IEEE Introduction
REGIONAL WORLD MAP
- R1-R6 — United States of America & Jamaica
- R7 — Canada
- R8 — Europe,Middle East&Africa
- R9 — Latin America
- R10 — Asia&Pacific
IEEE is the world’s 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.
IEEE has:
- Over 460,000 members in more than 190 countries, with more than 66 percent from outside the United States
- More than 171,000 Student members
- 344 Sections in ten geographic Regions worldwide
- 2,709 Chapters that unite local members with similar technical interests
- 3,635 Student Branches at colleges and universities in over 100 countries
- 4,194 Student Branch Chapters of IEEE technical Societies
- 639 affinity groups; IEEE affinity groups are non-technical sub-units of one or more Sections or a Council. The affinity group parent entities are the IEEE-USA Consultants Network, Young Professionals (YP), Women in Engineering (WIE), and Life Members (LM)
IEEE:
- Has 39 technical Societies and eight Technical Councils representing a wide range of IEEE technical interests
- Has more than 6 million documents in the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library
- Has an active portfolio of 1,144 standards and more than 1,018 projects under development
- Publishes more than 200 transactions, journals, and magazines
- Sponsors more than 2,000 conferences and events in 190 countries while contributing over 4 million total conference papers to IEEE Xplore since 1936, with more than 200,000 new papers added annually
In addition, IEEE is divided into 10 global geographical units called ‘regions.’ Regions are sub-divided into sections, chapters, affinity groups and student branches.