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NCEES PE Civil Geotechnical Exam
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Subsurface and Soil-Behavior CoreYou are here
Start with site characterization, soil mechanics, laboratory interpretation, and groundwater fundamentals.
Earth, Water, and Wall Systems
Cover slopes, ground improvement, seepage control, retaining structures, and construction-stage geotechnical safety.
Foundation Design and Testing
Drill shallow and deep foundation bearing, settlement, lateral behavior, installation, and test interpretation.
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Can You Take the PE Geotechnical Exam?
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- •State board approval is required before scheduling.
- •Exam is delivered at Pearson VUE test centers.
- •The live public NCEES Civil page still lists the April 2024 geotechnical specification as current.
PE Geotechnical Quick Facts
Time to Get Licensed
10-16 weeks for many candidates
From start to license in hand
Retake Policy
NCEES permits one attempt per testing window and no more than three attempts within a 12-month period.
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The official pass rate is NCEES Jan 2026 pass rates: first-time 61%, repeat 41% for PE Civil Geotechnical.. Our students do better.
200 Practice Questions
Coverage across all 10 official PE Civil Geotechnical domains.
AI Weak-Spot Review
Identify whether your misses cluster in retaining, seepage, site characterization, or foundations.
Current 2026 Facts
Aligned to the live April 2024 spec and Jan 2026 NCEES pass-rate snapshot.
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What You'll Study
10 chapters covering everything you need to pass
Chapter 1: Site Characterization
4 sections
Chapter 2: Soil Mechanics, Laboratory Testing, and Analysis
5 sections
Chapter 3: Construction Observation, Monitoring, QA/QC, and Safety
4 sections
Chapter 4: Earthquake Engineering and Dynamic Loads
4 sections
Chapter 5: Earth Structures, Ground Improvement, and Pavement
6 sections
Chapter 6: Groundwater and Seepage
4 sections
Chapter 7: Problematic Soil and Rock Conditions
4 sections
Chapter 8: Retaining Structures
6 sections
Chapter 9: Shallow Foundations
4 sections
Chapter 10: Deep Foundations
5 sections
PE Geotechnical Exam Details
NCEES PE Civil Geotechnical Exam
Administered by NCEES
Exam Content Breakdown
Based on the official NCEES content outline
Site data interpretation, boring and sampling plans, in situ testing, classification, and groundwater characterization.
Phase relationships, effective stress, strength, permeability, and interpretation of laboratory geotechnical properties.
Earthwork quality, instrumentation, compaction control, trench safety, and erosion or scour protection.
Seismic site class, liquefaction, pseudostatic analysis, and geotechnical earthquake effects.
Slopes, embankments, dams, levees, landfill systems, ground improvement, geosynthetics, pavements, and utilities.
Dewatering, seepage analysis, uplift and piping risk, drainage systems, and groundwater impacts on nearby structures.
Expansive, collapsible, organic, corrosive, frost-susceptible, karst, and rockfall-related hazards.
Lateral earth pressure, rigid and flexible walls, temporary excavation support, cofferdams, underpinning, and anchors.
Bearing capacity, effective footing area, induced stress distribution, and settlement-governed spread or mat foundation design.
Pile and drilled-shaft axial or lateral behavior, installation methods, group effects, testing, and integrity evaluation.
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What's Next After the PE Geotechnical?
After passing the PE Geotechnical, you can pursue these career paths
PE Civil
Broaden geotechnical depth into the larger civil licensure family and adjacent civil specialties.
PE Structural
Strengthen foundation-structure interaction and retaining-system judgment for structural-heavy geotechnical practice.
ASBOG FG PG Professional Geologist
Add stronger subsurface geology and rock-mass perspective to geotechnical site characterization work.
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