The following is a list of professional bodies A professional association is a non-profit organization seeking to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals engaged in that profession, and the public interest in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland[note 7] is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land. 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 A learned society is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline or group of disciplines. Membership may be open to all, may require possession of some qualification, or may be an honor conferred by election, as is the case with the oldest learned societies, such as the Polish Sodalitas Litterarum Vistulana , the Italian 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 There are two main European legal instruments covering the mutual recognition of professional qualifications: Directive 89/48/EEC and Directive 92/51/EEC require that suitably qualified people from other states in the European Union The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 member states which are located primarily in Europe. Committed to regional integration, the EU was established by the Treaty of Maastricht in 1993 upon the foundations of the European Communities. With over 500 million citizens, the EU combined generated an estimated 28% share (US$ 16.5 are also allowed to practice in the UK and vice versa.
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The following professional bodies are incorporated under Royal Charter In medieval Europe, royal charters were used to create cities . The date that such a charter was granted is considered to be when a city was "founded", regardless of when the locality originally began to be settled
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants is a British accountancy body which offers the Chartered Certified Accountant (Designatory letters ACCA or FCCA) qualification worldwide. It is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing accountancy bodies with 131,500 members and 362,000 affiliates and students in 170 countries (as at (ACCA)
- British Computer Society BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT is a professional body and a learned society that represents those working in Information Technology. Established in 1957, it is the largest United Kingdom-based professional body for computing, which was formerly known as the British Computer Society (BCS)
- British Paramedic Association (BPA)
- British Psychological Society The British Psychological Society is the representative body for psychologists and psychology in the United Kingdom. The BPS is a charity and, along with advantages, this also imposes certain constraints on what the society can and cannot do. For example, it cannot campaign on issues which are seen as political (BPS)
- City & Guilds of London Institute (C&G)
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
- Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT)
- Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB)
- Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland (CIOBS)
- Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
- Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH)
- Chartered Institute of Journalists
- Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is a professional body representing librarians and other information professionals in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 2002 by the merger of the Library Association (abbreviated to LA or sometimes LAUK) – founded in 1877 as a result of the first International Conference of (CILIP)
- Chartered Institute of Linguists (IoL)
- Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) formerly the Chartered Institute of Transport (CIT)
- Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA)
- Chartered Institute of Management Accountants The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants is a United Kingdom-based professional body offering training and qualification in management accountancy and related subjects, focused on accounting for business; together with ongoing support for members (CIMA)
- Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)
- Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development is a professional body for those involved in the management and development of people. It is located in Wimbledon, London, England. The organisation has over 133,000 members, and achieved chartered status in 2000. The institute holds an annual conference for HR practitioners (CIPD)
- Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy CIPFA has 14,000 members who work throughout the public services, in national audit agencies, in major accountancy firms, and in other bodies where public money needs to be managed. CIPFA is the only UK professional accountancy body to specialise in public services. The qualifications include the benchmark professional qualification for public (CIPFA)
- Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)
- Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS)
- Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT)
- Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management is an independent professional body and a registered charity, advancing the science and practice of water and environmental management for a clean, green and sustainable world (CIWEM)
- Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)
- Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
- Chartered Quality Institute (CQI)
- Chartered Society of Designers (CSD)
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)
- College of Teachers (COT)
- Energy Institute (EI)
- Engineering Council UK (ECUK)
- Faculty of Actuaries
- Faculty of Advocates The Faculty of Advocates is an independent body of lawyers who have been admitted to practise as advocates before the courts of Scotland, especially the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary. The Faculty of Advocates is a constituent part of the College of Justice and is based in Edinburgh
- Geological Society of London
- Institute of Actuaries
- Institute of Biology The Institute of Biology was a professional body for biologists, primarily those working in the United Kingdom. The Institute was founded in 1950 by the Biological Council: the then umbrella body for Britain's many learned biological societies. It received a Royal Charter in 1979 and it held charitable status. The headquarters of the Institute was (IOB)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales was established by a Royal Charter in 1880. It has over 130,000 members. Over 15,000 of these members live and work outside the UK. The Institute also has some 9,000 students (ICAEW)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland Chartered Accountants Ireland Formally ICAI is a professional accountancy body in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (ICAI) (operates in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west. At the time of the 2001 UK Census, its population was 1,685,000, constituting about 30% of the island's total population and about 3% of the population of)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland is the Scottish professional accountancy body for chartered accountants and auditors. It has over 17,000 members. Over 3,000 of these members live and work outside the UK. The Institute also has some 3,000 students. It is predominatly based in Edinburgh with further offices in Glasgow and London (ICAS)
- Institute of Chartered Foresters
- Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators The organisation was founded in 1891 and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1902. The initial object of the Institute of Secretaries was the development of the profession of company secretary and the creation of high standards in the Profession. Membership was limited to those successful in the examinations and those who demonstrated the standard of (ICSA)
- Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS)
- Institution of Chemical Engineers The Institution of Chemical Engineers is an international professional engineering institution with members in over 113 countries worldwide, founded in 1922, and awarded a Royal Charter in 1957. It is licensed by the Engineering Council UK to assess candidates for inclusion on ECUK's Register of professional Engineers, giving the status of (IChemE)
- Institution of Civil Engineers Founded on 2 January 1818, the Institution of Civil Engineers is an independent professional association, based in central London, representing civil engineers. Like its early membership, the majority of its current members are British engineers, but it also has members in more than 150 countries around the world. In 2008, its total membership (ICE)
- Institute of Directors (IOD)
- Institution of Engineering and Technology The Institution of Engineering and Technology is a British professional body for those working in engineering and technology in the United Kingdom and worldwide. It was formed from two separate institutions: the Institution of Electrical Engineers, dating back to 1871, and the Institution of Incorporated Engineers dating back to 1884. Worldwide (IET)
formerly the
- Institution of Electrical Engineers The Institution of Electrical Engineers or IEE was a British professional organisation for electronics, electrical, manufacturing and IT professionals. In 2006 it merged with the IIE to form the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). The IEE was founded in 1871 as the Society of Telegraph Engineers and was Incorporated by Royal Charter (IEE) and the
- Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE)
- Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES)
- Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM³)
- 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 The Institution of Structural Engineers is the world's leading professional body for structural engineering based in the United Kingdom. It has 23,600 members in 105 countries.. The Institution is a learned body and provider of professional accreditation for structural engineers. The Institution publishes a monthly journal, 'The Structural (IStructE)
- Landscape Institute (LI)
- Linnean Society of London The Linnean Society of London is the world's premier society for the study and dissemination of taxonomy and natural history. It publishes a Zoological Journal, as well as Botanical and Biological Journals. It also issues The Linnean, a review of the history of the society and of taxonomy in general (LS)
- Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Academy of Engineering is a British learned society concerned with engineering (RAEng)
- Royal Aeronautical Society The objectives of The Royal Aeronautical Society include; to support and maintain the highest professional standards in all aerospace disciplines; to provide a unique source of specialist information and a local forum for the exchange of ideas; and to exert influence in the interests of aerospace in both the public and industrial arenas (RAeS)
- Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI)
- Royal Asiatic Society The Society was founded in London in 1823, and received its Royal Charter from George IV the following year. The RAS was established by a group primarily composed of notable scholars and colonial administrators. It was intended to be the British counterpart to the Asiatic Society of Calcutta, which had been founded in 1784, by the noted Sanskrit (RAS)
- Royal Astronomical Society The Royal Astronomical Society is a learned society that began as the Astronomical Society of London in 1820 to support astronomical research (mainly carried on at the time by 'gentleman astronomers' rather than professionals). It became the Royal Astronomical Society in 1831 on receiving its Royal Charter from William IV. A Supplemental Charter (RAS)
- Royal College of Anaesthetists
- Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
- Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
- Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
- Royal College of Physicians of London The Royal College of Physicians of London was the first medical institution in England to receive a Royal Charter. It was founded in 1518 and is one of the most active of all medical professional organisations. Since the College's creation as the College of Physicians by royal charter of King Henry VIII in 1518, it has engaged in a wide range of
- Royal College of Psychiatrists The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the main professional organisation of psychiatrists in the United Kingdom, but now not the Republic of Ireland, responsible for representing psychiatrists, psychiatric research and providing high quality public information about mental health problems. The college provides advice to PMETB and Deanaries who are
- Royal College of Radiologists
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh In 2004 the College embarked upon the first of two commercial ventures, with the opening of the Surgeons' Hall conference venue, following this up in November 2006 with the launch of Ten Hill Place Hotel, an innovative hotel whereby income generated assists in providing surgical skills and health provision to those areas of the world that need it
- Royal Economic Society (RES)
- Royal Geographical Society The Royal Geographical Society is a British learned society founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences under the name Geographical Society of London. It later absorbed the older African Association, which had been founded by Sir Joseph Banks in 1788, as well as the Raleigh Club and the Palestine Association (RGS-IBG)
- Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS)
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is an independent, representative professional body which regulates property professionals and surveyors in the United Kingdom and other sovereign nations (RICS)
- Royal Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects is a professional body for architects in the United Kingdom (RIBA)
- Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN)
- Royal Meteorological Society (RMS)
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain is the statutory regulatory and professional body for pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians in England, Scotland and Wales. Its headquarters are at 1 Lambeth High Street, in the London Borough of Lambeth, there are also offices in Cardiff and Edinburgh (RPSGB)
- Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH)
- Royal Society of Arts The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. The name Royal Society of Arts is frequently used for brevity (and on the building's frieze The Royal Society of Arts - see photo). It was founded in 1754 and was granted a Royal Charter in 1847. Notable members (RSA)
- Royal Society for Asian Affairs (RSAA)
- Royal Society of Chemistry The Royal Society of Chemistry is a learned society (professional association) in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences." It was formed in 1980 from the merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Faraday Society and the Society for Analytical Chemistry with a new Royal Charter and (RSC)
- Royal Society of Medicine The Royal Society of Medicine was founded on 22 May 1805 when leading members of the Medical Society of London split from the society to form a new society that would bring together branches of the medical profession "for the purpose of conversation on professional subjects, for the reception of communications and for the formation of a (RSM)
- Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA)
- Royal Statistical Society The Royal Statistical Society is a learned society for statistics and a professional body for statisticians in the UK. It was founded in 1834 as the Statistical Society of London (LSS), though a perhaps unrelated London Statistical Society was in existence at least as early as 1824. At that time there were many provincial statistics societies (RSS)
- Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
- Society for the Environment SocEnv
- The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)
Non-chartered
- Association of Business Executives (ABE)
- Association of International Accountants The Association of International Accountants was founded in the UK in 1928 as a professional accountancy body and from conception has promoted the concept of ‘international accounting’ to create a global network of accountants in over 85 countries worldwide (AIA)
- Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT)
- Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS)
- Association of Personal Assistants (APA)
- Association of Public Analysts (APA)
- British Guild of Travel Writers As well as journalists and writers its membership includes editors, photographers and broadcasters. The Guild was founded in 1960 (BGTW)
- British Horse Society (BHS)
- Continuity Forum (Business Continuity Management)
- Cambridge Academy of Management(CAM)
- Faculty of the History and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy (Faculty HP) [1]
- Fine Art Trade Guild
- Freshwater Biological Association The Freshwater Biological Association, often shortened to the FBA, is a British charitable organisation founded in 1929. Its stated aims are "to promote freshwater biology through scientific meetings, publications, research and authoritative advice." (FBA)
- Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM)
- Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA)
- Institute of Administrative Management (IAM)
- Institute of Business Administration (IBA)
- Institute of Continuing Professional Development (InstCPD)
- Institute of Exterior Cleaning (IEC)
- Institute of Field Archaeologists (IFA)
- Institute of Hospitality [2]
- Institute of Internal Auditors, UK and Ireland (IIA UK)
- Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) - part of City & Guilds) formerly the
- Institute of Supervision and Management (ISM)
- National Examining Board for Supervisory Management (NEBSM - part of City & Guilds)
- Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX)
- Institute of Professional Window Cleaners (IPWC)
- Institute of Tourist Guiding (ITG)
- Institute of Professional Financial Managers (IPFM)
- Institute of Sport and Recreation Management (ISRM)
- Institute of Management Specialists (IMS)
- Institute of Transport Administration (IoTA)
- Institution of Analysts and Programmers (IAP)
- Institution of British Engineers (IBE)
- The Oxford Association of Management (OXIM)
- Northwest Photonics Association (NWPA)
- Orthodontic Technicians Association The Orthodontic Technicians Association is the professional body to which the majority of orthodontic technicians in the United Kingdom belong to. While the OTA is based in the UK it is by no means just a British professional body – many of its 320 Fellows, Licentiates, Members, Associate Members and Honorary Members live and practice overseas (OTA)
- Palaeontological Association (PalAss)
- Professional Managers Association(PMA)
- Society of Indexers(SI)
- The Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE)
- The Law Society (LS)
- The Society of Sales and Marketing (SSM)[3]
- Law Society of Scotland The Law Society of Scotland is the professional governing body for Scottish solicitors, based in Edinburgh. It was established by the Legal Aid & Solicitors Act 1949. The main aims of the Society are set out in the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980. The Society promotes the interests of the Solicitors profession in Scotland and the interests of
- The Micropalaeontological Society (TMS)
- The Nautical Institute (NI)
- The Property Consultants Society (PCS)
- The Records Management Society (RMS)
- The Operational Research Society (ORS)
- The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
- The Society of Business Practitioners (SBP)
- The Society of Engineers (SoE) (Merged with IIE 2005)
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