A non-profit organization, IEEE is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology.
 

Who IEEE Serves
Through its global membership, IEEE is a leading authority on areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics among others.

Members rely on IEEE as a source of technical and professional information, resources and services.

To foster an interest in the engineering profession, IEEE also serves student members in colleges and universities around the world.

Other constituencies include prospective members and organizations that purchase IEEE products and participate in conferences or other IEEE programs.

IEEE Quick Facts

• more than 375,000 members including nearly 80,000 student members in more than 160 countries

• 324 sections in ten geographic regions worldwide

• 1,784 chapters that unite local members with similar technical interests
  1,616 student branches and 452 student branch chapters at colleges and universities in 80 countries

• 38 societies and 7 technical councils representing the wide range of technical interests

• 390 affinity groups consisting of Consultants' Network, Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD), Women in Engineering (WIE) and Life Members (LM) groups

• nearly 1,300 standards and projects under development

• more than 1.7 million documents in the IEEE/IET Electronic Library

• publishes a total of 144 transactions, journals and magazines

• sponsors more than 850 conferences annually