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Royal Society of Chemistry

Not to be confused with Royal Society.
The Royal Society of Chemistry
Formation1980 (1980) (1841)[1]
TypeLearned society
HeadquartersBurlington House
London
Location
  • United Kingdom
Membership
50,000+[2]
Official language
English
Charles III
President
Gillian Reid
President-Elect
Annette Doherty
Key people
Helen Pain (CEO)
Budget
£65.7M[2]
Websitewww.rsc.org Edit this at Wikidata
RSC London headquarters

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society and professional association in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences". It was formed in 1980 from the amalgamation of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Faraday Society, and the Society for Analytical Chemistry with a new Royal Charter and the dual role of learned society and professional body. At its inception, the Society had a combined membership of 34,000 in the UK and a further 8,000 abroad.[3]

The headquarters of the Society are at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. It also has offices in Thomas Graham House in Cambridge (named after Thomas Graham, the first president of the Chemical Society) where RSC Publishing is based. The Society has offices in the United States, on the campuses of The University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University, at the University City Science Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in both Beijing and Shanghai, China and in Bangalore, India.[4]

The organisation carries out research, publishes journals, books and databases, as well as hosting conferences, seminars and workshops. It is the professional body for chemistry in the UK, with the ability to award the status of Chartered Chemist (CChem) and, through the Science Council the awards of Chartered Scientist (CSci), Registered Scientist (RSci) and Registered Science Technician (RScTech) to suitably qualified candidates.

The designation FRSC is given to a group of elected Fellows of the society who have made major contributions to chemistry and other interface disciplines such as biological chemistry. Prior to 2006, the names of Fellows were published each year in The Times (London). Honorary Fellowship of the Society ("HonFRSC") is awarded for distinguished service in the field of chemistry.

  1. ^ Lagowski, J. J. (1991). "A British sesquicentennial". Journal of Chemical Education. 68 (1): 1. Bibcode:1991JChEd..68....1L. doi:10.1021/ed068p1.
  2. ^ a b "Trustees Report 2019" (PDF). www.rsc.org. Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  3. ^ "RSC History". Rsc.org. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  4. ^ "RSC Contacts". Rsc.org. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2013.

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