Science Council - Member Organisations

Member Organisations

• Association for Clinical Biochemistry
• Association of Neurophysiological Scientists
• Association for Science Education
• British Academy of Audiology
• British Computer Society
• British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences
• British Psychological Society
• Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
• College of Podiatry
• Energy Institute
• Geological Society
• Institute of Biomedical Science
• Institute of Brewing and Distilling
• Institute of Clinical Research
• Institute of Corrosion
• Institute of Food Science and Technology
• Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology
• Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
• Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
• Institute of Measurement and Control
• Institute of Physics
• Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
• Institute of Professional Soil Scientists
• Institute of Science and Technology
• Institution of Chemical Engineers
• Institution of Environmental Sciences
• London Mathematical Society
• The Mineralogical Society
• Nuclear Institute
• Oil and Colour Chemists' Association
• Physiological Society
• Royal Astronomical Society
• Royal Meteorological Society
• Royal Society of Chemistry
• Royal Statistical Society
• Society for Cardiological Science and Technology
• Society of Biology
• Society of Dyers and Colourists
• Society for General Microbiology

Membership of the Science Council is open to organisations that meet the following criteria:

• the profession represented is based on a recognised body of learning of a scientific nature;
• the organisation is an independent UK body which exists for the collective pursuit of professional aims and objectives in science as set out in a Royal Charter or Memorandum and Articles of Association incorporated under the Companies Acts or formally registered in some other way;
• the organisation has, among its objectives, the practice of the profession in the interest of the public as well as that of its members;
• admission to full membership of the organisation shall be based on standards of competence as attested by an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification, as well as relevant professional practice, provided that if an organisation does not have strict entry standards for its members it must be able to demonstrate that the majority of its members are so qualified;
• the organisation recognises its responsibility to advance and extend the body of learning on which the profession is based, * the organisation recognises its responsibility to concern itself with facilities, methods and provision for educating and training future entrants to the profession and for enhancing the knowledge of present practitioners.