IEEE Student Branch Leader News

Undergraduate or graduate students taking at least 50% of a normal full-time program/course of study in IEEE designated fields are eligible for Student membership in IEEE.

Students can continue to add value to their IEEE membership by joining IEEE and any of the 38 technical societies at continued low rates.

Student membership dues in effect are:

Student Membership Brochures available in August

Each year, supplies of brochures highlighting member benefits are sent to all Student Branch Counselors for use during membership drives in the month of August. The number of brochures sent to each Branch is based on the current number of members.

Request additional membership brochures using the MD supply order form

Students are required to join IEEE and renew membership online. Paper application and renewal forms for students are no longer produced.

• Join IEEE
• Renew your IEEE membership

Benefits of Joining/Renewing Online

• Students self-certify that they qualify for IEEE student membership by completing the attestation questions and no longer need the approval of the Student Branch Counselor or faculty member.
• Instant access to online services with an IEEE web account and join IEEE online with a credit card.
• Join IEEE online and pay by check or other methods.
• Once the online application or renewal form has been completed, the student will be presented with an option to “Continue to Checkout”, or “Print and Mail with Payment”.
• By choosing the “Print and Mail” option, the information that has been entered is temporarily stored and matched with the form when it arrives at the IEEE Operations Center with payment.

   

  Updating your education profile on your member record is important to continue qualifying for IEEE student membership. 
  
  Follow these 6 steps:
  1.    Log onto www.ieee.org.
  2.    Under “What Do You Want To Do” header.
  a.     Click on “Log into My Account”.
  3.    Enter your username and password.
  4.    Under “My Information” header.
  a.     Click on Education / Certification Profile.
  b.    Click on pencil below “Edit”  to update all required fields.
  ·   See Tips below for School Name search.
  5.    Click on “Save”.
  6.    Log out (grey bar at top of page).
  
  Repeat steps 1 through 6 for each degree you are pursing (full or part time).
  Tips for using the School Name search:
  1.    Click on drop down arrow.
  2.    School search window appears.
  3.    Enter school name in blank search field, top of page, hit Go (do not hit Enter).
  4.    Select attending school by clicking on the arrow to the left of the school name.
  5.    Scroll to bottom right and click “Select” button.
   
  Tips for using the Advanced School Name search:
  1.    Follow steps 1 & 2 above.
  2.    Hit “Advanced Search” button – right of Go button.
  3.    Enter country (enter initial cap for country name).
  4.    Hit Search button.
  5.    Follow steps 4 & 5 above.

Student Branch leadership resources and materials are available.  Included are training workbooks, with a presentation and overview; membership development guides, Student Branch edition; a Student Branch Counselor guide which was sent in February to all faculty counselors on record.

The materials are helpful for all branch leaders and especially those just becoming familiar with the organization. By becoming more actively involved with the branch activities, improve communication, interpersonal, project management and team building skills. These are all very helpful when interviewing for positions and working with administration, faculty and local IEEE volunteers in presenting your project ideas and plans for your Student Branch.  Make this the best year for your Student Branch.

Branch Leadership Training Workshop (DOC, 369KB)

Branch Leadership Training Workshop Presentation (PPT, 247KB)  Membership Development Manual - Student Branch edition (PDF, 1.17MB)
Student Branch Counselor Guide (PDF, 1.1MB)

An updated version of the IEEE Identity Standards document is now available online. The document explains the correct usage of the IEEE name, Master Brand and other organizational symbols in all official materials, communications and promotional materials produced by the IEEE, both print and electronic.

The rules for use of the IEEE Master Brand have not changed, however, language has been clarified to address frequent questions, the most common usage errors and correct usage on Web sites. Additionally, visual examples regarding use of the Master Brand with the name of an IEEE event or unit have been added.

Learn more about the IEEE brand and access updated Identity Standards at the IEEE Brand Toolkit

Student Branch Counselors and Chairs now have access to SAMIEEE, Section/Society Access to Membership Information.

SAMIEEE is a web enabled query tool that allows ad-hoc querying, reporting and downloading of IEEE's membership data. As Student Branch Counselors and Student Branch Chairs can now generate a list of the current Student Branch members.

To access SAMIEEE, use your IEEE web account. The Branch membership list can be used to check the new students who joined IEEE or to contact current members to send them information about activities or verify attendance at a workshop.

Only the officers reported to IEEE Student Services and updated in the database will have access to this tool. For details, please visit the web site or send questions to samieee@ieee.org.

Access branch membership information in SAMIEEE

Learn about IEEE Web accounts

All Student Branches have valuable resources to them through the local Section and the Region.

Search student activities committee lists for your regional representatives

Find complete list of Student Branches by Region and Section