Institute of Physics

The Institute's mission is to advance physics in order to further understanding of the physical world and its application for economic and social benefit; to promote interest and participation in physics across society as a whole and to support and involve physicists throughout their education and careers.



Its vision is to be a strong and inclusive scientific membership organisation, which makes the greatest contribution to advancing physics and ensuring that physics delivers significant economic and social benefits.

The Institute’s Women in Physics Group is a full member of EPWS.

The Group is part of the Institute of Physics, which is a scientific membership organisation devoted to increasing the understanding and application of physics and which has an extensive worldwide membership (currently over 34,000).

The Women in Physics Group aims at promoting equal career opportunities for women physicists, at supporting and encouraging women scientists in their careers, at encouraging women to return to their scientific career, at presenting physics as an attractive career option for schoolgirls and to raising the profile of women in physics.


Relevant Links

IOP HomePage

The Women in Physics Group