Engineers Australia - Structure
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 2009 there were 88,560 members, of whom 33,380 were student members.
- Over 5,000 of these members are domiciled overseas, in over 100 different countries around the world
The Institution of Engineers Australia (Engineers Australia) is a body corporate constituted by Royal Charter.
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 new
interest groups in the USA and the Middle East.
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 organization during 2008-2009.
Simplified representation of lines of authority within Engineers Australia
Special interest groups are included under 'other Council committees'. The many support and liaison relationships that exist are not shown.
Subsidiaries
Engineers Australia is supported by its two principal controlled entities - Engineers Australia Pty Ltd (trading as Engineers Media) and Engineering Education Pty Ltd - also not-for-profit companies with separate governing boards.
Their results for 2008-2009 operations are summarised here.
