The Institute of Physics in Scotland is a scientific membership organisation devoted to increasing the understanding and application of physics. It has over 2500 members in Scotland.

The Institute of Physics in Scotland aims to promote the role of physics in education, health, the environment, technology, and scientific literacy. Its membership is wide-ranging and multidisciplinary, including the educational, industrial, medical, and general public sectors. The institute seeks common purpose with other organisations to promote science and science-based learning and to influence science policy. Special emphasis is placed on supporting physics teachers by promoting in our schools the value, joy and benefits of a knowledge of physics and its applications.

The Institute of Physics in Scotland is one of thirteen regional branches of the London-based Institute of Physics.

The Institute of Physics, which has its headquarters in London, is a leading international professional body and learned society with over 34,000 members, which promotes the advancement and dissemination of a knowledge of and education in the science of physics, pure and applied. The Institute confers on its corporate members the status of Chartered Physicist, a professional qualification recognised throughout the EU. Other membership classes include Associate, Affiliate, Graduate and Student.

Institute of Physics Publishing, based in Bristol, is the publishing division of the Institute of Physics. It is one of the world's largest publishers of physics information, with over 40 journals and hundreds of books in print.

Contacts

To contact the Institute of Physics in Scotland write to:

Alison McLure
National Officer (Scotland)
Institute of Physics
22-26 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 2PQ

Mob: 0791 785 5940
Email: alison.mclure@iop.org
Fax: 0131 444 0249

Or

Tom Dickson
Education Manager
Auchterderran Centre
Cardenden
Fife KY5 0NE

Tel: 01592 414702
Mob: 07834518751
Email: tom.dickson@iop.org

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