List of professional associations in the United Kingdom

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 either a chartered or non-chartered professional body is necessary to practice a profession, the EU regulations require that suitably qualified people from other states (without any charter) in the European Union are also allowed to practice in the UK and vice versa.

Chartered

The following professional bodies are incorporated under or with Royal Charter

• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT (BCS)
• British Psychological Society (BPS)
• 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 Building (CIOB)
• Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
• Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH)
• Chartered Institute of Journalists
• Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (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 Marketing (CIM)
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
• Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)
• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
• Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
• Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)
• Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS)
• Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI)
• Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT)
• Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)
• Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)
• Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)
• Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
• Chartered Quality Institute (CQI)
• Chartered Society of Designers (CSD)
• Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)
• City & Guilds of London Institute (C&G)
• College of Optometrists (CoO)
• College of Paramedics (CoP)
• College of Teachers (COT)
• Energy Institute (EI)
• Engineering Council UK (ECUK)
• Faculty of Actuaries
• Faculty of Advocates
• Geological Society of London
• Institute of Actuaries
• Society of Biology (SOB)
• 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 Directors (IOD)
• Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)
• Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM)
• Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST)
• Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM³)
• Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)
• Institute of Physics (IoP)
• Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
• Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
• Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
  formerly the
  • Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) and the
  • Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE)
• Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES)
• Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM)
• Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE)
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
• Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
• Institution of Royal Engineers (InstRE)
• Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)
• Landscape Institute (LI)
• Linnean Society of London (LS)
• Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng)
• Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)
• Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI)
• Royal Asiatic Society (RAS)
• Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)
• Royal College of Anaesthetists
• Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
• Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
• Royal College of Organists (RCO)
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
• Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
• Royal College of Physicians of London
• Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Royal College of Radiologists
• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)
• Royal Economic Society (RES)
• Royal Geographical Society (RGS-IBG)
• Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS)
• Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
• Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN)
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
• Royal Meteorological Society (RMS)
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
• Royal Society for Asian Affairs (RSAA)
• Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH)
• Royal Society of Arts (RSA)
• Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
• Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)
• Royal Society of Medicine (RSM)
• Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA)
• Royal Statistical Society (RSS)
• Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
• Society for the Environment SocEnv
• Society for Radiological Protection (SRP)

Non-chartered

• Archives and Records Association (ARA)
• Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM EUROPE)
• Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena (ASSAP)
• Association of Business Executives (ABE)
• Association of Building Engineers (ABEng)
• Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO)
• Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT)
• Association of International Accountants (AIA)
• Association of Personal Assistants (APA)
• Association of University Administrators (AUA)
• British Association of Social Workers (BASW)
• British Council for Offices (BCO)
• British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW)
• British Horse Society (BHS)
• British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM)
• Cambridge Academy of Management(CAM)
• Corporation of Executives and Administrators (CEA)
• Fine Art Trade Guild
• Freshwater Biological Association (FBA)
• General Teaching Council for England (GTC)
• Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM)
• Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA)
• Institute of Administrative Management (IAM)
• Institute of Business Administration (IBA)
• Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management (ICPEM)
• Institute of Commercial Management (ICM - www.icm.ac.uk)
• Institute of Corrosion (ICorr)
• Institute of Counter Fraud Specialists (ICFS)
• Institute of Economic Development (IED)
• Institute of Field Archaeologists (IFA)
• Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP)
• Institute of Interim Management (IIM)
• Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) - part of City & Guilds
• Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX)
• Institute of Professional Administrators (IPA)
• Institute of Professional Financial Managers (IPFM)
• Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC)
• Institute of Tourist Guiding (ITG)
• Institution of Analysts and Programmers (IAP)
• Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE)
• Institute for Learning (IfL)
• International Compliance Association (ICA)
• International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD)
  formerly the
  • Society of Typographic Designers (STD) and
  • British Typographers' Guild (BTG)
• The Law Society (LS)
• Law Society of Scotland
• Orthodontic Technicians Association (OTA)
• Palaeontological Association (PalAss)
• The Records Management Society (RMS)
• The Security Institute (TSI/SyI)
• Society of Business Practitioners(SBP)
• Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals in Europe (SOCAPiE)
• Society of Indexers(SI)
• UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

See also

• Livery Company
• List of regulators in the United Kingdom

External links

• Full Professional Body list maintained by Professional Association Research Network (PARN) [1]
• List of professional bodies from Higher Education & Research Opportunities in the United Kingdom