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 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 and vice versa. There are some 270 professional bodies with a commitment to CPD and an ethical code listed on www.totalprofessions.com. The list below comprises around 160 of these.

The following professional bodies are incorporated under Royal Charter

* Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
* BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT (BCS)
* British Psychological Society (BPS)
* City & Guilds of London Institute (C&G)
* 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)
* 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
* Institute of Biology (IOB)
* 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)
* Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
* Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
* Institute of Directors (IOD)
* Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
formerly the
o Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) and the
o Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE)
* Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)
* Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES)
* Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE)
* Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM)
* Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM³)
* Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)
* Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
* Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
* Institute of Physics (IoP)
* 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 of Edinburgh
* Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
* Royal College of Physicians of London
* Royal College of Psychiatrists
* Royal College of Radiologists
* Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
* Royal Economic Society (RES)
* Royal Geographical Society (RGS-IBG)
* Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS)
* Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
* Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
* Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN)
* Royal Meteorological Society (RMS)
* Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
* Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH)
* Royal Society of Arts (RSA)
* Royal Society for Asian Affairs (RSAA)
* 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
* Association of International Accountants (AIA)
* Association of Business Executives (ABE)
* Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT)
* British Association of Social Workers (BASW)
* British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW)
* British Horse Society (BHS)
* Cambridge Academy of Management(CAM)
* Corporation of Executives and Administrators (CEA)
* Fine Art Trade Guild
* Freshwater Biological Association (FBA)
* Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM)
* Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA)
* Institute of Administrative Management (IAM)
* Institution of Analysts and Programmers (IAP)
* Institute of Business Administration (IBA)
* Institute of Commercial Management (ICM - www.icm.ac.uk)
* Institute of Corrosion (ICorr)
* Institute of Field Archaeologists (IFA)
* Institute of Interim Management (IIM)
* Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP)
* 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)
* The Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE)
* Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC)
* Institute of Tourist Guiding (ITG)
* International Compliance Association (ICA)
* 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 Indexers(SI)
* UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)