In fact, there has been a Software Engineering PE exam since 2013. It's not surprising that you don't hear a lot about it because most of the topics on the test

In fact, there has been a Software Engineering PE exam since 2013. It's not surprising that you don't hear a lot about it because most of the topics on the test would make the average CS student groan (requirements, maintenance, software development lifecycle, etc) https://ncees.org/ncees-introduces-pe-exam-for-software-engineering/ https://ncees.org/ncees-introduces-pe-exam-for-software-engi... Exam specs: https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SWE-Apr-2013.pdf https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SWE-Apr-2013.pd...