List of British professional bodies

British professional bodies

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.

Chartered

The following professional bodies operate under Royal Charter in the Commonwealth

• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• British Computer Society (BCS)
• British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Chartered Institue of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS)
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
• Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB)
• Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
• Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
• Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
• Geological Society of London
• Institute of Biology (IOB)
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
• Institution of Engineers
• Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)
• Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)
• Institute of Physics (IOP)
• Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
• Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
• Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) - (website )
• Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
• Royal College of Physicians of London
• Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
• Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
• Royal Statistical Society
• The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT)
• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)
• The Royal Meteorological Society

Non Chartered

• Institution of British Engineers (IBE) - (website )
• Institute of Field Archaeologists (IFA)
• The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) - (website )

See also

• UK topics, Livery Company

External link

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