About the IEEE 

The IEEE (Eye-triple-E) is a non-profit, technical professional association of more than 377,000 individual members in 150 countries. The full name is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., although the organization is most popularly known and referred to by the letters I-E-E-E. Through its members, the IEEE is a leading authority in technical areas ranging from computer engineering, biomedical technology and telecommunications, to electric power, aerospace and consumer electronics, among others. Through its technical publishing, conferences and consensus-based standards activities, the IEEE produces 30 percent of the world's published literature in electrical engineering, computers and control technology, holds annually more than 300 major conferences and has nearly 900 active standards with 700 under development.

The benefits of IEEE membership include these offerings:

Membership in one or more of 37 IEEE Societies and four Technical Councils spanning the range of electro technologies and information technologies

More than 300 local organizations worldwide for member networking and information sharing

Educational opportunities to ensure engineers' technical vitality

More than 1,150 student branches at universities worldwide

Public advocacy for U.S. member interests, and for women in engineering and ethics

Special cost-saving and value-added benefits for MEMBERS ONLY

Prestigious awards and recognition of technical and professional achievements

Opportunities for volunteering, leadership and participation in a variety of IEEE activities

Electronic commerce with the IEEE through a variety of Web-based Services.

VISION

To advance global prosperity by fostering technological innovation, enabling members' careers and promoting community world-wide.

MISSION

The IEEE promotes the engineering process of creating, developing, integrating, sharing, and applying knowledge about electro and information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity and the profession.