Institution of Civil Engineers

Institution of Civil Engineers

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Abbreviation	ICE
Formation	2 January 1818; 206 years ago (1818-01-02)
Type	Civil engineering professional association
Purpose	Professional qualification Knowledge sharing Promotion of profession
Professional title	Chartered Civil Engineer
Headquarters	One Great George Street London, SW1
Region	Worldwide
Fields	Civil engineering
Membership (2020)	5,191 Fellows 39,507 Members 95,460 all grades (as of December 2022)[1]
President	Jim Hall[2]
Director General	Janet Young[3]
Subsidiaries	Thomas Telford Ltd
Website	www.ice.org.uk

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom. Based in London, ICE has over 92,000 members, of whom three-quarters are located in the UK, while the rest are located in more than 150 other countries. The ICE aims to support the civil engineering profession by offering professional qualification, promoting education, maintaining professional ethics, and liaising with industry, academia and government. Under its commercial arm, it delivers training, recruitment, publishing and contract services. As a professional body, ICE aims to support and promote professional learning (both to students and existing practitioners), managing professional ethics and safeguarding the status of engineers, and representing the interests of the profession in dealings with government, etc. It sets standards for membership of the body; works with industry and academia to progress engineering standards and advises on education and training curricula.