engineering society

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

Canada

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

Atlantic Canada

Ontario

Quebec

Western Canada

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.