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Membership
Join, professional registration & career development-
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Members and registered users
Enhance your career
Seize control of your professional life with the IET Career Manager, our innovative online professional development tool.
The IET provides guidance and support to enable members to undertake planned and structured Initial Professional Development (IPD) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
Professional development courses designed to help individuals and organisations reach and stay at the leading edge of engineering and technology.
Lead by example. Inspire the next generation. Help to shape the profession.
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Resources
Library, archives, bookshop, publications & factfiles-
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E&T Jobs
Engineering & Technology Jobs
Search today for your next engineering role on Engineering & Technology Jobs, the job board hosted by the IET.
Standards
Code of Practice for Electrical Safety Management
Avoid unnecessary risk of electrical incidents in your business. This new Code of Practice provides a self-assessment process to radically improve management of electrical safety.
Products and services
IET ebooks
Access a wealth of digital content on the IET Digital Library, including over 400 ebooks in a range of specialist subject areas including Radar, Power, Control and many more…
E&T Marketplace
The essential directory for buyers and suppliers of engineering and technology products and services. Start your search.
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Get Involved
Communities, sectors, volunteers & discussion forums-
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MyCommunity
Shape your community. Shape your world.
MyCommunity, the IET's professional network and collaboration platform, enabling you to connect, interact and exchange knowledge with your peers.
Volunteering
Interact with the IET and raise your professional profile
Volunteering can enhance your career development, is a personally rewarding experience and also benefits your Community.
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Events
Conferences, seminars, courses, lectures & visits-
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Highlighted events
16 September 2014 | America Square Conference Centre, London, UK
24 - 25 September 2014 | Ramada Naples, Via Galileo Ferraris, Naples, Italy
17 - 19 October 2014 | Chongqing Yuelai International Convention Centre, Chongqing, China
27 - 28 November 2014 | Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London, UK
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Policy & Media
Thought leadership, media centre & public affairs-
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Media centre
IET corporate news and activities, plus comment and reaction on engineering and technology issues.
Read what the media is saying about the IET and our activities.
Catch up on the latest IET and engineering developments with our regular news videos.
Share what’s on your mind through this series of interactive webcasts for members of the IET.
Policy
Key topics offer summaries of the IET’s positions on many of the most important policy topics.
The IET represents the views of its members on a wide range of professional and technological issues.
The IET serves the specialist requirements of the legal profession by nominating expert witnesses to present technical information in court.
Strengthening the debate between engineers, policy-makers and wider society on technology solutions for 21st Century global issues.
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Biographies
A wealth of biographical information on many eminent scientists and pioneers in the engineering profession.
For individual biographies please click on the names below.
- Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney
- Alhazen
- Sir Edward Appleton
- Hertha Ayrton
- William Ayrton
- Alan Blumlein
- Henry Boot
- Arthur C Clarke
- Sir William Fothergill Cooke
- W R Cooper
- Colonel R.E.B. Crompton
- Sir William Crookes
- Douglas Chick
- Sir Humphry Davy
- Gertrude Entwisle
- Michael Faraday
- Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti
- Sir Arthur Fleming
- Dame Caroline Haslett
- Oliver Heaviside
- Paul Jablochkoff
- Lord Kelvin
- James Clerk Maxwell
- John W. Meares
- Sir Eric Mensforth
- Viscount Nuffield
- Robert William Paul
- Peter Peregrinus
- J S Raworth
- Alec Reeves
- Sir Francis Ronalds
- Sir Henry Royce
- A W Rucker
- Sir William Siemens
- Sir Joseph Swan
- Sir James Swinburne
- Silvanus P Thompson
- Alan Turing
- Sir Charles Wheatstone
Free Archives Exhibition brochures!
If you would like to receive a free copy of one of the IET's Archive brochures that accompanied our past exhibitions held at Savoy Place please contact us and we shall post them out to you. Topics covered are: "Sailing Ship to Satellite- the Transatlantic Connection"; "The BBC at Savoy Place 1923-1932"; "Secret Machines- British Code-Breaking during World War II" and "A new kind of vision- the discovery of X-rays".
