Engineering Society - Definition

An engineering society is a professional organization for engineers of various disciplines. Some are umbrella type organisations which accept many different disciplines, while others are discipline specific. Many will give out professional qualifications, such as Chartered Engineer or similar.

Incomplete list of some engineering societies

See below for British institutions

• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• American Society of Agricultural Engineers
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• European Federation of National Engineering Associations
• Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Institute of Industrial Engineers
• The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India
• Institution of Engineers
• Institution of Engineers of Ireland
• Institution of Engineers, Australia
• Professional Engineers Ontario
• Society of Automotive Engineers
• Society of Petroleum Engineers
• Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society

Canada

In Canada, the term 'Engineering Society' generally refers to organizations of engineering students as opposed to professional societies of engineers.

Atlantic Canada

• Acadia Engineering Society
• UCCB Engineering Society
• Dalhousie Undergraduate Engineering Society
• Dalhousie University Sexton Campus Engineering Society
• Memorial University Engineering Undergraduate Student Society 'A' and 'B'
• Association des étudiants et étudiantes en génie de l'Université de Moncton
• University of New Brunswick Engineering Undergraduate Society
• UPEI Engineering Society
• Saint Mary's Univeristy Engineering Society
• Engineering Student Society - St.Francis Xavier University

Ontario

• Carleton Student Engineering Society
• Guelph Engineering Society
• Engineering Student Society - Lakehead University
• McMaster Engineering Society
• Engineering Student Society - University Of Ottawa
• Engineering Society of Queen's University
• Royal Military College of Canada Engineering Society
• Ryerson Engineering Student Society
• University of Toronto Engineering Society
• University of Waterloo Engineering Society 'A' and 'B'
• Undergraduate Engineering Society - University of Western Ontario
• Engineering Society at York University (ES@Y)
• University of Windsor Engineering Society

Quebec

• Société des étudiants et étudiantes en génie d'Abitibi-Témiscamingue
• Association des étudiants en génie de l'Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
• Engineering & Computer Science Association (ECA) - Concordia University
• Association des Étudiants en Sciences et Génie de l'Université Laval
• Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS) - McGill University
• Association des Étudiants de Polytechnique
• Regroupement général des étudiants en génie de Rimouski
• Association Générale des Étudiants en Génie - Université de Sherbrooke
• Association des étudiants de l'école de technologie supérieure
• ITR - Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Western Canada

• Engineering Students' Society - University of Alberta
• Engineering Undergraduate Society - UBC
• University of Calgary Engineering Students' Society
• University of Manitoba Engineering Society (UMES)
• Regina Engineering Student's Society
• Saskatoon Engineering Students' Society
• Engineering Undergraduate Student Society (EUSS) - Simon Fraser University
• University of Victoria Engineering Students Society 'A' and 'B'

The UK

In the UK, the Engineering Council (UK) is the umbrella body for the Engineering Institutions. EC(UK) is established by Royal Charter and controls the award of Chartered Engineer status within the UK. The Royal Academy of Engineering is the national academy for engineering, similar to the Royal Society in science and the British Academy in arts and humanities.

Engineering institutions

• British Computer Society
• British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing
• Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
• Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
• Energy Institute
• Institute of Acoustic
• Institute of Biological Engineers
• Institute of Cast Metal Engineers
• Institute of Healthcare Engineering & Estate Management
• Institute of Highway Incorporated Engineers
• Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
• Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology
• Institute of Measurement and Control
• Institute of Physics
• Institute of Physics & Engineering in Medicine
• Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering
• Institution of Agricultural Engineers
• Institution of Civil Engineers
• Institution of Chemical Engineers
• Institution of Electrical Engineers
• Institution of Engineering Designers
• Institution of Fire Engineers
• Institution of Highways & Transportation
• Institution of Incorporated Engineers
• Institution of Lighting Engineers
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers
• Institution of Nuclear Engineers
• Institution of Railway Signal Engineers
• Institution of Structural Engineers
• Institution of Water Officers
• Royal Aeronautical Society
• Royal Institution of Naval Architects
• Society of Environmental Engineers
• Society of Operations Engineers
• Welding Institute

External links

• Engineering Council (UK) (http://www.engc.org.uk)
• Engineering Council (UK) list of Engineering Institutions (http://www.engc.org.uk/registration/inst_addresses.asp)
• Royal Academy of Engineering (http://www.raeng.org.uk)

See also

• Engineering
• Learned society
• Professional body
• Standards organizations
• Professional association
• Canadian Federation of Engineering Students