Editing Institute of Physics (section)

{{short description|Learned society and professional body}}
{{about|the London-based society|text=For other institutions, see [[Institute of Physics (disambiguation)]]}}

{{Infobox organization
| name                     = Institute of Physics
| image                    = IOP Institute of Physics.svg
| alt                      = IOP Institute of Physics
| abbreviation             = IOP
| formation                = {{start date and age|1874|02|14|df=yes}}
| headquarters             = London, {{postcode|N|1}}<br />United Kingdom
| coordinates              = {{Coord|51.53233|-0.12059|display=inline}}
| membership               = 23,000 (2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://d25f0oghafsja7.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/2019-12/letter-to-the-prime-minister-13-december-2019.pdf|title=Letter to the Prime Minister|publisher=Institute of Physics|access-date=27 December 2019|archive-date=27 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227072058/https://d25f0oghafsja7.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/2019-12/letter-to-the-prime-minister-13-december-2019.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| leader_title             = President
| leader_name              = Sir [[Keith Burnett]] [[CBE]]
| key_people               = Tom Grinyer (CEO)<br>Antonia Seymour (CEO IOP Publishing)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iop.org/about/governance/executive-team/antonia-seymour-chief-executive-iop-publishing|title=Antonia Seymour, Chief Executive, IOP Publishing|access-date=2021-05-15|archive-date=2021-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515202720/https://www.iop.org/about/governance/executive-team/antonia-seymour-chief-executive-iop-publishing|url-status=live}}</ref>
| num_staff                = 556 (2018)<ref name="Annual Report 2018">{{cite web|url=http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends51/0000293851_AC_20181231_E_C.PDF|title=Annual Report of the IOP 2018 pp60|access-date=28 December 2019|archive-date=28 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228141613/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends51/0000293851_AC_20181231_E_C.PDF|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| budget                   = £72 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=293851&subId=0 |title=Data for financial year ending 31 December 2018 – The Institute Of Physics |publisher=Charity Commission |access-date=28 December 2019 |archive-date=13 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913230430/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=293851&subId=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|https://iop.org}}
}}

The '''Institute of Physics''' ('''IOP''') is a UK-based not-for-profit [[learned society]] and [[professional body]] that works to advance [[physics education]], [[physics research|research]] and [[applied physics|application]].<ref name=iopaboutus>{{cite web |title=About us |publisher=Institute of Physics |url=http://www.iop.org/about/ |access-date=28 December 2019 |archive-date=29 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229114940/http://www.iop.org/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide membership of over 20,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://d25f0oghafsja7.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/2019-12/letter-to-the-prime-minister-13-december-2019.pdf|title=Letter to the Prime Minister|publisher=Institute of Physics|access-date=27 December 2019|archive-date=27 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227072058/https://d25f0oghafsja7.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/2019-12/letter-to-the-prime-minister-13-december-2019.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The IOP is the Physical Society for the UK and Ireland and supports physics in education, research and industry.<ref name="IOP policy activity">[http://www.iop.org/policy/index.html Institute of Physics Policy Activities]</ref> In addition to this, the IOP provides services to its members including careers advice and professional development and grants the [[Professional qualifications in the United Kingdom|professional qualification]] of [[Chartered Physicist]] (CPhys), as well as [[Chartered Engineer (UK)|Chartered Engineer]] (CEng) as a nominated body of the [[Engineering Council]];<ref name="Chartered statuses offered by the IOP">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iop.org/membership/chartered/chartered_titles/page_38076.html |title=Becoming Chartered by the Institute |access-date=2010-06-30 |archive-date=2011-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605072324/http://www.iop.org/membership/chartered/chartered_titles/page_38076.html |url-status=live }}</ref> it also holds its own separate [[Royal Charter]]. The IOP's publishing company, [[IOP Publishing]], publishes 85 academic titles.<ref name="ioppublishing">{{cite web |url=https://ioppublishing.org/about-us/ |title=Our mission |publisher=IOP Publishing |access-date=29 December 2019 |archive-date=20 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220184215/https://ioppublishing.org/about-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref>