Institute of Measurement & Control

What Institute of Measurement & Control does

The Institute of Measurement and Control (InstMC) is a UK chartered professional membership body, headquartered at 297 Euston Road, London, that serves engineers, technologists, and academics working in measurement, control, and automation. It operates under Royal Charter and is licensed by the Engineering Council to award professional registrations — CEng, IEng, and EngTech — and to confer its own post-nominal grades of Fellow (FInstMC), Member (MInstMC), Associate, Affiliate, and Student. The Institute also offers specialist credentials: Registered Functional Safety Engineer (RFSE) and Registered Explosives Atmosphere Engineer (RExE). Community is delivered through 14+ UK Local Sections and four international sections (Hong Kong, Ireland, Malaysia established 29 June 2009, and Qatar established 2015), supported by eleven Special Interest Groups covering Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Digital Transformation, Explosive Atmospheres, Flow Measurement, Functional Safety, Measurement, Metrology, Standards, the Early Careers Network, and the Women's Network. Additional services include a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program, technical publications and journals, an annual awards program including the Sir George Thomson Award, and a Companion Company Scheme plus Company Endorsement service that allow employers to formally back the professional development of their engineering staff.

The Institute's core technology is not a software product but a credentialing and community platform built around the Royal Charter, the Engineering Council license, and the local-section / SIG infrastructure. Digital surfaces include a member portal, a YouTube channel, an events calendar accepting third-party submissions, email newsletters, and a website bearing Cyber Essentials Plus certification. There are no proprietary AI products, APIs, or developer SDKs disclosed. Distribution is direct-to-individual via online enrollment with member login, augmented by field-style engagement through regional sections, and corporate delivery via the Companion Company Scheme and Company Endorsement arrangements.

Revenue is generated primarily through membership subscriptions across multiple grade tiers (pricing not publicly disclosed), credentialing and registration fees for CEng/IEng/EngTech and specialist RFSE/RExE, corporate fees from the Companion Company Scheme and Company Endorsement, publications, events, and accreditation services for training providers. The customer base is individual professional engineers plus the corporate employers enrolled in the Companion Company Scheme; institutional customer logos are not disclosed and there is no segment concentration around a few enterprise accounts. The Institute is privately held as an independent membership body with no parent company, no subsidiaries, no disclosed funding rounds, and no equity backers identified. Leadership includes President Professor Andy Augousti and Prizes & Awards Committee Chair Professor Ken Grattan, with international section chairs in Malaysia (Wan Hassan Wan Mamat, Uni Krishnan Kannan, Tan Shiew Sun, Wei Chuen Kok) and Qatar (Michael Scott).

Name

Institute of Measurement & Control

Legal name

Institute of Measurement and Control

Website

https://instmc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1944

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Institute of Measurement and Control (InstMC) is a UK Royal Charter professional membership body that grants Engineering Council registrations (CEng, IEng, EngTech), specialist RFSE and RExE credentials, and post-nominal grades (FInstMC, MInstMC) to measurement, control, and automation engineers, supported by local sections in the UK, Hong Kong, Ireland, Malaysia, and Qatar.

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Product category

Professional Engineering Membership

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Standards, Metrology & Accreditation Bodies (BPAIAOAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

International Standards, Norms & Technical Regulatory Bodies (BPADAAAJ), Engineering & Technical Standards (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical; Codes & Standards) (EDAGAGAC), Conformity Assessment, Testing, Inspection & Certification Cooperation (BPADANAD)

Keywords

• Professional engineering membership
• Measurement control engineering
• Professional registration services
• Engineering qualifications accreditation
• Automation professional body

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Institute of Measurement & Control (InstMC) is a professional membership institute that delivers membership grades, Engineering Council professional registration (CEng, IEng, EngTech), specialist qualifications (RFSE, RExE), continuing professional development resources, technical publications, and community engagement through Local Sections and Special Interest Groups. Its core deliverables are chartered professional credentials, career development support, and a networking and events platform for measurement, control, and automation engineers.

Product overview

The Institute of Measurement & Control (InstMC) is a professional membership institution offering a comprehensive portfolio of services organized around professional development and community engagement. The core offerings include membership grades (Fellow, Member, Associate, Affiliate, Student) with associated post-nominal letters, and Professional Registration services enabling engineers to obtain CEng, IEng, EngTech credentials, plus specialist RFSE and RExE qualifications. Supporting these are CPD career development resources, Company Endorsement and Accreditation services for organizational partners, and Publications & Journals for technical knowledge sharing. Community engagement is delivered through Local Sections (regional chapters across UK and internationally including Hong Kong, Ireland, Malaysia, Qatar) and Special Interest Groups (SIGs) focused on areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Digital Transformation, Functional Safety, Flow Measurement, and Measurement. The institute also organizes Events & Conferences and an annual InstMC Awards program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual Membership

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• IEEE: IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organisation with parallel membership, technical societies, standards development, and credentialing offerings in instrumentation, measurement, and control. It overlaps with InstMC in technical content (publications, standards) and engineer community engagement.
• Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET): IET is one of the largest UK engineering professional bodies and a licensed Engineering Council registrant awarding CEng, IEng and EngTech — overlapping InstMC's chartered registration remit. It is much broader in scope (electrical, electronic, computing, manufacturing) but competes for the same UK engineering talent pool.
• Society of Operations Engineers (SOE): SOE is a UK professional body serving engineers in operations across process and manufacturing industries, with parallel registration authority for CEng/IEng/EngTech. It competes for the same industrial engineer members and offers adjacent continuing-professional-development programmes.
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE): IMechE is a major UK chartered engineering body that overlaps with InstMC's process, manufacturing, and oil-and-gas member segments. It also awards CEng/IEng/EngTech and offers parallel professional registration pathways for measurement-and-control-adjacent engineers.

Direct peers

• International Society of Automation (ISA): ISA is the most directly comparable professional body to InstMC, focused on automation, measurement, and control engineering with globally recognised certification programmes (CAP, CCST, CFSE). It targets the same measurement-and-control engineer persona and offers overlapping technical communities and standards publications.
• Institution of Engineering Designers (IED): IED is a UK chartered professional body for engineering designers, offering parallel Engineering Council registration pathways. It serves as a similar niche-scale professional body model, demonstrating both the opportunity and the size constraints that InstMC faces.
• International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC): IFAC is a multinational federation dedicated to automatic control and related measurement disciplines, hosting technical committees and conferences overlapping with InstMC's measurement, control, and functional safety areas. It serves as the international academic counterpart to InstMC's practitioner-led community.

Regional players

• Energy Institute (EI): EI is a UK-based chartered professional body covering the energy sector, including oil and gas, where measurement and control engineers — a core InstMC constituency — work. It competes for membership and professional recognition within overlapping industrial segments.

Emerging players

• British Computer Society (BCS): BCS is a UK chartered professional body for IT and digital professionals. Its growing Cyber Security and Digital Transformation communities intersect with InstMC's new SIGs in AI, Cyber Security and Digital Transformation, making it a partial competitor for digital-engineering members.
• TÜV SÜD: TÜV SÜD is a global certification body that issues widely recognised functional safety and hazardous-area certifications competing with InstMC's RFSE and RExE specialist registers. It is a vendor-based alternative to InstMC's professional-body-issued specialist qualifications.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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• Xx.com/instmc
• Facebookfacebook.com/InstMC

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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