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{{Short description|Engineers Day all over the world}}
{{Refimprove|date=July 2021}}
'''Engineer's Day''' is observed in several countries on various dates of the year.

== Country-wise list ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Country !! Date !! Notes
|- id="A"
| [[Argentina]] || June 16<ref name="wfeo.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.wfeo.org/engineersdays/|title=Engineer's days around the world - WFEO|website=Wfeo.org|access-date=2016-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809114538/http://www.wfeo.org/engineersdays/|archive-date=2017-08-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> ||On June 16, 1855, the first Civil Engineering degree in the country was offered and made available at the [[University of Buenos Aires]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 June 2021 |title=Día del Ingeniero: ¿por qué se celebra hoy 16 de junio? |trans-title=Engineer's Day: why is it celebrated today, June 16? |work=[[Ámbito Financiero]] |url=https://www.ambito.com/informacion-general/ingeniero/dia-del-por-que-se-celebra-hoy-16-junio-n5110151 |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011004537/https://www.ambito.com/informacion-general/ingeniero/dia-del-por-que-se-celebra-hoy-16-junio-n5110151 |archive-date=11 October 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Australia]] || Week of 4 to 10 August in 2014 ||
|- id="B"
| [[Bangladesh]] || May 7<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iebbd.org/|title=IEB : The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh|website=Iebbd.org}}</ref> ||[[Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh]] was established on this day in 1948.
|-
| [[Bahrain]] || July 1<ref name="wfeo.org" />||
|-
| [[Belgium]] || March 20<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dagvandeingenieur.be/ |title=Dag van de Ingenieur 2013 - an initiative of usg innotiv - Home |access-date=2013-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822164341/http://www.dagvandeingenieur.be/ |archive-date=2013-08-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ||
|-
| [[Bolivia]] || October 16||
|-
| [[Brazil]] || 11 December 1933
|Day that the Law 23.659 regulated the Engineer, Architect and Surveyor professions.
|-
| [[Bulgaria]] || Week of 17 to 23 February in 2014
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|- id="C"
| [[Canada]] || September 15
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| [[Chile]] || May 14<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ingenieros.cl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=345&Itemid=251 |title=Colegio de Ingenieros de Chile A.G. |access-date=2012-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105193529/http://www.ingenieros.cl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=345&Itemid=251 |archive-date=2010-01-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Colombia]] || May 29<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-08-17|title=Controversia sobre el día del ingeniero en Colombia|url=https://sci.org.co/controversia-sobre-el-dia-del-ingeniero-en-colombia/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-11|website=|language=es}}</ref>
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| [[Costa Rica]] || July 20<ref name="wfeo.org" /> || Corresponds to the date of Panamerican engineer's day
|- id="D"
| [[Croatia]] || March 2
|Engineer's Day is celebrated on 2 March as a tribute to the date in 1878 on which first association of engineers was established in Zagreb.
|-
| [[Dominican Republic]] || August 14 in 2014
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|- id="E"
| [[Ecuador]] || June 29
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|- id="E"
| [[El Salvador]] || July 20
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| [[Egypt]] || September, date variable<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eed.eg/|title=Egyptian Engineering Day 2017|website=eed.eg}}</ref>
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|- id="F"
| [[France]] || March 4<ref>{{Cite web |title=Journées Nationales de l'Ingénieur |url=http://jni.iesf.fr |url-status=live |website=Journées Nationales de l'Ingénieur}}</ref>
|As a tribute to the creation of the "Société Civile des Ingénieurs" in 1848 (now named IESF), and the creation of WFEO in 1968 (IESF is a founding member). Since 2020, March 4 has been registered as "World Engineering Day for a Sustainable World" by UNESCO with the support of IESF and WFEO.
|-
| [[Guatemala]] || January 30<ref name="guatemala.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.guatemala.com/noticias/cultura/que-dia-se-celebra-cada-profesion-en-guatemala.html|title=Qué día se celebra cada profesión en Guatemala - Guatemala|website=www.guatemala.com|date=14 July 2021}}</ref>
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| [[Greece]]
|March 10
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|- id="H"
| [[Honduras]] || July 16<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cuandopasa.com/index.php?v=v31787i|title=Día del Ingeniero Civil en Honduras 2013|website=Cuandopasa.com}}</ref><ref name="wfeo.org" />
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|- id="I"
| [[Iceland]] || April 10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vfi.is|title=Verkfræðingafélag Íslands|website=Verkfræðingafélag Íslands}}</ref>
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| [[India]] || September 15|| It is celebrated as tribute to the Indian engineer and Bharat Ratna [[M._Visvesvaraya|Sir Mokshagundam Viswesvaraya]] (popularly known as Sir MV).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-09-15|title=National Engineers Day 2020: History, Significance, Quotes, Activities|url=https://news.jagatgururampalji.org/national-engineers-day-2020/|access-date=2020-09-19|website=S A NEWS|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| [[Iran]] || Week of 19 to 25 February (24 February every year) || This day is celebrated to respect [[Nasir al-Din al-Tusi]], Iranian scientist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://calendar.ut.ac.ir|title=مرکز تقويم موسسه ژئوفيزيک دانشگاه تهران|website=calendar.ut.ac.ir}}</ref>
|-
| [[Ireland]] || 9 to 15 February in 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engineersireland.ie/Communications/Press-Archive/Engineers-Ireland-calls-on-industry-to-get-involve.aspx|title=Engineers Ireland - Engineers Ireland calls on industry to get involved in Engineers Week 2014|website=Engineersireland.ie|access-date=2014-02-28|archive-date=2017-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115173132/https://www.engineersireland.ie/Communications/Press-Archive/Engineers-Ireland-calls-on-industry-to-get-involve.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|[[Israel]]
|January 22
|יום המהנדס/ת הישראלי/ת - Israel Engineer's Day
|-
| [[Italy]] || June 15
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|- id="K"
| [[Korea]] || March 30 in 2014
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|- id="L"
| [[Luxembourg]] || February 8 in 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ali.lu/journeedelingenieur|title=ali.lu|website=Ali.lu}}</ref>
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|- id="M"
| [[Malaysia]] || Movable. Engineer's Week in 2017 20-26 August<ref name="wfeo.org" />
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| [[Mauritius]] || September 13<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iemauritius.com/news.php?readmore=48 |title=Institution of Engineers Mauritius |access-date=2014-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718212534/http://www.iemauritius.com/news.php?readmore=48 |archive-date=2013-07-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Mexico]] || July 1<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cicm.org.mx/institu.php |title=Colegio de Ingenieros Civiles de México |access-date=2011-07-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630180310/http://www.cicm.org.mx/institu.php |archive-date=2011-06-30 }}</ref><ref name="wfeo.org" />
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|- id="N"
| [[Nepal]] || Shrawan 3, ([[Vikram Samvat]] calendar) || Nepali students and groups affiliated with NOSK<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nosk.org.np/ |title=Nepal Open Source Klub |access-date=2018-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015192750/http://nosk.org.np/ |archive-date=2017-10-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> celebrate Engineer's Day on [[Software Freedom Day]].
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| [[Netherlands]] || Third Wednesday of March (e.g. 19 March 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dagvandeingenieur.nl/|title=Dag van de Ingenieur - KIVI|website=Dagvandeingenieur.nl}}</ref>
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|- id="P"
| [[Pakistan]] || 10 January in 2014 || When Pakistan Engineering Council came into being for the regulation of engineering profession and education in Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pec.org.pk/pechistory.aspx |title=Brief History-PEC |access-date=2012-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822074735/http://www.pec.org.pk/pechistory.aspx |archive-date=2013-08-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Only celebrated in 2014.<ref name="wfeo.org" />
|-
| [[Paraguay]] || July 23
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| [[Panama]] || January 26<ref name="wfeo.org" />
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| [[Peru]] || June 8
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| [[Poland]] || August 14 in 2014
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| [[Portugal]] || November 23 in 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ordemengenheiros.pt/pt/atualidade/noticias/dia-nacional-do-engenheiro-2013-1/|title=Ordem dos Engenheiros|website=Ordemengenheiros.pt}}</ref>
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| [[Puerto Rico]] || 13 to 19 May in 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aldia.microjuris.com/2013/04/28/el-colegio-de-ingenieros-y-agrimensores-de-puerto-rico-celebra-sus-75-anos/|title=El Colegio de Ingenieros y Agrimensores de Puerto Rico celebra sus 75 años|date=28 April 2013|website=Aldia-microjuris.com}}</ref> || Engineer's & Geometer's Week
|- id="R"
| [[Romania|Romania, South Africa]] || September 14<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocument/23054|title=HG 525 22/06/2000|year=2000|website=just.ro|publisher=Guvernul României|language=ro}}</ref>
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| [[Russia]] || December 22 || Power Engineer's Day
|- id="S"
| [[Singapore]] || 23 to 24 July 2016<ref name="wfeo.org" /> || Organised by the Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES)
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| [[Slovakia]] || March 16 in 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prezident.sk/?engineers-day-engineers-yesterday-today-and-tomorrow|title=Prezident Slovenskej republiky|website=Prezident Slovenskej republiky}}</ref>
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| [[Spain]] || March 19
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| [[Sri Lanka]] || September 15 ||
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| [[Switzerland]] || March 4<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.journeedesingenieurs.ch/|title=Tag der Ingenieure |website= journeedesingenieurs.ch}}</ref> || Engineer's Day was launched on March 15, 2018, by Daniel Löhr (civil engineer FH / STV) and Christian Vils (electrical engineer FH / STV). The day of the engineers becomes a nationwide event every year in Switzerland. On this day, the company should pay tribute to the achievements of the engineers, who enable us to lead a carefree life.<ref>[http://www.tagderingenieure.ch Tag der Ingenieure - 04.03.]</ref>
|- id="T"
| [[Taiwan]] || June 6<ref name="wfeo.org" />
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| [[Tanzania]] || 15 September||
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| [[Tunisia]] || October 26 in 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pros-event.com/?event=journee-nationale-de-lingenieur|title=Pros-event.com|website=Pros-event.com|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref>
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| [[Turkey]] || September 19<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tmo.org.tr/haberler/1/odadan-haberler/3353/5-aralik-dunya-muhendisler-gunu-seklinde-ozel-bir-gun-yoktur |title = TMMOB Açıklaması |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206060707/https://www.tmo.org.tr/haberler/1/odadan-haberler/3353/5-aralik-dunya-muhendisler-gunu-seklinde-ozel-bir-gun-yoktur |archive-date=2021-12-06}}</ref>
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|- id="U"
| [[United Kingdom]] || Week of 14 to 23 March in 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/national-science-engineering-week|title=British Science Week|website=Britishscienceassociation.org}}</ref> ||
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| [[United States of America]] || [[National Engineers Week (U.S.)|Week of February 22]] || Always the week in February that encompasses George Washington's birthday
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| [[Uruguay]] || October 12<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aiu.org.uy/institucional/dia-del-ingeniero-69?es |title=Día del Ingeniero |access-date=2012-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404194251/http://www.aiu.org.uy/institucional/dia-del-ingeniero-69?es |archive-date=2016-04-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ||
|- id="V"
| [[Venezuela]] || October 28 || In commemoration of the installment of the Engineers College on October 28, 1861
|}

== See also==
*[[UNESCO World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/when-and-why-do-we-celebrate-engineers-day/articleshow/847952.cms|url-status=live|title=When and why do we celebrate Engineer's Day?|newspaper=[[Times of India]]|access-date=26 February 2021}}
*{{cite web|url=http://calendar.ut.ac.ir|title=مرکز تقويم موسسه ژئوفيزيک دانشگاه تهران|website=Calendar.ut.ac.ir|access-date=16 July 2018}}

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