This is a list of honorary societies to which individuals are elected based on meritorious conduct.
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Private Academies and Societies
- American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society is a discussion group founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin as an offshoot of his earlier club, the Junto. Through research grants, published journals, the upkeep of the American Philosophical Society Museum, an extensive library, and regular meetings, the society continues to advance careful study in a wide
- Phi Alpha Theta Phi Alpha Theta is an American honor society for undergraduate and graduate students and professors of history. The society is a charter member of the Association of College Honor Societies and has over 350,000 members, with about 9,500 new members joining each year through 860 local chapters
- Phi Beta Kappa Society The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an academic honor society. Its mission is to "celebrate and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences"; and induct "the most outstanding students of arts and sciences at America’s leading colleges and universities." Founded at The College of William and Mary on December 5, 1776, as the
- Phi Theta Kappa Phi Theta Kappa, also ΦΘΚ or sometimes PTK , is the international honor society of two-year colleges and academic programs, particularly community colleges and junior colleges. It also includes Associate's degree-granting programs offered by four-year colleges. It is headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi and has more than 2 million members in
National Academies A national academy is an organizational body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates scholarly research activities and standards for academic disciplines, most frequently in the sciences but also the humanities. Typically the country's learned societies in individual disciplines will liaise with or be co-
Bulgaria
People's Republic of China
- Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (simplified Chinese: 中国科学院; traditional Chinese: 中國科學院; pinyin: Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn), formerly known as Academia Sinica (not to be confused with the Republic of China's (Taiwan) Academia Sinica currently headquartered in Taipei which shares the same roots), is the national academy for the
- Chinese Academy of Social Sciences The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (simplified Chinese: 中国社会科学院; traditional Chinese: 中國社會科學院; pinyin: Zhōngguó Shèhuì Kēxuéyuàn) is the premier academic research organization in the fields of philosophy and social sciences of China, it is also the most important think tank in China. It has also been ranked
- Chinese Academy of Engineering The Chinese Academy of Engineering is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China. Current president of the academy is Xu Kuangdi
Croatia
France
- Institut de France The Institut de France is a French learned society, grouping five académies, the most famous of which is the Académie française, which groups five academies:
- Académie française L'Académie française, or the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution, it was restored in 1803 by Napoleon Bonaparte. However,
- Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres is a French learned society devoted to the humanities, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France
- Académie des sciences The French Academy of Sciences is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research. It was at the forefront of scientific developments in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is one of the earliest academies of sciences
- Académie des beaux-arts The Académie des Beaux-Arts is a French learned society. It is one of the five academies of the Institut de France
- Académie des sciences morales et politiques The Académie des sciences morales et politiques is a French learned society. It is one of the five academies of the Institut de France
Georgia
Iran
- Academy of Gundishapur Coordinates: 32°17′N 48°31′E / 32.283°N 48.517°E The Academy of Gundishapur was a renowned academy of learning in the city of Gundeshapur during late antiquity, the intellectual center of the Sassanid empire. It offered training in medicine, philosophy, theology and science. The faculty were versed not only in the Zoroastrian and
- Academy of Persian Language and Literature Iran's Academy of Persian Language and Literature is a body controlled by the Iranian government presiding over the use of the Persian language in Iran and other Persian speaking countries. The academy members are academics of Persian literature and linguistics from Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan
- Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy was founded in Iran during the Pahlavi era by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a Professor of History of Science and Philosophy at the University of Tehran who also served for several years as President of Aryamehr University of Technology in Iran. He was also the first president of the Imperial Iranian Academy of
- Imperial Iranian Police Academy
- Iranian Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
- Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences The Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran was formally inaugurated in the winter of 1990. It had received its mandate from the High Council of Cultural Revolution and Legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran two years earlier and its existence had been foreseen in the 1986 Charter of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education. It is one of the
- Iranian Academy of Sciences The Academy of Sciences of Iran was established in 1988. It is one of the four academies of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The other three are: Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences, Iranian Academy of the Arts and Academy of Persian Language and Literature
- Iranian Academy of the Arts The Iranian Academy of the Arts was established in Esfand 1378 Hsh/February (March 2000). It is one of the four academies of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The other three are: Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences, Iranian Academy of Sciences and Academy of Persian Language and Literature
- National Iranian Olympic Academy National Olympic Academy of Iran (Persian: آکادمی ملی المپیک (و پارالمپیک) ایران) is a sporting academy situated in Tehran, Iran. It concerns the matters related to the Olympics and Paralympics
Russia
Slovenia
Sweden
Taiwan (Republic of China)
Thailand
United States
- Institute of Medicine The Institute of Medicine is a not-for-profit, non-governmental American organization founded in 1970, under the congressional charter of the United States National Academy of Sciences. The IOM is part of the United States National Academies, which also includes:
- National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and continuing achievements in original
- National Academy of Engineering The United States National Academy of Engineering , a private, non-profit institution that was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the National Academy of Sciences. The NAE is part of the United States National Academies, which also includes:
- Kohl McCormick Academy of Outstanding Educators The Kohl McCormick Academy of Outstanding Educators is an honorary organization whose members are recipients of the Kohl International Teaching Awards and the Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards. The Kohl International Teaching Awards were given each year from 1985 to 1994 by the Dolores Kohl Education Foundation. The Kohl McCormick
United Kingdom
- Royal Society The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London". The Society was initially an
- British Academy The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established by Royal Charter in 1902, and is a fellowship of more than 800 scholars. The Academy is self-governing and independent
- Royal Society of Engineering
- Royal Society of Medicine The Royal Society of Medicine was founded on 22 May 1805 when leading members of the Medical Society of London split from the society to form a new society that would bring together branches of the medical profession "for the purpose of conversation on professional subjects, for the reception of communications and for the formation of a
- Royal Society of Arts The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. The name Royal Society of Arts is frequently used for brevity (and on the building's frieze The Royal Society of Arts - see photo). It was founded in 1754 and was granted a Royal Charter in 1847. Notable members
International academies
- International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR)
- World Academy of Art and Science The World Academy of Art and Science is an international non-governmental scientific organization, an informal and non-official world network of individual fellows elected for distinguished accomplishments in the fields of natural and social sciences, arts and the humanities. The Academy has been striving to promote the growth of human knowledge, (WAAS)
- International Academy of Science The IAS was founded together with the International Council of Scientific Development in 1980 by initiative of Linus Pauling, Sir John Kendrew, Lord Alexander Todd, Andrei Sakharov, Konrad Lorenz and Ilya Prigogine (President of the IAS until 2003) and many other well known scientists of contemporaneity. Linus Karl Pauling was the Honorary (IAS)
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- List of prizes, medals, and awards A list of famous prizes, medals and awards including cups, trophies, bowls, badges, state decorations etc
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