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 or to hold a certain title, the European Professional Qualification Directives require that suitably qualified people from other states (without any charter) in the European Union are also allowed to practice or hold a title in the UK and vice versa.

Chartered

The following professional bodies are incorporated under or with Royal Charter:

A–B

• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT)
• British Computer Society (BCS)
• British Council (BC)
• British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM)
• British Psychological Society (BPS)
• British Standards Institution (BSI)

C–D

• Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE)
• Chartered Association of Business Schools
• Chartered Attitude and Behaviour (CAB)
• Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIFA)
• Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI)
• 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 Credit Management (CICM)
• Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM)
• Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
• Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH)
• Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
• Chartered Institute of Journalists
• Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX), formerly the Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX)
• Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
• Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL)
• 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 (CIMA)
• Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)
• Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)
• Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP)
• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
• Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS)
• Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
• Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)
• Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT)
• Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)
• Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES)
• Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM)
• 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 Occupational Therapists (COT)
• College of Optometrists (CoO)
• College of Paramedics (CoP)
• College of Teachers (COT)

E–H

• Energy Institute (EI)
• Engineering Council UK (ECUK)
• Faculty of Actuaries
• Faculty of Advocates
• Geological Society of London

I–J

• Institute of Actuaries
• Institute of Administrative Management (IAM)
• Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS)
• Institute of Bloggers (IoB)
• Institute of Business Development (IoBD)
• 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 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (ICRS)
• Institute of Directors (IoD)
• Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)
• 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:
  • Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)
  • Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE)
• Institution of Engineering Designers (IED)
• Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES)
• Institute of Explosive Engineers (IExpE)
• Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE)
• Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM)
• Institution of Hospitality (IH)
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
• Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
• Institution of Royal Engineers (InstRE)
• Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)

K–P

• Landscape Institute (LI)
• Law Society, The (LS)
• Linnean Society of London (LS)

Q–R

• Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng)
• Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)
• Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE)
• Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI)
• Royal Asiatic Society (RAS)
• Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)
• Royal British Society of Sculptors (RBS)
• Royal College of Anaesthetists
• Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
• Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
• Royal College of Organists (RCO)
• Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)
• 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 Speech & Language Therapists (RCSLT)
• 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 Institution of Naval Architects (RINA)
• Royal Meteorological Society (RMS)
• Royal Mind Institute (RMI)
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
• Royal Photographic 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)

Non-chartered

A

• The Academy of Experts (TAE)
• Archives and Records Association (ARA)
• Arts Marketing Association (AMA)
• Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM EUROPE)
• Association for Management Education and Development (AMED)
• Association for Project Management (APM)
• Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena (ASSAP)
• Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)
• Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA)
• Association of Business Executives (ABE)
• Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO)
• Association of Cost Engineers (ACostE)
• Association of International Accountants (AIA)
• Association of MBAs (AMBA)
• Association of Personal Assistants (APA)
• Association of Professional Declutterers and Organisers (APDO)
• Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)
• Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT)
• Association of Translation Companies (ATC)
• Association of University Administrators (AUA)

B–G

• British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA)
• British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
• British Association of Social Workers (BASW)
• British Council for Offices (BCO)
• British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW)
• British Horse Society (BHS)
• British Institute for Learning and Development (The BILD)
• British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM)
• British Osteopathic Association (BOA)
• Cambridge Academy of Management (CAM)
• Cambridge Association of Entrepreneurs (CAE)
• Corporate Responsibility Group (CRG)
• Corporation of Executives and Administrators (CEA)
• Direct Marketing Association (DMA)
• Driving Instructors Association (DIA)
• Fine Art Trade Guild
• Freshwater Biological Association (FBA)
• General Council and Register of Naturopaths (GCRN)
• General Teaching Council for England (GTC)

H–I

• Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM)
• Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA)
• Institute for Learning (IfL)
• Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS)
• Institute of Administrative Management (IAM)
• Institute of Asphalt Technology (IAT)
• Institute of Business Administration (IBA)
• Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB)
• Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management (ICPEM)
• Institute of Commercial Management (ICM)
• Institute of Construction Management (ICM)
• Institute of Corrosion (ICorr)
• Institute of Counter Fraud Specialists (ICFS)
• Institute of Economic Development (IED)
• Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE)
• Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA)
• Institute of Fundraising (IOF)
• Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG)
• Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP)
• Institute of Interim Management (IIM)
• Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM, part of City & Guilds)
• Institute of Operations Management (IOM)
• Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA)
• Institute of Professional Administrators (IPA)
• Institute of Professional Financial Managers (IPFM)
• Institute of Professional Sound (IPS)
• Institute of Recruiters (IOR)
• Institute of Sales and Marketing Management (ISMM)
• Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC)
• Institute of Sound and Communications Engineers (ISCE)
• Institute of Tourist Guiding (ITG)
• Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA)
• Institute of Transport Administration (IoTA)
• Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE)
• Institution of Analysts and Programmers (IAP)
• Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE)
• Institution of Sustainability Professionals (ISP)
• International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)
• International Compliance Association (ICA)
• International Entrepreneurs Association (IEA)
• International Glassfibre Reinforced Concrete Association (GRCA)
• International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD)
  formerly:
  • British Typographers' Guild (BTG)
  • Society of Typographic Designers (STD)

J–Z

• Law Society of Scotland
• Minor Metals Trade Association (MMTA)
• Museums Association (MA)
• The National Association of Student Money Advisers (NASMA)
• The National Counselling Society (NCS)
• The National Photographic Society (NPS)
• Orthodontic Technicians Association (OTA)
• Palaeontological Association (PalAss)
• Records Management Society (RMS)
• Research Quality Association (RQA)
• Security Institute (SyI)
• Society of Business Practitioners (SBP)
• Society of Indexers (SI)
• Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
• The Textile Institute
• UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
• UK IT Association
• United Kingdom Cast Stone Association (UKCSA)

See also

• List of organisations in the United Kingdom with a royal charter
• List of regulators in the United Kingdom
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