that will automatically renew each month until canceled.
Study at your own pace with PPI’s OnDemand Prep Course. Not only do OnDemand courses thoroughly cover every topic, but they also provide you with all the NCEES-approved materials you need.
FE Environmental Prep Course Overview:
- Provides focused review of all topics on the NCEES FE Environmental exam
- Includes 26+ hours of lectures, problem solving demonstrations, exam strategy sessions, and office hours
- Gives you everything you need to pass—from reference materials to homework assignments to detailed class note
Benefits Include:
- Watch lectures and problem solving demonstrations on your own schedule
- Stay on track with structured and focused reading and problem assignments
- Download presentation slides for easy note-taking
- Assess your exam readiness with digital resources in the PPI Learning Hub
- Learn tips and tricks for how to use your Casio FX-115 ES Plus Calculator
- Hone your test-taking and time management skills
This course is a weekly renewing subscription that will automatically renew each week until canceled.
About Learning Hub
The Learning Hub Bundle is perfect for those who need a refresher before the exam. The review materials in this bundle are updated to the current NCEES exam specs, contain thorough coverage of environmental engineering principles, and include numerous practice problems to challenge your knowledge of the concepts. This curated bundle includes the FE Environmental Engineering Review Manual eTextbook, practice problems, and the most realistic practice exams on the market.
PPI Learning Hub is the go-to destination for FE Environmental exam prep. The Learning Hub is more than an eLearning platform—it is a time-tested program that guides examinees through their exam prep from start to finish. Our philosophy has a simple framework: kick-off your studies with a personalized PPI Study Plan, then “Assess, Review, Practice” until you are ready for exam day.
PPI Learning Hub is ideal if you need to review key knowledge areas and would like extensive practice to be part of your exam preparation.
Access Time
Access to Learning Hub begins immediately upon purchase. For 3-month, 6-month, and 1-year Learning Hub products, access ends automatically at the end of your chosen duration. For monthly and weekly Learning Hub products, access renews monthly or weekly until you cancel the subscription.
What's Included:
Michael R. Lindeburg, PE's FE Environmental Practice web book contains problems similar in length and format, references to NCEES FE Reference Handbook, and step-by-step solutions to ensure confidence on exam day.
Purchase Options
Select an Access Period
This 6-month subscription is the ideal choice if your exam date is set and you are interested in structuring your study process. This subscription will help you to review key topics and offers extensive practice.
PPI Learning Hub is the go-to destination for NCEES FE Environmental exam prep. Our philosophy has a simple framework: kick-off your studies with a personalized PPI Study Plan, then “Assess, Review, and Practice” until you are ready for exam day.
- FE Environmental Study Plan acts as a central hub, assigning tasks and connecting directly to digital products, to keep you on track for your exam date.
- Four Diagnostic Exams with exam-like questions that will test your knowledge and assess your skill level.
- FE Review Manual Web Book offers focused review of all exam topics with NCEES FE Reference Handbook call-outs in detailed problem solving examples.
- FE Environmental Practice Web Book contains problems similar in length and format, references to NCEES FE Reference Handbook, and step-by-step solutions to ensure confidence on exam day.
- Quiz Generator lets examinees create custom quizzes with unique problems to master problem-solving skills for each exam topic. Choose from a database of over 1,500 problems, with new problems being added every week.
- 500+ Flashcards help increase your recall of essential principles, equations, laws, and formulas.
Four Full Practice Exams each with 110 multiple-choice problems consistent with NCEES exam format, scope of topics, number of problems, and level of difficulty.
Additional Features:
- Performance reports that let you track your weakness and strengths for each section
- Take your review on-the-go with access anytime, anywhere on your computer, tablet, or phone
This subscription is for 6 months and begins on the date of purchase.
This 3-month subscription is the ideal choice if your exam date is set and you are interested in structuring your study process. This subscription will help you to review key topics and offers extensive practice.
PPI Learning Hub is the go-to destination for NCEES FE Environmental exam prep. Our philosophy has a simple framework: kick-off your studies with a personalized PPI Study Plan, then “Assess, Review, and Practice” until you are ready for exam day.
- FE Environmental Study Plan acts as a central hub, assigning tasks and connecting directly to digital products, to keep you on track for your exam date.
- Four Diagnostic Exams with exam-like questions that will test your knowledge and assess your skill level.
- FE Review Manual Web Book offers focused review of all exam topics with NCEES FE Reference Handbook call-outs in detailed problem solving examples.
- FE Environmental Practice Web Book contains problems similar in length and format, references to NCEES FE Reference Handbook, and step-by-step solutions to ensure confidence on exam day.
- Quiz Generator lets examinees create custom quizzes with unique problems to master problem-solving skills for each exam topic. Choose from a database of over 1,500 problems, with new problems being added every week.
- 500+ Flashcards help increase your recall of essential principles, equations, laws, and formulas.
Four Full Practice Exams each with 110 multiple-choice problems consistent with NCEES exam format, scope of topics, number of problems, and level of difficulty.
Additional Features:
- Performance reports that let you track your weakness and strengths for each section
- Take your review on-the-go with access anytime, anywhere on your computer, tablet, or phone
This subscription is for 3 months and begins on the date of purchase.
Recurring Subscription
This monthly renewing subscription is the ideal choice if you are seeking flexibility or do not know when your exam date is quite yet.
PPI Learning Hub is the go-to destination for NCEES FE Environmental exam prep. Our philosophy has a simple framework: kick-off your studies with a personalized PPI Study Plan, then “Assess, Review, and Practice” until you are ready for exam day.
- FE Environmental Study Plan acts as a central hub, assigning tasks and connecting directly to digital products, to keep you on track for your exam date.
- Four Diagnostic Exams with exam-like questions that will test your knowledge and assess your skill level.
- FE Review Manual Web Book offers focused review of all exam topics with NCEES FE Reference Handbook call-outs in detailed problem solving examples.
- FE Environmental Practice Web Book contains problems similar in length and format, references to NCEES FE Reference Handbook, and step-by-step solutions to ensure confidence on exam day.
- Quiz Generator lets examinees create custom quizzes with unique problems to master problem-solving skills for each exam topic. Choose from a database of over 1,500 problems.
- 500+ Flashcards help increase your recall of essential principles, equations, laws, and formulas.
Four Full Practice Exams each with 110 multiple-choice problems consistent with NCEES exam format, scope of topics, number of problems, and level of difficulty.
Additional Features:
- Performance reports that let you track your weakness and strengths for each section
- Take your review on-the-go with access anytime, anywhere on your computer, tablet, or phone
This subscription is for 1 month and begins on the date of purchase. It will renew each month until canceled.
This weekly renewing subscription is the ideal choice if you are seeking flexibility or do not know when your exam date is quite yet.
PPI Learning Hub is the go-to destination for NCEES FE Environmental exam prep. Our philosophy has a simple framework: kick-off your studies with a personalized PPI Study Plan, then “Assess, Review, and Practice” until you are ready for exam day.
- FE Environmental Study Plan acts as a central hub, assigning tasks and connecting directly to digital products, to keep you on track for your exam date.
- Four Diagnostic Exams with exam-like questions that will test your knowledge and assess your skill level.
- FE Review Manual Web Book offers focused review of all exam topics with NCEES FE Reference Handbook call-outs in detailed problem solving examples.
- FE Environmental Practice Web Book contains problems similar in length and format, references to NCEES FE Reference Handbook, and step-by-step solutions to ensure confidence on exam day.
- Quiz Generator lets examinees create custom quizzes with unique problems to master problem-solving skills for each exam topic. Choose from a database of over 1,500 problems.
- 500+ Flashcards help increase your recall of essential principles, equations, laws, and formulas.
Four Full Practice Exams each with 110 multiple-choice problems consistent with NCEES exam format, scope of topics, number of problems, and level of difficulty.
Additional Features:
- Performance reports that let you track your weakness and strengths for each section
- Take your review on-the-go with access anytime, anywhere on your computer, tablet, or phone
This subscription is for 1 week and begins on the date of purchase. It will renew each week until canceled.
Class Options for the Live Online Course Bundle
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FE Environmental Exam Details
- The FE Environmental exam is typically your first step toward becoming a licensed environmental engineer. It’s a closed-book, computer-based exam and includes 110 questions. The exam appointment time is 6 hours long and includes:
- Nondisclosure agreement (2 minutes)
- Tutorial (8 minutes)
- Exam (5 hours and 20 minutes)
- Optional scheduled break (25 minutes)
- The only resource you will have on exam day is a digital version of the NCEES FE Reference Handbook
- The exam is administered year-round at NCEES-approved Pearson VUE test centers
- The exam fee is $225
- The average pass rate of a first-time taker of the FE Environmental exam is 74% as of July 2024.
Prerequisites and requirements before taking the exam vary by state; please visit the NCEES website for more information.
- Analytic geometry and trigonometry
- Algebraic equations and roots
- Calculus (e.g., differential, integral, differential equations)
- Numerical methods (e.g., numerical integration, approximations, precision limits, error propagation)
- Measures of central tendencies and dispersions (e.g., mean, mode, standard deviation)
- Probability distributions (e.g., discrete, continuous, normal, binomial)
- Estimation for a single mean (e.g., point, confidence intervals)
- Regression (linear, multiple), curve fitting, and goodness of fit (e.g., correlation coefficient, least squares)
- Hypothesis testing (e.g., t-test, outlier testing, analysis of the variance)
- Codes of ethics (e.g., professional and technical societies, ethical and legal considerations)
- Public health, safety, and welfare (e.g., public protection issues, licensing boards, professional liability)
- Compliance with codes, standards, and regulations (e.g., CWA, CAA, RCRA, CERCLA, SDWA, NEPA, OSHA)
- Engineer's role in society (e.g., sustainability, resiliency, long-term viability)
- Time value of money (e.g., equivalence, present worth, equivalent annual worth, future worth, rate of return, annuities)
- Cost types and breakdowns (e.g., fixed, variable, direct and indirect labor, incremental, average, sunk, O&M)
- Economic analyses (e.g., benefit-cost, break-even, minimum cost, overhead, life cycle)
- Project selection (e.g., comparison of projects with unequal lives, lease/buy/make, depreciation, discounted cash flow)
- Population projections and demand calculations (e.g., water, wastewater, solid waste, energy)
- Reactors
- Materials science (e.g., properties, corrosion, compatibility, stress strain)
- Stoichiometry and chemical reactions (e.g., equilibrium, acid-base, oxidation-reduction, precipitation, pC-pH)
- Kinetics (e.g., chemical conversion, growth and decay)
- Organic chemistry (e.g., nomenclature, functional group reactions)
- Multimedia equilibrium partitioning (e.g., Henry’s law, octanol partitioning coefficient)
- Dose-response toxicity (e.g., carcinogen, noncarcinogen)
- Exposure routes and pathways
- Occupational health (e.g., PPE, noise pollution, safety screening)
- Fluid statics (e.g., pressure, force analysis)
- Closed conduits (e.g., Darcy-Weisbach, Hazen-Williams, Moody)
- Open channel (e.g., Manning, supercritical/subcritical, culverts, hydraulic elements)
- Pumps (e.g., power, operating point, parallel, series)
- Flow measurement (e.g., weirs, orifices, flumes)
- Blowers (e.g., power, inlet/outlet pressure, efficiency, operating point, parallel, series)
- Fluid dynamics (e.g., Bernoulli, laminar flow, turbulent flow, continuity equation)
- Steady and unsteady flow
- Thermodynamic laws (e.g., first law, second law)
- Energy, heat, and work (e.g., efficiencies, coefficient of performance, energy cycles, energy conversion, conduction, convection, radiation)
- Behavior of ideal gases
- Runoff calculations (e.g., land use, land cover, time of concentration, duration, intensity, frequency, runoff control, runoff management)
- Water storage sizing (e.g., reservoir, detention and retention basins)
- Routing (e.g., channel, reservoir)
- Water quality and modeling (e.g., erosion, channel stability, stormwater quality management, wetlands, Streeter-Phelps, eutrophication)
- Water budget (e.g., evapotranspiration, precipitation, infiltration, soil moisture, storage)
- Basic hydrogeology (e.g., aquifer properties, soil characteristics, subsurface)
- Groundwater flow (e.g., Darcy's law, specific capacity, velocity, gradient, transport mechanisms)
- Drawdown (e.g., Dupuit, Jacob, Theis, Thiem)
- Remediation of soil, sediment, and/or groundwater (e.g., recovery, ex-situ/in-situ treatment)
- Water and wastewater characteristics (e.g., physical, chemical, biological, nutrients)
- Mass balance and loading rates (e.g., removal efficiencies)
- Physical processes (e.g., sedimentation/clarification, filtration, adsorption, membrane, flocculation, headworks, flow equalization, air stripping, activated carbon)
- Chemical processes (e.g., disinfection, ion exchange, softening, coagulation, precipitation)
- Biological processes (e.g., activated sludge, fixed film, lagoons, phytoremediation, aerobic, anaerobic, anoxic)
- Sludge treatment and handling (e.g., land application, digestion, sludge dewatering, composting)
- Water conservation and reuse
- Ambient and indoor air quality (e.g., criteria, toxic and hazardous air pollutants)
- Mass and energy balances (e.g., STP basis, loading rates, heating values)
- Emissions (e.g., factors, rates)
- Atmospheric modeling and meteorology (e.g., stability classes, dispersion modeling, lapse rates)
- Gas treatment technologies (e.g., biofiltration, scrubbers, adsorbers, incineration, catalytic reducers)
- Particle treatment technologies (e.g., baghouses, cyclones, electrostatic precipitators)
- Indoor air quality modeling and controls (e.g., air exchanges, steady-and nonsteady-state reactor model)
- Mass and energy balances
- Solid waste management (e.g., collection, transportation, storage, composting, recycling, waste to energy)
- Solid waste disposal (e.g., landfills, leachate and gas collection)
- Hazardous waste compatibility
- Site characterization (e.g., sampling, monitoring, remedial investigation)
- Hazardous and radioactive waste treatment and disposal (e.g., physical, chemical, thermal, biological)
- Energy sources concepts (e.g., conventional and alternative)
- Environmental impact of energy sources and production (e.g., greenhouse gas production, carbon footprint, thermal, water needs)
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Meet Our Instructors
Bernard Bahaya, PhD, PE holds a doctorate from the University of Toledo (2019), a master's degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio (2014) and a bachelor's degree from Makerere University, Kampala in Uganda (2012). He works as an Engineering Specialist at STV Inc.
FE Environmental Exam FAQs
- Mathematics
- Probability and Statistics
- Ethics and Professional Practice
- Engineering Economics
- Fundamental Principles
- Environmental Chemistry
- Health Hazards and Risk Assessment
- Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
- Thermodynamics
- Surface Water Resources and Hydrology
- Groundwater, Soils, and Sediments
- Water and Wastewater
- Air Quality and Control
- Solid and Hazardous Waste
- Energy and Environment
For more information on specifications for the exams effective July 1, 2020, please view this PDF.