Institute of Physics

The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland, with an active role in promoting co-operation in physics around the world. We strive to make physics accessible to people from all backgrounds. **Our goal** The IOP works to ensure physics improves all our daily lives and our future. **What we do** - We work to break down barriers preventing people from underrepresented groups becoming physicists. - We bring physicists in the UK, Ireland and around the world together to share knowledge, support each other and build the teams which deliver breakthroughs. - We share those breakthroughs and other research in a wide range of journals. - We help turn scientific discoveries into real world applications. - We make sure physicists have a voice in the big debates of our age, about education, science, innovation and wider policy. - And we help physicists share the wonder and excitement they feel about their subject with the next generation of potential physicists, from all walks of life.