About IEEE

IEEE is the worlds largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community through its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities.The following information provides an overview of IEEE offerings and services.

  • More than 419,000 members in more than 160 countries, more than 50 percent of whom are from outside the United States.
  • More than 124,000 Student members.
  • 342 Sections in ten geographic Regions worldwide.
  • 1,834 Chapters that unite local members with similar technical interests.
  • 3,422 Student Branches at colleges and universities in over 100 countries.
  • 2,600 Student Branch chapters of IEEE technical societies.
  • 568 affinity groups; IEEE affinity groups are non-technical sub-units of one or more Sections or a Council. The affinity group patent entities are the IEEE-USA Consultants' Network, Young Professionals (YP), Women in Engineering (WIE), Life Members (LM), and IEEE Entrepreneurship.
  • 39 technical Societies and seven technical councils representing the wide range of IEEE technical interests.
  • More than 5 million documents in the IEEE Xplore® digital library, with more than 12 million downloads each month.
  • Has more than 1,800 conferences in IEEE Xplore.
  • Has over 1,200 active standards and more than 650 standards under development.
  • Publishes approximately 200 transactions, journals, and magazines.
  • Sponsors more than 1,900 conferences in 103 countries.
  • Partnering with more than 1,400 non-IEEE entities globally.
  • Attracting more than 547,000 conference attendees.
  • Publishing more than 1,800 conference proceedings via IEEE Xplore.

  • *Data current as of 31 December 2019. This information is updated annually.


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