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IET

Our mission is to inspire, inform and influence the global engineering community. Learn more about what we do.
 
For over 140 years the IET has been inspiring, informing and influencing the global engineering community, supporting technology innovation to meet the needs of society. With the complexity and diversity of the engineering world the role of the IET is more relevant now than it ever has been.
 
What we do
 
Thought leadership
  • The IET provides expert advice to the UK’s Parliament, Government and other agencies.  Each year it makes around 30submissions to the UK Government and the EU on engineering related policy issues.
  • The IET produces fact files and briefings available to the public.
  • The IET is regularly in the mainstream and specialist media explaining the impacts of engineering and technology on society.
 
Safeguarding professional standards
 
  • The professional registration qualifications ICT Technician (ICTTech), Engineering Technician (EngTech), Incorporated Engineer (IEng) and Chartered Engineer (CEng) are awarded by the IET under licence from the Engineering Council.
  • The IET Wiring Regulations are published by the IET.
 
Delivering world class knowledge products and services
 
  • The IET publishes more than 100 new titles every year; a rich mix of books, journals and magazines with a back catalogue of more than 500 publications.
  • 22 Technical and Professional Networks generate activities covering the full spectrum of reliable information, industry leading events and access to expertise across the IET’s engineering and technology areas.
  • Inspec is the leading English language bibliographic information service for scientific and technical literature. Published by the IET, it recently indexed its 14 millionth record.
  • The IET organises over 1,500 events annually, offering over 106,000 delegates the opportunity for networking and knowledge sharing.
 
Providing a professional home for life for engineers and technicians 
 
  • The IET offers professional designations of TMIET, MIET and FIET.
  • The IET delivers tailored membership packages to professional engineers and technicians, relevant to their career stage, with the IET Advantage programme for graduates and IET Signature programme for apprentices and technicians
  • IET Connect (formerly the IET’s Benevolent Fund) provides legal advice and financial assistance to IET members and their dependents. 
 
Recognising and promoting excellence
 
  • The IET awards £500,000 in prizes scholarships and medals each year, enabling engineering endeavour and rewarding achievement.  The most prestigious prize of these is the Faraday medal.
 
Inspiring the next generation
  • IET Faraday, an award-winning educational resource, reaches all schools in the UK with the aim of enthusing young people about science, technology and engineering. This year, 180 secondary schools will take part in the Faraday Engineering Challenge Days, competing for a £1,000 prize for their school to spend on teaching resources.
  • Over 1,300 undergraduate programmes in the UK are accredited by the IET.
  • The IET provides almost 700 mentors to challenge and motivate the next generation of engineers and technicians.
 

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