What is IEEE?

The IEEE (Eye-triple-E) is a non-profit, technical professional association with over 426,000 members in more than 160 countries, 50 percent of whom are from outside the United States. 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.

The IEEE and its predecessors, the AIEE (American Institute of Electrical Engineers) and the IRE (Institute of Radio Engineers), date back to 1884. From its earliest origins, the IEEE has advanced the theory and application of electrotechnology and allied sciences, served as a catalyst for technological innovation and supported the needs of its members through a wide variety of programs and services.

Through its members, the IEEE is a leading authority in various technical areas including computer engineering, biomedical engineering, microelectronics, telecommunications, circuits and systems, solid state electronic devices, signal processing, electric power generation and distribution, sensors, antennas and propagation, controls, remote sensing, neural networks, information theory, microwave theory, nanotechnology, and ultrasonics, to name a few.

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.

Your academic and job performance will depend upon balancing technical expertise with communication, leadership and project management skills. As an IEEE member, you will connect with the latest technical information and research, career tools and a community of innovators – resources designed to help you succeed. Your need to be on the cutting edge of modern technology has brought you here.