Become An IEEE Senior Member

The grade of Senior Member is the highest for which application may be made and requires experience reflecting professional maturity.

IEEE members can self-nominate, or be nominated, for Senior Memberership.

To be eligible for application or nomination, candidates must:

Be engineers, scientists, educators, technical executives, or originators in IEEE-designated fields
Have experience reflecting professional maturity
Have been in professional practice for at least ten years (with some credit for certain degrees)
Show significant performance over a period of at least five of their years in professional practice