About Engineers Australia
the national forum for the advancement of engineering and the professional development of our members
- Engineers Australia is a member-based not-for-profit professional association.
- It is the largest and most diverse professional engineers body in Australia.
- At 30 June 2008 there were 85,701 members, of whom 31,955 were student members.
- Nearly 5,000 of these members work overseas, in over 100 different countries around the world.
The head office is in Canberra, with offices in nine geographic Divisions across Australia.
It is governed according to Bye-laws, which may be amended only by membership ballot.
The governing body is a nine-person Council, which is elected by a National Congress.
The national Congress comprises some 50 representatives of our nine geographic Divisions, eight engineering College Boards and six special interest groups.
The Division Committees deliver the strategic plan to members, advise Council on Division issues and are bound by new Division Regulations (2007).
The Colleges fulfil the learned society functions of Engineers Australia and are governed by College Boards.
Engineers Australia has four overseas Chapters in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom, and a new interest group in the USA.
Some 30 multi-disciplinary Technical Societies and other related groups are affiliated with Engineers Australia to varying degrees and provide direct links with other professions with common interests.
There was no major change in the organisation during 2007-2008.
