The University of St. Thomas

IEEE Club

UST Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Club

About IEEE

The IEEE, a non-profit organization, is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology.

The full name of the IEEE is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., although the organization is referred to by the letters I-E-E-E and pronounced Eye-triple-E.

Vision

To advance global prosperity by fostering technological innovation, enabling members' careers and promoting community worldwide.

Mission
The IEEE promotes the engineering process of creating, developing, integrating, sharing, and applying knowledge about electro and information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity and the profession.

The IEEE has:
» more than 365,000 members, including 68,000 students, in over 150 countries.
» 311 sections in ten geographic regions worldwide.
» about 1,570 chapters that unite local members with similar technical interests.    
» more than 1,430 student branches at colleges and universities in 80 countries.
» 39 societies and 5 technical councils representing the wide range of technical interests.
» 128 transactions, journals and magazines.
» more than 300 conferences worldwide each year.
» about 900 active IEEE standards and more than 400 in development.

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