List of engineering societies

An engineering society is a professional organization for engineers of various disciplines. Some are umbrella type organizations which accept many different disciplines, while others are discipline-specific. Many award professional designations, such as European Engineer, Professional Engineer, Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer or similar. There are also many student-run engineering societies, commonly at universities or technical colleges.

Africa

South Africa

• South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE)
• Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)

Americas

Canada

In Canada, the term 'Engineering Society' sometimes refers to organizations of engineering students as opposed to professional societies of engineers. The Canadian Federation of Engineering Students (CFES), whose membership consists of most of the engineering student societies from across Canada (see below), is the national association of undergraduate engineering student societies in Canada.

Canada also has many traditions related to the calling of an engineer. See Engineering traditions in Canada for more information.

The Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) (French: l'Institut Canadien des ingénieurs (ICI)) has the following member societies:^[1]

• Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Canadian Branch of the IMechE)
• Canadian Maritime Section of the Marine Technology Society
• Canadian Nuclear Society
• Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
• Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering

Ontario

• Engineering Society of Queen's University
• University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) Engineering Students' Society

United States

• Alpha Pi Mu
• American Academy of Environmental Engineers
• American Association of Engineering Societies
• American Helicopter Society
• American Indian Council of Architects and Engineers
• American Indian Science and Engineering Society
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• American Nuclear Society
• American Railway Engineering Association
• American Society for Engineering Education
• American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• American Society of Naval Engineers
• American Society of Plumbing Engineers
• American Society of Safety Engineers
• American Society for Nondestructive Testing
• ASM International
• Association for Computing Machinery
• Audio Engineering Society
• Biomedical Engineering Society
• Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society
• Engineering Society of Buffalo
• Eta Kappa Nu
• Institute of Biological Engineering
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Institute of Industrial Engineers
• Institute of Transportation Engineers
• National Society of Black Engineers
• National Society of Professional Engineers
• Order of the Engineer
• Pi Tau Sigma
• Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering^[2]
• Society of American Military Engineers
• Society of Automotive Engineers
• Society of Broadcast Engineers
• Society of Fire Protection Engineers
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
• Society of Petroleum Engineers
• Society of Women Engineers
• Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
• The Tire Society
• American Welding Society

Asia

Azerbaijan

• Caspian Engineers Society

Bangladesh

• Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh

China

• Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering

Hong Kong

• International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
• Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

India

• Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI)
• Computer Society of India (CSI)
• The Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI)
• Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE)
• Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChe)
• Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (IIIE)
• Society of EMC Engineers (India) (SEMCE(I))
• Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
• Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA)

Japan

• Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE)

Philippines

In the Philippines, the Professional Regulation Commission, is a three-man commission attached to the office of the President of the Philippines. Its mandate is to regulate and supervise the practice of the professionals (except Lawyers) who constitute the highly skilled manpower of the country. As the agency-in-charge of the professional sector, the PRC plays a strategic role in developing the corps of professionals for industry, commerce, governance, and the economy.

Associations Accredited by the Professional Regulation Commission

• Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE)
• Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SONAME)

Pakistan

• Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)

Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Council of Engineers

Sri Lanka

• BCS Sri Lanka Section
• Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka
• Institution of Incorporated Engineers, Sri Lanka

Europe

• European Federation of National Engineering Associations
• European Association for Structural Dynamics

Azerbaijan

• Caspian Engineers Society

Germany

• Verein Deutscher Ingenieure

Greece

• Technical Chamber of Greece

Ireland

• Institution of Engineers of Ireland
• Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine

Portugal

• Ordem dos Engenheiros

Russia

• The Russian Union of Engineers (rus: Российский союз Инженеров)^[3]

Turkey

• Chamber of Computer Engineers of Turkey
• Chamber of Electrical Engineers of Turkey
• Union of chambers of Turkish engineers and architects

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, the Engineering Council is the regulatory body for the engineering profession. The Engineering Council was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1981 and controls the award of Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer, Engineering Technician and Information and Communications Technology Technician titles, through licences issued to thirty six recognised Institutions. There are also 19 Professional Affiliate Institutions, not licensed, but with close associations to the Engineering Council.

The Royal Academy of Engineering is the national academy for engineering, analogous to the Royal Society in science and the British Academy in arts and humanities.

• Professional Institutions licensed by the Engineering Council:
  • BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT (formerly British Computer Society)
  • British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing
  • Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
  • Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation
  • Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering
  • Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
  • Energy Institute
  • Institute of Acoustics
  • Institute of Cast Metals Engineers
  • Institute of Highway Engineers
  • Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management
  • Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology
  • Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
  • Institute of Physics
  • Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
  • Institute of Measurement and Control
  • Institution of Agricultural Engineers
  • Institution of Civil Engineers
  • Institution of Chemical Engineers
  • Institution of Diesel and Gas Turbine Engineers
  • Institution of Engineering Designers
  • Institution of Engineering and Technology
  • Institution of Fire Engineers
  • Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers
  • Institution of Mechanical Engineers
  • Institution of Royal Engineers
  • Institution of Railway Signal Engineers
  • Institution of Structural Engineers
  • Nuclear Institute
  • Royal Aeronautical Society
  • Royal Institution of Naval Architects
  • Society of Environmental Engineers
  • Society of Operations Engineers
  • The Welding Institute
• Professional Affiliate bodies of the Engineering Council:
  • Association for Project Management
  • Chartered Association of Building Engineers
  • Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors
  • Chartered Quality Institute
  • Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
  • International Council on Systems Engineering UK Chapter
  • Institute of Nanotechnology
  • NAFEMS (Formerly National Agency for Finite Element Methods and Standards)
• Professional Engineering Bodies not affiliated to the Engineering Council:
  • Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland
  • Women's Engineering Society
  • Institute of the Motor Industry
  • Cleveland Institution of Engineers
  • Society of Professional Engineers UK
• Former bodies merged or defunct:
  • Institution of Electrical Engineers
  • Institution of Incorporated Engineers
  • Institution of Nuclear Engineers
  • Society of Engineers

Ireland

Ireland is home to the second oldest professional engineering body in the British Isle.

• Institution of Engineers of Ireland

Oceania

Australia

• Engineers Australia National body incorporating all engineering disciplines, provides national certification.
• Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia National body incorporating all engineering disciplines, provides advice and support on workplace issues.

New Zealand

• IPENZ - Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand
• NZCS - New Zealand Computer Society
• ENSOC - University of Canterbury Engineering Society

International

• Audio Engineering Society
• International Society of Automation
• International Society for Optical Engineering
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• International Council on Systems Engineering
• National Society of Black Engineers
• Society of Automotive Engineers
• International Geodetic Student Organisation
• International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering
• Society of Professional Engineers UK

See also

• Engineer
• Engineering
• Fields of engineering
• Learned society
• Standards organizations
• Professional association
• The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer

References

1. "Member Societies: The Engineering Institute of Canada". Engineering Institute of Canada. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
2. Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering
3. http://российский-союз-инженеров.рф/ Official web of Russian Union of Engineers