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Membership with the IMA will…

• Connect you with world-class industry professionals and a widespread community of mathematicians from a diverse range of sectors.
• Enhance your career by giving you access to the Initial Professional Development (IPD), CPD, graduate training schemes, and competencies frameworks developed by the IMA with global recognition. Helping you to keep your knowledge and skills up to date, keeping you at the forefront of your profession.
• Increase your opportunities with the use of post nominal letters, demonstrating your professional standing to employers, clients and peers. Giving you the potential to earn more than your non-accredited peers; providing a route to Chartership designation and setting you apart from the crowd.
• Keep you up to date with the current world of mathematics with an exclusive free subscription to our popular magazine, Mathematics Today (worth £104) and discounts on our world class journals, published by the Oxford University Press.
• Give you access to specialised and professional talks as well as networking events at our UK branches.
• Save you money with exclusive members-only discounts including up to £100 savings on our conferences.

Member Testimonials

We have a growing membership of over 5000 members, representing all sectors of the global mathematical community.  Meet our members to discover why membership with the IMA has been valuable to them.

Prof. Ahmer Wadee CMath CSci FIMA

Professor of Nonlinear Mechanics and Director of Postgraduate Research at Imperial College London (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering)

“I joined as a graduate in 2000 when I completed my PhD which was at the boundary of civil/mechanical engineering and applied mathematics. My PhD supervisor was also a fellow at the time and I felt it was a natural society for me to join.

It gave me the opportunity to meet and interact with like-minded people and become professionally qualified as a mathematician and a scientist. The IMA also nominated me as one of the top 100 UK practicing scientists, which was successful. I also had the great pleasure in co-editing “50 Visions of Mathematics” (Oxford). Being a recipient of the Catherine Richards Prize led to my appointment to the Mathematics Today editorial board. I am also a vice-chair of the IMA London Branch and serve on the Research Committee.”

Nathan Turner CMath FIMA

Gas Turbine Performance Engineer at Rolls-Royce plc (Civil Aerospace)

“I was introduced to the IMA at a Professional Institute Open Day held when I joined Rolls-Royce plc in September 2013. I decided to join to make further progress in my mathematical accreditation by working towards Chartered Mathematician status. I was also very interested in the talks which the IMA hold through their local branches. My aim was to discover interesting areas of mathematics in careers and research after university and I have certainly done that!

My main involvement in the IMA has been through engagement with the East Midlands Branch Committee, which has provided a series of very engaging talks on a variety of topics. These have all been thoroughly enjoyable and I’ve had a great time meeting the other branch members. Mathematics Today has also provided an interesting read each month and allowed me to discover even more branches of mathematical research, and some wider issues faced by mathematicians which I would otherwise not have understood. Finally, the support provided by the IMA for achieving Chartered Mathematician status is very well structured, and I feel well-prepared for when I submit an application for the accreditation.”

Charles Evans CMath FIMA

Retired from university but now mainly a volunteer with the IMA. Honorary Secretary (Membership)

“The IMA enables mathematicians and indeed all those who support mathematics, to join together and become an effective voice. This is a continual battle, which we are slowly winning, but it has to be fought with great determination because other subjects complete for funding and recognition, so sometimes try to dismiss the importance of our contribution.

The IMA has given me an opportunity to support mathematics in the way that I feel it should be supported and enabled me to interact with others of a similar mind.”

Catherine Hobbs FIMA

Head of Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics at the University of the West of England

“I joined the IMA to gain professional recognition and to support the organization in its role in the mathematical community.

The IMA is one way of being connected to the professional mathematical community, spanning academia and industry. It provides the individual mathematician with a way of being connected with the broad community rather than just one’s own subject area.”

Sophie Carr MIMA

Principal Analyst/Managing Director, Bays Consulting

“I joined the IMA to gain chartered mathematician status.

It has provided a route to gain and maintain professional competency/accreditation and the opportunity to keep up to date with latest trends (Maths Today) and networking opportunities.”