Science Council

The Science Council is the umbrella body for scientific professional institutes and learned societies in the UK. Together, the member organisations represent over 400,000 scientists. A similar organisation, the Engineering Council UK (ECUK), covers engineering institutes.The Science Council was launched on June 16, 2000 by Lord Sainsbury of Turville, the UK Science Minister, with thirteen member organisations from the former Council of Scientific and Technology Institutes. The Science Council was granted a royal charter on June 12, 2003. It offers, through its member organisations, the qualification of "Chartered Scientist". This is similar to ECUK's "Chartered Engineer" title, and qualifications such as "Chartered Geologist" and "Chartered Physicist" offered by some member organisations.
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