The following is a list of notable professional bodies in the United Kingdom. Many of these bodies also act as learned societies for the academic disciplines underlying their professions. The UK government has a list of professional associations approved for tax purposes (this includes some non-UK-based associations, which are not included here). There is a separate list of regulators in the United Kingdom for bodies that are regulators rather than professional associations.

Chartered

The following professional bodies are incorporated by royal charter:

A–B

  • Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
  • Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT)
  • Association for Project Management (APM)
  • Association for Science Education (ASE)
  • British Computer Society (BCS)
  • British Psychological Society (BPS)
  • British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG)

C–D

  • Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
  • Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE)
  • Chartered Governance Institute (CGI)
  • Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIFA)
  • Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI)
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
  • Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT)
  • Chartered Banker Institute
  • Chartered Institute of Brewers & Distillers (CIBD)
  • 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 Fundraising (CIof)
  • Chartered Institute of Horticulture (CIoH)
  • Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH)
  • Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
  • Chartered Institute of Journalists
  • Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX)
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
  • Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL)
  • Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)
  • Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA)
  • Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)
  • Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA)
  • Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)
  • Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP)
  • Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
  • Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE)
  • Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS)
  • Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
  • Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)
  • Chartered Institution of Railway Operators (CIRO)
  • Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT)
  • Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA)
  • Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)
  • Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES)
  • Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT)
  • 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)
  • Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI)
  • College of Optometrists (CoO)
  • College of Paramedics (CoP)
  • The Chartered College of Teaching (CCT)

E–H

  • Energy Institute (EI)
  • English Association (EA)
  • Geological Society of London

I–J

  • Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA)
  • 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 (ICF)
  • Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS)
  • Institute of Conservation (Icon)
  • Institute of Directors (IoD)
  • Institute of Health and Social Care Management (IHSCM)
  • Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST)
  • Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)
  • Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)
  • Institute of Measurement and Control (InstMC)
  • Institute of Physics (IoP)
  • Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA)
  • Institute of Refrigeration (InstR)
  • Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
  • Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
  • Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
  • Institution of Engineering Designers (IED)
  • 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)
  • The Law Society (LS)
  • Law Society of Northern Ireland
  • Linnean Society of London (LS)

Q–Z

  • Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)
  • Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE)
  • 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 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 (RCR)
  • Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
  • Royal College of Surgeons of England
  • Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)
  • Royal Economic Society (RES)
  • Royal Geographical Society (RGS-IBG)
  • Royal Historical Society (RHS)
  • 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 (RMetS)
  • Royal Microscopical Society (RMS)
  • Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
  • Royal Photographic Society (RPS)
  • Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH)
  • Royal Society of Biology (RSB)
  • Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
  • Royal Society of Medicine (RSM)
  • Royal Statistical Society (RSS)
  • Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
  • Society for Radiological Protection (SRP)
  • Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC)
  • The Textile Institute (TEXI)

Non-chartered

A

  • The Academy of Experts (TAE)
  • Arboricultural Association (AA)
  • Archives and Records Association (ARA)
  • Association for the Education and Guardianship of International Students (AEGIS)
  • Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)
  • Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT)
  • Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO)
  • Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT)
  • 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 Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW)
  • British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS)
  • Institute of Osteopathy (BOA)
  • British Pest Control Association (BPCA)
  • College of Paramedics (CoP)
  • Direct Marketing Association (DMA)
  • Faculty of Advocates
  • Freshwater Biological Association (FBA)
  • General Council of the Bar (Bar Council)

H–I

  • Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA)
  • Independent Society of Musicians (ISM)
  • Information and Records Management Society (IRMS)
  • The Inns of Court, comprising Gray's Inn, Lincoln's Inn, Inner Temple, and Middle Temple
  • Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA)
  • Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS)
  • Institute of Acoustics
  • Institute of Administrative Management (IAM)
  • Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS)
  • Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB)
  • Institute of Commercial Management (ICM)
  • Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (ICRS)
  • Institute of Economic Development (IED)
  • Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)
  • Institute of Employability Professionals (IEP)
  • Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA)
  • Institute of Fisheries Management (IFM)
  • Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST)
  • Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG)
  • Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP)
  • Institute of Leadership (IoL)
  • Institute of Professional Sound (IPS)
  • Institute of Science and Technology (IST)
  • Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC)
  • Institute of Tourist Guiding (ITG)
  • Institute of Transport Administration (IoTA)
  • Institute of Water (IWater)
  • Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM)
  • Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE)
  • Institution of Analysts and Programmers (IAP)
  • Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES)
  • Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE)
  • Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE)
  • International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)
  • International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM)
  • International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD)
  • Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA)

J–Z

  • London Institute of Banking & Finance (LIBF)
  • Museums Association (MA)
  • Nuclear Institute (NI)
  • Operational Research Society (ORS)
  • Palaeontological Association (PalAss)
  • Professional Publishers Association (PPA)
  • Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA)
  • Security Institute (SyI)
  • Society of British and International Interior Design (SBID)
  • Society of Indexers (SI)
  • Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR)
  • Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
  • United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

See also

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

References