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Science Council
About us
Professional registration with the Science Council provides independent recognition of your achievements and maintaining the exact standards required to join the global community of professional scientists.
Many scientists today work across different areas of science; for instance combining computing with chiropody or physics with physiology, therefore the Science Council’s registers are for all practising scientists, science technicians, and science teachers independent of discipline.
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Registered Science Technician (RSciTech)
Registered Science Technicians work with minimal supervision in technical roles, delivering essential scientific services and support within laboratories, schools and universities, hospitals and in many other workplaces.
Registered Scientist (RSci)
Registered Scientists can be found in a huge variety of scientific and higher technical roles. They are able to work autonomously and apply their scientific knowledge in new areas.
Chartered Scientist (CSci)
Chartered Scientists represent the best professional scientists working in the UK and abroad. Leading teams and departments, they use their specialist knowledge and broader scientific understanding to develop and improve the application of science and technology.
Professional Registration for Apprentices
Many practicing scientists and science technicians work across different areas of science; therefore, the Science Council’s registers are for all science professionals, independent of discipline. Registration is a means of demonstrating professionalism, providing independent recognition of your achievements and maintaining the standards required to join the global community of professional scientists. We recognise that apprenticeships deliver experience and learning that link well to the registers’ requirements. We have been reviewing and assessing apprenticeships to identify those that align extensively to the registers, so to be able to offer to apprentices an eligibility to apply using a shortened route, with the apprenticeship certificate acting as the base of the application. By becoming professionally registered, you also become a member of a professional body licensed to award Registered Scientist (RSci) or Registered Science Technician (RSciTech), accessing all the membership benefits that this brings, details of which are listed below.
