List of learned societies in the United Kingdom

This is a list of learned societies in the United Kingdom.

Name	Established	Headquarters
Academy of Social Sciences	1982	London^[1]
Anatomical Society	6 May 1887	London
Anthropological Society of London	1863	London
Antiquarian Horological Society	1953	London^[2]
Aristotelian Society	19 Apr 1880	London
Association for Art History	1974	London^[3]^[4]
Association for Learning Technology	1993	Oxfordshire
Association for Psychosocial Studies	2013
Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena	10 Jun 1981	Somerset
Association for Tourism in Higher Education		London
Association of Social Anthropologists
Astrobiology Society of Britain	2003
Bibliographical Society	1892
Biochemical Society	1911^[5]
Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland	1836^[5]	Bristol^[6]
British Academy of Management	1986	London Borough of Islington
British Accounting & Finance Association
British Archaeological Association	1843^[7]
British Association for American Studies	1955
British Association for Applied Linguistics	1960s
British Association for International & Comparative Education
British Association for Slavonic & East European Studies	1989^[8]	Leeds
British Cartographic Society	1963^[9]	Linton
British Ecological Society	1913^[5]
British Educational Research Association
Recusant History	1951
British Computer Society	1957^[10]^[5]	Swindon
British Herpetological Society	1947^[11]
British Horological Institute	1858
British International Studies Association	2 Jan 1975	Birmingham
British Interplanetary Society	1933^[5]	London
British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society	1931
British Medical Association	1832	London
British Mycological Society	1896, 1996^[11]
British Naturalists' Association	1905
British Pharmacological Society	1931^[5]	London^[6]
British Psychological Society	24 Oct 1901^[12], 1901^[5]
British Science Association^[a]	1831
British Society of Aesthetics
British Society for Population Studies
British Society for the History of Medicine	1965
British Society for the History of Science	5 May 1947^[13], 1947^[5]
British Society for the Philosophy of Science	1948^[11]
British Society of Criminology
British Society of Gerontology	1971^[5]
British Sociological Association	1951
British Thoracic Society	1982^[5]	London
Burgon Society	2000
Catholic Record Society	1904	Durham
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators	1915
Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors	1969^[9]	Sale
Chartered Institute of Linguists	1910	London
Chartered Institute of Marketing	1911	Berkshire
Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation	1930
Chartered Management Institute	1947	Corby
Chartered Society of Designers	1930	United Kingdom
Classical Association	1903	London
College of Paramedics
Council for Hospitality Management Education
Cybernetics Society	1968
Development Studies Association
Devonshire Association
Economic History Society	14 Jul 1926
Edinburgh Geological Society	1834
Edinburgh Mathematical Society	1883
English Place-Name Society	1923
Ethnological Society of London	1843	London
European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology	1999
Experimental Psychology Society	1946^[14]
The Facilities Society	2008
The Genetics Society	1919^[15]	London
Geological Society of London	1807^[5]	London
Government Economic Service
Hadrianic Society	1971	Durham
Hampstead Scientific Society	1899	Hampstead
The Heraldry Society	1947
Heraldry Society of Scotland	1977
Institute and Faculty of Actuaries	2010, 2011^[5]	London
Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers	1911	London
Institution of Chemical Engineers	1922	Rugby
Institution of Civil Engineers	1818	One Great George Street
The Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors	1949
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications	1964	Southend-on-Sea
Institute of Measurement and Control
Institution of Mechanical Engineers	27 Jan 1847	London
Institute of Physics	1874, 1971^[16]	London^[17]^[18]
Institution of Engineering and Technology	2006^[19]	Stevenage^[20]^[21]^[22]
Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland	1857
Joint University Council of the Applied Social Sciences
Linnean Society of London	1788	Burlington House
London Mathematical Society	16 Jan 1865	London
Philological Society	1842
The Mammal Society	1954
Manchester Statistical Society	1833	Manchester
Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	1884
Mind Association
Neonatal Society	1959
Newcomen Society	1920	London
North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers	3 Sep 1852
Pathological Society	1906
Philological Society	1842
The Physiological Society	1876
Political Studies Association	1950	London
Regional Science Association International	Dec 1954	University of the Azores
Royal Academy of Arts	1768	City of Westminster
Royal Academy of Engineering	1976^[5]	London
Royal Aeronautical Society	1866	4 Hamilton Place
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland	1871^[5]	London
Royal Archaeological Institute	1844	London, Burlington House
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland	1823	London
Royal Astronomical Society	1820^[5]	London
Royal College of Nursing	1916
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health	1928, 1996^[5]	London
Royal College of Pathologists	1962^[5]
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh	1681	8 Queen Street, Edinburgh
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland	1654
Royal College of Physicians, London	1518	Royal College of Physicians
Royal Economic Society	1890	London^[23]
Royal Entomological Society	1833^[24]	London
Royal Geographical Society	1830^[9]	Lowther Lodge
Royal Historical Society	1868^[5]
Royal Institute of British Architects	1834	66 Portland Place
Chatham House	1920	Chatham House
Royal Institute of Navigation	1947^[9]^[5]
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors	1868^[9]	Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Royal Institute of Philosophy
Royal Institute of Public Health	1856^[25]
Royal Institution	1799
Royal Manchester Institution	1 Oct 1823
Royal Meteorological Society	3 Apr 1850^[26]	Reading^[27]
Royal Numismatic Society	1836^[28]	London
Royal Pharmaceutical Society	1841^[5]	Great Britain
Royal Philatelic Society London	10 Apr 1869	City of London
Royal Photographic Society	1853	Bristol
Royal Scottish Geographical Society	1884	Perth
Royal Society for Asian Affairs		London
Royal Society of Arts	1754	London
Royal Society of Biology	2009	London
Royal Society of Chemistry	1980^[29]	Burlington House
Royal Society of Edinburgh	1783^[5]	Royal Society Of Edinburgh, 22-24 George Street, Edinburgh
Royal Society	Nov 1660	London
Royal Society of Literature	1820	Somerset House
Royal Society of Medicine	1805	London
Royal Statistical Society	15 Mar 1834	London
Royal Town Planning Institute	1914	London
Scottish Economic Society	29 Jun 1897
The Security Institute	1999	Caldecote
Selden Society	1887	London
Social Policy Association
Social Research Association	1978
Applied Microbiology International	1931
The Society for Court Studies
Society for Endocrinology	1946^[5]	Bristol^[6]
Society for Experimental Biology	1923
Society for Psychical Research	1882	London
Society for Research into Higher Education	1965^[11]
Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies	1879	Senate House
Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies	1910^[30]	Senate House
Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour	1964
Society for Underwater Technology	1966	London
Society of Antiquaries of London	1707	London, Burlington House
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland	1780	Edinburgh
Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain	1955
The Society of Legal Scholars	1908
UK Academy for Information Systems	1994	United Kingdom
Zoological Society of London	Apr 1826	London

Notes

^ Formerly the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

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