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Membership
Anyone who joins the IEEE
in any category of membership automatically becomes a member
of IEEE Singapore Section if he/she is resident in
Singapore. Student members, both undergraduates and graduate
students, must in addition be studying full-time in a
recognized university in Singapore.
Joining the IEEE
The easiest
way to join the IEEE or to find more information about IEEE
membership, is to visit the membership portal from
http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/join/join.html
Upgrading to Senior Membership
If you meet
the requirements as spelt out in this link
http://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/md/smrequirements.html
you may like
to apply for upgrading to senior member.
Membership structure
A
Student Member
must
carry at least 50% of a normal full-time academic program as
a registered undergraduate or graduate student in a regular
course of study in IEEE-designated fields; and not yet
qualify for Member grade. The total cumulative period for a
member to hold the Student Member grade and/or the Graduate
Student Member grade shall be limited to 8 years.
Student Members, upon graduation or upon reaching the 8-year
limit (whichever occurs first), with at least a
baccalaureate or higher degree (or its equivalent) from a
school and a designated field on the IEEE REP List shall be
transferred to Member grade.
Student Members other than those qualifying in the
aforementioned paragraph upon graduation or upon reaching
the 8-year limit (whichever occurs first) shall be
transferred to Associate Member grade.
A
Graduate Student Member
must
qualify for Member grade and carry at least 50% of a normal
full-time academic program as a registered graduate student
in a regular course of study in IEEE- designated fields. The
total cumulative period for a member to hold the Student
Member grade and/or the Graduate Student Member grade shall
be limited to 8 years.
Graduate Student Members, upon graduation or upon reaching
the total cumulative 8-year limit as a Student Member and/or
Graduate Student Member (whichever occurs first), shall be
transferred to Member grade.
Member
grade
is limited to those who have satisfied IEEE-specified
educational requirements and/or who have demonstrated
professional competence in IEEE-designated fields of
interest. For admission or transfer to the grade of Member,
a candidate shall be either:
(a) An
individual who shall have received a three-to-five year
university-level or higher degree (i) from an accredited
institution or program and (ii) in an IEEE-designated field
(b) An
individual who shall have received a three-to-five year
university-level or higher degree from an accredited
institution or program and who has at least three years of
professional work experience engaged in teaching, creating,
developing, practicing or managing in IEEE-designated
fields; or
(c) An
individual who, through at least six years of professional
work experience, has demonstrated competence in teaching,
creating, developing, practicing or managing within
IEEE-designated fields.
The
designation "Life
Member"
is applicable only to a member who has attained the age of
65 years and who has been a member of IEEE or one of its
predecessor societies for such a period that the sum of
his/her age and his/her years of membership equals or
exceeds 100 years. All members having the designation "Life
Member" or "Member-for-Life" in the predecessor societies
shall be designated as a "Life Member" in the IEEE.
Any
member who would have been qualified on or before 31
December 1963 to be a Member-for-Life of AIEE, under the
rules of eligibility of AIEE, or to be a Life Member of IRE,
under the rules of the IRE, shall be qualified to be a Life
Member of IEEE. The Executive Director shall grant Life
Membership status to any member who would qualify for Life
Membership during the remainder of the transition period
prior to 1998 under the previous IEEE Bylaw. Basic dues
and assessments are waived for those achieving Life Member
status.
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