Editing British Computer Society (section)

==Grades of membership==
BCS has different grades of membership:

;Honorary grades
* [[DFBCS|Distinguished Fellow]] (Only 24 awards since 1971<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/15881 |title=BCS Distinguished Fellow awarded to Scott McNealy |date=15 November 2007 |publisher=BCS |access-date=9 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722044755/http://www.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/15881 |archive-date=22 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>)
* Honorary Fellowship (Hon FBCS)<ref name="Honorary Fellowship of BCS">{{cite web|title=Honorary Fellowship of BCS|url=http://www.bcs.org/category/6040|publisher=BCS|access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref> (Only 104 awarded to date)

;Professional grades
* Fellow (FBCS)
* Member (MBCS)

;Ordinary grades
* Associate Member (AMBCS)
* Student Member

;Group, corporate and other membership categories
* Affiliate: for those with an interest in IT but not yet employed in an IT role.
* Group membership: nearly 200 organisations now encourage their IT professionals to join the Society through its Group Membership Scheme.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcs.org/category/9013 |title=Join the industry body for IT professionals |publisher=British Computer Society |access-date=9 March 2011}}</ref>
* Education affiliates: education intuitions can also be accredited by BCS.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/3817 |title=Education Affiliates |publisher=British Computer Society |access-date=9 March 2011}}</ref>

;Other Chartered designations
* The [[Engineering Council UK]] has licensed the BCS to award [[Chartered Engineer (UK)|Chartered Engineer]] status (''CEng'') and [[Incorporated Engineer]] status (''IEng'').
* The [[Science Council]] formerly licensed the BCS to award [[Chartered Scientist]] status (''CSci''). However, the BCS no longer offers [[Chartered Scientist]] status (''CSci'')
* Members may also apply through BCS to the [[European Federation of National Engineering Associations]] (FEANI) for [[European Engineer]] (''EUR ING'') status.

;Designatory (post-nominal) letters
Members are encouraged to display the designatory letters to which they are entitled whenever appropriate. The order of designatory (post-nominal) letters is complex and open to a certain amount of interpretation. The accepted authority on this subject is ''Debrett's Correct Form''. Normally these should appear after decorations, degrees and chartered letters. Members holding CEng should also display the designatory letters of the institution through which they are registered immediately after the CEng. Conventionally, members holding Chartered status ([[Chartered IT Professional|CITP]]) display this immediately after their membership letters (e.g., FBCS CITP or MBCS CITP). However, as CITP may now be awarded by other organisations it may also be displayed separately, following that of the awarding institution.