European Expertise & Expert Institute

One of these was the "Koninklijke Vlaamse Ingenieursvereniging" (abbreviated KVIV), founded in 1928, which brought together Belgian, Dutch-speaking engineers with a degree of "civil engineer" or "engineer-architect" or "bio-(or agronomist) engineer". Holders of such a title, a title recognized and protected by law, followed a 5-year university curriculum at one of the Belgian universities (Dutch-speaking, but not exclusive) with an engineering or agronomy faculty (this concerns the following universities: Ghent University, Catholic University of Leuven, Free University of Brussels and also the Royal Military College - Polytechnic section). There is a multitude of specializations and disciplines in the training of civil engineers: civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrotechnical engineering, metallurgical engineering, chemical engineering, nuclear engineering, geotechnical engineering, computer engineering, etc. Some universities also award the title of "civil engineer physicist", "mining engineer" or "naval construction engineer". As for bioengineers, they can specialize in agri-food engineering, biochemical engineering, genetical engineering, etc. All of them can all put the abbreviation "ir. before their name.