Student membership

How Student membership could help you

• Career support and advice – get access to our Career Hub, helping you to plan and manage your career goals. It provides practical career development and job-hunting tips and advice to prepare you for your dream occupational safety and health (OSH) role.
• Bursary – apply for the IOSH Student Member Bursary, which exists to help train aspiring OSH professionals and support with their studies. Eligibility criteria applies.
• IOSH Mentoring – benefit from a mentor, who can provide you with support, guidance and advice, helping you build your confidence and expand your horizons.
• Professionalism – demonstrate your commitment to high standards of work ethics from the start, boosting your post-study employability. Use our online continuing professional development (CPD) programme to develop your career plan and reflect on your learning and work.
• Specialist technical knowledge and research – develop and deepen your knowledge with our extensive range of research materials and our technical information service, which provides an array of online resources, books and technical guides. Access our webinars to keep your knowledge up to date and relevant. You can also find out more about being a Student Member in our student webinar series.
• Networking – connect with our existing 50,000 global members, join industry-specific groups and local branches, and attend some of their 300-plus events a year. As an automatic member of our Future Leaders Community, join other new and aspiring professionals at tailor-made events.
• Discounts – on all IOSH events.
• Stay up to date – access our newsletters and magazine, and keep up with the latest news updates, as and when you need them.

When your course finishes

If you’re an existing Student Member and have completed your qualification, you’re ready to take the next steps in your membership journey.

Moving to your next membership grade shows you're serious about the profession. The benefits of continuing to be part of our global community of 50,000 members include:

• better job prospects, including support at every stage of the job application process
• the IOSH stamp of excellence, we're recognised around the world as the benchmark for professional safety and health excellence
• a big network of like-minded professionals
• continued access to the latest news, policy updates and research.

How to extend your Student membership

If you're extending your studies, please email us an official confirmation from your university or course provider. This needs to include the new end date. We can then extend your Student membership.