The IED is the UK's only professional body representing those working in the fields of Engineering and Technological Product Design.
The Institution is also licensed by the EC to accredit undergraduate and post graduate degree courses[3][4] and by the Society for the Environment to award Chartered Environmentalist and Registered Environmental Practitioner registrations to suitably qualified and experienced members.
The institution is based in Wiltshire and has members worldwide including active local groups in Malta, Hong Kong and Malaysia.
In March 2014 Maggie Philbin was elected honorary president of the IED, succeeding Sir George Cox.
[7] The institution was presented with a royal charter by the Duke of Edinburgh, a patron of the IED since 1954, at a ceremony at St James's Palace on 23 February 2012.