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Engineering Council refreshes brand to unite and lead the UK engineering profession through standards

Published: 27/04/2026

Engineering Council logoThe Engineering Council is introducing a refreshed brand identity, reaffirming its role as the UK’s regulatory body for the engineering profession. The new identity supports our ambition to bring greater cohesion across the engineering community and strengthen our leadership role in supporting a unified, high‑standards profession, “the promise of responsible engineering made real”

The distinctive new branding expresses our regulatory role with greater clarity and purpose, supporting delivery of our 2030 Strategy and enabling reform across the wider regulatory landscape.  It supports stronger brand recognition and a refreshed tone of voice allows clearer communication with engineering professionals, institutions and the public, strengthening the importance of commitment to engineering professional standards both nationally and internationally.

Launched at a time of rapid change across the sector, with increasing public expectations around safety, sustainability and ethical practice, the new identity conveys a more confident articulation of our role as the regulatory body and of the work we are doing in partnership with professional engineering institutions, engineers and employers to set, uphold and advance standards across the breadth of the engineering profession. It reinforces our role in setting and raising standards, and in supporting a trusted, collaborative engineering community with both competence and a commitment to ethical practice and professionalism.

Engineering Council CEO, Paul Bailey, said: “This refreshed brand marks a significant step forward for the Engineering Council as a more visible and connected organisation, focused on uniting the engineering community through clear and consistent standards. While our visual identity has evolved, our purpose remains unchanged: to support professional excellence and safeguard the public through robust, industry-relevant competence and commitment-led standards.

“As the sector faces new challenges and opportunities, our role in building confidence and clarity has never been more important.”

The Engineering Council will continue to work in partnership with the engineering community, supporting shared standards to help ensure engineering remains a trusted and respected profession.