Educational Institutions That Offer Metrology Programs or Classes

Proficiency Testing Organizations

  • NAPT — National Association for Proficiency Testing

International Accreditation Cooperation

  • ILAC — International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation

Regional Accreditation Cooperations

  • APMP — Asian Pacific Metrology Programme
  • COOMET — Euro-Asian Cooperation of National Metrological Institutions
  • EURAMET — European Association of National Metrology Institutes
  • SIM — Inter-American Metrology System
  • AFRIMETS — Intra-Africa Metrology System

Accreditation Services

  • A2LA — American Association for Laboratory Accreditation
  • ANAB — ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board/ACLASS
  • IAS — International Accreditation Service
  • L-A-B — Laboratory Accreditation Bureau (U.S.)
  • NACLA — (U.S.) National Cooperation for Laboratory Accreditation
  • NVLAP — National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
  • DOE Laboratory Accreditation Program — US Department of Energy
  • UKAS — United Kingdom Accreditation Service

International Standards Organizations

  • CIE — International Commission on Illumination
  • IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
  • IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
  • ISO — The International Organization for Standardization
  • ITU — International Telecommunication Union

Metrology Conference Organizations

  • CMSC — Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference
  • IMEKO — International Measurement Confederation
  • MSC — Measurement Science Conference
  • NCSL — National Conference of Standards Laboratories
  • IMS — Israel Metrological Society

National/International Metrology Organizations

National Standards Bodies

  • Australia — SAA — Standards Australia
  • Austria — ON — Osterreich Normungsinstitut (Austrian Standards Institute)
  • Belgium — IBN/BIN — Belgian Institute of Normalization
  • Canada — SCC — Standards Council of Canada
  • Colombia —ICONTEC — Instituto Colombiano de Normas Tecnicas y Certificacion
  • Czech Republic — CSNI — Czech Institute of Normalization
  • Denmark — DS — Dansk Standard
  • Finland — SFS — Finnish Standards Association
  • France — AFNOR — Association française de normalisation
  • Germany — DIN — Deutsches Institut fur Normung
  • Greece — ELOT — Hellenic Organization for Standardization
  • Hong Kong — HKAS — Hong Kong Accreditation Service
  • Hungary — Metrological Division of MKEH
  • Ireland — NSAI — National Standards Authority of Ireland
  • Iceland — STRI — Icelandic Council for Standardization
  • Italy — UNI — Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione
  • Japan — JISC — Japanese Industrial Standards Committee
  • Luxumbourg — SEE — Service de l’Energie de l’Etat
  • Kenya — KEBS — The Kenya Bureau of Standards
  • Malaysia — DSM — Department of Standards Malaysia
  • Morocco — SNIMA — Service de Normalisation Industrielle Marocaine
  • Netherlands – –NEN — Nederlands Normalisatie-instituut
  • New Zealand — SNZ — Standards New Zealand
  • Nigeria — SON — Standards Organisation of Nigeria
  • Norway — NSF — Norges Standardiseringsforbund
  • Portugal — IPQ — Instituto PortuguÍs da Qualidade
  • Saudi Arabia — SASO — Saudi Arabian Standards Organization
  • Singapore —SAC-SINGLAS — Singapore Accreditation Council
  • Slovenia — SMIS — Standards and Metrology Institute
  • Spain — AENOR — Asociacion Espanola de Normalizacion y Certificacion
  • Sweden — SIS — Standardisaeringen i Sverige
  • Switzerland — SNV — Schweizerische Normen Vereinigung
  • United Kingdom — BSI — British Standards Institution
  • USA — ANSI — American National Standards Institute

Standardizing Organizations

  • ASTM — The American Society for Testing and Materials
  • EIA — Electronic Industries Association
  • ISA — Instrument Society of America
  • OSA — Optical Society of America
  • SMPTE — Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
  • SPIE — The International Society for Optical Engineering
  • UL — Underwriters Laboratories

U.S. Government Metrology Sites

U.S. National Laboratories

World National Laboratories

Additional Metrology Resource Sites