[2][3][4] Up to 60 engineers are elected each year by their peers.
Honorary and International Fellows are those who have made exceptional contributions to engineering.
[5] The criteria for election are stated in the charter, statutes, and regulations document.
[6] The essential attributes of excellence in engineering include: Fellows are entitled to use the post-nominal letters FREng; prior to the royal charter in 1983, FEng was used.
See Category:Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering for examples of fellows [7][8][9] and Category:Honorary Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering for examples of honorary fellows, who use the post-nominal HonFREng.