Why join?

Why should you join the Institute of Physics?

Membership of the Institute is for everyone who has an interest in the subject and its future. The Institute actively promotes physics to external audiences, increasing awareness of the importance of physics in government, education and industry. Our members come from diverse backgrounds and follow all kinds of different careers; many are directly involved in physics but as many are using their physics training in a wide range of businesses.

Services to members include:

Knowledge

• Physics World
  Receive paper/digital issues of Physics World the internationally acclaimed magazine each month. The Physics World digital archive* is also available and dates back to 1988
• www.physicsworld.com
  The latest news, views and information for the global physics community
• Digital issues of Interactions
  Interactions is the member newspaper of the Institute of Physics. It aims to keep members informed about the Institute's activities and to keep them up to date with issues that matter to the physics community
• IOP Journals
  Subscribe to Institute journals*, including archives at discounted prices

Support

• Careers
  Careers information and resources for physics graduates and physicists at all career stages
• Grants and financial support
  Grants to help with costs of attending conferences or similar activities
• Members room
  The Barton Centre is available to all members Monday to Friday between 8:30 - 18:00. Facilities include 4 work stations with printers, meeting area, free wifi access, selection of science magazines & journals, daily national newspapers and free tea/coffee

Recognition

• Chartered status
  Gain professional registration as a Chartered Physicist and Chartered Engineer
• Professional development
  Professional development and training
• Professional status
  Post-nominal title in recognition of your professional status as AMInstP, MInstP or FInstP

Networks

• @physics.org email address
  PhysMail provides a forwarding email service (whilst membership is active) regardless of how many times you change your email address
• Events for Nations and Branches
  Local events for members and the wider community through the IOP in Ireland, Scotland and Wales and local branches in England.
• Conferences
  As a member receive discounts to a wide range of conferences and meetings available
• MyIOP
  MyIOP is a social networking site for members of the IOP. Use MyIOP to access digital issues of Physics World, Physics World archive, join groups, post in forums and much more
• Specialist groups
  Join any of the 50 specialist groups in topics in physics covering a wide range of subjects. Groups also provide an opportunity for members to get involved in Institute activities

For further information on any of the services listed above, please contact: member.services@iop.org

*services are only available to certain grades of membership