Constitution. Section 2.  Basis for Membership

The selection of members shall be based upon Scholarship, Character, Practicability, and Sociability - the four primary requirements of a successful engineer.

Constitution. Section 3.  Chapter Membership.

Membership shall be chosen from among students duly registered in civil engineering, and students registered in directly associated civil engineering options, whose curricula have been approved by the Supreme Council.  Membership shall be chosen from among students who have completed at least one-half of the work required for their bachelor's degree, or its equivalent.

Bylaw. Section 2.

To become a member of Chi Epsilon a candidate must participate in a formal initiation ceremony.  The three grades of membership are Member, Chapter Honor Member, and National Honor Member.  No one shall be eligible for national honor member who has not been previously initiated as a member or chapter member.

Bylaw. Section 3.  Member Eligibility

(a) Undergraduate Students.  To be eligible for membership, an undergraduate must rank scholastically in the upper one-third of his or her class in a curriculum leading to a baccalaureate degree in civil engineering or in a closely related curriculum which is approved by the Supreme Council.  This requirement is normally to be considered the SOLE scholastic criterion for membership , and it is NOT the prerogative of the individual chapter to lower this criterion in any manner.  The candidate must also satisfy the additional requirements specified in the Constitution, Article III, Section 2 and 3.

(Excerpts from the Constitution and Bylaws of Chi Epsilon)