Technological Association Malaysia


The Technological Association Malaysia is a professional association and learned society for technological and engineering sciences with its corporate office in Subang Jaya and its branch building in Seremban. It was founded on 15 April 1946 in Selangor, and has been verified by The Malaysia Book of Records as the oldest technical civil society.

Membership grades

TAM attracts people with wide scope of interests in many disciplines. An individual can be elected as a student member, associate, member, or fellow. Institutional membership is available for organizations. There are several grades of TAM membership:

Corporate Membership

  1. Fellow
  2. Member

Non-Corporate Membership

  1. Honorary Fellow
  2. Honorary Member
  3. Graduate Member
  4. Student Member
  5. Associate
  6. Institutional Member

Post-nominal letters

Under Rule 13 of the Memorandum and Article of Association of TAM, elected individuals are entitled to use the following post-nominal letters in accordance with their membership grades:
  1. Hon. FTAM for Honorary Fellows
  2. Hon. MTAM for Honorary Members
  3. FTAM for Fellows; LFTAM for Life Fellows
  4. MTAM for Members; LMTAM for Life Members
  5. Grad. TAM for Graduate Members
  6. Stud. TAM for Student Members
  7. Assoc. TAM for Associates