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Becoming STUDENT and GR DU TE

member of Professional Institutions 

Dr Ana M. Ruiz-Teran 

Professional Institutions Liaison Officer, Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering

a.ruiz-teran@imperial.ac.uk

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What are Professional

Institutions/Bodies/Associations?

• The Professional Bodies/Institutions and International Associations are

non-profitable organizations that strive to promote and progress

subject areas (such as civil, structural, environmental engineering)

• They are centres for the exchange of specialist knowledge, and aprovider of resources to encourage innovation and excellence in the

profession worldwide

• The Professional Bodies (not the International Associations) award

professional qualifications that are usually recognised worldwide

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Which Professional Institutions and International

 Associations are most relevant for us?

Institution

of Civil

Engineers

(ICE) 

Institution of Structural

Engineers (IStructE)

Chartered Institution of

Highways and

Transportation (CIHT)

Chartered Institution of

Water and

Environmental

Management (CIWEM)

Institute of Highway

Engineers (IHE)

International Association for

Bridge and Structural

Engineering (IABSE)

British Geotechnical Association (BGA)

Structures:

Geotechnics:

Transport:

Environmental

and Water:Prof. bodies

 Associations

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Membership types

Student

Member

Graduate

MemberChartered Member Fellow

Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

CEng MICE

CEng MIStructE

CEng MCIHT

CEng MIHE

CEng MCIWEM

CEng FICE

CEng FIStructE

CEng FCIHT

CEng FIHE

CEng FCIWEM

Professional Qualifications/Accreditations

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Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)

• The ICE offers free student memberships to undergraduate students

and graduate memberships with a £58 concessionary rate (33% fee)

to MSc students

• The benefits of becoming member are available at

http://www.ice.org.uk/Membership/Member-benefits/Benefit-grade 

• The benefits that are more valuable for a MSc student are:

• print copy of the New Civil Engineer (NCE) magazine (weekly)

• Free access to the Civil Engineering Library

• Lectures, Courses, and Networking opportunities

• Eligibility for scholarships, awards and prizes

•  Apply at http://www.ice.org.uk/Membership/Membership-grades-and-

how-to-join/Graduate 

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Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)

• IStructE offers free student memberships to undergraduate and MSc

students 

• The benefits of becoming member are available at

http://www.istructe.org/membership/types-of-membership/student-

member  

• The benefits that are more valuable for a MSc student are:

• Print and on-line subscription to The Structural Engineer (monthly)

• Free access to the IStructE Library

• Lectures, Courses, and Networking opportunities

• Eligibility for scholarships, awards and prizes

•  Apply through the Imperial College London link: IStructE Student

Membership Registration Form 

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Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT)

• CIHT offers free student memberships to undergraduate and MSc

students 

• The benefits of becoming member are available at

http://www.ciht.org.uk/en/membership/membership-

grades/student/index.cfm 

• The benefits that are more valuable for a MSc student are:

• on-line subscription to Institution magazine (10 issues/year)

• Lectures, Courses, and Networking opportunities

•  Apply at http://www.ciht.org.uk/en/membership/membership-

grades/student/index.cfm 

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Institution of Highway Engineers(IHE)

• IHE offers free student memberships

• The benefits of becoming member are available at

http://theihe.org/about/how-you-benefit/  

• The benefits that are more valuable for a MSc student are:

• e-bulletin

•  Access to Technical Gateway (Knowledge network)

• Lectures, Courses, and Networking opportunities

•  Applications forms available at

http://theihe.org/membership/uploads/ApplicationStudentMembership20

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Chartered Institution of Environmental and Water

Management (CIWEM)

• CIWEM offers student memberships with a £25 fee

• The benefits of becoming member are available at

http://www.ciwem.org/membership/apply-for-membership/graduate-and-

student.aspx 

• The benefits that are more valuable for a MSc student are:

• WEM, WEJ publications and e-newsletters

• Lectures, Courses, and Networking opportunities

•  Application forms are available athttp://www.ciwem.org/membership/apply-for-membership/graduate-and-

student.aspx 

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British Geotecnical Association (BGA)

• BGA offers student memberships with a £20 fee

• The benefits of becoming member are available at

http://bga.city.ac.uk/cms/html/membership.php  

• The benefits that are more valuable for a MSc student are:

• Ground Engineering journal (monthly)

• Lectures (Rankine Lecture), and Networking opportunities

• Eligible to enter the Competition for Dissertation prizes

•  Application forms are available at

http://bga.city.ac.uk/cms/html/BGA%20student%20membership%20201

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International Association for Bridge and Structural

Engineering (IABSE)

• IABSE offers a under-35 membership for a £70 (105 CHF) 

• The benefits of becoming member are available at

http://www.iabse.org/IABSE/IABSE_Association/Membership/IABSE/ass

ociation/Membership_files/Membership.aspx?hkey=a7b44de1-44fb-

49c2-b383-6703f078762e 

• The benefits that are more valuable for a MSc student are:

• Print and on-line access to the Structural Engineering International

(SEI) Journal (4 issues per year)

• Free Structural Engineering Documents (SED) (aprox. 1 per year)

• Lectures, Young Engineers Conference (British Group), and

Networking opportunities

•  Application forms are available at

http://www.iabse.org/Images/Membership%20Benefits/Application-Form_120419.pdf  

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Sponsors

Some of the Institutions/Associations will ask you to provide a Sponsor

from Imperial College London. The academics included below will support

you application as Student Member

• ICE, IStructE, CIHT, IHE, IABSE

• Dr Ana M Ruiz-Teran (a.ruiz-teran@imperial.ac.uk )

• BGA

• Dr Catherine O’Sullivan (cath.osullivan@imperial.ac.uk)

• CIWEM• Professor Stephen Smith (s.r.smith@imperial.ac.uk)

• Professor Nigel Graham (n.graham@imperial.ac.uk)

• Dr Neil McIntyre (n.mcintyre@imperial.ac.uk)