The following is a list of professional bodies in the United Kingdom. Membership of a professional body does not necessarily mean that a person possesses qualifications in the subject area, nor that they are legally able to practice their profession. Many of these bodies also act as learned societies for the academic disciplines underlying their professions.

In cases where membership of or a professional qualification from a chartered professional body is necessary to practice a profession, the EU regulations require that suitably qualified people from other states in the European Union are also allowed to practice in the UK and vice versa.

Chartered

The following professional bodies are incorporated under Royal Charter

• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• British Computer Society (BCS)
• British Psychological Society (BPS)
• City & Guilds of London Institute (C&G)
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
• Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB)
• Chartered Institute of Bankers of Scotland (CIBS)
• Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
• Chartered Institute of Journalists
• Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
• Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)
  formerly the
  • Chartered Institute of Transport (CIT) and the
  • Institute of Logistics and Transport (ITL)
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
• Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)
• Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)
• Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
• Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS)
• Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT)
• Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)
• Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) – (website)
• Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
• Chartered Society of Designers (CSD)
• College of Teachers (COT) website
• Engineering Council UK (ECUK) website
• Faculty of Actuaries
• Geological Society of London
• Institute of Actuaries
• Institute of Biology (IOB)
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW)
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI) (operates in Northern Ireland)
• Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)
• Institute of Chartered Foresters
• Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA)
• Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS)
• Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
• Institute of Directors (IOD)
• Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)
• Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
  formerly the
  • Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) and the
  • Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE)
• Institution of Environmental Science (IEnv)
• Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
• Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
• Institute of Physics (IOP)
• Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) – (website)
• Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) ^*
• Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)
• Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)
• Royal College of Anaesthetists
• Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
• Royal College of Physicians of London
• Royal College of Radiologists
• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Royal Economic Society (RES)
• Royal Geographical Society (RGS-IBG)
• Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS)
• Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
• Royal Meteorological Society
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB)
• Royal Society of Arts (RSA) website
• Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
• Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA)
• Royal Statistical Society (RSS)
• Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)

Non-chartered

• Association of Corporate Treasurers
• Continuity Forum (Business Continuity Management) (website)
• Freshwater Biological Association (FBA) – (website)
• Institution of Analysts and Programmers (IAP) – (website)
• Institute of Business Administration (IBA) – (website)
• Institution of British Engineers (IBE) – (website)
• Institute of Field Archaeologists (IFA)
• The Law Society
• The Micropalaeontological Society (TMS) – (website)
• Palaeontological Association (PalAss) – (website)
• The Institute of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE) – (website)
• Institute of Tourist Guiding (ITG) – (website)
• The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) – (website)
• The Society of Business Practitioners (SBP) website
• The Property Consultants Society (PCS) – (website)

See also

• UK topics
• Livery Company
• Learned societies

External link

• List of professional bodies from Higher Education & Research Opportunities in the United Kingdom

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