List of professional associations in the United Kingdom
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. 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
- Association of Corporate Treasurers
- Association for Project Management
- Association for Science Education
- British Computer Society
- British Psychological Society
- British Society of Gastroenterology
C–D
- Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
- Chartered Association of Building Engineers
- Chartered Institute for Archaeologists
- Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists
- Chartered Banker Institute
- Chartered Institute of Building
- Chartered Institute of Credit Management
- Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management
- Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
- Chartered Institute of Fundraising
- Chartered Institute of Horticulture
- Chartered Institute of Housing
- Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors
- Chartered Institute of Journalists
- Chartered Institute of Legal Executives
- Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
- Chartered Institute of Linguists
- Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
- Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters
- Chartered Institute of Marketing
- Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity
- Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
- Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals
- Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
- Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering
- Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply
- Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
- Chartered Institute of Public Relations
- Chartered Institution of Railway Operators
- Chartered Institute of Taxation
- Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys
- Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
- Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors
- Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation
- Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
- Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
- Chartered Insurance Institute
- Chartered Management Institute
- Chartered Quality Institute
- Chartered Society of Designers
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Chartered Trading Standards Institute
- College of Optometrists
- College of Paramedics
- The Chartered College of Teaching
E–H
I–J
- Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
- Institute of Chartered Foresters
- Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
- Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers
- Institute of Conservation
- Institute of Directors
- Institute of Health and Social Care Management
- 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 Practitioners in Advertising
- Institute of Refrigeration
- Institution of Chemical Engineers
- Institution of Civil Engineers
- Institution of Engineering and Technology
- Institution of Engineering Designers
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
- Institution of Royal Engineers
- Institution of Structural Engineers
K–P
Q–Z
- Royal Aeronautical Society
- Royal Agricultural Society of England
- Royal Anthropological Institute
- Royal Asiatic Society
- Royal Astronomical Society
- Royal College of Anaesthetists
- Royal College of General Practitioners
- Royal College of Nursing
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
- Royal College of Organists
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
- 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 and Language Therapists
- Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
- Royal Economic Society
- Royal Geographical Society
- Royal Historical Society
- Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
- Royal Institute of British Architects
- Royal Institute of Navigation
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
- Royal Institution of Naval Architects
- Royal Meteorological Society
- Royal Microscopical Society
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Royal Photographic Society
- Royal Society for Public Health
- Royal Society of Biology
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Royal Society of Medicine
- Royal Statistical Society
- Royal Town Planning Institute
- Society for Radiological Protection
- Society of Dyers and Colourists
- The Textile Institute
Non-chartered
A
- The Academy of Experts
- Arboricultural Association
- Archives and Records Association
- Association for the Education and Guardianship of International Students
- Association of Accounting Technicians
- Association of British Theatre Technicians
- Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations
- Association of Taxation Technicians
- Association of University Administrators
B–G
- British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
- British Association of Social Workers
- British Guild of Travel Writers
- British Occupational Hygiene Society
- Institute of Osteopathy
- British Pest Control Association
- College of Paramedics
- Direct Marketing Association
- Faculty of Advocates
- Freshwater Biological Association
- General Council of the Bar
H–I
- Immigration Law Practitioners Association
- Independent Society of Musicians
- Information and Records Management Society
- The Inns of Court, comprising Gray's Inn, Lincoln's Inn, Inner Temple, and Middle Temple
- Insolvency Practitioners Association
- Institute for the Management of Information Systems
- Institute of Acoustics
- Institute of Administrative Management
- Institute of Biomedical Science
- Institute of Certified Bookkeepers
- Institute of Commercial Management
- Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability
- Institute of Economic Development
- Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment
- Institute of Employability Professionals
- Institute of Financial Accountants
- Institute of Fisheries Management
- Institute of Food Science and Technology
- Institute of Groundsmanship
- Institute of Information Security Professionals
- Institute of Interim Management
- Institute of Leadership
- Institute of Professional Sound
- Institute of Science and Technology
- Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators
- Institute of Tourist Guiding
- Institute of Transport Administration
- Institute of Water
- Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management
- Institution of Agricultural Engineers
- Institution of Analysts and Programmers
- Institution of Environmental Sciences
- Institution of Fire Engineers
- Institution of Railway Signal Engineers
- International Association of Hydrogeologists
- International Institute of Risk and Safety Management
- International Society of Typographic Designers
- Institute of Financial Accountants
J–Z
- London Institute of Banking & Finance
- Museums Association
- Nuclear Institute
- Operational Research Society
- Palaeontological Association
- Professional Publishers Association
- Royal Society of Ulster Architects
- Security Institute
- Society of British and International Interior Design
- Society of Indexers
- Society and College of Radiographers
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
- United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy