EMCI, or Engineering Management Certification International, is a certification program that both facilitates and maintains competence in engineering management among qualified engineers, scientists and technologists. Spearheaded by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME™) in cooperation with the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE™), the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE™), the American Institute of Mining, Materials, and Petroleum Engineering (AIME™), the American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM™), the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME™), and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE™), EMCI develops and maintains a "Body of Knowledge" (EMC-BOK™) for certification in global standards and best practices for engineering managers. The EMC-BOK and the EMCF™ and EMCP™ exams are now the standard by which to evaluate engineers’ knowledge and skills in managing activities and allocation of resources in an engineering, science, and/or technologically driven business environment.

Who is EMCI?

EMCI is managed by a dedicated team of administrative professionals housed at the headquarters of ASME in New York and is supported by three committees of volunteers from both academia and industry.  The Admission and Review Committee provides guidance on evaluation of international academic credentials and professional designations.  The Body of Knowledge (BOK) Committee is charged with reviewing and maintaining the content of the Engineering Management Certification Body of Knowledge (EMC-BOK) for both currency and relevance.  The Examination Committee, using the EMC-BOK as a primary source of content, meets twice annually to review examination data and questions for fairness, appropriate level of difficulty, and multidisciplinary application.  Dialogue between the BOK and Examination Committees is carefully coordinated by EMCI administration in New York in order to maintain each committee's independence while leveraging the interdependence of their respective activities.

How is EMCI™ certification different from PMI™ certification?

For PMI-certified engineers, scientists, and technologists, EMCI certification serves as a complement to the important skill sets PMI certification validates.  While engineering management and project management  often intertwine in many professional situations, there are important differences between these fields worth highlighting:

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT		PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Encompasses product/service development, systems development, and project management.		Is a subset of engineering management.
Focuses on the management of business operations, technology development/deployment, market research, marketing/sales, and human resources, altogether interconnected through relationship-building.		Deals with these business activities on a project basis, which may deal with segments of these activities together or separately.
Lends itself to dealing with problems that have both prescribed and unspecified boundaries.		Tends to deal with problems that have prescribed, specific boundaries.
Provides a framework for managing activities that are ongoing.		Generally deals with finite points that require time constraints.
Allows for handling "unanticipated" problems or changes within a broad management- and practice-based framework		Can be restrictive and limited when "anticipated" problems become "unanticipated".
Employs a flexible, multidisciplinary approach to problem-solving in management across engineering disciplines.		Is not necessarily designed to integrate engineering disciplines unless it is a specific piece of a project.
Involves mastery of knowledge areas that provide a more complete picture for an engineering manager in various engineering and management situations.		Emphasizes a process framework around engineering management knowledge areas that is specific to a project.

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