No assessment fee for individual professional membership applications, demonstrating your investment in people. Professional Recognition through membership of the IMarEST provides individuals with opportunities for continuing professional development and learning. Being an IMarEST member brings wide recognition of an individual’s status as a qualified, experienced, competent and committed marine professional.
Advice and guidance service for IMarEST Student Members and professionals on training, mentor schemes, education and career development.
Opportunity to apply for IMarEST awards, scholarships and student bursaries.
The IMarEST Training and Education Consultancy Service will provide up to one day’s free initial Professional Review of existing training or academic documentation, supporting professional development programmes and in-house training.
The IMarEST can recognise, approve, accredit or create training and educational courses to meet international standards for marine engineering, science and technology related disciplines.
Regular communication direct to employees, staff and students - free monthly emarine newsletter.
Access to knowledge and information via the Marine Information Centre. Invitations to attend local IMarEST branch technical meetings and Lifelong learning Seminars. Special IMarEST conference delegates rate and publications prices.
IMarEST Professional Development Workshop and on-site activities for young professionals for Initial and Continuing Professional development.
Branding partnership opportunities
Advertising and promotion includes web page promotion on IMarEST website, reciprocal links and logo, free welcome adverting in one of the IMarEST’s regularly published specialist marine magazines, regular promotion in ‘emarine’ and coverage in the IMarEST’s annual report.
Profile-raising through joint business initiatives, marketing and sponsorship opportunities, marine careers promotion and campaigns, events, publishing, awards, sponsorship, presenting papers at conferences and lectures and for our technical journals.
Contributing to IMarEST policy submissions and having your say on issues that affect you. The IMarEST provides am additional channel to voice your views in influencing decision-makers through co-ordinated input to proposed global, regional and national strategy and policy.
Global networking and making connections
Access to our network of companies and expert marine professionals who are experienced, competent, and qualified marine engineers, scientists and technologists (over 15,000 members across 100 countries and 50 branches worldwide).
Meetings, conferences and events facilitating technical and social networking in the marine community making local and global contacts in industry and education sector.
Opportunities to establish new business contacts and business opportunities through IMarEST affiliated organisations, technical and government bodies, and international branch networks.
Invitation to attend the IMarEST Annual Dinner, IMarEST Stanley Gray, Presidents Day and Prestige Lecture series.
Access to marine technical support and information.
Access to the Marine Information Centre, with holdings of 10,000 books, 2,000 conference volumes, and 100 subscribed journal titles, live databases including the International Directory of Marine Consultancy, the IMarEST’s international calendar of maritime conferences and events, our Maritime Links Directory and the Marine Technology Abstracts (run jointly with BMT), which present 80,000 abstracts dating back as far as 1940 and sourced from all major marine engineering publications held in our collections.
Two copies of each IMarEST journal per partner: MER (Marine Engineers Review), Journal of Offshore Technology, The Marine Scientist and Shipping World & Shipbuilder (incorporating Maritime IT & Electronics).
Partner discounts
Reduction of 10% on IMarEST Education and Training consultancy services including the development of new training programmes suitable for approval or accreditation by international professional engineering institutions.
25% off recruitment and executive search services from the IMarEST Employment Service, offering unparalleled access to qualified, competent and skilled professional members of the IMarEST.
Professional membership group rates for employees.
Special rates for company bookings and exhibition stands at IMarEST conferences and events.
25% off all IMarEST journal advertising rates.
Discounts on bulk orders of journals and other publications.
Discounted rates for business meeting rooms at the IMarEST’s City Conference Centre in London, and use of the Members’ Lounge
