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| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A | |
| AA | Anti-aircraft |
| Automobile Association | |
| Architectural Association | |
| Augustinians of the Assumption | |
| Associate in Arts | |
| AAA | Amateur Athletic Association |
| American Accounting Association | |
| Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm | |
| AAAL | American Academy of Arts and Letters |
| AA&QMG | Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General |
| AAArb | Member, Association of Arbitrators (South Africa) |
| AAAS | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| AABC | (Register of) Architects Accredited in Building Conservation |
| AAC | Army Air Corps |
| Amateur Athletic Club | |
| AADB | Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board |
| AAF | Auxiliary Air Force (now see RAuxAF) |
| AAFCE | Allied Air Forces in Central Europe |
| AAG | Assistant Adjutant-General |
| AAI | Associate, Chartered Auctioneers’ and Estate Agents’ Institute (later, after amalgamation, ARICS) |
| AAIL | American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (now see AAAL) |
| AAMC | Australian Army Medical Corps (now see RAAMC) |
| A&AEE | Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment |
| A&E | Accident and Emergency |
| A&R | Artists and Repertoire |
| A and SH | Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |
| AAPS | Aquatic and Atmospheric Physical Sciences |
| AAS | American Astronomical Society |
| AASA | Associate, Australian Society of Accountants (now see FCPA) |
| AASC | Australian Army Service Corps |
| AATSE | Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering |
| AAUQ | Associate in Accountancy, University of Queensland |
| AB | Bachelor of Arts (US) |
| able-bodied seaman | |
| airborne | |
| Alberta (postal) | |
| ABA | Amateur Boxing Association |
| Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association | |
| American Bar Association | |
| ABAE | Amateur Boxing Association of England |
| ABBSI | Associate Member, British Boot and Shoe Institute |
| ABC | Australian Broadcasting Commission |
| American Broadcasting Companies | |
| Amateur Boxing Club | |
| Associate, Birmingham Conservatoire | |
| Accredited Business Communicator | |
| ABCC | Association of British Chambers of Commerce |
| ABF | Army Benevolent Fund |
| ABI | Association of British Insurers |
| ABIPP | Associate, British Institute of Professional Photography |
| ABM | Advisory Board of Ministry |
| ABNM | American Board of Nuclear Medicine |
| ABP | Associated British Ports |
| Abp | Archbishop |
| ABPI | Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry |
| ABPsS | Associate, British Psychological Society (now see AFBPsS) |
| ABRC | Advisory Board for the Research Councils |
| ABSA | Association for Business Sponsorship of the Arts |
| ABSM | Associate, Birmingham and Midland Institute School of Music |
| ABTA | Association of British Travel Agents |
| AC | Companion, Order of Australia |
| Ante Christum (before Christ) | |
| ACA | Associate, Institute of Chartered Accountants |
| Acad. | Academy |
| ACARD | Advisory Council for Applied Research and Development |
| ACAS | Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service |
| Assistant Chief of the Air Staff | |
| ACC | Association of County Councils |
| Anglican Consultative Council | |
| ACCA | Associate, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (formerly Chartered Association of Certified Accountants) |
| ACCE | Association of County Chief Executives |
| ACCEL | American College of Cardiology Extended Learning |
| ACCM | Advisory Council for the Church’s Ministry (now see ABM) |
| ACCT | Army Cadet Charitable Trust |
| AcDip | Academic Diploma in the History of Art |
| AcDipEd | Academic Diploma in Education |
| ACDP | Australian Committee of Directors and Principals |
| ACDS | Assistant Chief of Defence Staff |
| ACE | Association of Consulting Engineers |
| Member, Association of Conference Executives | |
| Allied Command Europe | |
| ACENVO | Association of Chief Executives of National Voluntary Organisations (now see ACEVO) |
| ACEO | Association of Chief Education Officers |
| ACEVO | Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations |
| ACF | Army Cadet Force |
| ACFA | Army Cadet Force Association |
| ACFAS | Association Canadienne-Française pour l’avancement des sciences |
| ACFHE | Association of Colleges for Further and Higher Education |
| ACG | Assistant Chaplain-General |
| ACGI | Associate, City and Guilds of London Institute |
| ACGS | Assistant Chief of the General Staff |
| ACI | Airports Council International (Europe) |
| ACIArb | Associate, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators |
| ACIB | Associate, Chartered Institute of Bankers |
| ACIBS | Associate, Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland |
| ACIEA | Associate, Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors |
| ACIHort | Associate, Chartered Institute of Horticulture |
| ACII | Associate, Chartered Insurance Institute |
| ACIM | Associate, Chartered Institute of Marketing |
| ACIPP | Associate, Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals |
| ACIS | Associate, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (formerly Chartered Institute of Secretaries) |
| ACLS | American Council of Learned Societies |
| ACM | Association of Computing Machinery |
| ACMA | Associate, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (formerly Institute of Cost and Management Accountants) |
| ACMI | Associate, Chartered Management Institute |
| ACNS | Assistant Chief of Naval Staff |
| ACommA | Associate, Society of Commercial Accountants (now see ASCA) |
| ACORD | Advisory Committee on Research and Development |
| ACOS | Assistant Chief of Staff |
| ACOST | Advisory Council on Science and Technology |
| ACP | Association of Clinical Pathologists |
| Associate, College of Preceptors | |
| African/Caribbean/Pacific | |
| ACPO | Association of Chief Police Officers |
| ACR | Accredited Conservator-Restorer |
| ACRE | Action with Rural Communities in England |
| ACS | American Chemical Society |
| Additional Curates Society | |
| acsc | passed Advanced Command and Staff Course |
| ACSM | Associate, Camborne School of Mines |
| AcSS | Member, Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences (now see FAcSS) |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| Australian College of Theology | |
| Associate, College of Technology | |
| Association of Corporate Treasurers | |
| ACTT | Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians |
| ACTU | Australian Council of Trade Unions |
| ACU | Association of Commonwealth Universities |
| ACWA | Associate, Institute of Cost and Works Accountants (now see ACMA) |
| AD | Dame of the Order of Australia |
| Anno Domini (in the year of the Lord) | |
| Air Defence | |
| ADAS | Agricultural Development and Advisory Service |
| ADASS | Association of Directors of Adult Social Services |
| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| Associate of the Drama Board (Education) | |
| ADC | Aide-de-camp |
| Association of District Councils | |
| ADCM | Archbishop of Canterbury’s Diploma in Church Music |
| AD Corps | Army Dental Corps (now RADC) |
| ADC(P) | Personal Aide-de-camp to HM The Queen |
| ADEME | Assistant Director Electrical and Mechanical Engineering |
| Ad eund | Ad eundem gradum |
| and see under aeg | |
| ADGMS | Assistant Director-General of Medical Services |
| ADipC | Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Management Consulting |
| Adjt | Adjutant |
| ADJAG | Assistant Deputy Judge Advocate General |
| ADM | Advanced Diploma in Midwifery |
| Adm. | Admiral |
| ADMS | Assistant Director of Medical Services |
| ADOS | Assistant Director of Ordnance Services |
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing |
| ADPA | Associate Diploma of Public Administration |
| ADS&T | Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport |
| ADSS | Association of Directors of Social Services |
| ADSW | Association of Directors of Social Work |
| Adv. | Advisory |
| AdvCert | Advanced Certificate |
| Advocate | |
| AdvDip | Advanced Diploma |
| ADVS | Assistant Director of Veterinary Services |
| ADWE&M | Assistant Director of Works, Electrical and Mechanical |
| AE | Air Efficiency Award |
| AEA | Atomic Energy Authority |
| Air Efficiency Award (now see AE) | |
| American Economic Association | |
| AEAF | Allied Expeditionary Air Force |
| AEC | Agriculture Executive Council |
| Army Educational Corps (now see RAEC) | |
| Atomic Energy Commission | |
| AEE | Atomic Energy Establishment |
| AEEU | Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union |
| AEF | Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry Workers (later AEU, then AEEU) |
| American Expeditionary Forces | |
| Air Experience Flight | |
| aeg | ad eundem gradum (to the same degree-of the admission of a graduate of one university to the same degree at another without examination) |
| AEI | Associated Electrical Industries |
| AELTC | All England Lawn Tennis Club |
| AEM | Air Efficiency Medal |
| AER | Army Emergency Reserve |
| AERE | Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell) |
| Æt. | Ætat. |
| Ætatis (aged) | |
| AEU | Amalgamated Engineering Union (later AEEU) |
| AEWVH | Association for the Education and Welfare of the Visually Handicapped |
| AF | Admiral of the Fleet |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| AFBPsS | Associate Fellow, British Psychological Society |
| AFC | Air Force Cross |
| Association Football Club | |
| AFCEA | Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association |
| AFCENT | Allied Forces in Central Europe |
| AFD | Doctor of Fine Arts (US) |
| AFDS | Air Fighting Development Squadron |
| AFGE | Associate Fellow, Guild of Glass Engravers |
| AFHQ | Allied Force Headquarters |
| AFI | American Film Institute |
| AFIAP | Artiste, Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique |
| AFIAS | Associate Fellow, Institute of Aeronautical Sciences (US) (now see AFAIAA) |
| AFIMA | Associate Fellow, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications |
| AFM | Air Force Medal |
| AFNORTH | Allied Forces in Northern Europe |
| AFOM | Associate, Faculty of Occupational Medicine |
| AFRAeS | Associate Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society (now see MRAeS) |
| AFRC | Agricultural and Food Research Council (now see BBSRC) |
| AFRHistS | Associate Fellow, Royal Historical Society |
| AFSOUTH | Allied Forces in Southern Europe |
| AFV | Armoured Fighting Vehicles |
| AG | Attorney-General |
| AGARD | Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development |
| AGAvA | Associate, Guild of Aviation Artists |
| AGC | Adjutant General’s Corps |
| AGI | Alliance Graphique Internationale |
| Associate, Institute of Certificated Grocers | |
| AGR | Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor |
| AGRA | Army Group Royal Artillery |
| Association of Genealogists and Record Agents | |
| AGRI | Animal Genetic Resources Information |
| AGSM | Associate, Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| Australian Graduate School of Management | |
| AHA | Area Health Authority |
| American Hospitals Association | |
| Associate, Institute of Health Service Administrators (later AHSM) | |
| AHA(T) | Area Health Authority (Teaching) |
| AHI | Association of Heritage Interpretation |
| AHQ | Army Headquarters |
| AHRB | Arts and Humanities Research Board (now see AHRC) |
| AHRC | Arts and Humanities Research Council |
| AHSM | Associate, Institute of Health Services Management |
| ai | ad interim |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| AIA | Associate, Institute of Actuaries |
| American Institute of Architects | |
| Association of International Artists | |
| AIAA | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| AIACE | Association Internationale des Anciens des Communautés Européennes |
| AIAgrE | Associate, Institution of Agricultural Engineers |
| AIAS | Associate Surveyor Member, Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors |
| AIB | Associate, Institute of Bankers (now see ACIB) |
| AIBD | Associate, Institute of British Decorators |
| AIC | Agricultural Improvement Council |
| Associate of the Institute of Chemistry (later ARIC, MRIC; now see MRSC) | |
| aic | armour infantry course |
| AICA | Associate Member, Commonwealth Institute of Accountants |
| Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art | |
| AICE | Associate, Institution of Civil Engineers |
| AIChE | American Institute of Chemical Engineers |
| AICPA | American Institute of Certified Public Accountants |
| AICS | Associate, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers |
| AID | Artificial Insemination by Donor |
| AIDB | Accountancy Investigation and Discipline Board (now see AADB) |
| AIDS | Acquired Immunity Deficiency Syndrome |
| AIE | Associate, Institute of Education |
| AIEE | Associate, Institution of Electrical Engineers |
| AIF | Australian Imperial Forces |
| AIFireE | Associate, Institution of Fire Engineers |
| AIG | Adjutant-Inspector-General |
| AIH | Associate, Institute of Housing |
| AIHort | Associate, Institute of Horticulture (now see ACIHort) |
| AIIA | Associate, Insurance Institute of America |
| Associate, Indian Institute of Architects | |
| AIIMR | Associate, Institute of Investment Management and Research (later ASIP; now see CFA) |
| AIIRA | Associate, International Industrial Relations Association |
| AIL | Associate, Institute of Linguists |
| AILA | Associate, Institute of Landscape Architects (later ALI) |
| AIM | Associate, Institution of Metallurgists (later MIM) |
| Australian Institute of Management | |
| Alternative Investment Market | |
| Advanced Institute of Management Research | |
| AIMarE | Associate, Institute of Marine Engineers |
| AIMBE | American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering |
| AIMC | Associate, Institute of Management Consultants |
| AIME | American Institute of Mechanical Engineers |
| AIMgt | Associate, Institute of Management (now see ACMI) |
| AIMMM | Associate, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining |
| AIMSW | Associate, Institute of Medical Social Work |
| AInstP | Associate, Institute of Physics |
| AIP | Association of Independent Producers |
| American Institute of Physics | |
| AIPR | Associate, Institute of Public Relations |
| AIQS | Associate Member, Institute of Quantity Surveyors |
| AIRCENT | Allied Air Forces Central Europe |
| AIRTO | Association of Independent Research and Technology Organizations |
| AIS | Associate, Institute of Statisticians (later MIS) |
| AIStructE | Associate, Institution of Structural Engineers |
| AITP | Associate, Institute of Town Planners, India |
| AJAG | Assistant Judge Advocate General |
| AJEX | Association of Jewish Ex-Service Men and Women |
| AK | Knight, Order of Australia |
| Alaska (postal) | |
| AKC | Associate, King’s College London |
| AL | Alabama (postal) |
| ALA | Associate, Library Association (now see MCLIP) |
| Association of London Authorities | |
| Ala | Alabama |
| ALAA | Associate, Library Association of Australia |
| ALAI | Associate, Library Association of Ireland |
| ALAM | Associate, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| ALCD | Associate, London College of Divinity |
| ALCM | Associate, London College of Music |
| ALCM (TD) | Associate, London College of Music (Teaching Diploma) |
| ALCS | Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (formerly Authors’ Lending and Copyright Society) |
| ALI | Argyll Light Infantry |
| Associate, Landscape Institute (now see MLI) | |
| ALICE | Autistic and Language Impaired Children’s Education |
| ALLC | Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing |
| ALM | Master of Liberal Arts |
| ALP | Australian Labor Party |
| ALPSP | Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers |
| ALS | Associate, Linnean Society |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis | |
| Alta | Alberta |
| ALVA | Association of Leading Visitor Attractions |
| AM | Albert Medal |
| Member, Order of Australia | |
| Master of Arts (US) | |
| Alpes Maritimes | |
| AMA | Association of Metropolitan Authorities |
| Assistant Masters Association (later AMMA, now see ATL) | |
| Associate, Museums Association | |
| Australian Medical Association | |
| AMARC | Associated Marine and Related Charities |
| Amb. | Ambulance |
| Ambassador | |
| AMBIM | Associate Member, British Institute of Management (later AIMgt) |
| AMC | Association of Municipal Corporations |
| AMCST | Associate, Manchester College of Science and Technology |
| AMCT | Associate, Manchester College of Technology |
| AMDEA | Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Electrical Appliances |
| AMF | Australian Military Forces |
| AMFL | Allied Command Europe Mobile Force Land |
| AMICE | Associate Member, Institution of Civil Engineers (now see MICE) |
| AMIChemE | Associate Member, Institution of Chemical Engineers |
| AMIEE | Associate Member, Institution of Electrical Engineers (later MIEE) |
| AMIERE | Associate Member, Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers |
| AMIMechE | Associate Member, Institution of Mechanical Engineers (now see MIMechE) |
| AMInstCE | Associate Member, Institution of Civil Engineers (now see MICE) |
| AmInstEE | American Institute of Electrical Engineers |
| AMMA | Assistant Masters & Mistresses Association (now see ATL) |
| AMN | Ahli Mangku Negara (Malaysia) |
| AMP | Advanced Management Program |
| Air Member for Personnel | |
| AMRAeS | Associate Member, Royal Aeronautical Society |
| AMRC | Association of Medical Research Charities |
| AMREF | African Medical and Research Foundation |
| AMRI | Associate Member, Royal Institution |
| AMRS | Associate, Market Research Society |
| AMRSH | Associate Member, Royal Society of Health |
| AMS | Assistant Military Secretary |
| Army Medical Services | |
| AMSI | Associate Member, Securities Institute |
| AMSO | Air Member for Supply and Organisation |
| AMTRI | Advanced Manufacturing Technology Research Institute |
| AMusA | Associate Musician of Australia |
| Anat. | Anatomy |
| Anatomical | |
| ANC | African National Congress |
| Anon. | Anonymously |
| ANU | Australian National University |
| ANZAAS | Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Anzac | Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
| AO | Officer, Order of Australia |
| Air Officer | |
| AOA | Air Officer in charge of Administration |
| AOC | Air Officer Commanding |
| AOC-in-C | Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief |
| AOD | Army Ordnance Department |
| AOE | Alberta Order of Excellence |
| AOER | Army Officers Emergency Reserve |
| APA | American Psychiatric Association |
| APACS | Association of Payment and Clearing Systems |
| APD | Army Pay Department |
| APEX | Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff |
| APHA | American Public Health Association |
| APIS | Army Photographic Intelligence Service |
| APM | Assistant Provost Marshal |
| APMI | Associate, Pensions Management Institute |
| APNI | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| APR | Accredited Public Relations Practitioner |
| APS | Aborigines Protection Society |
| American Physical Society | |
| American Philosophical Society | |
| APSW | Association of Psychiatric Social Workers |
| APT&C | Administrative, Professional, Technical and Clerical |
| APTC | Army Physical Training Corps |
| AQ | Administration and Quartering |
| AQMG | Assistant Quartermaster-General |
| AR | Associated Rediffusion (Television) |
| Arkansas (postal) | |
| ARA | Associate, Royal Academy |
| Armada de la República Argentina | |
| ARACI | Associate, Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
| ARAD | Associate, Royal Academy of Dancing |
| ARAeS | Associate, Royal Aeronautical Society |
| ARAgS | Associate, Royal Agricultural Societies (ie of England, Scotland and Wales) |
| ARAIA | Associate, Royal Australian Institute of Architects |
| ARAM | Associate, Royal Academy of Music |
| ARAS | Associate, Royal Astronomical Society |
| ARB | Architects’ Registration Board |
| ARBA | Associate, Royal Society of British Artists |
| ARBS | Associate, Royal Society of British Sculptors |
| ARC | Architects’ Registration Council (now see ARB) |
| Agricultural Research Council (later AFRC) | |
| Aeronautical Research Council | |
| Arthritis and Rheumatism Council | |
| ARCA | Associate, Royal College of Art |
| Associate, Royal Canadian Academy | |
| ARCamA | Associate, Royal Cambrian Academy of Art |
| ARCIC | Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission |
| ARCM | Associate, Royal College of Music |
| ARCO | Associate, Royal College of Organists |
| ARCO(CHM) | Associate, Royal College of Organists with Diploma in Choir Training |
| ARCP | Affiliate, Royal College of Physicians |
| ARCS | Associate, Royal College of Science |
| Accreditation Review and Consulting Service (now see ISI) | |
| ARCST | Associate, Royal College of Science and Technology (Glasgow) |
| ARCUK | Architects’ Registration Council of the United Kingdom (now see ARB) |
| ARCVS | Associate, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons |
| ARE | Associate, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (formerly of Painter-Etchers and Engravers) |
| Arab Republic of Egypt | |
| Admiralty Research Establishment | |
| AREINZ | Associate, Real Estate Institute, New Zealand |
| ARHistS | Associate, Royal Historical Society |
| ARIAS | Associate, Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland |
| ARIBA | Associate, Royal Institute of British Architects (now see RIBA) |
| ARIC | Associate, Royal Institute of Chemistry (later MRIC; now see MRSC) |
| ARICS | Professional Associate, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (now see MRICS) |
| ARINA | Associate, Royal Institution of Naval Architects |
| ARLIS | Art Libraries Association |
| ARMS | Associate, Royal Society of Miniature Painters |
| ARP | Air Raid Precautions |
| ARPS | Associate, Royal Photographic Society |
| ARR | Association of Radiation Research |
| ARRC | Associate, Royal Red Cross |
| Allied (formerly Allied Command Europe) Rapid Reaction Corps | |
| ARSA | Associate, Royal Scottish Academy |
| ARSC | Association for Recorded Sound Collections |
| ARSCM | Associate, Royal School of Church Music |
| ARSM | Associate, Royal School of Mines |
| ARTC | Associate, Royal Technical College (Glasgow) (now see ARCST) |
| ARVO | Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology |
| ARWA | Associate, Royal West of England Academy |
| ARWS | Associate, Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours |
| AS | Anglo-Saxon |
| ASA | Associate Member, Society of Actuaries |
| Associate of Society of Actuaries (US) | |
| Australian Society of Accountants | |
| Army Sailing Association | |
| Advertising Standards Authority | |
| Alment Aksjeselskap | |
| ASAA | Associate, Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors |
| ASAI | Associate, Society of Architectural Illustrators |
| ASAQS | Association of South African Quantity Surveyors |
| ASBAH | Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus |
| ASC | Administrative Staff College, Henley |
| ASCAP | American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |
| ASCE | American Society of Civil Engineers |
| ASCHB | Association for Study of Conservation of Historic Buildings |
| ASCL | Association of School and College Leaders |
| AScW | Association of Scientific Workers (later ASTMS) |
| ASD | Armament Supply Department |
| ASE | Amalgamated Society of Engineers (later AUEW, then AEU, subsequently AEEU) |
| Association for Science Education | |
| ASEAN | Association of South East Asian Nations |
| ASEEES | Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies |
| ASH | Action on Smoking and Health |
| ASIAD | Associate, Society of Industrial Artists and Designers |
| ASIP | Associate, UK Society of Investment Professionals (now see CFA) |
| ASLE | American Society of Lubrication Engineers |
| ASLEF | Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen |
| ASLIB | Aslib |
| Association for Information Management (formerly Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux) | |
| ASM | Association of Senior Members |
| Australian Service Medal | |
| ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| Association for the Study of Medical Education | |
| ASO | Air Staff Officer |
| ASSET | Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians (later ASTMS) |
| Asst | Assistant |
| ASTA | Association of Short Circuit Testing Authorities |
| ASTC | Administrative Service Training Course |
| ASTMS | Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs (subsequently part of MSF) |
| ASTS | Army School of Training Support |
| ASVU | Army Security Vetting Unit |
| ASWE | Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment |
| ATA | Air Transport Auxiliary |
| ATAE | Association of Tutors in Adult Education |
| ATAF | Allied Tactical Air Force |
| ATC | Air Training Corps |
| Art Teacher’s Certificate | |
| ATCDE | Association of Teachers in Colleges and Departments of Education (now see NATFHE) |
| ATCL | Associate, Trinity College of Music, London |
| ATD | Art Teacher’s Diploma |
| ATI | Associate, Textile Institute |
| ATII | Associate Member, Chartered Institute (formerly Incorporated Institute, then Institute) of Taxation |
| ATL | Association of Teachers and Lecturers |
| ato | Ammunition Technical Officer |
| ATP | Association of Tennis Professionals |
| ATPL (A) | ATPL (H) |
| Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes), or (Helicopters) | |
| ATR (BC) | Art Therapist Registered (Board Certified) |
| ATS | Auxiliary Territorial Service (later WRAC) |
| ATTI | Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions (now see NATFHE) |
| ATV | Associated Television (formerly Association TeleVision) |
| AUA | American Urological Association |
| Association of University Administrators | |
| AUEW | Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (later AEU, then AEEU) |
| AUS | Army of the United States |
| AUT | Association of University Teachers |
| AVCC | Australian Vice-Chancellors’ Committee |
| AVD | Army Veterinary Department |
| AVMA | Association for Victims of Medical Accidents |
| AVR | Army Volunteer Reserve |
| AWA | Anglian Water Authority |
| AWHCT | Associate, West Ham College of Technology |
| AWO | Association of Water Officers (now see IWO) |
| AWRE | Atomic Weapons Research Establishment |
| aws | Graduate of Air Warfare Course |
| AZ | Arizona (postal) |
| B | |
| b | born |
| brother | |
| BA | Bachelor of Arts |
| BAA | British Airports Authority |
| British Accounting Association | |
| BAAB | British Amateur Athletic Board |
| BAAL | British Association for Applied Linguistics |
| BAAS | British Association for the Advancement of Science |
| BAC | British Aircraft Corporation |
| BAcc | Bachelor of Accountancy |
| BaccPhil | Baccalaureate in Philosophy |
| BACS | British Academy of Composers & Songwriters (now see BASCA) |
| BACSA | British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia |
| BACUP | British Association of Cancer United Patients |
| BADA | British American Drama Academy |
| BAe | British Aerospace |
| BAED | Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design |
| BAFTA | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| BAgricAdmin | Bachelor of Agricultural Administration |
| BAgrSc | Bachelor of Agricultural Science |
| BAI | Baccalarius in Arte Ingeniaria (Bachelor of Engineering) |
| BAIE | British Association of Industrial Editors |
| BALPA | British Air Line Pilots’ Association |
| BAME | Black, Asian and minority ethnic |
| BAO | Bachelor of Art of Obstetrics |
| BAOMS | British Association of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgeons |
| BAOR | British Army of the Rhine (formerly on the Rhine) |
| BAOS | British Association of Oral Surgeons (now see BAOMS) |
| BAppSc(MT) | Bachelor of Applied Science (Medical Technology) |
| BAPS | British Association of Plastic Surgeons |
| BARB | Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board |
| BARC | British Automobile Racing Club |
| BArch | Bachelor of Architecture |
| Bart | Baronet |
| BAS | Bachelor in Agricultural Science |
| BASc | Bachelor of Applied Science |
| BASCA | British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors |
| BASE | British Association for Service to the Elderly |
| BASEEFA | British Approvals Service for Electrical Equipment in Flammable Atmospheres |
| BASES | British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences |
| BASHH | British Association for Sexual Health and HIV |
| BASIC | British American Security Information Council |
| BASW | British Association of Social Workers |
| Batt. | Battery |
| BBA | British Bankers’ Association |
| Bachelor of Business Administration | |
| BBB of C | British Boxing Board of Control |
| BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| BBFC | British Board of Film Classification |
| BBS | Bachelor of Business Studies |
| BBSRC | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council |
| BC | Before Christ |
| British Columbia | |
| Borough Council | |
| BCA | Bachelor of Commerce and Administration |
| BCC | British Council of Churches (later CCBI) |
| BCE | Bachelor of Civil Engineering |
| Before the Christian Era | |
| BCh | BChir |
| Bachelor of Surgery | |
| BChD | Bachelor of Dental Surgery |
| BCL | Bachelor of Civil Law |
| BCMF | British Ceramic Manufacturers’ Federation |
| BCom | BComm |
| Bachelor of Commerce | |
| BCompt | Bachelor of Accounting |
| BComSc | Bachelor of Commercial Science |
| BCPC | British Crop Protection Council |
| BCS | Bengal Civil Service |
| British Computer Society | |
| Bachelor of Combined Studies | |
| BCSA | British Constructional Steelwork Association |
| BCSC | British Council of Shopping Centres |
| BCTS | Bristol Certificate in Theological Studies |
| BCURA | British Coal Utilization Research Association |
| BD | Bachelor of Divinity |
| Bd | Board |
| BDA | British Dental Association |
| British Deaf Association | |
| British Dyslexia Association | |
| Bde | Brigade |
| BDQ | Bachelor of Divinity Qualifying |
| BDS | Bachelor of Dental Surgery |
| BDSc | Bachelor of Dental Science |
| BE | Bachelor of Engineering |
| British Element | |
| BEA | British East Africa |
| British European Airways | |
| British Epilepsy Association | |
| BEAMA | Federation of British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers’ Associations (formerly British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association) |
| BE&A | Bachelor of Engineering and Architecture (Malta) |
| BEARR | British Emergency Aid for Russia and the Republics |
| BEC | Business Education Council (now see BTEC) |
| BEc | Bachelor of Economics |
| BECTU | Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union |
| BEd | Bachelor of Education |
| Beds | Bedfordshire |
| BEE | Bachelor of Electrical Engineering |
| BEF | British Expeditionary Force |
| British Equestrian Federation | |
| BEIS | Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy |
| BEM | British Empire Medal |
| BEMAS | British Educational Management and Administration Society |
| BEME | Brigade Electrical and Mechanical Engineer |
| BEng | Bachelor of Engineering |
| BEO | Base Engineer Officer |
| Berks | Berkshire |
| BERR | Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform |
| BES | Bachelor of Environmental Studies |
| BESO | British Executive Service Overseas |
| BEVA | British Equine Veterinary Association |
| BFA | Bachelor of Fine Arts |
| BFI | British Film Institute |
| BFMIRA | British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association |
| BFPO | British Forces Post Office |
| BFSS | British Field Sports Society |
| BFUW | British Federation of University Women (now see BFWG) |
| BGCStJ | Bailiff Grand Cross, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
| BGS | Brigadier General Staff |
| BHA | British Hospitality Association |
| BHB | Bachelor of Human Biology |
| Bhd | Berhad |
| BHF | British Heart Foundation |
| BHL | Bachelor of Hebrew Letters |
| BHRA | British Hydromechanics Research Association |
| BHRCA | British Hotels, Restaurants and Caterers’ Association (now see BHA) |
| BHS | British Horse Society |
| BHSc | Bachelor of Home Science |
| BI | British Invisibles |
| BIBA | British Insurance Brokers’ Association |
| BIBRA | British Industrial Biological Research Association |
| BICC | British Insulated Callender’s Cables |
| BICERA | British Internal Combustion Engine Research Association (now see BICERI) |
| BICERI | British Internal Combustion Engine Research Institute |
| BICSc | British Institute of Cleaning Science |
| BID | Business Improvement District |
| BIDA | British Interior Design Association |
| BIEC | British Invisible Exports Council (now see BI) |
| BIEE | British Institute of Energy Economics |
| BIFA | British Independent Film Awards |
| BIFU | Banking Insurance and Finance Union |
| BII | British Institute of Innkeeping |
| BIIBA | British Insurance & Investment Brokers’ Association (now see BIBA) |
| BIM | British Institute of Management |
| BIR | British Institute of Radiology |
| BIS | Bank for International Settlements |
| British Interplanetary Society | |
| Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | |
| BISPA | British Independent Steel Producers Association |
| BISRA | British Iron and Steel Research Association |
| BITC | Business in the Community |
| BJ | Bachelor of Journalism |
| BJOG | British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
| BJP | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| BJSM | British Joint Services Mission |
| BJur | Bachelor of Law |
| BKSTS | British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society |
| BL | Bachelor of Law |
| British Library | |
| BLE | Bachelor of Land Economy |
| BLegS | Bachelor of Legal Studies |
| BLESMA | British Limbless Ex-Servicemen’s Association |
| BLitt | Bachelor of Letters |
| BM | British Museum |
| Bachelor of Medicine | |
| Brigade Major | |
| British Monomark | |
| BMA | British Medical Association |
| BMedSci | Bachelor of Medical Science |
| BMet | Bachelor of Metallurgy |
| BMEWS | Ballistic Missile Early Warning System |
| BMG | British Military Government |
| BMH | British Military Hospital |
| BMilSc | Bachelor of Military Science |
| BMJ | British Medical Journal |
| BMR | Bureau of Mineral Resources |
| BMRA | Brigade Major Royal Artillery |
| BMS | Bachelor of Management Studies |
| BMus | Bachelor of Music |
| Bn | Battalion |
| BN | Bachelor of Nursing |
| BNA | British Nursing Association |
| BNC | Brasenose College |
| BNF | British National Formulary |
| BNFL | British Nuclear Fuels Ltd |
| BNOC | British National Oil Corporation |
| British National Opera Company | |
| BNP | Banque Nationale de Paris |
| British National Party | |
| BNSC | British National Space Centre |
| BNSc | Bachelor of Nursing Science |
| BOAC | British Overseas Airways Corporation |
| BOst | Bachelor of Osteopathy |
| BoT | Board of Trade |
| Bot. | Botany |
| Botanical | |
| BOTB | British Overseas Trade Board |
| BOU | British Ornithologists’ Union |
| Bp | Bishop |
| BPA | British Paediatric Association (later CPCH; now see RCPCH) |
| Bachelor of Performing Arts | |
| BPG | Broadcasting Press Guild |
| BPharm | Bachelor of Pharmacy |
| BPhty | Bachelor of Physiotherapy |
| BPIF | British Printing Industries Federation |
| BPMF | British Postgraduate Medical Federation |
| BProc | Bachelor of Procurationis |
| BPsS | British Psychological Society |
| BR | British Rail |
| Br. | Branch |
| BRA | Brigadier Royal Artillery |
| British Rheumatism & Arthritis Association | |
| BRB | British Railways Board |
| BRCS | British Red Cross Society |
| BRE | Building Research Establishment |
| Brig. | Brigadier |
| BRIT | British Recording Industry Trust |
| BritIRE | British Institution of Radio Engineers (now see IERE) |
| BRNC | Britannia Royal Naval College |
| BRS | British Road Services |
| BRTP | Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning |
| BRurSc | Bachelor of Rural Science |
| BS | Bachelor of Surgery |
| Bachelor of Science | |
| British Standard | |
| BSA | Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture |
| Birmingham Small Arms | |
| Building Societies’ Association | |
| BSAP | British South Africa Police |
| BSBI | Botanical Society of the British Isles |
| BSC | British Steel Corporation |
| Bengal Staff Corps | |
| BSc | Bachelor of Science |
| BScA | BScAgr |
| Bachelor of Science in Agriculture | |
| BSc(Dent) | Bachelor of Science in Dentistry |
| BScEcon | Bachelor of Science in Economics |
| BScEng | Bachelor of Science in Engineering |
| BSc (Est. Man.) | Bachelor of Science in Estate Management |
| BScN | Bachelor of Science in Nursing |
| BScSoc | Bachelor of Social Sciences |
| BSE | Bachelor of Science in Engineering (US) |
| Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy | |
| BSEE | Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering |
| BSES | British Schools Exploring Society |
| BSF | British Salonica Force |
| BSFA | British Science Fiction Association |
| BSFS | Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service |
| BSI | British Standards Institution |
| BSIA | British Security Industry Association |
| BSJA | British Show Jumping Association |
| BSME | Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering |
| British Society of Magazine Editors | |
| BSN | Bachelor of Science in Nursing |
| BSNS | Bachelor of Naval Science |
| BSocSc | Bachelor of Social Science |
| BSocStud | Bachelor of Social Studies |
| BSRA | British Ship Research Association |
| BSRIA | Building Services Research and Information Association |
| BSS | Bachelor of Science (Social Science) |
| BSSc | Bachelor of Social Science |
| BST | Bachelor of Sacred Theology |
| BSurv | Bachelor of Surveying |
| BSW | Bachelor of Social Work |
| BT | Bachelor of Teaching |
| British Telecommunications | |
| Bt | Baronet |
| Brevet | |
| BTA | British Tourist Authority (formerly British Travel Association) |
| BTCV | British Trust for Conservation Volunteers |
| BTDB | British Transport Docks Board (now see ABP) |
| BTEC | Business and Technology (formerly Technician) Education Council |
| BTech | Bachelor of Technology |
| BTh | Bachelor of Theology |
| BTP | Bachelor of Town Planning |
| BTS | Bachelor of Theological Studies |
| Btss | Baronetess |
| BUAS | British Universities Association of Slavists |
| Bucks | Buckinghamshire |
| BUGB | Baptist Union of Great Britain |
| BUNAC | British Universities North America Club |
| BUniv | Bachelor of the University |
| BUPA | British United Provident Association |
| BURA | British Urban Regeneration Association |
| BV | Besloten Vennootschap |
| BVA | British Veterinary Association |
| British Video Association | |
| BVC | Bar Vocational Course |
| BVCA | British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association |
| BVetMed | Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine |
| BVI | British Virgin Islands |
| BVM | Blessed Virgin Mary |
| BVMS | Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery |
| BVPA | British Veterinary Poultry Association |
| BVSc | Bachelor of Veterinary Science |
| BWI | British West Indies |
| BWM | British War Medal |
| C | Conservative |
| 100 | |
| C | |
| c | child |
| cousin | |
| circa (about) | |
| CA | Central America |
| County Alderman | |
| Chartered Accountant (Scotland and Canada) | |
| California (postal) | |
| CAA | Civil Aviation Authority |
| CAABU | Council for the Advancement of Arab and British Understanding |
| CAAV | (Member of) Central Association of Agricultural Valuers |
| CAB | Citizens’ Advice Bureau |
| Centre for Agricultural and Biosciences (formerly Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau) | |
| CABE | Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment |
| CACTM | Central Advisory Council of Training for the Ministry (later ACCM; now see ABM) |
| CAER | Conservative Action for Electoral Reform |
| CAF | Charities Aid Foundation |
| CAFCASS | Child and Family Court Advisory and Support Service |
| CAFOD | Catholic Agency for Overseas Development |
| CAJ | Committee on the Administration of Justice |
| Calif | California |
| CAM | Communications, Advertising and Marketing |
| Cambs | Cambridgeshire |
| CAMC | Canadian Army Medical Corps |
| CAMRA | Campaign for Real Ale |
| CAMS | Certificate of Advanced Musical Study |
| C&G | City and Guilds of London Institute |
| Cantab | Cantabrigiensis (of Cambridge) |
| Cantuar | Cantuariensis (of Canterbury) |
| CAP | Common Agricultural Policy |
| Capt. | Captain |
| CARD | Campaign against Racial Discrimination |
| CARDS | Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation |
| CARE | Cottage and Rural Enterprises |
| CARICOM | Caribbean Community |
| CARIFTA | Caribbean Free Trade Area (now see CARICOM) |
| Carms | Carmarthenshire |
| CAS | Chief of the Air Staff |
| CASE | Council for the Advancement and Support of Education |
| CASt | Certificate of Advanced Study |
| CAT | College of Advanced Technology |
| Countryside Around Towns | |
| CATE | Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education |
| Cav. | Cavalry |
| CAWU | Clerical and Administrative Workers’ Union (later APEX) |
| CB | Companion, Order of the Bath |
| County Borough | |
| CBC | County Borough Council |
| CBE | Commander, Order of the British Empire |
| CBI | Confederation of British Industry |
| CBII | Companion, British Institute of Innkeeping |
| CBIM | Companion, British Institute of Management (later CIMgt) |
| CBiol | Chartered Biologist |
| CBNS | Commander British Navy Staff |
| CBS | Columbia Broadcasting System |
| CBSI | Chartered Building Societies Institute (now see CIB) |
| CBSO | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra |
| CC | Companion, Order of Canada |
| City Council | |
| County Council | |
| Cricket Club | |
| Cycling Club | |
| County Court | |
| CCAB | Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies |
| CCAHC | Central Council for Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operation |
| CCBE | Commission Consultative des Barreaux de la Communauté Européenne |
| CCBI | Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland (now see CTBI) |
| CCC | Corpus Christi College |
| Central Criminal Court | |
| County Cricket Club | |
| CCE | Chartered Civil Engineer |
| CCETSW | Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work |
| CCF | Combined Cadet Force |
| CCFM | Combined Cadet Forces Medal |
| CCG | Control Commission Germany |
| Clinical Commissioning Group | |
| CCH | Cacique’s Crown of Honour, Order of Service of Guyana |
| CChem | Chartered Chemist |
| CCIPD | Companion, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development |
| CCIS | Command Control Information System |
| CCJ | Council of Christians and Jews |
| CCLRC | Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils |
| CCMI | Companion, Chartered Management Institute |
| CCMS | Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society |
| CCPR | Central Council of Physical Recreation |
| CCQI | Companion, Chartered Quality Institute |
| CCRA | Commander Corps of Royal Artillery |
| CCRE | Commander Corps of Royal Engineers |
| CCREME | Commander Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
| CCRSigs | Commander Corps of Royal Signals |
| CCS | Casualty Clearing Station |
| Ceylon Civil Service | |
| Countryside Commission for Scotland | |
| CCSU | Council of Civil Service Unions |
| CCTA | Commission de Coöpération Technique pour l’Afrique |
| Central Computer and Telecommunications Authority | |
| CCTS | Combat Crew Training Squadron |
| CD | Canadian Forces Decoration |
| Commander, Order of Distinction (Jamaica) | |
| Civil Defence | |
| Compact Disc | |
| CDA | Co-operative Development Agency |
| Christian Democratic Alliance | |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CDEE | Chemical Defence Experimental Establishment |
| CDipAF | Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance |
| CDir | Chartered Director |
| CDISS | Centre for Defence and International Security Studies |
| Cdo | Commando |
| Cdre | Commodore |
| CDS | Chief of the Defence Staff |
| CDU | Christlich-Demokratische Union |
| CE | Civil Engineer |
| CEA | Central Electricity Authority |
| CEC | Commission of the European Communities |
| CECAM | Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire |
| CECD | Confédération Européenne du Commerce de Détail |
| CEDA | Committee for Economic Development of Australia |
| CEDEP | Centre Européen d’Education Permanente |
| CEDR | Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution |
| CEE | Communauté Economique Européenne |
| CEED | Centre for Economic and Environmental Development |
| CEF | Canadian Expeditionary Force |
| CeFA | Certificate for Financial Advisers |
| CEFAS | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science |
| CEFIC | Conseil Européen des Fédérations de l’Industrie Chimique |
| CEGB | Central Electricity Generating Board |
| CEH | Centre for Ecology & Hydrology |
| CEI | Council of Engineering Institutions |
| CEIR | Corporation for Economic and Industrial Research |
| CELTA | Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages |
| CEM | Council of European Municipalities (now see CEMR) |
| College of Emergency Medicine | |
| CeMAP | Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice |
| CEMR | Council of European Municipalities and Regions |
| CEMS | Church of England Men’s Society |
| CEN | Comité Européen de Normalisation |
| CENELEC | European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization |
| CEng | Chartered Engineer |
| Cento | Central Treaty Organisation |
| CEnv | Chartered Environmentalist |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CEPS | Center for Economic Policy Studies |
| CERA | Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst |
| CeRGI | Certificate of Regulated General Insurance |
| CERL | Central Electricity Research Laboratories |
| CERN | Organisation (formerly Centre) Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire |
| CERT | Charities Effectiveness Review Trust |
| CertCPE | Certificate in Clinical Pastoral Education |
| CertDS | Certificate in Dramatic Studies |
| Cert Ed | Certificate of Education |
| CertHE | Certificate in Higher Education |
| CertITP | Certificate of International Teachers’ Program (Harvard) |
| CertTP | Certificate in Town Planning |
| CEST | Centre for Exploitation of Science and Technology |
| CET | Council for Educational Technology |
| CETSW | Council for Education and Training in Social Work |
| CF | Chaplain to the Forces |
| Companion, Order of Fiji | |
| Churchill Fellow | |
| Corporate Finance | |
| Corporate Financier | |
| CFA | Canadian Field Artillery |
| Chartered Financial Analyst | |
| CFE | Central Fighter Establishment |
| CFM | Cadet Forces Medal |
| CFPS | Certificate of Further Professional Studies |
| CFR | Commander, Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria |
| CFS | Central Flying School |
| Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | |
| CGA | Community of the Glorious Ascension |
| Country Gentlemen’s Association | |
| CGeog | Chartered Geographer |
| CGeol | Chartered Geologist |
| CGIA | Insignia Award of City and Guilds of London Institute (now see FCGI) |
| CGLI | City and Guilds of London Institute (now see C&G) |
| CGM | Conspicuous Gallantry Medal |
| CGMA | Chartered Global Management Accountant |
| CGRM | Commandant-General Royal Marines |
| CGS | Chief of the General Staff |
| CH | Companion of Honour |
| Chap. | Chaplain |
| ChapStJ | Chaplain, Order of St John of Jerusalem (now see ChStJ) |
| CHAR | Campaign for the Homeless and Rootless |
| CHB | Companion of Honour of Barbados |
| ChB | Bachelor of Surgery |
| CHC | Community Health Council |
| CHIU | Committee for Heads of Irish Universities |
| ChLJ | Chaplain, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
| (CHM) | see under ARCO(CHM), FRCO(CHM) |
| ChM | Master of Surgery |
| Chm. | Chairman or Chairwoman |
| CHN | Community of the Holy Name |
| CHort | Chartered Horticulturalist |
| ChStJ | Chaplain, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
| CI | Imperial Order of the Crown of India |
| Channel Islands | |
| CIA | Chemical Industries Association |
| Central Intelligence Agency | |
| CIAgrE | Companion, Institution of Agricultural Engineers |
| CIArb | Chartered Institute of Arbitrators |
| CIB | Chartered Institute of Bankers |
| CIBS | Chartered Institution of Building Services (now see CIBSE) |
| CIBSE | Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers |
| CIC | Chemical Institute of Canada |
| Community Interest Company | |
| CICAP | Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeal Panel |
| CICB | Criminal Injuries Compensation Board |
| CICHE | Committee for International Co-operation in Higher Education |
| CICI | Confederation of Information Communication Industries |
| CID | Criminal Investigation Department |
| CIE | Companion, Order of the Indian Empire |
| Confédération Internationale des Etudiants | |
| CIEEM | Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management |
| CIES | Companion, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland |
| CIEx | Companion, Institute of Export |
| CIFE | Council (formerly Conference) for Independent Further Education |
| CIGasE | Companion, Institution of Gas Engineers (now see CIGEM) |
| CIGEM | Companion, Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers |
| CIGRE | Conférence Internationale des Grands Réseaux Electriques |
| CIGS | Chief of the Imperial General Staff (now see CGS) |
| CIHM | Companion, Institute of Healthcare Management |
| CIHR | Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
| CIHT | Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation |
| CIIA | Canadian Institute of International Affairs |
| CIL | Corpus inscriptionum latinarum |
| CILIP | Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals |
| CILT | Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport |
| CIM | China Inland Mission |
| Chartered Institute of Marketing | |
| CIMA | Chartered Institute of Management Accountants |
| CIMarE | Companion, Institute of Marine Engineers |
| CIMEMME | Companion, Institution of Mining Electrical and Mining Mechanical Engineers |
| CIMgt | Companion, Institute of Management (now see CCMI) |
| CIMGTechE | Companion, Institution of Mechanical and General Technician Engineers |
| CIMO | Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation |
| CIMR | Cambridge Institute for Medical Research |
| C-in-C | Commander-in-Chief |
| CINCHAN | Allied Commander-in-Chief Channel |
| CInstLM | Companion, Institute of Leadership and Management |
| CINOA | Confédération Internationale des Négotiants en Œuvres d’Art |
| CIO | Charitable Incorporated Organisation |
| CIOB | Chartered Institute of Building |
| CIPA | Chartered Institute of Patent Agents |
| CIPD | Companion, Institute of Personnel and Development (now see CCIPD) |
| Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development | |
| CIPFA | Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy |
| CIPM | Companion, Institute of Personnel Management (later CIPD) |
| CIPR | Chartered Institute of Public Relations |
| CIQA | Companion, Institute of Quality Assurance (now see CCQI) |
| CIR | Commission on Industrial Relations |
| CIRES | Co-operative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences |
| CIRIA | Construction Industry Research and Information Association |
| CIRP | Collège Internationale pour Recherche et Production |
| CIS | Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (formerly Chartered Institute of Secretaries) |
| Command Control Communications and Information Systems | |
| Commonwealth of Independent States | |
| CISAC | Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Auteurs et Compositeurs |
| Centre for International Security and Arms Control | |
| CISI | Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment |
| CIT | Chartered Institute of Transport |
| California Institute of Technology | |
| CITB | Construction Industry Training Board |
| CITD | Certificate of Institute of Training and Development |
| CITP | Chartered Information Technology Professional |
| CIV | City Imperial Volunteers |
| CIWEM | Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management |
| CJM | Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudist Fathers) |
| CL | Commander, Order of Leopold |
| cl | cum laude |
| Cl. | Class |
| CLA | Country Land & Business Association (formerly Country Landowners’ Association) |
| CLIC | Cancer and Leukemia in Childhood |
| CLit | Companion of Literature (Royal Society of Literature Award) |
| CLJ | Commander, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
| CLP | Constituency Labour Party |
| CLRAE | Congress (formerly Conference) of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe |
| CLY | City of London Yeomanry |
| CM | Member, Order of Canada |
| Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) | |
| Master in Surgery | |
| Certificated Master | |
| Canadian Militia | |
| CMA | Canadian Medical Association |
| Cost and Management Accountant (NZ) | |
| Competition and Markets Authority | |
| CMarEng | Chartered Marine Engineer |
| CMarSci | Chartered Marine Scientist |
| CMath | Chartered Mathematician |
| CMB | Central Midwives’ Board |
| CMC | Certified Management Consultant |
| Civil Mediation Council | |
| CME | Continuing Ministerial Education |
| CMet | Chartered Meteorologist |
| CMF | Commonwealth Military Forces |
| Central Mediterranean Force | |
| CMG | Companion, Order of St Michael and St George |
| CMgr | Chartered Manager |
| CMILT | Chartered Member, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport |
| CMIWSc | Certified Member, Institute of Wood Science |
| CMJ | Commander, Supreme Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem |
| CMktr | Chartered Marketer |
| CMLI | Chartered Member, Landscape Institute |
| CMLJ | Commander of Merit, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
| CMM | Commander, Order of Military Merit (Canada) |
| CMO | Chief Medical Officer |
| CMP | Corps of Military Police (now see CRMP) |
| CMS | Church Mission (formerly Church Missionary) Society |
| Certificate in Management Studies | |
| CMT | Chaconia Medal of Trinidad |
| CNAA | Council for National Academic Awards |
| CND | Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament |
| CNI | Companion, Nautical Institute |
| CNO | Chief of Naval Operations |
| CNOCS | Captain Naval Operational Command Systems |
| CNR | Canadian National Railways |
| CNRS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| CNS | Clinical Nurse Specialist |
| CNZM | Companion, New Zealand Order of Merit |
| CO | Commanding Officer |
| Commonwealth Office (after Aug. 1966) (now see FCO) | |
| Colonial Office (before Aug. 1966) | |
| Conscientious Objector | |
| Colorado (postal) | |
| Congregation of the Oratory | |
| Co. | County |
| Company | |
| Coal.L | Co.L |
| Coalition Liberal | |
| Coal.U | Co.U |
| Coalition Unionist | |
| COBSEO | Confederation of British Service and Ex-Service Organisations |
| CODEST | Committee for the Development of European Science and Technology |
| C of E | Church of England |
| C of I | Church of Ireland |
| C of S | Chief of Staff |
| Church of Scotland | |
| COHSE | Confederation of Health Service Employees |
| COI | Central Office of Information |
| CoID | Council of Industrial Design (now Design Council) |
| Col | Colonel |
| Coll. | College |
| Collegiate | |
| Colo | Colorado |
| Col.-Sergt | Colour-Sergeant |
| Com | Communist |
| Comd | Command |
| Comdg | Commanding |
| Comdr | Commander |
| Comdt | Commandant |
| COMEC | Council of the Military Education Committees of the Universities of the UK |
| Commn | Commission |
| Commnd | Commissioned |
| CompICE | Companion, Institution of Civil Engineers |
| CompIEE | Companion, Institution of Electrical Engineers (later FIEE) |
| CompIERE | Companion, Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers |
| CompIGasE | Companion, Institution of Gas Engineers |
| CompILE | Companion, Institution of Lighting Engineers |
| CompIMechE | Companion, Institution of Mechanical Engineers |
| CompInstE | Companion, Institute of Energy |
| CompInstMC | Companion, Institute of Measurement and Control |
| CompOR | Companion, Operational Research Society |
| CompTI | Companion of the Textile Institute |
| Comr | Commissioner |
| Comy-Gen. | Commissary-General |
| CON | Commander, Order of the Niger |
| ConfEd | Confederation of Education Service Managers |
| Conn | Connecticut |
| Const. | Constitutional |
| CONUL | Council of National and University Librarians |
| Co-op. | Co-operative |
| COP | Conference of the Parties |
| COPA | Comité des Organisations Professionels Agricoles de la CEE |
| COPEC | Conference of Politics, Economics and Christianity |
| COPUS | Committee on the Public Understanding of Science |
| Corp. | Corporation |
| Corporal | |
| Corresp. Mem. | Corresponding Member |
| COS | Chief of Staff |
| Charity Organization Society | |
| CoSIRA | Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas |
| COSLA | Convention of Scottish Local Authorities |
| COSPAR | Committee on Space Research |
| COSSAC | Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander |
| COTC | Coronavirus disease |
| COVID | Canadian Officers’ Training Corps |
| CP | Central Provinces |
| Cape Province | |
| Congregation of the Passion | |
| CPA | Commonwealth Parliamentary Association |
| Chartered Patent Agent | |
| Certified Public Accountant (USA) | |
| CPAG | Child Poverty Action Group |
| CPAGB | Credit, Photographic Alliance of Great Britain |
| CPAS | Church Pastoral Aid Society |
| CPC | Conservative Political Centre |
| CPCH | College of Paediatrics and Child Health (now see RCPCH) |
| CPD | Continuing Professional Development |
| CPE | Common Professional Examination |
| Clinical Pastoral Education | |
| CPEng | Chartered Professional Engineer (of Institution of Engineers of Australia) |
| CPFA | Member or Associate, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy |
| CPHVA | Community Practitioners & Health Visitors’ Association |
| CPhys | Chartered Physicist |
| CPL | Chief Personnel and Logistics |
| CPLS | Certificate of Professional Legal Studies |
| CPM | Colonial Police Medal |
| CPR | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| CPRE | Campaign to Protect Rural England (formerly Council for the Protection of Rural England) |
| CPRW | Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales |
| CPS | Crown Prosecution Service |
| Certificate in Pastoral Studies | |
| CPSA | Civil and Public Services Association (now see PCS) |
| Church of the Province of South Africa | |
| CPSU | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| CPsychol | Chartered Psychologist |
| CPU | Commonwealth Press Union |
| CQ | Chevalier, National Order of Quebec |
| CQI | Chartered Quality Institute |
| CQP | Chartered Quality Professional |
| CQSW | Certificate of Qualification in Social Work |
| CR | Community of the Resurrection |
| cr | created or creation |
| CRA | Commander, Royal Artillery |
| CRAC | Careers Research and Advisory Centre |
| CRadP | Chartered Radiation Protection Professional |
| CRAeS | Companion, Royal Aeronautical Society |
| CRASC | Commander, Royal Army Service Corps |
| CRC | Cancer Research Campaign (now see CRUK) |
| Community Relations Council | |
| CRE | Commander, Royal Engineers |
| Commission for Racial Equality | |
| Commercial Relations and Exports | |
| Conference of Rectors of European Universities (formerly Association of European Universities) | |
| Cres. | Crescent |
| CRMP | Corps of Royal Military Police |
| CRNCM | Companion, Royal Northern College of Music |
| CRO | Commonwealth Relations Office (now see FCO) |
| CRSNZ | Companion, Royal Society of New Zealand |
| CRUK | Cancer Research United Kingdom |
| CS | Civil Service |
| Clerk to the Signet | |
| Companion, Order of Samoa | |
| CSA | Confederate States of America |
| Child Support Agency | |
| CSAB | Civil Service Appeal Board |
| CSB | Bachelor of Christian Science |
| CSC | Conspicuous Service Cross |
| Congregation of the Holy Cross | |
| CSCA | Civil Service Clerical Association (later CPSA) |
| CSCE | Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| CSci | Chartered Scientist |
| CSD | Civil Service Department |
| Co-operative Secretaries Diploma | |
| Chartered Society of Designers | |
| CSDE | Central Servicing Development Establishment |
| CSEU | Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions |
| CSG | Companion, Order of the Star of Ghana |
| Company of the Servants of God | |
| CSI | Companion, Order of the Star of India |
| Cross, Order of Solomon Islands | |
| CSIR | Commonwealth Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (now see CSIRO) |
| Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India | |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia) |
| CSM | Civil Service Medal (Fiji) |
| Companion, Star of Merit (Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis) | |
| Companion, Star of Melanesia (Papua New Guinea) | |
| CSO | Chief Scientific Officer |
| Chief Signal Officer | |
| Chief Staff Officer | |
| Central Statistical Office (now see ONS) | |
| CSP | Chartered Society of Physiotherapists |
| Civil Service of Pakistan | |
| CSPQ | Certificat de Spécialiste de la Province de Québec |
| CSS | Companion, Star of Sarawak |
| Council for Science and Society | |
| Certificate in Social Studies | |
| CSSB | Civil Service Selection Board |
| CSSD | Czech Social Democratic Party |
| CSSp | Holy Ghost Father |
| CSSR | Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorist Order) |
| CStat | Chartered Statistician |
| CSTI | Council of Science and Technology Institutes |
| CStJ | Commander, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
| CSU | Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern |
| CSV | Community Service Volunteers |
| CSW | Certificate in Social Work |
| CT | Connecticut (postal) |
| CTA | Chaplain Territorial Army |
| Chartered Tax Adviser | |
| CTBI | Churches Together in Britain and Ireland |
| CTC | Cyclists’ Touring Club |
| Commando Training Centre | |
| City Technology College | |
| CText | Chartered Textile Technologist |
| CTh | Certificate in Theology |
| CTL | Companion, Trinity Laban |
| CTM | Certificate of Theology for Ministry |
| CTPP | Chartered Transport Planning Professional |
| CTS | Certificate in Terrorism Studies |
| CU | Cambridge University |
| CUAC | Cambridge University Athletic Club |
| Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion | |
| CUAFC | Cambridge University Association Football Club |
| CUCC | Cambridge University Cricket Club |
| CUF | Common University Fund |
| CUNY | City University of New York |
| CUP | Cambridge University Press |
| CUPGRA | Cambridge University Postgraduate Research Association |
| CURUFC | Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club |
| CV | Cross of Valour (Canada) |
| CVCP | Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom (now see UUK) |
| CVO | Commander, Royal Victorian Order |
| CVS | Council for Voluntary Service |
| CWA | Crime Writers Association |
| CWEM | Chartered Water and Environmental Manager |
| CWGC | Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| CWS | Co-operative Wholesale Society |
| CWU | Communication Workers Union |
| D | |
| D | Duke |
| d | died |
| daughter | |
| DA | Dame of St Andrew, Order of Barbados |
| Diploma in Anaesthesia | |
| Diploma in Art | |
| Doctor of Arts | |
| DAA | Diploma in Archive Administration |
| DAA&QMG | Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General |
| DAAD | Designers and Art Directors Association |
| DAAG | Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General |
| DA&QMG | Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee |
| Diocesan Advisory Committee | |
| DAcad | Doctor of the Academy |
| DACG | Deputy Assistant Chaplain-General |
| DACLAM | Diplomate, American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine |
| DACOS | Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff |
| DAD | Deputy Assistant Director |
| DAdmin | Doctor of Administration |
| DADMS | Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services |
| DADOS | Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services |
| DADQ | Deputy Assistant Director of Quartering |
| DADST | Deputy Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport |
| DAEd | Diploma in Art Education |
| DAG | Deputy Adjutant-General |
| DAgr | Doctor of Agriculture |
| DAgrFor | Doctor of Agriculture and Forestry |
| DAgrSc | Doctor of Agricultural Science |
| DAMS | Deputy Assistant Military Secretary |
| D&AD | Design and Art Direction (formerly Designers and Art Directors Association) |
| DAppSc | Doctor of Applied Science |
| DAQMG | Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General |
| DArch | Doctor of Architecture |
| DArt | Doctor of Art |
| DArts | Doctor of Arts |
| DASc | Doctor in Agricultural Sciences |
| DASS | Diploma in Applied Social Studies |
| DATA | Draughtsmen’s and Allied Technicians’ Association (later AUEW(TASS)) |
| DATEC | Art and Design Committee, Technician Education Council |
| DAvMed | Diploma in Aviation Medicine, Royal College of Physicians |
| DBA | Doctor of Business Administration |
| DBE | Dame Commander, Order of the British Empire |
| DBT | Department for Business and Trade |
| DBTS | Diploma in Biblical and Theological Studies |
| DBus | Doctor of Business |
| DC | District Council |
| District of Columbia | |
| DCA | Doctor of Creative Arts |
| Department for Constitutional Affairs | |
| DCAS | Deputy Chief of the Air Staff |
| DCB | Dame Commander, Order of the Bath |
| DCC | Diploma of Chelsea College |
| DCCH | Diploma in Community Child Health |
| DCDS | Deputy Chief of Defence Staff |
| DCE | Diploma of a College of Education |
| DCG | Deputy Chaplain-General |
| DCGS | Deputy Chief of the General Staff |
| DCh | Doctor of Surgery |
| DCH | Diploma in Child Health |
| DChA | Diploma in Charity Accounting |
| DCHS | Dame Commander, Order of the Holy Sepulchre |
| DCL | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Doctor of Canon Law | |
| DCLG | Department for Communities and Local Government |
| DCLI | Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry |
| DCLJ | Dame Commander, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
| DCM | Distinguished Conduct Medal |
| DCMG | Dame Commander, Order of St Michael and St George |
| DCMS | Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (formerly Department for Culture, Media and Sport) |
| DCnL | Doctor of Canon Law |
| DCNZM | Distinguished Companion, New Zealand Order of Merit |
| DCO | Duke of Cambridge’s Own |
| DCom | DComm |
| Doctor of Commerce | |
| DCP | Diploma in Clinical Pathology |
| Diploma in Conservation of Paintings | |
| DCS | Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Doctor of Commercial Sciences | |
| DCSF | Department for Children, Schools and Families |
| DCSG | Dame Commander, Order of St Gregory the Great |
| DCSO | Deputy Chief Scientific Officer |
| DCT | Doctor of Christian Theology |
| DCVO | Dame Commander, Royal Victorian Order |
| DD | Doctor of Divinity |
| DDAM | Diploma in Disability Assessment Medicine |
| DDes | Doctor of Design |
| DDGAMS | Deputy Director General, Army Medical Services |
| DDH | Diploma in Dental Health |
| DDL | Deputy Director of Labour |
| DDME | Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineering |
| DDMI | Deputy Director of Military Intelligence |
| DDMO | Deputy Director of Military Operations |
| DDMS | Deputy Director of Medical Services |
| DDMT | Deputy Director of Military Training |
| DDNI | Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence |
| DDO | Diploma in Dental Orthopaedics |
| DDPH | Diploma in Dental Public Health |
| DDPR | Deputy Director of Public Relations |
| DDPS | Deputy Director of Personal Services |
| DDR | Deutsche Demokratische Republik |
| DDRA | Deputy Director Royal Artillery |
| DDra | Doctor of Drama |
| DDS | Doctor of Dental Surgery |
| Director of Dental Services | |
| DDSc | Doctor of Dental Science |
| DDSD | Deputy Director Staff Duties |
| DDSM | Defense Distinguished Service Medal |
| DDST | Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport |
| DDWE&M | Deputy Director of Works, Electrical and Mechanical |
| DE | Doctor of Engineering |
| Delaware (postal) | |
| DEA | Department of Economic Affairs |
| Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies | |
| DEc | Doctor of Economics |
| DECC | Department of Energy and Climate Change |
| decd | deceased |
| DEcon | Doctor of Economics |
| DEconSc | Doctor of Economic Science |
| DEd | Doctor of Education |
| DEFRA | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Deleg. | Delegate |
| DEME | Directorate of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering |
| DEMS | Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships |
| (DemU) | Democratic Unionist |
| DenD | Docteur en Droit |
| DEng | Doctor of Engineering |
| DenM | Docteur en Médicine |
| DEOVR | Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Rifles |
| DEP | Department of Employment and Productivity |
| European Progressive Democrats | |
| Dep. | Deputy |
| DERA | Defence Evaluation and Research Agency |
| DES | Department of Education and Science (later DFE) |
| Dr in Environmental Studies | |
| DèsL | Docteur ès lettres |
| DèS | DèsSc |
| Docteur ès sciences | |
| DESNZ | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| DesRCA | Designer of the Royal College of Art |
| DESS | Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures Specialisées |
| DESU | Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures d’Université |
| DETR | Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions |
| DExEU | Department for Exiting the European Union |
| DFA | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| DFAS | Decorative and Fine Art Society |
| DFC | Distinguished Flying Cross |
| DFE, DfE | Department for Education |
| DFEE | DfEE |
| Department for Education and Employment (later DFES) | |
| DFES | DfES |
| Department for Education and Skills | |
| DFFP | Diploma in Fertility and Family Planning |
| DFH | Diploma of Faraday House |
| DFID | Department for International Development |
| DFil | Doctor en Filosofía |
| DFM | Distinguished Flying Medal |
| Diploma of Forensic Medicine | |
| DFPHM | Diplomate Member, Faculty of Public Health Medicine |
| DfT | Department for Transport |
| DG | Director General |
| Directorate General | |
| Dragoon Guards | |
| DGAA | Distressed Gentlefolks Aid Association |
| DGAMS | Director-General Army Medical Services |
| DGCHS | Dame Grand Cross, Order of the Holy Sepulchre |
| DGDP | Diploma in General Dental Practice, Royal College of Physicians |
| DGEME | Director General Electrical and Mechanical Engineering |
| DGLP(A) | Director General Logistic Policy (Army) |
| DGMS | Director-General of Medical Services |
| DGMT | Director-General of Military Training |
| DGMW | Director-General of Military Works |
| DGNPS | Director-General of Naval Personal Services |
| DGP | Director-General of Personnel |
| DGPS | Director-General of Personal Services |
| DGS | Diploma in Graduate Studies |
| DGStJ | Dame of Grace, Order of St John of Jerusalem (now see DStJ) |
| DGU | Doctor of Griffith University |
| DH | Doctor of Humanities |
| Doctor of Health | |
| DHA | District Health Authority |
| Dhc | DHC |
| Doctor honoris causa | |
| DHE | Defence Housing Executive |
| DHEW | Department of Health Education and Welfare (US) |
| DHL | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Doctor of Hebrew Literature | |
| DHLitt | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| DHM | Dean Hole Medal |
| DHMSA | Diploma in the History of Medicine (Society of Apothecaries) |
| DHQ | District Headquarters |
| DHS | Dame, Order of the Holy Sepulchre |
| DHSC | Department of Health and Social Care |
| DHSS | Department of Health and Social Security |
| DHum | Doctor of Humanities |
| DHumLit | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| DIA | Diploma in Industrial Administration |
| DIB | Doctor of International Business |
| DIC | Diploma of the Imperial College |
| DIFC | Dubai International Financial Centre |
| DIG | Deputy Inspector-General |
| DIH | Diploma in Industrial Health |
| DIMP | Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (Malaysia) |
| DIntLaw | Diploma in International Law |
| Dio. | Diocese |
| DipA | Diploma of Arts in Theology |
| DipAA | Diploma in Applied Art |
| DipABRSM | Diploma, Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music |
| DipAD | Diploma in Art and Design |
| DipAE | Diploma in Adult Education |
| DipAe | Diploma in Aeronautics |
| DipAgr | Diploma in Agriculture |
| DipArch | Diploma in Architecture |
| DipASE | Diploma in Advanced Study of Education, College of Preceptors |
| DipASS | Diploma in Applied Social Studies |
| DipBA | Diploma in Business Administration |
| DipBS | Diploma in Fine Art, Byam Shaw School |
| DipCAM | Diploma in Communications, Advertising and Marketing of CAM Foundation |
| DipCAT | Diploma in Cognitive Analytic Therapy |
| DipCD | Diploma in Civic Design |
| DipCE | Diploma in Civil Engineering |
| Diploma of a College of Education (Scotland) | |
| DipChA | Diploma in Chartered Accounting |
| DipCII | Diploma in Insurance, Chartered Insurance Institute |
| DipCons | Diploma in Conservation |
| DipCS | Diploma in Classical Studies |
| DipECLAM | Diplomate, European College of Laboratory Animal Medicine |
| DipEcon | Diploma in Economics |
| DipECVO | Diploma in Veterinary Ophthalmology, European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists |
| DipEd | Diploma in Education |
| DipEE | Diploma in Electrical Engineering |
| DipEl | Diploma in Electronics |
| DipESL | Diploma in English as a Second Language |
| DipEth | Diploma in Ethnology |
| DipEurHum | Diploma in European Humanities |
| DipEVPC | Diplomate, European Veterinary Parasitology College |
| DipFBOM | Diploma in Farm Business Organisation and Management |
| DipFD | Diploma in Funeral Directing |
| DipFE | Diploma in Further Education |
| DipFM | Diploma in Forensic Medicine |
| Diploma in Financial Management | |
| DipFMS | Diploma in Forensic Medicine and Science |
| DipFS | Diploma in Financial Services |
| DipGSM | Diploma in Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| DipHA | Diploma in Hospital Administration |
| DipHE | Diploma in Higher Education |
| DipHSM | Diploma in Health Services Management |
| DipHIC | Diploma in Hospital Infection Control |
| DipHum | Diploma in Humanities |
| DipHV | Diploma in Health Visiting |
| DipICArb | Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration |
| DipIT | Diploma in Information Technology |
| DipLA | Diploma in Landscape Architecture |
| DipLaw | Diploma in Law |
| DipLib | Diploma of Librarianship |
| DipLLP | Diploma in Law and Legal Practice |
| DipLP | Diploma in Legal Practice |
| DipLS | Diploma of Legal Studies |
| DipM | Diploma in Marketing |
| DipMed | Diploma in Medicine |
| DipMin | Diploma in Ministry |
| DipN | Diploma in Nursing |
| DipNEC | Diploma of Northampton Engineering College (now City University) |
| DIPP | Diploma of Interventional Pain Practice |
| DipPA | Diploma of Practitioners in Advertising (now see DipCAM) |
| DipPE | Diploma in Physical Education |
| DipPFS | Diploma in Financial Planning, Chartered Insurance Institute |
| DipPSA | Diploma in Public Service Administration |
| DipPSW | Diploma in Psychiatric Social Work |
| DipPsych | Diploma in Psychology |
| DipRE | Diploma in Religious Education |
| DipREM | Diploma in Rural Estate Management |
| DipRS | Diploma in Religious Studies |
| DipSMS | Diploma in School Management Studies |
| DipSoc | Diploma in Sociology |
| DipSocSc | Diploma in Social Science |
| DipSRAA | Diploma in the Study of Records and Administration of Archives |
| DipStat | Diploma in Statistics |
| DipSW | Diploma in Social Work |
| DipTA | Diploma in Tropical Agriculture |
| DipT&CP | Diploma in Town and Country Planning |
| DipTh | Diploma in Theology |
| DipTMHA | Diploma in Training and Further Education of Mentally Handicapped Adults |
| DipTP | Diploma in Town Planning |
| DipTPT | Diploma in Theory and Practice of Teaching |
| DipTRP | Diploma in Town and Regional Planning |
| DipURP | Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning |
| DipYCS | Diploma in Youth and Community Studies |
| DIS | Diploma in Industrial Studies |
| DistTP | Distinction in Town Planning |
| DIT | Department for International Trade |
| DIur | Doctor of Law |
| DIUS | Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills |
| Div. | Division |
| Divorced | |
| DJAG | Deputy Judge Advocate General |
| DJPD | Dato Jasa Purba Di-Raja Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia) |
| DJStJ | Dame of Justice, Order of St John of Jerusalem (now see DStJ) |
| DJur | Doctor Juris (Doctor of Law) |
| DK | Most Esteemed Family Order (Brunei) |
| DL | Deputy Lieutenant |
| Democratie Libérale | |
| DLAS | Diploma in Laboratory Animal Science, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons |
| DLaws | Doctor of Laws |
| DLC | Diploma of Loughborough College |
| DLES | Doctor of Letters in Economic Studies |
| DLI | Durham Light Infantry |
| DLIS | Diploma in Library and Information Studies |
| DLit | DLitt |
| Doctor of Literature | |
| Doctor of Letters | |
| DLittS | Doctor of Sacred Letters |
| DLJ | Dame of Grace, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
| DLO | Diploma in Laryngology and Otology |
| DLP | Diploma in Legal Practice |
| Democratic Labour Party | |
| DLR | Docklands Light Railway |
| DLUHC | Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities |
| DM | Doctor of Medicine |
| DMA | Diploma in Municipal Administration |
| DMan | Doctor of Management |
| DMCC | Diploma in the Medical Care of Catastrophe, Society of Apothecaries |
| DMD | Doctor of Medical Dentistry (Australia) |
| DME | Director of Mechanical Engineering |
| DMed | Doctor of Medicine |
| DMedSci | Doctor of Medical Science |
| DMet | Doctor of Metallurgy |
| DMI | Director of Military Intelligence |
| DMin | Doctor of Ministry |
| DMiss | Doctor of Missiology |
| DMJ | Diploma in Medical Jurisprudence |
| DMJ(Path) | Diploma in Medical Jurisprudence (Pathology) |
| DMLJ | Dame of Merit, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
| DMO | Director of Military Operations |
| DMR | Diploma in Medical Radiology |
| DMRD | Diploma in Medical Radiological Diagnosis |
| DMRE | Diploma in Medical Radiology and Electrology |
| DMRT | Diploma in Medical Radio-Therapy |
| DMS | Director of Medical Services |
| Decoration for Meritorious Service (South Africa) | |
| Diploma in Management Studies | |
| DMSc | Doctor of Medical Science |
| DMT | Director of Military Training |
| DMus | Doctor of Music |
| DN | Diploma in Nursing |
| DNB | Dictionary of National Biography |
| DNE | Director of Naval Equipment |
| DNH | Department of National Heritage |
| DNI | Director of Naval Intelligence |
| DNursing | Professional Doctorate in Nursing |
| DNZM | Dame Companion, New Zealand Order of Merit |
| DO | Diploma in Ophthalmology |
| DOAE | Defence Operational Analysis Establishment |
| DObstRCOG | Diploma of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (now see DRCOG) |
| DOC | District Officer Commanding |
| DocArts | Doctor of Arts |
| DocEng | Doctor of Engineering |
| DoE | Department of the Environment |
| DoH | Department of Health |
| DoI | Department of Industry |
| DOL | Doctor of Oriental Learning |
| Dom. | Dominus (Lord) |
| DOMS | Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery |
| DOR | Director of Operational Requirements |
| DOrthRCS | Diploma in Orthodontics, Royal College of Surgeons |
| DOS | Director of Ordnance Services |
| Doctor of Ocular Science | |
| DP | Data Processing |
| DPA | Diploma in Public Administration |
| Discharged Prisoners’ Aid | |
| Doctor of Public Administration | |
| DPD | Diploma in Public Dentistry |
| DPEc | Doctor of Political Economy |
| DPed | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| DPH | Diploma in Public Health |
| DPh | DPhil |
| Doctor of Philosophy | |
| DPharm | Doctor of Pharmacy |
| DPhilMed | Diploma in Philosophy of Medicine |
| DPhysMed | Diploma in Physical Medicine |
| DPLG | Diplômé par le Gouvernement |
| DPM | Diploma in Psychological Medicine |
| Diploma in Personnel Management | |
| DPMS | Dato Paduka Mahkota Selangor (Malaysia) |
| DPMSA | Diploma in Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine, Society of Apothecaries |
| DPP | Director of Public Prosecutions |
| DPR | Director of Public Relations |
| DProf | Doctor of Professional Studies |
| DPS | Director of Postal Services |
| Director of Personal Services | |
| Doctor of Public Service | |
| Diploma in Pastoral Studies | |
| DPSA | Diploma in Public and Social Administration |
| DPSE | Diploma in Professional Studies in Education |
| DPSM | Diploma in Public Sector Management |
| DPSN | Diploma in Professional Studies in Nursing |
| DPsych | Doctor of Psychology |
| DQMG | Deputy Quartermaster-General |
| Dr | Doctor |
| DRA | Defence Research Agency (later DERA) |
| DRAC | Director Royal Armoured Corps |
| DRC | Diploma of Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow |
| DRCOG | Diploma of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| DRD | Diploma in Restorative Dentistry |
| Dr hab. | Doctor of Habilitation |
| Dr ing | Doctor of Engineering |
| Dr jur | Doctor of Laws |
| DrŒcPol | Doctor Œconomiæ Politicæ (Doctor of Political Economy) |
| Dr phil | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Dr rer. nat. | Doctor of Natural Science |
| Dr rer. pol. | Doctor of Political Science |
| Dr rer. soc. oec. | Doctor of Social and Economic Sciences |
| DRS | Diploma in Religious Studies |
| Drs | Doctorandus |
| DRSAMD | Diploma of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama |
| DS | Directing Staff |
| Doctor of Science | |
| DSA | Diploma in Social Administration |
| DSAC | Defence Scientific Advisory Council |
| DSAO | Diplomatic Service Administration Office |
| DSC | Distinguished Service Cross |
| DSc | Doctor of Science |
| DScA | Docteur en sciences agricoles |
| DSc(Eng) | Doctor of Engineering Science |
| DSCHE | Diploma of the Scottish Council for Health Education |
| DSCM | Diploma of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music |
| DScMil | Doctor of Military Science |
| DSc (SocSci) | Doctor of Science in Social Science |
| DSD | Director Staff Duties |
| Diploma in Speech and Drama | |
| DSF | Director Special Forces |
| DSG | Dame, Order of St Gregory the Great |
| DSIR | Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (later SRC; then SERC) |
| DSIT | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| DSL | Doctor of Sacred Letters |
| DSLJ | Dato Seri Laila Jasa (Brunei) |
| DSM | Distinguished Service Medal |
| DSMOM | Dame, Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
| DSNB | Dato Setia Negara Brunei |
| DSNS | Dato Setia Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia) |
| DSO | Companion of the Distinguished Service Order |
| DSocSc | Doctor of Social Science |
| DSP | Director of Selection of Personnel |
| Docteur en sciences politiques (Montreal) | |
| dsp | decessit sine prole (died without issue) |
| DSport | Doctor of Sport |
| DSS | Department of Social Security |
| Doctor of Sacred Scripture | |
| Dss | Deaconess |
| DSSc | Doctor of Social Science |
| DST | Director of Supplies and Transport |
| DStJ | Dame of Grace, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
| Dame of Justice, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem | |
| DSTL | Defence Science and Technology Laboratory |
| DTA | Diploma in Tropical Agriculture |
| DTech | Doctor of Technology |
| DTH | Diploma in Tropical Hygiene |
| DTh | DTheol |
| Doctor of Theology | |
| DThMin | Doctor of Theology and Ministry |
| DThPT | Diploma in Theory and Practice of Teaching |
| DTI | Department of Trade and Industry |
| DTLR | Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions |
| DTM&H | Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| DU | DUniv |
| Honorary Doctor of the University | |
| Dunelm | Dunelmensis (of Durham) |
| DUP | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Docteur de l’Université de Paris | |
| DVA | Diploma of Veterinary Anaesthesia |
| DVH | Diploma in Veterinary Hygiene |
| DVLA | Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency |
| DVLC | Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre |
| DVM | DVetMed |
| Doctor of Veterinary Medicine | |
| DVMS | DVM&S |
| Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery | |
| DVO | Driver, Vehicle and Operator |
| DVOphthal | Diploma in Veterinary Ophthalmology |
| DVR | Diploma in Veterinary Radiology |
| DVSc | Doctor of Veterinary Science |
| DVSM | Diploma in Veterinary State Medicine |
| DWP | Department for Work and Pensions |
| E | |
| E | East |
| Earl | |
| England | |
| e | eldest |
| EA | Environment Agency |
| EAA | Edinburgh Architectural Association |
| EACR | European Association for Cancer Research |
| EADS | European Aeronautics Defence and Space Company |
| EAF | East African Forces |
| EAGA | Energy Action Grants Agency |
| EAHY | European Architectural Heritage Year |
| EASD | European Association of Securities Dealers |
| European Association for the Study of Diabetes | |
| EBC | English Benedictine Congregation |
| Ebor | Eboracensis (of York) |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EBSQ | European Board of Surgery Qualification |
| EBU | European Broadcasting Union |
| EC | Etoile du Courage (Canada) |
| European Community | |
| European Commission | |
| Emergency Commission | |
| ECA | Economic Co-operation Administration |
| Economic Commission for Africa | |
| ECAFE | Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (now see ESCAP) |
| ECB | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| ECCTIS | Education Courses and Credit Transfer Information Systems |
| ECE | Economic Commission for Europe |
| ECGD | Export Credits Guarantee Department |
| ECHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| ECLAC | United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| ECOSOC | Economic and Social Committee of the United Nations |
| ECR | European Conservatives and Reformists Group |
| ECSC | European Coal and Steel Community |
| ED | Efficiency Decoration |
| Doctor of Engineering (US) | |
| European Democrat | |
| ed | edited |
| EdB | Bachelor of Education |
| EDC | Economic Development Committee |
| EdD | Doctor of Education |
| EDF | European Development Fund |
| EDG | European Democratic Group |
| Employment Department Group | |
| Edin. | Edinburgh |
| Edn | Edition |
| EDP | Executive Development Programme |
| EdS | Specialist in Education |
| EDSAC | Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator |
| Educ | Educated |
| Educn | Education |
| EEA | European Environment Agency |
| EEC | European Economic Community (now see EC) |
| Commission of the European Communities | |
| EEF | Engineering Employers’ Federation |
| Egyptian Expeditionary Force | |
| EETPU | Electrical Electronic Telecommunication & Plumbing Union (later AEEU) |
| EETS | Early English Text Society |
| EFCE | European Federation of Chemical Engineering |
| EFIAP | Excellence, Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique |
| EFQM | European Foundation Quality Management |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| EGCLJ | Ecclesiastical Grand Cross Chaplain, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
| eh | ehrenhalber (honorary) |
| EI | East Indian |
| East Indies | |
| EIA | Engineering Industries Association |
| EIB | European Investment Bank |
| EIEMA | Electrical Installation Equipment Manufacturers’ Association |
| E-in-C | Engineer-in-Chief |
| EIS | Educational Institute of Scotland |
| EISCAT | European Incoherent Scatter Association |
| EIU | Economist Intelligence Unit |
| ELBS | English Language Book Society |
| ELDR | European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party |
| ELT | English Language Teaching |
| EM | Edward Medal |
| Earl Marshal | |
| EMBL | European Molecular Biology Laboratory |
| EMBO | European Molecular Biology Organisation |
| EMEA | European Medicines Agency (formerly European Agency for the Evaluation of Medical Products) |
| Europe, Middle East and Africa | |
| EMI | European Monetary Institute |
| EMP | Electro Magnetic Pulse |
| Executive Management Program Diploma | |
| EMS | Emergency Medical Service |
| EMU | European Monetary Union |
| Eng. | England |
| EngD | Doctor of Engineering |
| Engr | Engineer |
| ENO | English National Opera |
| ENT | Ear Nose and Throat |
| ENTO | Employment National Training Organisation |
| EO | Executive Officer |
| EOC | Equal Opportunities Commission |
| EOPH | Examined Officer of Public Health |
| EORTC | European Organisation for Research on Treatment of Cancer |
| EOT | Employee Ownership Trust |
| EP | European Parliament |
| EPOS | Electronic Point of Sale |
| EPP | European People’s Party |
| EPSA | Excellence, Photographic Society of America |
| EPSRC | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |
| EPsS | Experimental Psychology Society |
| er | elder |
| ER | Eastern Region (BR) |
| East Riding | |
| ERA | Electrical Research Association |
| ERC | Electronics Research Council |
| ERD | Emergency Reserve Decoration (Army) |
| ESA | European Space Agency |
| ESC | European Society of Cardiology |
| ESCAP | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| ESCP-EAP | Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris-Ecole des Affaires de Paris |
| ESF | European Science Foundation |
| ESL | English as a Second Language |
| ESOL | English for Speakers of Other Languages |
| ESP | English for Special Purposes |
| ESPID | European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases |
| EsqStJ | Esquire, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
| ESRC | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Electricity Supply Research Council | |
| ESRO | European Space Research Organization (now see ESA) |
| ESSKA | European Society for Surgery of the Knee and Arthroscopy |
| ESTA | European Science and Technology Assembly |
| ESU | English-Speaking Union |
| ETA | Engineering Training Authority |
| ETH | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule |
| ETS | Educational and Training Services |
| ETS(A) | Educational and Training Services (Army) |
| ETU | Electrical Trades Union |
| ETUC | European Trade Union Confederation |
| ETUCE | European Trade Union Committee for Education |
| EU | European Union |
| Euratom | European Atomic Energy Community |
| EurBiol | European Biologist (now see EurProBiol) |
| EurChem | European Chemist |
| EurGeol | European Geologist |
| Eur Ing | European Engineer |
| EUROM | European Federation for Optics and Precision Mechanics |
| EurProBiol | European Professional Biologist |
| EUW | European Union of Women |
| eV | eingetragener Verein |
| EVPC | European Veterinary Parasitology College |
| Ext | Extinct |
| external | |
| F | |
| FA | Football Association |
| FAA | Fellow, Australian Academy of Science |
| FAAAI | Fellow, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (formerly American Association for Artificial Intelligence) |
| Fleet Air Arm | |
| FAAAI | Fellow, American Association for Artificial Intelligence |
| FAAAS | Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| FAACR | Fellow, American Association for Cancer Research |
| FAAHMS | Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Sciences |
| FAAN | Fellow, American Academy of Neurology |
| Fellow, American Academy of Nursing | |
| FAAO | Fellow, American Academy of Optometry |
| FAAP | Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics |
| FAARM | Fellow, American Academy of Reproductive Medicine |
| FAAV | Fellow, Central Association of Agricultural Valuers |
| FAAVCT | Fellow, American Academy of Veterinary and Comparative Toxicology |
| FABE | Fellow, Association of Building Engineers |
| FAcadMEd | Fellow, Academy of Medical Educators |
| FACB | Fellow, National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry, USA |
| FACC | Fellow, American College of Cardiology |
| FACCA | Fellow, Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants (now see FCCA) |
| FACCP | Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians |
| FACD | Fellow, American College of Dentistry |
| FACDS | Fellow, Australian College of Dental Surgeons (now see FRACDS) |
| FACE | Fellow, Australian College of Educators (formerly of Education) |
| FACerS | Fellow, American Ceramic Society |
| FAChAM | Fellow, Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine, Royal Australian College of Physicians |
| FAChPM | Fellow, Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine, Royal Australian College of Physicians |
| FACHSE | Fellow, Australian College of Health Service Executives |
| FACI | Fellow, Australian Chemical Institute (now see FRACI) |
| FACM | Fellow, Associaton of Computing Machinery |
| FACMA | Fellow, Australian College of Medical Administrators (now see FRACMA) |
| FACMG | Fellow, American College of Medicinal Genetics |
| FACOG | Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynæcologists |
| FACOM | Fellow, Australian College of Occupational Medicine |
| FACP | Fellow, American College of Physicians |
| FACPM | Fellow, American College of Preventive Medicine |
| FACR | Fellow, American College of Radiology |
| FACRM | Fellow, Australian College of Rehabilitation Medicine |
| FACS | Fellow, American College of Surgeons |
| FAcSS | Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences |
| FACVSc | Fellow, Australian College of Veterinary Scientists |
| FACVT | Fellow, American College of Veterinary Toxicology (now see FAAVCT) |
| FADM | Fellow, Academy of Dental Materials |
| FADO | Fellow, Association of Dispensing Opticians |
| FAEM | Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine (now see CEM) |
| FAeSI | Fellow, Aeronautical Society of India |
| FAFMS | Fellow, Academy of Forensic Medical Sciences |
| FAfN | Fellow, Association for Nutrition |
| FAFPHM | Fellow, Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine |
| FAGS | Fellow, American Geographical Society |
| FAHA | Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities |
| Fellow, American Heart Association | |
| FAHMS | Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences |
| FAI | Fellow, Chartered Auctioneers’ and Estate Agents’ Institute (now (after amalgamation) see FRICS) |
| Fédération Aéronautique Internationale | |
| FAIA | Fellow, American Institute of Architects |
| Fellow, Association of International Accountants | |
| FAIAA | Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| FAIAS | Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (now see FAIAST) |
| FAIAST | Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology |
| FAIB | Fellow, Australian Institute of Bankers |
| FAIBF | Fellow, Australasian Institute of Bankers + Finance |
| FAIBiol | Fellow, Australian Institute of Biology |
| FAICD | Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors |
| FAIChE | Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers |
| FAIE | Fellow, Australian Institute of Energy |
| FAIEx | Fellow, Australian Institute of Export |
| FAIFST | Fellow, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology |
| FAII | Fellow, Australian Insurance Institute |
| FAIIA | Fellow, Australian Information Industry Association |
| FAIM | Fellow, Australian Institute of Management |
| FAIMBE | Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering |
| FAIP | Fellow, Australian Institute of Physics |
| FAISB | Fellow, Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour |
| FAM | Fellow, Academy of Marketing |
| FAMA | Fellow, Australian Medical Association |
| FAMI | Fellow, Australian Marketing Institute |
| FAMINZ(Arb) | Fellow, Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand |
| FAMM | Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Malaysia |
| FAmNucSoc | Fellow, American Nuclear Society |
| FAMS | Fellow, Ancient Monuments Society |
| Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore | |
| Fellow, American Mathematical Society | |
| FANA | Fellow, American Neurological Association |
| F and GP | Finance and General Purposes |
| FANY | First Aid Nursing Yeomanry |
| FANZCA | Fellow, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists |
| FANZCP | Fellow, Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (now see FRANZCP) |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FAoP | Fellow, Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland |
| FAOrthA | Fellow, Australian Orthopaedic Association |
| FAPA | Fellow, American Psychiatric Association |
| FAPHA | Fellow, American Public Health Association |
| FAPI | Fellow, Association of Physicians of India |
| FAPM | Fellow, Association for Project Management (formerly of Project Managers) |
| FAPS | Fellow, American Phytopathological Society |
| FAPT | Fellow, Association for Preservation Technology (US) |
| FArborA | Fellow, Arboricultural Association |
| FARE | Federation of Alcoholic Rehabilitation Establishments |
| FARELF | Far East Land Forces |
| FARVO | Fellow, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology |
| FAS | Fellow, Antiquarian Society |
| Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science | |
| Funding Agency for Schools | |
| Fellow, Anatomical Society | |
| FASA | Fellow, Australian Society of Accountants (now see FCPA) |
| FASc | Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences |
| fasc. | fascicule |
| FASCE | Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers |
| FASI | Fellow, Architects’ and Surveyors’ Institute |
| FASME | Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| FASPOG | Fellow, Australian Society for Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
| FASSA | Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia |
| FAusIMM | Fellow, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy |
| FAustCOG | Fellow, Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynæcologists (later FRACOG; now see FRANZCOG) |
| FAustMS | Fellow, Australian Mathematical Society |
| FBA | Fellow, British Academy |
| Federation of British Artists | |
| FBAHA | Fellow, British Association of Hotel Accountants |
| FBAM | Fellow, British Academy of Management |
| FBC | Fellow, Birmingham Conservatoire (now see FRBC) |
| FBCartS | Fellow, British Cartographic Society |
| FBCO | Fellow, British College of Optometrists (formerly of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists)) (now see FCOptom) |
| FBCS | Fellow, British Computer Society |
| FBCS CITP | Fellow, British Computer Society, with Chartered Professional Status |
| FBEng | Fellow, Association of Building Engineers |
| FBES | Fellow, Biological Engineering Society (now see FIPEM) |
| FBHA | Fellow, British Hospitality Association |
| FBHI | Fellow, British Horological Institute |
| FBHS | Fellow, British Horse Society |
| FBI | Federation of British Industries (now see CBI) |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
| FBIAT | Fellow, British Institute of Architectural Technicians |
| FBIBA | Fellow, British Insurance Brokers’ Association (now see FBIIBA) |
| FBID | Fellow, British Institute of Interior Design |
| FBIDA | Fellow, British Interior Design Association |
| FBIDST | Fellow, British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists |
| FBII | Fellow, British Institute of Innkeeping |
| FBIIBA | Fellow, British Insurance and Investment Brokers’ Association |
| FBIM | Fellow, British Institute of Management (later FIMgt) |
| FBINZ | Fellow, Bankers’ Institute of New Zealand |
| FBIPM | Fellow, British Institute of Payroll Management (now see FIPPM) |
| FBIPP | Fellow, British Institute of Professional Photography |
| FBIR | Fellow, British Institute of Radiology |
| FBIRA | Fellow, British Institute of Regulatory Affairs |
| FBIS | Fellow, British Interplanetary Society |
| FBKS | Fellow, British Kinematograph Society (now see FBKSTS) |
| FBKSTS | Fellow, British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society |
| FBNA | Fellow, British Naturalists’ Association |
| FBOA | Fellow, British Optical Association |
| FBOU | Fellow, British Ornithologists’ Union |
| FBPharmacolS | Fellow, British Pharmacological Society (now see FBPhS) |
| FBPhS | Fellow, British Pharmacological Society |
| FBPICS | Fellow, British Production and Inventory Control Society |
| FBPsS | Fellow, British Psychological Society |
| FBritIRE | Fellow, British Institution of Radio Engineers (later FIERE) |
| FBS | Fellow, Building Societies Institute (later FCBSI; now see FCIB) |
| FBSE | Fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering |
| FBSG | Fellow, British Society for Geomorphology |
| FBSI | Fellow, Boot and Shoe Institution (now see FCFI) |
| FBSM | Fellow, Birmingham School of Music (now see FBC) |
| FBTS | Fellow, British Toxicology Society |
| FC | Football Club |
| FCA | Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants |
| Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia | |
| Fellow, New Zealand Society of Accountants | |
| Federation of Canadian Artists | |
| FCAE | Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering |
| FCAHS | Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences |
| FCAI | Fellow, New Zealand Institute of Cost Accountants |
| Fellow, Canadian Aeronautical Institute (now see FCASI) | |
| Fellow, College of Anaesthetists of Ireland | |
| FCAM | Fellow, CAM Foundation |
| FCAnaes | Fellow, College of Anaesthetists (now see FRCA) |
| FCARCSI | Fellow, College of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland |
| FCA(SA) | Fellow, College of Anaesthetists (South Africa) |
| FCASI | Fellow, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute |
| FCBI | Fellow, Chartered Banker Institute |
| FCBSI | Fellow, Chartered Building Societies Institute (merged with Chartered Institute of Bankers; now see FCIB) |
| FCCA | Fellow, Chartered Association of Certified Accountants |
| FCCEA | Fellow, Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration |
| FCCP | Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians |
| FCCS | Fellow, Corporation of Secretaries (formerly of Certified Secretaries) |
| FCCT | Fellow, Canadian College of Teachers |
| FCDO | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| FCDSHK | Fellow, College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong |
| FCEC | Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors |
| FCEM | Fellow, College of Emergency Medicine (now see FRCEM) |
| FCFE | Fellow, Chartered Institution for Further Education |
| FCFI | Fellow, Clothing and Footwear Institute |
| FCG | Fellow, Chartered Governance Institute |
| FCGA | Fellow, Certified General Accountants of Canada |
| FCGC | Fellow, Council of Geriatric Cardiology |
| FCGDent | Fellow, College of General Dentistry |
| FCGI | Fellow, City and Guilds of London Institute |
| FCGP | Fellow, College of General Practitioners (now see FRCGP) |
| FChS | Fellow, Society of Chiropodists |
| FCI | Fellow, Institute of Commerce |
| FCIA | Fellow, Corporation of Insurance Agents |
| FCIArb | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators |
| FCIB | Fellow, Corporation of Insurance Brokers |
| Fellow, Chartered Institute of Bankers | |
| FCIBS | Fellow, Chartered Institution of Building Services (now see FCBI) |
| Fellow, Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland | |
| FCIBSE | Fellow, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers |
| FCIC | Fellow, Chemical Institute of Canada (formerly Canadian Institute of Chemistry) |
| FCICM | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Credit Management |
| FCIEEM | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management |
| FCIEH | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Environmental Health |
| FCIFE | Fellow, Chartered Institution for Further Education |
| FCIH | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Housing |
| FCIHort | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Horticulture |
| FCIHT | Fellow, Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation |
| FCII | Fellow, Chartered Insurance Institute |
| FCIJ | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Journalists |
| FCIL | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Linguists |
| FCILA | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters |
| FCILT | Chartered Fellow, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport |
| FCIM | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Marketing |
| Fellow, Institute of Corporate Managers (Australia) | |
| FCInstCES | Fellow, Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors |
| FCIOB | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Building |
| FCIPA | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Patent Agents (now see CPA) |
| FCIPD | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development |
| FCIPHE | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering |
| FCIPR | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Public Relations |
| FCIPS | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Procurement (formerly Purchasing) and Supply |
| FCIS | Fellow, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (formerly Chartered Institute of Secretaries) (now see FCG) |
| FCISA | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators (Australia) |
| FCIT | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Transport (now see FCILT) |
| FCIWEM | Fellow, Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management |
| FCIWM | Fellow, Chartered Institution of Wastes Management |
| FCJEI | Fellow, Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute |
| FCLIP | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals |
| FCM | Faculty of Community Medicine |
| FCMA | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (formerly Institute of Cost and Management Accountants) |
| Fellow, Communications Management Association | |
| FCMC | Fellow grade, Certified Management Consultant |
| FCMI | Fellow, Chartered Management Institute |
| FCMSA | Fellow, College of Medicine of South Africa |
| FCNA | Fellow, College of Nursing, Australia |
| FCO | Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| FCOG(SA) | Fellow, South African College of Obstetrics and Gynæcology |
| FCollH | Fellow, College of Handicraft |
| FCollP | Fellow, College of Preceptors |
| FCollT | Fellow, College of Teachers |
| FCommA | Fellow, Society of Commercial Accountants (now see FSCA) |
| FCOphth | Fellow, College of Ophthalmologists (now see FRCOphth) |
| FCOptom | Fellow, College of Optometrists |
| FCOT | Fellow, College of Teachers |
| FCP | Fellow, College of Preceptors |
| FCPA | Fellow, Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants |
| FCPath | Fellow, College of Pathologists (now see FRCPath) |
| FCPCH | Fellow, College of Paediatrics and Child Health (now see FRCPCH) |
| FCP (ECSA) | Fellow, East, Central and Southern Africa College of Physicians |
| FCPFA | Fellow Chartered Public Finance Accountant |
| FCPodMed | Fellow, College of Podiatry in Podiatric Medicine (now see FRCPodM) |
| FCPS | Fellow, College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| FCP(SoAf) | Fellow, College of Physicians, South Africa |
| FCPSO(SoAf) | Fellow, College of Physicians and Surgeons and Obstetricians, South Africa |
| FCPS (Pak) | Fellow, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan |
| FCQI | Fellow, Chartered Quality Institute |
| FCRA | Fellow, College of Radiologists of Australia (now see FRACR) |
| FCS | Federation of Conservative Students |
| FCS | FChemSoc |
| Fellow, Chemical Society (now absorbed into Royal Society of Chemistry) | |
| FCSD | Fellow, Chartered Society of Designers |
| FCSFS | Fellow, Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences |
| FCSHK | Fellow, College of Surgeons of Hong Kong |
| FCSI | Fellow, Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment |
| FCSLT | Fellow, College of Speech and Language Therapists (now see FRCSLT) |
| FCSM | Fellow, Cambridge School of Music |
| FCSP | Fellow, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy |
| FCSSA | FCS(SoAf) |
| Fellow, College of Surgeons, South Africa | |
| FCSSL | Fellow, College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka |
| FCST | Fellow, College of Speech Therapists (later FCSLT; now see FRCSLT) |
| FCT | Federal Capital Territory (now see ACT) |
| Fellow, Association of Corporate Treasurers | |
| Fellow, College of Teachers | |
| FCTB | Fellow, College of Teachers of the Blind |
| FCU | Fighter Control Unit |
| FCWA | Fellow, Institute of Costs and Works Accountants (now see FCMA) |
| FD | Doctor of Philosophy |
| FDA | Association of First Division Civil Servants |
| FdA | Foundation Degree of Arts |
| FDF | Food and Drink Federation |
| FDI | Fédération Dentaire Internationale |
| FDP | Freie Demokratische Partei |
| FDS | Fellow in Dental Surgery |
| FdSc | Foundation Degree in Science |
| FDSRCPSGlas | Fellow in Dental Surgery, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow |
| FDSRCS | FDS RCS |
| Fellow in Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England | |
| FDSRCSE | Fellow in Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
| FE | Far East |
| Further Education | |
| FEA | Fellow, English Association |
| FEAF | Far East Air Force |
| FEAN | Fellow, European Academy of Neurology |
| FEANI | Fédération Européenne d’Associations Nationales d’Ingénieurs |
| FEBS | Federation of European Biochemical Societies |
| Fellow, European Board of Surgery | |
| FECI | Fellow, Institute of Employment Consultants |
| FECTS | Fellow, European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| FEE | Fédération des Expertes Comptables Européens |
| FEF | Far East Fleet |
| FEFC | FEFCE |
| Further Education Funding Council for England | |
| FEFCW | Further Education Funding Council for Wales |
| FEI | Fédération Equestre Internationale |
| Fellow, Energy Institute | |
| FEIC | Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada |
| FEIDCT | Fellow, Educational Institute of Design Craft and Technology |
| FEIS | Fellow, Educational Institute of Scotland |
| FEMAC | Fellow, European Marketing Academy |
| FEng | Fellow, Royal Academy (formerly Fellowship) of Engineering (now see FREng) |
| FEPS | Federation of European Physiological Societies |
| FERS | Fellow, European Respiratory Society |
| FES | Fellow, Entomological Society |
| Fellow, Ethnological Society | |
| FESC | Fellow, European Society of Cardiology |
| FETCS | Fellow, European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons |
| FEurASc | Fellow, European Academy of Sciences |
| FF | Fianna Fáil |
| Field Force | |
| FFA | Fellow, Faculty of Actuaries (in Scotland) |
| Fellow, Institute of Financial Accountants | |
| FFAEM | Fellow, Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine (later FCEM) |
| FFARACS | Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (now see FANZCA) |
| FFARCS | Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons of England (now see FRCA) |
| FFARCSI | Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (now see FCAI) |
| FFAS | Fellow, Faculty of Architects and Surveyors, London (now see FASI) |
| FFA(SA) | Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetists (South Africa) (now see FCA(SA)) |
| FFB | Fellow, Faculty of Building |
| FFCI | Fellow, Faculty of Clinical Informatics |
| FFCM | Fellow, Faculty of Community Medicine (now see FFPH) |
| Fellow, Faculty of Church Music | |
| FFCMI | Fellow, Faculty of Community Medicine of Ireland |
| FFCS | Founding Fellow, Contemporary Scotland |
| FFDRCSI | Fellow, Faculty of Dentistry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| FFFLM | Fellow, Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians |
| FFFP | Fellow, Faculty of Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (now see FFSRH) |
| FFGDP(UK) | Fellow, Faculty of General Dental Practitioners of the Royal College of Surgeons (now see FCGDent) |
| FFHom | Fellow, Faculty of Homeopathy |
| FFI | Finance for Industry |
| Fauna & Flora International | |
| FFICM | Fellow, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine |
| FFOM | Fellow, Faculty of Occupational Medicine |
| FFOMI | Fellow, Faculty of Occupational Medicine of Ireland |
| FFOP (RCPA) | Fellow, Faculty of Oral Pathology, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia |
| FFPath, RCPI | Fellow, Faculty of Pathologists of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| FFPH | Fellow, Faculty of Public Health |
| FFPHM | Fellow, Faculty of Public Health Medicine (now see FFPH) |
| FFPHMI | Fellow, Faculty of Public Health Medicine of Ireland |
| FFPM | Fellow, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine |
| FFPMRCA | Fellow, Faculty of Pain Medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists |
| FFPRHC | Faculty of Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (now see FSRH) |
| FFPS | Fauna and Flora Preservation Society (now see FFI) |
| FFR | Fellow, Faculty of Radiologists (now see FRCR) |
| FFRRCSI | Fellow, Faculty of Radiologists of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| FFSEM | Fellow, Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| FFSRH | Fellow, Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| FFSSoc | Fellow, Forensic Science Society (now see FCSFS) |
| FFSTEd | Fellow, Faculty of Surgical Trainers, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
| FFTM(Glas) | Fellow, Faculty of Travel Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow |
| FG | Fine Gael |
| FGA | Fellow, Gemmological Association |
| FGCL | Fellow, Goldsmiths’ College, London |
| FGCM | Fellow, Guild of Church Musicians |
| FGDP(UK) | Fellow, Faculty of General Dental Practice of the Royal College of Surgeons of England |
| FGDS | Fédération de la Gauche Démocratique et Socialiste |
| FGE | Fellow, Guild of Glass Engravers |
| FGGE | Fellow, Guild of Glass Engravers (now see FGE) |
| FGI | Fellow, Institute of Certificated Grocers |
| FGMS | Fellow, Guild of Musicians and Singers |
| FGS | Fellow, Geological Society |
| Fellow, Guildhall School of Music and Drama | |
| FGSM | Fellow, Guildhall School of Music and Drama (now see FGS) |
| FGSM(MT) | Fellow, Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Music Therapy) |
| FHA | Fellow, Institute of Health Service Administrators (formerly Hospital Administrators) (later FHSM) |
| Fellow, Historical Association | |
| FHAS | Fellow, Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland |
| FHCIMA | Fellow, Hotel Catering and International (formerly Institutional) Management Association (now see FIH) |
| FHEA | Fellow, Higher Education Academy |
| FHKAES | Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences |
| FHKAM | Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine |
| FHKCCM | Fellow, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine |
| FHKCP | Fellow, Hong Kong College of Physicians |
| FHKCPath | Fellow, Hong Kong College of Pathologists |
| FHKCS | Fellow, Hong Kong College of Surgeons |
| FHKIE | Fellow, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers |
| FHMAAAS | Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| FHRS | Fellow, Heart Rhythm Society |
| FHS | Fellow, Heraldry Society |
| Forces Help Society and Lord Roberts Workshops (now see SSAFA) | |
| FHSA | Family Health Services Authority |
| FHSM | Fellow, Institute of Health Services Management (later FIHM) |
| FIA | Fellow, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (formerly Institute of Actuaries) |
| FIAA | Fellow, Institute of Actuaries of Australia |
| FIAAS | Fellow, Institute of Australian Agricultural Science |
| FIAA&S | Fellow, Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors |
| FIACM | Fellow, International Association of Computational Mechanics |
| FIAE | Fellow, Irish Academy of Engineering |
| FIAFoST | Fellow, International Academy of Food Science and Technology |
| FIAgrE | Fellow, Institution of Agricultural Engineers |
| FIAgrM | Fellow, Institute of Agricultural Management |
| FIALD | Fellow, International Association of Lighting Designers |
| FIAM | Fellow, International Academy of Management |
| FIAMBE | Fellow, International Academy for Medical and Biological Engineering |
| FIAP | Fellow, Institution of Analysts and Programmers |
| Fellow, Indian Academy of Paediatrics | |
| FIArb | Fellow, Institute of Arbitrators (now see FCIArb) |
| FIArbA | Fellow, Institute of Arbitrators of Australia |
| FIAS | Fellow, Institute of Aeronautical Sciences (US) (now see FAIAA) |
| FIASc | Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences |
| FIASSID | Fellow, International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability |
| FIB | Fellow, Institute of Bankers (now see FCIB) |
| FIBA | Fellow, Institute of Business Administration, Australia (now see FCIM) |
| FIBC | Fellow, Institute of Business Consulting (now see FIC) |
| FIBI | Fellow, Institute of Bankers of Ireland |
| FIBiol | Fellow, Institute of Biology (later FSB, now see FRSB) |
| FIBiotech | Fellow, Institute for Biotechnical Studies |
| FIBMS | Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Sciences |
| FIBScot | Fellow, Institute of Bankers in Scotland (now see FCIBS) |
| FIC | Fellow, Institute of Chemistry (then FRIC; now see FRSC) |
| Fellow, Imperial College, London | |
| Fellow, Institute of Consulting | |
| FICA | Fellow, Commonwealth Institute of Accountants |
| Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (now see FCA) | |
| FICAI | Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland |
| FICB | Fellow, Institute of Canadian Bankers |
| FICD | Fellow, Institute of Civil Defence |
| Fellow, Indian College of Dentists | |
| Fellow, International College of Dentists | |
| FICE | Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers |
| FICeram | Fellow, Institute of Ceramics (later FIM) |
| FICES | Fellow, Institution of Chartered Engineering Surveyors |
| FICFM | Fellow, Institute of Charity Fundraising Managers (now see FInstF) |
| FICFor | Fellow, Institute of Chartered Foresters |
| FIChemE | Fellow, Institution of Chemical Engineers |
| FICM | Fellow, Institute of Credit Management (now see FCICM) |
| FICMA | Fellow, Institute of Cost and Management Accountants |
| FICOG | Fellow, Indian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| FICorr | Fellow, Institute of Corrosion |
| FICorrST | Fellow, Institution of Corrosion Science and Technology (now see FICorr) |
| FICPD | Fellow, Institute of Continuing Professional Development |
| FICPEM | Fellow, Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management |
| FICS | Fellow, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers |
| Fellow, International College of Surgeons | |
| FICT | Fellow, Institute of Concrete Technology |
| FIDA | Fellow, Institute of Directors, Australia (now see FAICD) |
| FIDDA | Fellow, Interior Decorators and Designers Association (now see FBIDA) |
| FIDE | Fédération Internationale des Echecs |
| Fellow, Institute of Design Engineers | |
| Fédération Internationale pour le Droit Européen | |
| FIDEM | Fédération Internationale de la Médaille d’Art |
| FIDM | Fellow, Institute of Direct Marketing |
| FIDPM | Fellow, Institute of Data Processing Management |
| FIEAust | Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia |
| FIED | Fellow, Institution of Engineering Designers |
| FIEE | Fellow, Institution of Electrical Engineers (now see FIET) |
| FIEEE | Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (NY) |
| FIEEIE | Fellow, Institution of Electronics and Electrical Incorporated Engineers (later FIIE) |
| FIEEM | Fellow, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (now see FCIEEM) |
| FIEHK | Fellow, Institution of Engineering, Hong Kong |
| FIEI | Fellow, Institution of Engineering Inspection (later FIQA) |
| Fellow, Institution of Engineers of Ireland | |
| FIEIE | Fellow, Institution of Electronic Incorporated Engineers (later FIEEIE) |
| FIEJ | Fédération Internationale des Editeurs de Journaux et Publications |
| FIEMA | Fellow, Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment |
| FIEnvSc | Fellow, Institution of Environmental Sciences |
| FIERE | Fellow, Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers (later FIEE) |
| FIES | Fellow, Illuminating Engineering Society (later FIllumES; now see FCIBSE) |
| Fellow, Institution of Engineers in Scotland (formerly Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland) | |
| FIET | Fédération Internationale des Employés, Techniciens et Cadres |
| Fellow, Institution of Engineering and Technology | |
| FIEx | Fellow, Institute of Export |
| FIExpE | Fellow, Institute of Explosives Engineers |
| FIFA | Fédération Internationale de Football Association |
| FIFEM | Fellow, International Federation of Emergency Medicine |
| FIFF | Fellow, Institute of Freight Forwarders (now see FIFP) |
| FIFireE | Fellow, Institution of Fire Engineers |
| FIFM | Fellow, Institute of Fisheries Management |
| FIFor | Fellow, Institute of Foresters (now see FICFor) |
| FIFP | Fellow, Institute of Freight Professionals |
| FIFST | Fellow, Institute of Food Science and Technology |
| FIGasE | Fellow, Institution of Gas Engineers (now see FIGEM) |
| FIGCM | Fellow, Incorporated Guild of Church Musicians |
| FIGD | Fellow, Institute of Grocery Distribution |
| FIGEM | Fellow, Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers |
| FIGO | International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics |
| FIH | Fellow, Institute of Housing (now see FCIH) |
| Fellow, Institute of the Horse | |
| Fellow, Institute of Hospitality | |
| FIHE | Fellow, Institute of Health Education |
| FIHEEM | Fellow, Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management |
| FIHM | Fellow, Institute of Housing Managers (later FIH; now see FCIH) |
| Fellow, Institute of Healthcare Management | |
| FIHort | Fellow, Institute of Horticulture (now see FCIHort) |
| FIHospE | Fellow, Institute of Hospital Engineering |
| FIHT | Fellow, Institution of Highways & Transportation (now see FCIHT) |
| FIHVE | Fellow, Institution of Heating & Ventilating Engineers (later FCIBS and MCIBS) |
| FIIA | Fellow, Institute of Industrial Administration (later CBIM and FBIM) |
| Fellow, Institute of Internal Auditors | |
| FIIB | Fellow, International Institute of Biotechnology |
| FIIC | Fellow, International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works |
| FIIDA | Fellow, International Interior Design Association |
| FIIE | Fellow, Institution of Incorporated Engineers in Electronic, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (now see FIET) |
| FIIM | Fellow, Institution of Industrial Managers |
| FIInfSc | Fellow, Institute of Information Scientists (now see FCLIP) |
| FIIP | Fellow, Institute of Incorporated Photographers (now see FBIPP) |
| FIIT | Fellow, Institute of Indirect Taxation |
| FIL | Fellow, Institute of Linguists (now see FCIL) |
| FILA | Fellow, Institute of Landscape Architects (now see FLI) |
| FILAM | Fellow, Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management |
| FILDM | Fellow, Institute of Logistics and Distribution Management (later FILog) |
| FilDr | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Fil.Hed. | Filosofie Hedersdoktor |
| FIllumES | Fellow, Illuminating Engineering Society (now see FCIBSE) |
| FILog | Fellow, Institute of Logistics (later FILT) |
| FILT | Fellow, Institute of Logistics and Transport (now see FCILT) |
| FIM | Fellow, Institute of Materials (formerly Institution of Metallurgists, then Institute of Metals) (now see FIMMM) |
| FIMA | Fellow, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications |
| FIMarE | Fellow, Institute of Marine Engineers (now see FIMarEST) |
| FIMarEST | Fellow, Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology |
| FIMatM | Fellow, Institute of Materials Management (later FILog) |
| FIMBRA | Financial Intermediaries, Managers and Brokers Regulatory Association |
| FIMC | Fellow, Institute of Management Consultants (now see FCMC) |
| FIMCB | Fellow, International Management Centre from Buckingham |
| FIMCRCSE | Fellow in Immediate Medical Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
| FIMechE | Fellow, Institution of Mechanical Engineers |
| FIMF | Fellow, Institute of Materials Finishing |
| FIMfgE | Fellow, Institution of Manufacturing Engineers (later FIEE) |
| FIMgt | Fellow, Institute of Management (now see FCMI) |
| FIMH | Fellow, Institute of Materials Handling (later FIMatM) |
| Fellow, Institute of Military History | |
| FIMI | Fellow, Institute of the Motor Industry |
| FIMinE | Fellow, Institution of Mining Engineers (later FIMM) |
| FIMIT | Fellow, Institute of Musical Instrument Technology |
| FIMLS | Fellow, Institute of Medical Laboratory Sciences (now see FIBMS) |
| FIMLT | Fellow, Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology (later FIMLS) |
| FIMM | Fellow, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (now see FIMMM) |
| FIMMA | Fellow, Institute of Metals and Materials Australasia |
| FIMMM | Fellow, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining |
| FIMS | Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics |
| FIMT | Fellow, Institute of the Motor Trade (now see FIMI) |
| FIMTA | Fellow, Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants (now see IPFA) |
| FIMunE | Fellow, Institution of Municipal Engineers (now amalgamated with Institution of Civil Engineers) |
| FIN | Fellow, Institute of Navigation (now see FRIN) |
| FINRA | Financial Industry Regulatory Authority |
| FInstAM | Fellow, Institute of Administrative Management |
| FInstArb(NZ) | Fellow, Institute of Arbitrators of New Zealand |
| FInstBiol | Fellow, Institute of Biology (later FIBiol) |
| FInstCES | Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (now see FCInstCES) |
| FInstD | Fellow, Institute of Directors |
| FInstE | Fellow, Institute of Energy (now see FEI) |
| FInstF | Fellow, Institute of Fuel (later FInstE) |
| Fellow, Institute of Fundraising | |
| FInstFF | Fellow, Institute of Freight Forwarders Ltd (later FIFF) |
| FInstHE | Fellow, Institution of Highways Engineers (later FIHT, now see FCIHT) |
| FInstKT | Fellow, Institute of Knowledge Transfer |
| FInstLEx | Fellow, Institute of Legal Executives |
| FInstLM | Fellow, Institute of Leadership and Management |
| FInstM | Fellow, Institute of Meat |
| Fellow, Institute of Marketing (now see FCIM) | |
| FInstMC | Fellow, Institute of Measurement and Control |
| FInstMSM | Fellow, Institute of Marketing and Sales Management (later FInstM; now see FCIM) |
| FInstMet | Fellow, Institute of Metals (later part of Metals Society; then FIM) |
| FInstNDT | Fellow, Institute of Non-Destructive Testing |
| FInstP | Fellow, Institute of Physics |
| FInstPet | Fellow, Institute of Petroleum (now see FEI) |
| FInstPkg | Fellow, Institute of Packaging |
| FInstPS | Fellow, Institute of Purchasing and Supply (now see FCIPS) |
| FInstRE | Fellow, Institution of Royal Engineers |
| FInstSM | Fellow, Institute of Sales Management (now see FInstSMM) |
| FInstSMM | Fellow, Institute of Sales and Marketing Management |
| FInstTT | Fellow, Institute of Travel & Tourism |
| FInstW | Fellow, Institute of Welding (now see FWeldI) |
| FINucE | Fellow, Institution of Nuclear Engineers (now see FNucI) |
| FIOA | Fellow, Institute of Acoustics |
| FIOB | Fellow, Institute of Building (now see FCIOB) |
| FIOH | Fellow, Institute of Occupational Hygiene |
| FIOM | Fellow, Institute of Office Management (now see FIAM) |
| FIOP | Fellow, Institute of Printing (now see FIP3) |
| FIOSH | Fellow, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health |
| FIP | Fellow, Australian Institute of Petroleum |
| FIPA | Fellow, Institute of Practitioners in Advertising |
| Fellow, Insolvency Practitioners Association | |
| FIPAA | Fellow, Institute of Public Administration Australia |
| FIPD | Fellow, Institute of Personnel and Development (now see FCIPD) |
| FIPDM | Fellow, Institute of Physical Distribution Management (later FILDM) |
| FIPEM | Fellow, Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine |
| FIPENZ | Fellow, Institution of Professional Engineers, New Zealand |
| FIPG | Fellow, Institute of Professional Goldsmiths |
| FIPharmM | Fellow, Institute of Pharmacy Management |
| FIPHE | Fellow, Institution of Public Health Engineers (later FIWEM) |
| FIPlantE | Fellow, Institution of Plant Engineers |
| FIPM | Fellow, Institute of Personnel Management (later FIPD) |
| FIPPM | Fellow, Institute of Payroll and Pensions Management |
| FIPR | Fellow, Institute of Public Relations (now see FCIPR) |
| FIProdE | Fellow, Institution of Production Engineers (later FIMfgE) |
| FIPSM | Fellow, Institute of Physical Sciences in Medicine (now see FIPEM) |
| FIP3 | Fellow, Institute of Paper, Printing and Publishing |
| FIQ | Fellow, Institute of Quarrying |
| FIQA | Fellow, Institute of Quality Assurance (now see FCQI) |
| FIRI | Fellow, Institution of the Rubber Industry (later FPRI) |
| FIRM | Fellow, Institute of Risk Management |
| FIRO | Fellow, Institution of Railway Operators |
| FIRRV | Fellow, Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation |
| FIRSE | Fellow, Institute of Railway Signalling Engineers |
| FIRTE | Fellow, Institute of Road Transport Engineers |
| FIS | Fellow, Institute of Statisticians |
| FISA | Fellow, Incorporated Secretaries’ Association |
| Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron | |
| FISE | Fellow, Institution of Sales Engineers |
| Fellow, Institution of Sanitary Engineers | |
| FISITA | Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Ingénieurs des Techniques de l’Automobile |
| FISM | Fellow, Institute of Supervisory Managers (now see FInstLM) |
| Fellow, Institute of Sports Medicine | |
| FISOB | Fellow, Incorporated Society of Organ Builders |
| FISPAL | Fellow, Institute for Sport, Parks and Leisure |
| FISTC | Fellow, Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators |
| FISTD | Fellow, Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing |
| FIStructE | Fellow, Institution of Structural Engineers |
| FITD | Fellow, Institute of Training and Development (later FIPD) |
| FITE | Fellow, Institution of Electrical and Electronics Technician Engineers |
| FITSA | Fellow, Institute of Trading Standards Administration |
| FIW | Fellow, Welding Institute (now see FWeldI) |
| FIWE | Fellow, Institution of Water Engineers (later FIWES) |
| FIWEM | Fellow, Institution of Water and Environmental Management (now see FCIWEM) |
| FIWES | Fellow, Institution of Water Engineers and Scientists (later FIWEM) |
| FIWM | Fellow, Institution of Works Managers (now see FIIM) |
| Fellow, Institute of Wastes Management (now see FCIWM) | |
| FIWO | Fellow, Institute of Water Officers |
| FIWPC | Fellow, Institute of Water Pollution Control (later FIWEM) |
| FIWSc | Fellow, Institute of Wood Science |
| FIWSP | Fellow, Institute of Work Study Practitioners (now see FMS) |
| FJI | Fellow, Institute of Journalists (now see FCIJ) |
| FJIE | Fellow, Junior Institution of Engineers (now see CIMGTechE) |
| FKC | Fellow, King’s College London |
| FKCHMS | Fellow, King’s College Hospital Medical School |
| FL | Florida (postal) |
| FLA | Fellow, Library Association (now see FCLIP) |
| Fla | Florida |
| FLAS | Fellow, Chartered Land Agents’ Society (now (after amalgamation) see FRICS) |
| FLCM | Fellow, London College of Music |
| FLI | Fellow, Landscape Institute |
| FLIA | Fellow, Life Insurance Association |
| FLLA | Fellow, Association of Lawyers and Legal Advisers |
| FLS | Fellow, Linnean Society |
| FLSW | Fellow, Learned Society of Wales |
| Flt | Flight |
| FM | Field-Marshal |
| FMA | Fellow, Museums Association |
| FMAAT | Fellow Member, Association of Accounting Technicians |
| FMBA | Fellow, Marine Biological Association |
| FMedSci | Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences |
| FMES | Fellow, Minerals Engineering Society |
| FMI | Foundation for Manufacturing and Industry |
| FMinSoc | Fellow, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland |
| FMLM | Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management |
| FMS | Federated Malay States |
| Fellow, Medical Society | |
| Fellow, Institute of Management Services | |
| FMSA | Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America |
| FNA | Fellow, Indian National Science Academy |
| FNAEA | Fellow, National Association of Estate Agents |
| FNCO | Fleet Naval Constructor Officer |
| FNECInst | Fellow, North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders |
| FNI | Fellow, Nautical Institute |
| Fellow, National Institute of Sciences in India (now see FNA) | |
| FNIA | Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Architects |
| FNM | Free National Movement |
| FNMCP | Fellow, Nigerian Medical College of Physicians |
| FNMSM | Fellow, North and Midlands School of Music |
| FNucI | Fellow, Nuclear Institute |
| FNZIA | Fellow, New Zealand Institute of Architects |
| FNZIAS | Fellow, New Zealand Institute of Agricultural Science |
| FNZIC | Fellow, New Zealand Institute of Chemistry |
| FNZIE | Fellow, New Zealand Institution of Engineers (now see FIPENZ) |
| FNZIM | Fellow, New Zealand Institute of Management |
| FNZPsS | Fellow, New Zealand Psychological Society |
| FO | Foreign Office (now see FCO) |
| Field Officer | |
| Flag Officer | |
| Flying Officer | |
| FODC | Franciscan Order of the Divine Compassion |
| FOIC | Flag Officer in charge |
| FOMA | Flag Officer, Maritime Aviation |
| FOMI | Faculty of Occupational Medicine of Ireland |
| FONA | Flag Officer, Naval Aviation |
| FONAC | Flag Officer, Naval Air Command |
| For. | Foreign |
| FOSA | Fellow, Optical Society of America |
| FOST | Flag Officer Sea Training |
| FPA | Family Planning Association |
| FPC | Family Practitioner Committee (later FHSA) |
| Financial Planning Certificate | |
| FPH | Faculty of Public Health |
| FPHM | Faculty of Public Health Medicine (see now FPH) |
| FPhS | Fellow, Philosophical Society of England |
| FPhysiol | Fellow, Physiological Society of London (now see FTPS) |
| FPhysS | Fellow, Physical Society |
| FPI | Fellow, Plastics Institute (later FPRI) |
| FPIA | Fellow, Plastics Institute of Australia |
| Fellow, Planning Institute of Australia | |
| FPM | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine |
| FPMI | Fellow, Pensions Management Institute |
| FPRI | Fellow, Plastics and Rubber Institute (later FIM) |
| FPS | Fellow, Pharmaceutical Society (now also FRPharmS) |
| Fauna Preservation Society (later FFPS) | |
| FPWI | Fellow, Permanent Way Institution |
| FQNI | Fellow, Queen’s Nursing Institute |
| FRA | Fellow, Royal Academy |
| FRAC | Fellow, Royal Agricultural College |
| FRACDS | Fellow, Royal Australian College of Dental Surgeons |
| FRACGP | Fellow, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
| FRACI | Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
| FRACMA | Fellow, Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators |
| FRACO | Fellow, Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists |
| FRACOG | Fellow, Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (now see FRANZCOG) |
| FRACP | Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
| FRACR | Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Radiologists |
| FRACS | Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons |
| FRAD | Fellow, Royal Academy of Dancing |
| FRAeS | Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society |
| FRAgS | Fellow, Royal Agricultural Societies (ie of England, Scotland and Wales) |
| FRAHS | Fellow, Royal Australian Historical Society |
| FRAI | Fellow, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain & Ireland |
| FRAIA | Fellow, Royal Australian Institute of Architects |
| FRAIB | Fellow, Royal Australian Institute of Building |
| FRAIC | Fellow, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada |
| FRAIPA | Fellow, Royal Australian Institute of Public Administration |
| FRAM | Fellow, Royal Academy of Music |
| FRAME | Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments |
| FRANZCO | Fellow, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists |
| FRANZCOG | Fellow, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| FRANZCP | Fellow, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists |
| FRANZCR | Fellow, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists |
| FRAPI | Fellow, Royal Australian Planning Institute (now see FPIA) |
| FRAS | Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society |
| Fellow, Royal Asiatic Society | |
| FRASE | Fellow, Royal Agricultural Society of England |
| FRBC | Fellow, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire |
| FRBS | Fellow, Royal Society of British Sculptors (now see FRSS) |
| Fellow, Royal Botanic Society | |
| FRCA | Fellow, Royal College of Art |
| Fellow, Royal College of Anaesthetists | |
| FRCCO | Fellow, Royal Canadian College of Organists |
| FRCD(Can.) | Fellow, Royal College of Dentists of Canada |
| FRCEM | Fellow, Royal College of Emergency Medicine |
| FRCGP | Fellow, Royal College of General Practitioners |
| FRCGS | Fellow, Royal Canadian Geographical Society |
| FRCM | Fellow, Royal College of Music |
| FRCN | Fellow, Royal College of Nursing |
| FRCO | Fellow, Royal College of Organists |
| FRCO(CHM) | Fellow, Royal College of Organists with Diploma in Choir Training |
| FRCOG | Fellow, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| FRCOphth | Fellow, Royal College of Ophthalmologists |
| FRCP | Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London |
| FRCPA | Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia |
| FRCP&S (Canada) | Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada |
| FRCPath | Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists |
| FRCPC | Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Canada |
| FRCPCH | Fellow, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health |
| FRCPE | FRCPEd |
| Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh | |
| FRCPGlas | Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow |
| FRCPI | Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| FRCPodM | Fellow, Royal College of Podiatry in Podiatric Medicine |
| FRCPSGlas | Hon. Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow |
| FRCPsych | Fellow, Royal College of Psychiatrists |
| FRCR | Fellow, Royal College of Radiologists |
| FRCS | Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England |
| FRCSCan | Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Canada |
| FRCSE | FRCSEd |
| Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh | |
| FRCSGlas | Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow |
| FRCSI | Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| FRCSLT | Fellow, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists |
| FRCSoc | Fellow, Royal Commonwealth Society |
| FRCS (OMFS) | Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery) |
| FRCST | Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand |
| FRCUS | Fellow, Royal College of University Surgeons (Denmark) |
| FRCVS | Fellow, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons |
| FREconS | Fellow, Royal Economic Society |
| FREng | Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering |
| FRES | Fellow, Royal Entomological Society of London |
| FRFPSG | Fellow, Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow (now see FRCPGlas) |
| FRG | Federal Republic of Germany |
| FRGS | Fellow, Royal Geographical Society |
| FRGSA | Fellow, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia |
| FRHistS | Fellow, Royal Historical Society |
| FRHS | Fellow, Royal Horticultural Society (now see MRHS) |
| FRI | Fellow, Royal Institution |
| FRIAI | Fellow, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland |
| FRIAS | Fellow, Royal Incorporation of Architects of Scotland |
| Royal Institute for the Advancement of Science | |
| FRIBA | Fellow, Royal Institute of British Architects (and see RIBA) |
| FRIC | Fellow, Royal Institute of Chemistry (now see FRSC) |
| FRICS | Fellow, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors |
| FRIH | Fellow, Royal Institute of Horticulture (NZ) |
| FRIN | Fellow, Royal Institute of Navigation |
| FRINA | Fellow, Royal Institution of Naval Architects |
| FRIPA | Fellow, Royal Institute of Public Administration (the Institute no longer has Fellows) |
| FRIPH | Fellow, Royal Institute of Public Health (now see FRSPH) |
| FRIPHH | Fellow, Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene (later FRIPH; now see FRSPH) |
| FRMCM | Fellow, Royal Manchester College of Music |
| FRMedSoc | Fellow, Royal Medical Society |
| FRMetS | Fellow, Royal Meteorological Society |
| FRMIA | Fellow, Retail Management Institute of Australia |
| FRMS | Fellow, Royal Microscopical Society |
| FRNCM | Fellow, Royal Northern College of Music |
| FRNS | Fellow, Royal Numismatic Society |
| FRPharmS | Fellow, Royal Pharmaceutical Society |
| FRPS | Fellow, Royal Photographic Society |
| FRPSL | Fellow, Royal Philatelic Society, London |
| FRS | Fellow, Royal Society |
| FRSA | Fellow, Royal Society of Arts |
| FRSAI | Fellow, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland |
| FRSAMD | Fellow, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama |
| FRSB | Fellow, Royal Society of Biology |
| FRSC | Fellow, Royal Society of Canada |
| Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry | |
| FRS(Can) | Fellow, Royal Society of Canada (used when a person is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry) |
| FRSCM | Hon. Fellow, Royal School of Church Music |
| FRSC(UK) | Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (used when a person is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada) |
| FRSE | Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh |
| FRSGS | Fellow, Royal Scottish Geographical Society |
| FRSH | Fellow, Royal Society for the Promotion of Health (now see FRSPH) |
| FRSL | Fellow, Royal Society of Literature |
| FRSM | Fellow, Royal Schools of Music |
| FRSN | Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales |
| FRSocMed | Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine |
| FRSNZ | Fellow, Royal Society of New Zealand |
| FRSPH | Fellow, Royal Society for Public Health |
| FRSPS | Fellow, Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society |
| FRSS | Fellow, Royal Society of Sculptors |
| FRSSA | Fellow, Royal Scottish Society for the Arts |
| FRSSAf | Fellow, Royal Society of South Africa |
| FRSTM&H | Fellow, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| FRSV | Fellow, Royal Society of Victoria |
| FRTPI | Fellow, Royal Town Planning Institute |
| FRTS | Fellow, Royal Television Society |
| FRUSI | Fellow, Royal United Services Institute |
| FRVA | Fellow, Rating and Valuation Association (now see IRRV) |
| FRVC | Fellow, Royal Veterinary College |
| FRWCMD | Fellow, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama |
| FRZSScot | Fellow, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland |
| FS | Field Security |
| fs | Graduate, Royal Air Force Staff College |
| FSA | Fellow, Society of Antiquaries |
| Financial Services Authority | |
| FSACOG | Fellow, South African College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| FSAE | Fellow, Society of Automotive Engineers |
| Fellow, Society of Art Education | |
| FSAI | Fellow, Society of Architectural Illustrators |
| FSArc | Fellow, Society of Architects (merged with the RIBA 1952) |
| FSaRS | Fellow, Safety and Reliability Society |
| FSAScot | Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |
| FSB | Fellow, Society of Biology (now see FRSB) |
| FSBE | Fellow, Society of Business Economists |
| fsc | Foreign Staff College |
| FSCA | Fellow, Society of Company and Commercial Accountants |
| FScotvec | Fellow, Scottish Vocational Education Council |
| FSCRE | Fellow, Scottish Council for Research in Education |
| FSDC | Fellow, Society of Dyers and Colourists |
| FSE | Fellow, Society of Engineers |
| Fellow, Society for the Environment | |
| FSEDA | Fellow, Staff and Higher Educational Development Association |
| FSES | Fellow, Society for Educational Studies |
| FSG | Fellow, Society of Genealogists |
| FSGD | Fellow, Society of Garden Designers |
| FSGT | Fellow, Society of Glass Technology |
| FSI | Fellow, Chartered Surveyors’ Institution (now see FRICS) |
| Fellow, Securities Institute (later Securities & Investment Institute, now see FCSI) | |
| FSIA | Fellow, Securities Institute of Australia |
| Fellow, Society of Industrial Artists (later FSIAD) | |
| FSIAD | Fellow, Society of Industrial Artists and Designers (now see FCSD) |
| FSIP | Fellow, Society of Investment Professionals |
| FSLCOG | Fellow, Sri Lankan College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
| FSLCPaed | Fellow, Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians |
| FSLTC | Fellow, Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists |
| FSMA | Fellow, Incorporated Sales Managers’ Association (later FInstMSM, then FInstM) |
| FSMC | Freeman of the Spectacle-Makers’ Company |
| FSME | Fellow, Society of Manufacturing Engineers |
| FSMPTE | Fellow, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (US) |
| FSMS | Fellow, Strategic Management Society |
| FSNAD | Fellow, Society of Numismatic Artists and Designers |
| FSNAME | Fellow, American Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers |
| FSOE | Fellow, Society of Operations Engineers |
| FSOGC | Fellow, Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada |
| FSPE | Fellow, Society of Professional Economists |
| FSPI | Fellow, Society of Practitioners of Insolvency |
| FSQA | Fellow, Scottish Qualifications Authority |
| FSRH | Faculty of Sexual and Reproduction Healthcare, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| FSRHE | Fellow, Society for Research into Higher Education |
| FSRP | Fellow, Society for Radiological Protection |
| FSS | Fellow, Royal Statistical Society |
| FSSI | Fellow, Society of Scribes and Illuminators |
| FSTD | Fellow, Society of Typographic Designers |
| FSVA | Fellow, Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers (now see RICS) |
| FT | Financial Times |
| FTC | Flying Training Command |
| Full Technological Certificate, City and Guilds of London Institute | |
| FTCD | Fellow, Trinity College, Dublin |
| FTCL | Fellow, Trinity College of Music, London |
| FTI | Fellow, Textile Institute |
| FTII | Fellow, Chartered Institute (formerly Incorporated Institute, then Institute) of Taxation |
| FTMA | Fellow, Telecommunications Managers Association (now see FCMA) |
| FTPS | Fellow, The Physiological Society |
| FTS | Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (now see FTSE) |
| Flying Training School | |
| Fellow, Tourism Society | |
| FTSE | Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering |
| FUCEB | Fellow, University of Central England in Birmingham |
| FUCUA | Federation of University Conservative and Unionist Associations (now see FCS) |
| FUMIST | Fellow, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology |
| FVCM | Fellow, Victoria College of Music |
| FVRDE | Fighting Vehicles Research and Development Establishment |
| FWAAS | Fellow, World Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| FWACP | Fellow, West African College of Physicians |
| FWAG | Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group |
| FWCB | Fellow, Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths |
| FWCMD | Fellow, Welsh College of Music and Drama (now see FRWCMD) |
| FWeldI | Fellow, Welding Institute |
| FWES | Fellow, Women’s Engineering Society |
| FWSOM | Fellow, Institute of Practitioners in Work Study, Organisation and Method (now see FMS) |
| FZS | Fellow, Zoological Society |
| FZSScot | Fellow, Zoological Society of Scotland (now see FRZSScot) |
| G | |
| GA | Geologists’ Association |
| Gaelic Athletic (Club) | |
| Georgia (postal) | |
| Ga | Georgia |
| GAA | Gaelic Athletic Association |
| GAI | Guild of Architectural Ironmongers |
| GAICD | Graduate Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors |
| GAP | Gap Activity Projects |
| GAPAN | Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (now World Trade Organisation) |
| GB | Great Britain |
| GBA | Governing Bodies Association |
| GBE | Knight or Dame Grand Cross, Order of the British Empire |
| GBGSA | Governing Bodies of Girls’ Schools Association (formerly Association of Governing Bodies of Girls’ Public Schools) |
| GBM | Grand Bauhinia Medal (Hong Kong) |
| GBS | Gold Bauhinia Star (Hong Kong) |
| GC | George Cross |
| GCB | Knight or Dame Grand Cross, Order of the Bath |
| GCBS | General Council of British Shipping |
| GCC | General Chiropractic Council |
| GCCC | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| GCCF | Grand Commander, Companion Order of Freedom (Zambia) |
| GCFR | Grand Commander, Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria |
| GCH | Knight Grand Cross, Hanoverian Order |
| GCHQ | Government Communications Headquarters |
| GCIE | Knight Grand Commander, Order of the Indian Empire |
| GCL | Grand Chief, Order of Logohu (Papua New Guinea) |
| GCLJ | Grand Cross, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
| GCM | Gold Crown of Merit (Barbados) |
| GCMA | Global Certified Management Accountant |
| GCMG | Knight or Dame Grand Cross, Order of St Michael and St George |
| GCMJ | Knight or Dame Grand Cross, Supreme Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem |
| GCNG | Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Nation (Grenada) |
| GCON | Grand Cross, Order of the Niger |
| GCSE | General Certificate of Secondary Education |
| GCSG | Knight Grand Cross, Order of St Gregory the Great |
| GCSI | Knight Grand Commander, Order of the Star of India |
| GCSJ | Knight Grand Cross of Justice, Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller) |
| GCSK | Grand Commander, Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (Mauritius) |
| GCSL | Grand Cross, Order of St Lucia |
| GCStG | Knight Grand Cross, Order of St George |
| GCStJ | Bailiff or Dame Grand Cross, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
| GCVO | Knight or Dame Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order |
| gd | grand-daughter |
| GDBA | Guide Dogs for the Blind Association |
| GDC | General Dental Council |
| GDL | Graduate Diploma in Law |
| Gdns | Gardens |
| GDR | German Democratic Republic |
| GDST | Girls’ Day School Trust |
| Gen. | General |
| Ges. | Gesellschaft |
| GFD | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics |
| GFMD | Global Fellow in Medicines Development |
| GFS | Girls’ Friendly Society |
| ggd | great-grand-daughter |
| ggs | great-grandson |
| GGSM | Graduate in Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| GHQ | General Headquarters |
| Gib. | Gibraltar |
| GIMechE | Graduate, Institution of Mechanical Engineers |
| GIS | Geographic Information Systems |
| GKT | Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ (Medical and Dental School of King’s College London) |
| GL | Grand Lodge |
| GLA | Greater London Authority |
| GLAA | Greater London Arts Association (now see GLAB) |
| GLC | Greater London Council |
| Glos | Gloucestershire |
| GM | George Medal |
| Grand Medal (Ghana) | |
| genetically modified | |
| GMB | (Union for) General, Municipal, Boilermakers |
| GMBATU | General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union (now see GMB) |
| GmbH | Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung |
| GMBPS | Graduate Member, British Psychological Society |
| GMC | General Medical Council |
| Guild of Memorial Craftsmen | |
| General Management Course (Henley) | |
| GMH | Gibraltar Medallion of Honour |
| GMWU | General and Municipal Workers’ Union (later GMBATU; now see GMB) |
| GNC | General Nursing Council |
| GNVQ | General National Vocational Qualification |
| GNZM | Knight or Dame Grand Companion, New Zealand Order of Merit |
| GOC | General Officer Commanding |
| GOC-in-C | General Officer Commanding-in-Chief |
| GOE | General Ordination Examination |
| GOMLJ | Grand Officer of Merit, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
| GOQ | Grand Officer, National Order of Quebec |
| GOSK | Grand Officer, Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (Mauritius) |
| Gov. | Governor |
| Govt | Government |
| GP | General Practitioner |
| Grand Prix | |
| Gp | Group |
| GPDST | Girls’ Public Day School Trust (now see GDST) |
| GPMU | Graphical, Paper and Media Union |
| GPO | General Post Office |
| GR | General Reconaissance |
| Gr. | Greek |
| GRNCM | Graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music |
| GRSM | Graduate of the Royal Schools of Music |
| GS | General Staff |
| Grammar School | |
| g s | grandson |
| GSA | Girls’ Schools Association |
| GSD | Gibraltar Social Democrats |
| GSM | General Service Medal |
| (Member of) Guildhall School of Music and Drama | |
| GSMD | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| GSO | General Staff Officer |
| GTCL | Graduate, Trinity College of Music |
| GTS | General Theological Seminary (New York) |
| GWR | Great Western Railway |
| H | |
| HA | Historical Association |
| Health Authority | |
| HAA | Heavy Anti-Aircraft |
| HAC | Honourable Artillery Company |
| HACAS | Housing Association Consultancy and Advisory Service |
| Hants | Hampshire |
| HAT | Housing Action Trust |
| HBM | His (or Her) Britannic Majesty (Majesty’s) |
| Humming Bird Gold Medal (Trinidad) | |
| hc | honoris causa (honorary) |
| HCA | Hospital Corporation of America |
| HCF | Honorary Chaplain to the Forces |
| HCIMA | Hotel, Catering and International (formerly Institutional) Management Association |
| HCO | Higher Clerical Officer |
| HCPC | Health and Care Professions Council |
| HCSC | Higher Command and Staff Course |
| HDA | Hawkesbury Diploma in Agriculture (Australia) |
| Health Development Agency | |
| HDD | Higher Dental Diploma |
| HDE | Higher Diploma in Education |
| HDFA | Higher Diploma in Fine Art |
| HDipEd | Higher Diploma in Education |
| HDR | Habilitation à diriger des recherches |
| HE | His (or Her) Excellency |
| His Eminence | |
| Higher Education | |
| HEA | Health Education Authority (later HDA) |
| HEC | Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales |
| Higher Education Corporation | |
| HEFCE | Higher Education Funding Council for England |
| HEFCW | Higher Education Funding Council for Wales |
| HEH | His (or Her) Exalted Highness |
| Heir-pres. | Heir-presumptive |
| HEO | Higher Executive Officer |
| HEQC | Higher Education Quality Council (now see QAA) |
| HERDA-SW | Higher Education Regional Development Association - South West |
| HERO | Higher Education Research Opportunities |
| Herts | Hertfordshire |
| HFEA | Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority |
| HGTAC | Home Grown Timber Advisory Committee |
| HH | His (or Her) Highness |
| His Holiness | |
| Member, Hesketh Hubbard Art Society | |
| HHA | Historic Houses Association |
| HHD | Doctor of Humanities (US) |
| HI | Hawaii (postal) |
| HIH | His (or Her) Imperial Highness |
| HIllH | His (or Her) Illustrious Highness |
| HIM | His (or Her) Imperial Majesty |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HJ | Hilal-e-Jurat (Pakistan) |
| HKIA | Hong Kong Institute of Architects |
| HKSAR | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
| HLD | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| HLF | Heritage Lottery Fund |
| HLI | Highland Light Infantry |
| HM | His (or Her) Majesty, or Majesty’s |
| HMA | Head Masters’ Association |
| HMAS | His (or Her) Majesty’s Australian Ship |
| HMC | Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ (formerly Headmasters’) Conference |
| Hospital Management Committee | |
| HMCIC | His (or Her) Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary |
| HMCS | His (or Her) Majesty’s Canadian Ship |
| HMHS | His (or Her) Majesty’s Hospital Ship |
| HMI | His (or Her) Majesty’s Inspector |
| HMMTB | His (or Her) Majesty’s Motor Torpedo Boat |
| HMNZS | His (or Her) Majesty’s New Zealand Ship |
| HMOCS | His (or Her) Majesty’s Overseas Civil Service |
| HMP | His (or Her) Majesty’s Prison |
| HMPPS | His (or Her) Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service |
| HMRC | His (or Her) Majesty’s Revenue and Customs |
| HMS | His (or Her) Majesty’s Ship |
| HMSO | His (or Her) Majesty’s Stationery Office |
| HNC | Higher National Certificate |
| HND | Higher National Diploma |
| H of C | House of Commons |
| H of L | House of Lords |
| Hon. | Honourable |
| Honorary | |
| HPA | Health Protection Agency |
| HPk | Hilal-e-Pakistan |
| HPV | Human Papilloma Virus |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| HQA | Hilali-Quaid-i-Azam (Pakistan) |
| HR | Human Resources |
| HRA | Horseracing Regulatory Authority |
| HRGI | Honorary Member, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts |
| HRH | His (or Her) Royal Highness |
| HRHA | Honorary Member, Royal Hibernian Academy |
| HRI | Honorary Member, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours |
| HROI | Honorary Member, Royal Institute of Oil Painters |
| HRSA | Honorary Member, Royal Scottish Academy |
| HRSW | Honorary Member, Royal Scottish Water Colour Society |
| HRUA | Hon. Member, Royal Ulster Academy |
| HSC | Health and Safety Commission |
| Higher School Certificate | |
| HSE | Health and Safety Executive |
| HSH | His (or Her) Serene Highness |
| HSO | Higher Scientific Officer |
| HSS | Health and Social Services |
| Hum. | Humanity |
| Humanities (Classics) | |
| Hunts | Huntingdonshire |
| HVCert | Health Visitor’s Certificate |
| HWA | Historical Writers’ Association |
| I | |
| I | Island |
| Ireland | |
| IA | Indian Army |
| Iowa (postal) | |
| IAA | International Academy of Architecture |
| IAAF | International Association of Athletics Federations (formerly International Amateur Athletic Federation) |
| IABSE | International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineers |
| IAC | Indian Armoured Corps |
| Institute of Amateur Cinematographers | |
| IACP | International Association of Chiefs of Police |
| IACR | Institute of Arable Crops Research |
| IADB | Inter American Development Bank |
| IADR | International Association for Dental Research |
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IAF | Indian Air Force |
| Indian Auxiliary Force | |
| IAHS | International Association of Hydrological Sciences |
| IALD | Member, International Association of Lighting Designers |
| IAM | Institute of Advanced Motorists |
| Institute of Aviation Medicine | |
| IAMAS | International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences |
| IAMC | Indian Army Medical Corps |
| IAO | Incorporated Association of Organists |
| IAOC | Indian Army Ordnance Corps |
| IAPS | Independent Association of Prep Schools (formerly Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools) |
| IAPSO | International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans |
| IARO | Indian Army Reserve of Officers |
| IAS | Indian Administrative Service |
| Institute for Advanced Studies | |
| International Academy of Science | |
| IASC | International Arctic Science Committee |
| IASE | Institute of Advanced Studies in Education |
| IASPEI | International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior |
| IATA | International Air Transport Association |
| IATUL | International Association of Technological University Libraries |
| IAU | International Astronomical Union |
| IAVCEI | International Assembly of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior |
| IAWPRC | International Association on Water Pollution Research and Control |
| ib. | ibid. |
| ibidem (in the same place) | |
| IB | International Baccalaureate |
| IBA | Independent Broadcasting Authority |
| International Bar Association | |
| IBBY | International Board for Books for Young People |
| IBCA | International Braille Chess Association |
| IBG | Institute of British Geographers (now part of RGS) |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) |
| IBRO | International Bank Research Organisation |
| International Brain Research Organisation | |
| IBTE | Institution of British Telecommunications Engineers |
| IBVM | Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| i/c | in charge |
| in command | |
| ICA | Institute of Contemporary Arts |
| Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (now see ICAEW) | |
| ICAC | Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong |
| ICAEW | Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales |
| ICAI | Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization |
| ICAS | Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland |
| ICBP | International Council for Bird Preservation |
| ICC | International Chamber of Commerce |
| International Cricket Council (formerly International Cricket Conference) | |
| ICCA | International Council for Commercial Arbitration |
| ICCROM | International Centre for Conservation at Rome |
| ICD | Iuris Canonici Doctor (Doctor of Canon Law) |
| Independence Commemorative Decoration (Rhodesia) | |
| ICD.D | Institute of Corporate Directors Director (Canada) |
| ICE | Institution of Civil Engineers |
| ICED | International Council for Educational Development |
| ICEF | International Federation of Chemical, Energy and General Workers’ Unions |
| ICES | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
| ICF | International Federation of Chemical and General Workers’ Unions (now see ICEF) |
| ICFC | Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation (later part of Investors in Industry) |
| ICFR | International Centre for Financial Regulation |
| ICFTU | International Confederation of Free Trade Unions |
| ICH | International Conference on Harmonisation |
| ICHCA | International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association |
| IChemE | Institution of Chemical Engineers |
| ICI | Imperial Chemical Industries |
| ICJ | International Commission of Jurists |
| ICL | International Computers Ltd |
| ICM | International Confederation of Midwives |
| ICMA | Institute of Cost and Management Accountants (now see CIMA) |
| ICNL | International Center for Not for Profit Law |
| ICOM | International Council of Museums |
| ICOMOS | International Council on Monuments and Sites |
| ICorrST | Institution of Corrosion Science and Technology (now see ICorr) |
| ICPO | International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) |
| ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ICREA | Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats |
| ICRF | Imperial Cancer Research Fund (now see CRUK) |
| ICS | Indian Civil Service |
| ICSA | Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators |
| ICSD | International Council for Scientific Development |
| ICSID | International Council of Societies of Industrial Design |
| International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes | |
| ICSM | Imperial College School of Medicine |
| ICSTIS | Independent Committee for Supervision of Telephone Information Services |
| ICSTM | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London |
| ICSU | International Council for Science (formerly International Council of Scientific Unions) |
| ICT | International Computers and Tabulators Ltd (later ICL) |
| Information and Communications Technology | |
| ID | Independence Decoration (Rhodesia) |
| Idaho (postal) | |
| IDA | International Development Association |
| IDB | Internal Drainage Board |
| Industrial Development Board | |
| IDC | Imperial Defence College (now see RCDS) |
| Inter-Diocesan Certificate | |
| idc | completed a course at, or served for a year on the Staff of, the Imperial Defence College (now see rcds) |
| IDDA | Interior Decorators and Designers Association (now see BIDA) |
| IDeA | Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government |
| IDRC | International Development Research Centre |
| IDS | Institute of Development Studies |
| Industry Department for Scotland | |
| IEA | Institute of Economic Affairs |
| IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
| IED | Institution of Engineering Designers |
| improvised explosive device | |
| IEE | Institution of Electrical Engineers (now see IET) |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (NY) |
| IEEIE | Institution of Electrical and Electronics Incorporated Engineers (later IIE) |
| IEETE | Institution of Electrical and Electronics Technician Engineers (later IIE) |
| IEI | Institution of Engineers of Ireland |
| IEIE | Institution of Electronics and Electrical Incorporated Engineers (later IIE) |
| IEMA | Institute of Environmental Management Assessment |
| IEME | Inspectorate of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering |
| IEng | Incorporated Engineer |
| IERE | Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers |
| IES | Indian Educational Service |
| Institution of Engineers in Scotland (formerly Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland) | |
| International Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Society | |
| IET | Institution of Engineering and Technology |
| IExpE | Institute of Explosives Engineers |
| IFAC | International Federation of Automatic Control |
| International Federation of Accountants | |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development (UNO) |
| IFAW | International Fund for Animal Welfare |
| IFBWW | International Federation of Building Woodworkers |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IFIAS | International Federation of Institutes of Advanced Study |
| IFIP | International Federation for Information Processing |
| IFLA | International Federation of Library Associations |
| Institute of Family Law Arbitrators | |
| IFMGA | (Member of) International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations |
| IFOR | Implementation Force |
| IFORS | International Federation of Operational Research Societies |
| IFPI | International Federation of the Phonographic Industry |
| IFS | Irish Free State |
| Indian Forest Service | |
| Institute for Fiscal Studies | |
| IG | Instructor in Gunnery |
| IGasE | Institution of Gas Engineers |
| IGCSE | International General Certificate of Secondary Education |
| IGPP | Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics |
| IGS | Independent Grammar School |
| IGU | International Geographical Union |
| International Gas Union | |
| IHA | Institute of Health Service Administrators (later IHSM) |
| IHBC | (Member of) Institute of Historic Building Conservation |
| IHM | Institute of Healthcare Management |
| IHSM | Institute of Health Services Management (now see IHM) |
| IHVE | Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers (later CIBS) |
| IIE | Institution of Incorporated Engineers (now see IET) |
| IIEB | Institut International d’Etudes Bancaires |
| IIExE | Institution of Incorporated Executive Engineers |
| IIM | Institution of Industrial Managers |
| IIRSM | International Institute of Risk and Safety Management |
| IIS | International Institute of Sociology |
| IISI | International Iron and Steel Institute |
| IISS | International Institute of Strategic Studies |
| IIT | Indian Institute of Technology |
| IL | Illinois (postal) |
| ILA | International Law Association |
| ILAC | International Laboratory Accreditation Co-operation |
| ILEA | Inner London Education Authority |
| Ill | Illinois |
| ILM | Institute of Leadership and Management |
| ILO | International Labour Office |
| International Labour Organisation | |
| ILP | Independent Labour Party |
| ILR | Independent Local Radio |
| International Labour Review | |
| ILTM | Member, Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (now see FHEA) |
| IM | Individual Merit |
| IMA | International Music Association |
| Institute of Mathematics and its Applications | |
| IMC | Instrument Meteorological Conditions |
| IMCB | International Management Centre from Buckingham |
| IMCO | Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (now see IMO) |
| IME | Institute of Medical Ethics |
| IMechE | Institution of Mechanical Engineers |
| IMechIE | Institution of Mechanical Incorporated Engineers (later IIE) |
| IMEDE | Institut pour l’Etude des Méthodes de Direction de l’Entreprise |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IMGTechE | Institution of Mechanical and General Technician Engineers |
| IMinE | Institution of Mining Engineers |
| IMM | Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (now see IMMM) |
| IMMM | Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining |
| IMO | International Maritime Organization |
| Imp. | Imperial |
| IMRO | Investment Management Regulatory Organisation |
| IMS | Indian Medical Service |
| Institute of Management Services | |
| International Military Staff | |
| IMTA | Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants (now see CIPFA) |
| IMU | International Mathematical Union |
| IMunE | Institution of Municipal Engineers (now amalgamated with Institution of Civil Engineers) |
| IN | Indian Navy |
| Indiana (postal) | |
| INASFMH | International Sports Association for People with Mental Handicap |
| Inc. | Incorporated |
| INCA | International Newspaper Colour Association |
| Incog. | Incognito |
| Ind. | Independent |
| Inf. | Infantry |
| INFORM | Information Network Focus on New Religious Movements |
| INFORMS | Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences |
| INSA | Indian National Science Academy |
| INSEAD | Insead |
| Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires | |
| Insp. | Inspector |
| Inst. | Institute |
| Instn | Institution |
| InstSMM | Institute of Sales and Marketing Management |
| INTELSAT | International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation |
| IOC | International Olympic Committee |
| Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission | |
| IOCD | International Organisation for Chemical Science in Development |
| IoD | Institute of Directors |
| I of M | Isle of Man |
| IOM | Isle of Man |
| Indian Order of Merit | |
| IOP | Institute of Painters in Oil Colours |
| IOSCO | International Organisation of Securities Commissions |
| IOSH | Institution of Occupational Safety and Health |
| IOTA | (Fellow of) Institute of Transport Administration |
| IoW | Isle of Wight |
| IP | Intellectual Property |
| IPA | International Publishers’ Association |
| IPC | International Property Corporation |
| International Paralympic Committee | |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPCIS | International Institute for Practitioners in Credit Insurance and Surety |
| IPE | International Petroleum Exchange |
| IPFA | Member or Associate, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (now see CPFA) |
| IPHE | Institution of Public Health Engineers (later IWEM) |
| IPI | International Press Institute |
| Institute of Patentees and Inventors | |
| IPM | Institute of Personnel Management (later CIPD) |
| IPPA | Independent Programme Producers’ Association |
| IPPF | International Planned Parenthood Federation |
| IPPR | Institute for Public Policy Research |
| IPPS | Institute of Physics and The Physical Society |
| IPR | Institute of Public Relations (now see CIPR) |
| IPRA | International Public Relations Association |
| IProdE | Institution of Production Engineers (later Institution of Manufacturing Engineering) |
| IPS | Indian Police Service |
| Indian Political Service | |
| Institute of Procurement (formerly Purchasing) and Supply | |
| IPSM | Institute of Public Sector Managers |
| IPSO | Independent Press Standards Organisation |
| IPU | Inter-Parliamentary Union |
| IRA | Irish Republican Army |
| IRAD | Institute for Research on Animal Diseases |
| IRC | Industrial Reorganization Corporation |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre | |
| IRCAM | Institute for Research and Co-ordination in Acoustics and Music |
| IRCert | Industrial Relations Certificate |
| IRI | Institution of the Rubber Industry (now see PRI) |
| IRPA | International Radiation Protection Association |
| IRRV | (Member of) Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation |
| IRTE | Institute of Road Transport Engineers |
| IS | International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers |
| Information Systems | |
| Is | Island(s) |
| ISAA | International Spill Response Accreditation Association |
| ISAF | International Sailing Federation |
| International Security Assistance Force | |
| ISAKOS | International Society for Arthroscopy and Knee Surgery |
| ISBA | Incorporated Society of British Advertisers |
| ISC | Imperial Service College, Haileybury |
| Indian Staff Corps | |
| Independent Schools Council | |
| ISCis | Independent Schools Council Information Service |
| ISCM | International Society for Contemporary Music |
| ISCO | Independent Schools Careers Organisation |
| ISI | International Statistical Institute |
| Independent Schools Inspectorate | |
| ISIL | Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant |
| ISIS | Independent Schools Information Service (see now ISCis) |
| ISJC | Independent Schools Joint Council (now see ISC) |
| ISM | Incorporated Society of Musicians |
| ISMAR | International Society of Magnetic Resonance |
| ISME | International Society for Musical Education |
| ISMP | International Senior Management Program |
| ISO | Imperial Service Order |
| International Organization for Standardization | |
| ISPRS | International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
| ISSA | International Social Security Association |
| ISTAR | Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance |
| ISTC | Iron and Steel Trades Confederation |
| Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators | |
| ISTD | Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing |
| Institute for the Study and Treatment of Delinquency | |
| IStructE | Institution of Structural Engineers |
| ISVA | Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers |
| IT | Information Technology |
| Indian Territory (US) | |
| It. | Ital. |
| Italian | |
| ITA | Independent Television Authority (later IBA) |
| ITAB | Information Technology Advisory Board |
| ITB | Industry Training Board |
| ITC | International Trade Centre |
| Independent Television Commission | |
| ITCA | Independent Television Association (formerly Independent Television Companies Association Ltd) |
| ITDG | Intermediate Technology Development Group |
| ITF | International Transport Workers’ Federation |
| International Tennis Federation | |
| ITN | Independent Television News |
| ITSA | Information Technology Services Agency |
| ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
| ITUC | International Trade Union Confederation |
| ITV | Independent Television |
| ITVA | International Television Association |
| IUA | International Union of Architects |
| IUB | International Union of Biochemistry (now see IUBMB) |
| IUBMB | International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| IUC | Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas (now see IUPC) |
| IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature (formerly International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, then World Conservation Union) |
| IUF | International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations |
| IUGG | International Union of Geodesy & Geophysics |
| IUGS | International Union of Geological Sciences |
| IUHPS | International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science (now see IUHPST) |
| IUHPST | International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology |
| IULA | International Union of Local Authorities |
| IUPAB | International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics |
| IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry |
| IUPAP | International Union of Pure and Applied Physics |
| IUPC | Inter-University and Polytechnic Council for Higher Education Overseas |
| IUPS | International Union of Physiological Sciences |
| IUSSP | International Union for the Scientific Study of Population |
| IUTAM | International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics |
| IVF | In-vitro Fertilisation |
| IVS | International Voluntary Service |
| IWA | Inland Waterways Association |
| IWEM | Institution of Water and Environmental Management (now see CIWEM) |
| IWES | Institution of Water Engineers and Scientists (later IWEM) |
| IWGC | Imperial War Graves Commission (now see CWGC) |
| IWM | Institution of Works Managers (now see IIM) |
| IWO | Institution of Water Officers |
| IWPC | Institute of Water Pollution Control (later IWEM) |
| IWSA | International Water Supply Association |
| IWSOM | Institute of Practitioners in Work Study Organisation and Methods (now see IMS) |
| IWSP | Institute of Work Study Practitioners (now see IMS) |
| IYRU | International Yacht Racing Union (now see ISAF) |
| IZ | I Zingari |
| J | |
| JA | Judge Advocate |
| JACT | Joint Association of Classical Teachers |
| JAG | Judge Advocate General |
| Jas | James |
| JCB | Juris Canonici (or Civilis) Baccalaureus (Bachelor of Canon (or Civil) Law) |
| JCR | Junior Common Room |
| JCS | Journal of the Chemical Society |
| JCD | Juris Canonici (or Civilis) Doctor (Doctor of Canon (or Civil) Law) |
| JCHMT | Joint Committee on Higher Medical Training, Royal Medical Colleges (now see JRCPTB) |
| JCI | Junior Chamber International |
| JCL | Juris Canonici (or Civilis) Licentiatus (Licentiate in Canon (or Civil) Law) |
| JCO | Joint Consultative Organisation (of AFRC, MAFF, and Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland) |
| JCPTGP | Joint Committee on Postgraduate Training for General Practice |
| JD | Doctor of Jurisprudence |
| jd | jure dignitatis (by virtue of status) |
| JDipMA | Joint Diploma in Management Accounting Services |
| JG | Junior Grade |
| JILA | Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics |
| JInstE | Junior Institution of Engineers (now see IMGTechE) |
| JISC | Jisc |
| Joint Information Systems Committee, Higher Education Funding Council | |
| jl(s) | journal(s) |
| JMB | Joint Matriculation Board |
| JMN | Johan Mangku Negara (Malaysia) |
| JMOTS | Joint Maritime Operational Training Staff |
| JNCC | Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
| Jno. | Joh. |
| John | |
| JP | Justice of the Peace |
| Jr | Junior |
| JRCPTB | Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board |
| jsc | qualified at a Junior Staff Course, or the equivalent, 1942-46 |
| JSCSC | Joint Services Command and Staff College |
| jscsc | completed a course at Joint Services Command and Staff College |
| JSD | Doctor of Juristic Science |
| JSDC | Joint Service Defence College |
| jsdc | completed a course at Joint Service Defence College |
| JSLO | Joint Service Liaison Officer |
| JSLS | Joint Services Liaison Staff |
| JSM | Johan Setia Mahkota (Malaysia) |
| Master of the Science of Jurisprudence | |
| JSPS | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
| JSSC | Joint Services Staff College |
| jssc | completed a course at Joint Services Staff College |
| JSU | Joint Support Unit |
| jt, jtly | joint, jointly |
| JUD | Juris Utriusque Doctor (Doctor of Both Laws (Canon and Civil)) |
| Jun. | Junior |
| Jun.Opt. | Junior Optime |
| JWS | jws |
| Joint Warfare Staff | |
| K | |
| KA | Knight of St Andrew, Order of Barbados |
| Kans | Kansas |
| KAR | King’s African Rifles |
| KBD | King’s Bench Division |
| KBE | Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire |
| KC | King’s Counsel |
| KCB | Knight Commander, Order of the Bath |
| KCC | Commander, Order of the Crown, Belgium and Congo Free State |
| KCGSJ | Knight Commander of Magisterial Grace, Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller) |
| KCH | King’s College Hospital |
| Knight Commander, Hanoverian Order | |
| KCHS | Knight Commander, Order of the Holy Sepulchre |
| KCIE | Knight Commander, Order of the Indian Empire |
| KCJSJ | Knight Commander of Justice, Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller) |
| KCL | King’s College London |
| KCLJ | Knight Commander, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
| KCMCO | Knight Commander, Sacred Military Constantian Order of St George |
| KCMG | Knight Commander, Order of St Michael and St George |
| KCN | Knight Commander, Most Distinguished Order of the Nation (Antigua and Barbuda) |
| KCSA | Knight Commander, Military Order of the Collar of St Agatha of Paternò |
| KCSG | Knight Commander, Order of St Gregory the Great |
| KCSHS | KC*HS |
| Knight Commander with Star, Order of the Holy Sepulchre | |
| KCSI | Knight Commander, Order of the Star of India |
| KCSJ | Knight Commander, Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller) |
| KCSS | Knight Commander, Order of St Silvester |
| KCVO | Knight Commander, Royal Victorian Order |
| KEO | King Edward’s Own |
| KFOR | Kosovo Force |
| KG | Knight, Order of the Garter |
| KGB | Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopanosti (Committee of State Security, USSR) |
| KGCHS | Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Holy Sepulchre |
| KGCN | Knight Grand Cross, Most Distinguished Order of the Nation (Antigua and Barbuda) |
| KGCSS | Knight Grand Cross, Order of St Silvester |
| KGN | Knight Grand Collar, Most Distinguished Order of the Nation (Antigua and Barbuda) |
| KGSJ | Knight of Grace, Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller) |
| KGStJ | Knight of Grace, Order of St John of Jerusalem (now see KStJ) |
| KHC | Hon. Chaplain to the King |
| KHDS | Hon. Dental Surgeon to the King |
| KHP | Hon. Physician to the King |
| KHS | Hon. Surgeon to the King |
| Knight, Order of the Holy Sepulchre | |
| K-i-H | Kaisar-i-Hind |
| KJSJ | Knight of Justice, Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller) |
| KJStJ | Knight of Justice, Order of St John of Jerusalem (now see KStJ) |
| KLJ | Knight, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
| KM | Knight of Malta |
| KMJ | Knight, Supreme Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem |
| KMLJ | Knight of Merit, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
| KNH | Knight Companion, Most Exalted Order of National Hero (Antigua and Barbuda) |
| KNZM | Knight Companion, New Zealand Order of Merit |
| KOM | Companion, National Order of Merit (Malta) |
| KORR | King’s Own Royal Regiment |
| KOSB | King’s Own Scottish Borderers |
| KOYLI | King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry |
| KP | Knight, Order of St Patrick |
| KPM | King’s Police Medal |
| KrF | Kristelig Folkeparti |
| KRRC | King’s Royal Rifle Corps |
| KS | King’s Scholar |
| Kansas (postal) | |
| KSC | Knight of St Columba |
| KSG | Knight, Order of St Gregory the Great |
| KSJ | Knight, Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller) |
| KSLI | King’s Shropshire Light Infantry |
| KSMOM | Knight Grand Cross with Star, Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
| KSS | Knight, Order of St Sylvester |
| KStJ | Knight, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
| KStJ(A) | Associate Knight of Justice, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
| KT | Knight, Order of the Thistle |
| Kt | Knight |
| KUOM | Companion of Honour, National Order of Merit (Malta) |
| KY | Kentucky (postal) |
| Ky | Kentucky |
| L | |
| L | Liberal |
| LA | Los Angeles |
| Library Association | |
| Liverpool Academy | |
| Louisiana (postal) | |
| La | Louisiana |
| LAA | Light Anti-Aircraft |
| Lab | Labour |
| LAC | London Athletic Club |
| Los Angeles County | |
| LACSAB | Local Authorities Conditions of Service Advisory Board |
| LAMDA | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| LAMTPI | Legal Associate Member, Town Planning Institute (now see LMRTPI) |
| Lance-Corp. | Lance-Corporal |
| Lancs | Lancashire |
| LAPADA | London & Provincial Antique Dealers’ Association |
| LARSP | Language Assessment, Remediation and Screening Procedure |
| LARTPI | Legal Associate, Royal Town Planning Institute |
| Lautro | Life Assurance and Unit Trust Regulatory Organisation |
| LBC | London Broadcasting Company |
| London Borough Council | |
| LBHI | Licentiate, British Horological Institute |
| LBIPP | Licentiate, British Institute of Professional Photography |
| LC | Cross of Leo |
| LCA | Licensed Companies Auditor |
| LCAD | London Certificate in Art and Design (University of London) |
| LCC | London County Council (later GLC) |
| LCCI | London Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| LCD | Lord Chancellor’s Department |
| LCh | Licentiate in Surgery |
| LCL | Licentiate of Canon Law |
| LCM | (Member of) London College of Music and Media |
| LCP | Licentiate, College of Preceptors |
| LCST | Licentiate, College of Speech Therapists |
| LD | Liberal and Democratic |
| Licentiate in Divinity | |
| LDDC | London Docklands Development Corporation |
| LDiv | Licentiate in Divinity |
| LDP | Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) |
| Ldr | Leader |
| LDS | Licentiate in Dental Surgery |
| LDV | Local Defence Volunteers |
| LEA | Local Education Authority |
| LEAD | Leadership in Environment and Development |
| LEADR | Lawyers Engaged in Alternative Dispute Resolution |
| LEDU | Local Enterprise Development Unit |
| LEP | Local Ecumenical Project |
| Local Enterprise Partnership | |
| LEPRA | British Leprosy Relief Association |
| LèsL | Licencié ès lettres |
| LèsSc | Licencié ès Sciences |
| LG | Lady Companion, Order of the Garter |
| LGA | Local Government Association |
| LGBT | Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender |
| LGBTI | Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex |
| LGBTQ | Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning |
| LGSM | Licentiate, Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| LGTB | Local Government Training Board |
| LH | Light Horse |
| LHD | Literarum Humaniorum Doctor (Doctor of Literature) |
| LHSM | Licentiate, Institute of Health Services Management |
| LI | Light Infantry |
| Long Island | |
| LIBA | Lloyd’s Insurance Brokers’ Association |
| Lib Dem | Liberal Democrat |
| LIBER | Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche |
| Lic. | Licentiate |
| LicMed | Licentiate in Medicine |
| Lieut | Lieutenant |
| LIFFE | London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange |
| LIFT | Local Improvement Finance Trust |
| LIMA | Licentiate, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications |
| International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association | |
| Lincs | Lincolnshire |
| LIOB | Licentiate, Institute of Building |
| LISTD | Licentiate, Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing |
| Lit. | Literature |
| Literary | |
| LitD | Doctor of Literature |
| Doctor of Letters | |
| Lit.Hum. | Literae Humaniores (Classics) |
| LittD | Doctor of Literature |
| Doctor of Letters | |
| LJ | Lord Justice |
| LLAM | Licentiate, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| LLB | Bachelor of Laws |
| LLC | Limited Liability Company |
| LLCM | Licentiate, London College of Music |
| LLD | Doctor of Laws |
| LLL | Licentiate in Laws |
| LLM | Master of Laws |
| LLP | Limited Liability Partnership |
| LLSC | Local Learning and Skills Council |
| LM | Licentiate in Midwifery |
| LMBC | Lady Margaret Boat Club |
| LMC | Local Medical Committee |
| LMCC | Licentiate, Medical Council of Canada |
| LMed | Licentiate in Medicine |
| LMH | Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
| LMR | London Midland Region (BR) |
| LMS | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| London Missionary Society | |
| London Mathematical Society | |
| LMSSA | Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery, Society of Apothecaries |
| LMRTPI | Legal Member, Royal Town Planning Institute |
| LNat | Liberal National |
| LNER | London and North Eastern Railway |
| LOCOG | London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |
| L of C | Library of Congress |
| Lines of Communication | |
| LP | Limited Partnership |
| LPh | Licentiate in Philosophy |
| LPO | London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| LPTB | London Passenger Transport Board (later LTE) |
| LRAD | Licentiate, Royal Academy of Dancing |
| LRAM | Licentiate, Royal Academy of Music |
| LRCP | Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians, London |
| LRCPE | Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh |
| LRCPI | Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| LRCPSGlas | Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow |
| LRCS | Licentiate, Royal College of Surgeons of England |
| LRCSE | Licentiate, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh |
| LRCSI | Licentiate, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| LRelSc | Licentiate in Religious Sciences |
| LRFPS(G) | Licentiate, Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow (now see LRCPSGlas) |
| LRIBA | Licentiate, Royal Institute of British Architects (now see RIBA) |
| LRPS | Licentiate, Royal Photographic Society |
| LRSM | Licentiate, Royal Schools of Music |
| LRT | London Regional Transport |
| LSA | Licentiate, Society of Apothecaries |
| Licence in Agricultural Sciences | |
| LSC | Learning and Skills Council |
| LSE | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| LSHTM | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| LSO | London Symphony Orchestra |
| LSS | Licentiate in Sacred Scripture |
| Lt | Lieutenant |
| Light | |
| LT | Lady, Order of the Thistle |
| London Transport (later LRT) | |
| Licentiate in Teaching | |
| LTA | Lawn Tennis Association |
| LTB | London Transport Board (later LTE) |
| LTCL | Licentiate of Trinity College of Music, London |
| Lt Col | Lieutenant Colonel |
| LTE | London Transport Executive (later LRT) |
| Lt Gen. | Lieutenant General |
| LTh | Licentiate in Theology |
| LTS | London Topographical Society |
| LU | Liberal Unionist |
| LUOTC | London University Officers’ Training Corps |
| LVO | Lieutenant, Royal Victorian Order (formerly MVO (Fourth Class)) |
| LWT | London Weekend Television |
| LXX | Septuagint |
| M | |
| M | Marquess |
| Member | |
| Monsieur | |
| m | married |
| MA | Master of Arts |
| Military Assistant | |
| Massachusetts (postal) | |
| MAAT | Member, Association of Accounting Technicians |
| MACE | Member, Australian College of Education |
| Member, Association of Conference Executives | |
| MACM | Member, Association of Computing Machines |
| MACS | Member, American Chemical Society |
| MADO | Member, Association of Dispensing Opticians |
| MAE | Member, Academia Europaea |
| MAF | Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries |
| MAFF | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
| MAHL | Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters |
| MAI | Magister in Arte Ingeniaria (Master of Engineering) |
| MAIAA | Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| MAIBC | Member, Architectural Institute of British Columbia |
| MAICD | Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors |
| Maj. Gen. | Major General |
| MALD | Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy |
| Man | Manitoba |
| M&A | Mergers and Acquisitions |
| MAO | Master of Obstetric Art |
| MAOT | Member, Association of Occupational Therapists |
| MAOU | Member, American Ornithologists’ Union |
| MAP | Ministry of Aircraft Production |
| MAPM | Member, Association for Project Management |
| MAppSc | Master of Applied Science |
| MAPsS | Member, Australian Psychological Society |
| MARAC | Member, Australasian Register of Agricultural Consultants |
| MArch | Master of Architecture |
| MARIS | Multi-State Aquatic Resources Information System |
| Marq. | Marquess |
| MAS | Minimal Access Surgery |
| MASc | Master of Applied Science |
| MASCE | Member, American Society of Civil Engineers |
| MASME | Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| Mass | Massachusetts |
| MASt | Master of Advanced Study |
| MAT | Master of Arts and Teaching (US) |
| MATh | Master of Arts in Theology |
| Math. | Mathematics |
| Mathematical | |
| MAusIMM | Member, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy |
| MB | Medal of Bravery (Canada) |
| Bachelor of Medicine | |
| Manitoba (postal) | |
| MBA | Master of Business Administration |
| MBASW | Member, British Association of Social Workers |
| MBC | Metropolitan/Municipal Borough Council |
| MBCS | Member, British Computer Society |
| MBE | Member, Order of the British Empire |
| MBES | Member, Biological Engineering Society |
| MBFR | Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions (negotiations) |
| MBHI | Member, British Horological Institute |
| MBIFD | Member, British Institute of Funeral Directors |
| MBII | Member, British Institute of Innkeeping |
| MBIID | Member, British Institute of Interior Design |
| MBIM | Member, British Institute of Management (later MIMgt) |
| MBKS | Member, British Kinematograph Society (now see MBKSTS) |
| MBKSTS | Member, British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society |
| MBL | Master of Business Leadership |
| MBOU | Member, British Ornithologists’ Union |
| MBPsS | Graduate Member, British Psychological Society |
| MBritIRE | Member, British Institution of Radio Engineers (later MIERE) |
| MBS | Member, Building Societies Institute (now see MCBSI) |
| MBSc | Master of Business Science |
| MC | Military Cross |
| Missionaries of Charity | |
| MCB | Master in Clinical Biochemistry |
| Muslim Council of Britain | |
| MCBSI | Member, Chartered Building Societies Institute |
| MCC | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Metropolitan County Council | |
| MCCDRCS | Member in Clinical Community Dentistry, Royal College of Surgeons |
| MCD | Master of Civic Design |
| MCE | Master of Civil Engineering |
| MCFP | Member, College of Family Physicians (Canada) |
| MCGI | Member, City and Guilds of London Institute |
| MCh | MChir |
| Master in Surgery | |
| MChD | Master of Dental Surgery |
| MChE | Master of Chemical Engineering |
| MChemA | Master in Chemical Analysis |
| MChOrth | Master of Orthopaedic Surgery |
| MCIArb | Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators |
| MCIBS | Member, Chartered Institution of Building Services (now see MCIBSE) |
| Member, Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland | |
| MCIBSE | Member, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers |
| MCICM | Member, Chartered Institute of Credit Management |
| MCIEEM | Member, Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management |
| MCIfA | Member, Chartered Institute for Archaeologists |
| MCIH | Member, Chartered Institute of Housing |
| MCIHort | Member, Chartered Institute of Horticulture |
| MCIHT | Member, Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation |
| MCIIS | Member, Chartered Institute of Information Security |
| MCIJ | Member, Chartered Institute of Journalists |
| MCIL | Member, Chartered Institute of Linguists |
| MCIM | Member, Chartered Institute of Marketing |
| MCIMarE | Member, Canadian Institute of Marine Engineers |
| MCIOB | Member, Chartered Institute of Building |
| MCIPD | Member, Charted Institute of Personnel and Development |
| MCIPR | Member, Chartered Institute of Public Relations |
| MCIPS | Member, Chartered Institute of Procurement (formerly Purchasing) and Supply |
| MCIS | Member, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators |
| MCIT | Member, Chartered Institute of Transport (now see CMILT) |
| MCIWEM | Member, Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management |
| MCIWM | Member, Chartered Institution of Wastes Management |
| MCL | Master in Civil Law |
| MCLIP | Member, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals |
| MCMI | Member, Chartered Management Institute |
| MCollP | Member, College of Preceptors |
| MCom | Master of Commerce |
| MCommH | Master of Community Health |
| MConsE | Member, Association of Consulting Engineers |
| MConsEI | Member, Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland |
| MCOphth | Member, College of Ophthalmologists (now see MRCOphth) |
| MCP | Member of Colonial Parliament |
| Master of City Planning (US) | |
| MCPA | Member, College of Pathologists of Australia (now see MRCPA) |
| MCPP | Member, College of Pharmacy Practice |
| MCPS | Member, College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| MCS | Malayan Civil Service |
| MCSD | Member, Chartered Society of Designers |
| MCSEE | Member, Canadian Society of Electrical Engineers |
| MCSI | Member, Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment |
| MCSP | Member, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy |
| MCST | Member, College of Speech Therapists |
| MCT | Member, Association of Corporate Treasurers |
| MD | Doctor of Medicine |
| Military District | |
| Maryland (postal) | |
| Md | Maryland |
| MDA | Masters in Defence Administration |
| MDC | Metropolitan District Council |
| MDes | Master of Design |
| MDiv | Master of Divinity |
| MDS | Master of Dental Surgery |
| MDSc | Master of Dental Science |
| ME | Mining Engineer |
| Middle East | |
| Master of Engineering | |
| Maine (postal) | |
| Myalgic Encephalomyelitis | |
| MEAF | Middle East Air Force |
| MEC | Member of Executive Council |
| Middle East Command | |
| MEc | Master of Economics |
| MECAS | Middle East Centre for Arab Studies |
| Mech. | Mechanics |
| Mechanical | |
| MECI | Member, Institute of Employment Consultants |
| Med. | Medical |
| MEd | Master of Education |
| MED | Master of Environmental Design |
| MEdSt | Master of Educational Studies |
| MEF | Middle East Force |
| MEI | Member, Energy Institute |
| MEIC | Member, Engineering Institute of Canada |
| MELF | Middle East Land Forces |
| Mencap | Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults |
| MEng | Master of Engineering |
| MEnvS | Master of Environmental Studies |
| MEO | Marine Engineering Officer |
| MEP | Member of the European Parliament |
| MES | Master of Environmental Studies |
| MESc | Master of Engineering Science |
| MetSoc | Metals Society (formed by amalgamation of Institute of Metals and Iron and Steel Institute; now merged with Institution of Metallurgists to form Institute of Metals) |
| MF | Master of Forestry |
| MFA | Master of Fine Arts |
| MFC | Mastership in Food Control |
| MFCM | Member, Faculty of Community Medicine (later MFPHM) |
| MFFLM | Member, Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians |
| MFFP | Member, Faculty of Family Planning, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| MFGB | Miners’ Federation of Great Britain (now see NUM) |
| MFGDP | Member, Faculty of General Dental Practitioners, Royal College of Surgeons |
| MFH | Master of Foxhounds |
| MFHom | Member, Faculty of Homoeopathy |
| MFOM | Member, Faculty of Occupational Medicine |
| MFPaed | Member, Faculty of Paediatrics, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| MFPH | Member, Faculty of Public Health |
| MFPHM | Member, Faculty of Public Health Medicine (now see MFPH) |
| MFPHMI | Member, Faculty of Public Health Medicine of Ireland |
| MFPM | Member, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine |
| MGDSRCS | Member in General Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons |
| MGI | Member, Institute of Certificated Grocers |
| MGO | Master General of the Ordnance |
| Master of Gynaecology and Obstetrics | |
| Mgr | Monsignor |
| MHA | Member of House of Assembly |
| Master of Health Administration | |
| MHCIMA | Member, Hotel Catering and International (formerly Institutional) Management Association (now see MIH) |
| MHCLG | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| MHK | Member of the House of Keys |
| MHM | Master of Health Management |
| MHort (RHS) | Master of Horticulture, Royal Horticultural Society |
| MHR | Member of the House of Representatives |
| MHRA | Modern Humanities Research Association |
| MHSM | Member, Institute of Health Services Management (now see MIHM) |
| MI | Military Intelligence |
| Michigan (postal) | |
| MIAeE | Member, Institute of Aeronautical Engineers |
| MIAgrE | Member, Institution of Agricultural Engineers |
| MIAM | Member, Institute of Administrative Management |
| MIAS | Member, Institute of Aeronautical Science (US) (now see MAIAA) |
| Member, Institute of Architects and Surveyors | |
| MIBC | Member, Institute of Business Counsellors |
| Member, Institute of Building Control | |
| MIBiol | Member, Institute of Biology (later MSB, now see MRSB) |
| MICE | Member, Institution of Civil Engineers |
| MICEI | Member, Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland |
| MICeram | Member, Institute of Ceramics (later MIM) |
| MICFor | Member, Institute of Chartered Foresters |
| Mich | Michigan |
| MIChemE | Member, Institution of Chemical Engineers |
| MICM | Member, Institute of Credit Management (now see MCICM) |
| MICorr | Member, Institute of Corrosion |
| MICorrST | Member, Institution of Corrosion Science and Technology (now see MICorr) |
| MICS | Member, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers |
| MIE(Aust) | Member, Institution of Engineers, Australia |
| MIED | Member, Institution of Engineering Designers |
| MIEE | Member, Institution of Electrical Engineers (now see MIET) |
| MIEEE | Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (NY) |
| MIEEM | Member, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (now see MCIEEM) |
| MIEI | Member, Institution of Engineering Inspection |
| MIEMA | Member, Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment |
| MIEMgt | Member, Institute of Environmental Management (now see MIEMA) |
| MIEnvSc | Member, Institution of Environmental Sciences |
| MIERE | Member, Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers (later MIEE) |
| MIES | Member, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Scotland |
| MIET | Member, Institution of Engineering and Technology (formerly Member, Institute of Engineers and Technicians) |
| MIEx | Member, Institute of Export |
| MIExpE | Member, Institute of Explosives Engineers |
| MIfA | Member, Institute for Archaeologists (now see MCIfA) |
| MIFA | Member, Institute of Field Archaeologists (later MIfA) |
| MIFF | Member, Institute of Freight Forwarders (now see MIFP) |
| MIFireE | Member, Institution of Fire Engineers |
| MIFM | Member, Institute of Fisheries Management |
| MIFor | Member, Institute of Foresters (now see MICFor) |
| MIFP | Member, Institute of Freight Professionals |
| MIGasE | Member, Institution of Gas Engineers (now see MIGEM) |
| MIGEM | Member, Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers |
| MIGeol | Member, Institution of Geologists |
| MIH | Member, Institute of Housing (now see MCIH) |
| Member, Institute of Hospitality | |
| MIHM | Member, Institute of Housing Managers (later MIH) |
| Member, Institute of Healthcare Management | |
| MIHort | Member, Institute of Horticulture (now see MCIHort) |
| MIHT | Member, Institution of Highways and Transportation (now see MCIHT) |
| MIHVE | Member, Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers (later MCIBS) |
| MIIA | Member, Institute of Industrial Administration (later FBIM) |
| MIIE | Member, Institution of Incorporated Engineers in Electronic, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (now see MIET) |
| MIIM | Member, Institution of Industrial Managers |
| MIInfSc | Member, Institute of Information Sciences (now see MCLIP) |
| MIL | Member, Institute of Linguists (now see MCIL) |
| Mil. | Military |
| MILGA | Member, Institute of Local Government Administrators |
| MILocoE | Member, Institution of Locomotive Engineers |
| MILog | Member, Institute of Logistics (now see MILT) |
| MILT | Member, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport |
| MIM | Member, Institute of Materials (formerly Institution of Metallurgists, then Institute of Metals) (now see MIMMM) |
| MIMA | Member, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications |
| MIMarE | Member, Institute of Marine Engineers (now see MIMarEST) |
| MIMarEST | Member, Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology |
| MIMC | Member, Institute of Management Consultants |
| MIMechE | Member, Institution of Mechanical Engineers |
| MIMEMME | Member, Institution of Mining Electrical & Mining Mechanical Engineers (later MIMinE) |
| MIMgt | Member, Institute of Management (see now MCMI) |
| MIMGTechE | Member, Institution of Mechanical and General Technician Engineers |
| MIMI | Member, Institute of the Motor Industry |
| MIMinE | Member, Institution of Mining Engineers (later MIMM) |
| MIMM | Member, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (now see MIMMM) |
| MIMMM | Member, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining |
| MIMunE | Member, Institution of Municipal Engineers (now amalgamated with Institution of Civil Engineers) |
| MIN | Member, Institute of Navigation (now see MRIN) |
| Min. | Ministry |
| Minn | Minnesota |
| MInstAM | Member, Institute of Administrative Management |
| MInstBE | Member, Institution of British Engineers |
| MInstCE | Member, Institution of Civil Engineers (now see FICE) |
| MInstD | Member, Institute of Directors |
| MInstE | Member, Institute of Energy (now see MEI) |
| MInstF | Member, Institute of Fuel (later MInstE) |
| MInstHE | Member, Institution of Highway Engineers (later MIHT, now see MCIHT) |
| MInstKT | Member, Institute of Knowledge Transfer |
| MInstLM | Member, Institute of Leadership and Management |
| MInstM | Member, Institute of Marketing (now see MCIM) |
| MInstMC | Member, Institute of Measurement and Control |
| MInstME | Member, Institution of Mining Engineers |
| MInstMet | Member, Institute of Metals (later part of Metals Society; then MIM) |
| MInstP | Member, Institute of Physics |
| MInstPet | Member, Institute of Petroleum (now see MEI) |
| MInstPkg | Member, Institute of Packaging |
| MInstPS | Member, Institute of Purchasing and Supply |
| MInstRA | Member, Institute of Registered Architects |
| MInstRE | Member, Institution of Royal Engineers |
| MInstT | Member, Institute of Transport (later MCIT) |
| MInstTA | Member, Institute of Transport Administration |
| MInstW | Member, Institute of Welding (now see MWeldI) |
| MInstWM | Member, Institute of Wastes Management (now see MCIWM) |
| MINucE | Member, Institution of Nuclear Engineers (now see MNucI) |
| MIOA | Member, Institute of Acoustics |
| MIOB | Member, Institute of Building (now see MCIOB) |
| MIOM | Member, Institute of Office Management (now see MIAM) |
| MIOSH | Member, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health |
| MIPA | Member, Institute of Practitioners in Advertising |
| MIPD | Member, Institute of Personnel and Development (now see MCIPD) |
| MIPEM | Member, Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine |
| MIPlantE | Member, Institution of Plant Engineers |
| MIPM | Member, Institute of Personnel Management (later MIPD) |
| MIPR | Member, Institute of Public Relations (now see MCIPR) |
| MIProdE | Member, Institution of Production Engineers (later MIEE) |
| MIQ | Member, Institute of Quarrying |
| MIQA | Member, Institute of Quality Assurance |
| MIRE | Member, Institution of Radio Engineers (later MIERE) |
| MIREE(Aust) | Member, Institution of Radio and Electronics Engineers (Australia) |
| MIRM | Member, Institute of Risk Management |
| MIRO | Mineral Industry Research Organisation |
| Member, Institution of Railway Operators | |
| MIRPM | Member, Institute of Residential Property Management |
| MIRT | Member, Institute of Reprographic Technicians |
| MIRTE | Member, Institute of Road Transport Engineers |
| MIS | Member, Institute of Statisticians |
| MISI | Member, Iron and Steel Institute (later part of Metals Society) |
| Miss | Mississippi |
| MIStructE | Member, Institution of Structural Engineers |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| MITA | Member, Industrial Transport Association |
| MITD | Member, Institute of Training and Development (later MIPD) |
| MITE | Member, Institution of Electrical and Electronics Technician Engineers |
| MITI | Member, Institute of Translation & Interpreting |
| MITSA | Member, Institute of Trading Standards Administration |
| MITT | Member, Institute of Travel and Tourism |
| MIWE | Member, Institution of Water Engineers (later MIWES) |
| MIWEM | Member, Institution of Water and Environmental Management (now see MCIWEM) |
| MIWES | Member, Institution of Water Engineers and Scientists (later MIWEM) |
| MIWM | Member, Institution of Works Managers (now see MIIM) |
| MIWPC | Member, Institute of Water Pollution Control (later MIWEM) |
| MIWSP | Member, Institute of Work Study Practitioners (now see MMS) |
| MJA | Medical Journalists Association |
| MJI | Member, Institute of Journalists (now see MCIJ) |
| MJIE | Member, Junior Institution of Engineers (now see MIGTechE) |
| MJur | Magister Juris (Master of Law) |
| ML | Licentiate in Medicine |
| Master of Laws | |
| MLA | Member of Legislative Assembly |
| Modern Language Association | |
| Master in Landscape Architecture | |
| Museums, Libraries and Archives Council | |
| MLC | Member of Legislative Council |
| Meat and Livestock Commission | |
| MLCOM | Member, London College of Osteopathic Medicine |
| MLI | Member, Landscape Institute |
| MLib | Master of Librarianship |
| MLitt | Master of Letters |
| Mlle | Mademoiselle |
| MLO | Military Liaison Officer |
| MLR | Modern Language Review |
| MLS | Master of Library Science |
| MM | Military Medal |
| Merchant Marine | |
| MMA | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| MMan | Master of Management |
| MMath | Master of Mathematics |
| MMB | Milk Marketing Board |
| MMD | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy |
| Master of Management of Defence | |
| MME | Master of Mining Engineering |
| Mme | Madame |
| MMechE | Master of Mechanical Engineering |
| MMEd | Master in Medical Education |
| MMedSci | Master in Medical Science |
| MMet | Master of Metallurgy |
| MMGI | Member, Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India |
| MMin | Master of Ministry |
| MML | Masters in Medical Law |
| MMLJ | Member of Merit, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
| MMM | Member, Order of Military Merit (Canada) |
| MMRS | Member, Market Research Society |
| MMS | Member, Institute of Management Services |
| MMus | Master of Music |
| MN | Merchant Navy |
| Minnesota (postal) | |
| MNAM | Member, National Academy of Medicine (US) |
| MNAS | Member, National Academy of Sciences (US) |
| MND | Motor Neurone Disease |
| MNECInst | Member, North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders |
| MNI | Member, Nautical Institute |
| MNIMH | Member, National Institute of Medical Herbalists |
| MNucI | Member, Nuclear Institute |
| MNZIS | Member, New Zealand Institute of Surveyors |
| MNZM | Member, New Zealand Order of Merit |
| MNZPI | Member, New Zealand Planning Institute |
| MO | Medical Officer |
| Military Operations | |
| Missouri (postal) | |
| Mo | Missouri |
| MoD | Ministry of Defence |
| Mods | Moderations (Oxford) |
| MOH | Medical Officer(s) of Health |
| MoJ | Ministry of Justice |
| MOM | Member, Order of Merit (Malta) |
| MOMA | Museum of Modern Art |
| MOMI | Museum of the Moving Image |
| Mon | Monmouthshire |
| Mont | Montgomeryshire |
| MOP | Ministry of Power |
| MOrthRCS | Member in Orthodontics, Royal College of Surgeons |
| Most Rev. | Most Reverend |
| MoT | Ministry of Transport |
| MOV | Member, Order of Volta (Ghana) |
| MP | Member of Parliament |
| MPA | Master of Public Administration |
| Member, Parliamentary Assembly, Northern Ireland | |
| MPAGB | Member, Photographic Alliance of Great Britain |
| MPBW | Ministry of Public Building and Works |
| MPH | Master of Public Health |
| MPhil | Master of Philosophy |
| MPhil Stud | Master of Philosophical Studies |
| MPhys | Master of Physics |
| MPIA | Master of Public and International Affairs |
| MPLA | Major Projects Leadership Academy |
| MPMI | Member, Property Management Institute |
| MPO | Management and Personnel Office |
| MPodA | Member, Podiatry Association |
| MPP | Member, Provincial Parliament |
| Master in Public Policy (Harvard) | |
| MPRISA | Member, Public Relations Institute of South Africa |
| MProf | Masters in Professional Studies |
| MPS | Member, Pharmaceutical Society (now see MRPharmS) |
| MPTS | Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service |
| MR | Master of the Rolls |
| Municipal Reform | |
| MRAC | Member, Royal Agricultural College |
| MRACP | Member, Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
| MRACS | Member, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons |
| MRad | Master of Radiology |
| MRAeS | Member, Royal Aeronautical Society |
| MRAIC | Member, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada |
| MRAS | Member, Royal Asiatic Society |
| MRC | Medical Research Council |
| MRCA | Multi-Role Combat Aircraft |
| MRCGP | Member, Royal College of General Practitioners |
| MRC-LMB | Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology |
| MRCOG | Member, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| MRCOphth | Member, Royal College of Ophthalmologists |
| MRCP | Member, Royal College of Physicians, London |
| Member, Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom | |
| MRCPA | Member, Royal College of Pathologists of Australia |
| MRCPath | Member, Royal College of Pathologists |
| MRCPCH | Member, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health |
| MRCPE | Member, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh |
| MRCPGlas | Member, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow |
| MRCPI | Member, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| MRCPsych | Member, Royal College of Psychiatrists |
| MRCS | Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England |
| MRCSE | Member, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
| MRCSI | Member, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| MRCVS | Member, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons |
| MRD RCS | Member in Restorative Dentistry, Royal College of Surgeons |
| MRE | Master of Religious Education |
| MRes | Master of Research |
| MRHS | Member, Royal Horticultural Society |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| Member, Royal Institution | |
| MRIA | Member, Royal Irish Academy |
| MRIAI | Member, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland |
| MRIC | Member, Royal Institute of Chemistry (now see MRSC) |
| MRICS | Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors |
| MRIN | Member, Royal Institute of Navigation |
| MRINA | Member, Royal Institution of Naval Architects |
| MRNZCGP | Member, Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners |
| MRPharmS | Member, Royal Pharmaceutical Society |
| MRSB | Member, Royal Society of Biology |
| MRSC | Member, Royal Society of Chemistry |
| MRSH | Member, Royal Society for the Promotion of Health (now see MRSPH) |
| MRSL | Member, Order of the Republic of Sierra Leone |
| MRSocMed | Member, Royal Society of Medicine |
| MRSPH | Member, Royal Society for Public Health |
| MRTPI | Member, Royal Town Planning Institute |
| MRurSc | Master of Rural Science |
| MRUSI | Member, Royal United Service Institution |
| MRVA | Member, Rating and Valuation Association |
| MS | Master of Surgery |
| Master of Science (US) | |
| Mississippi (postal) | |
| Multiple Sclerosis | |
| Motor Ship | |
| MS, MSS | Manuscript, Manuscripts |
| MSA | Master of Science, Agriculture (US) |
| Mineralogical Society of America | |
| Motor Sports Association | |
| MSAAIE | Member, Southern African Association of Industrial Editors |
| MSAE | Member, Society of Automotive Engineeers (US) |
| MSAICE | Member, South African Institution of Civil Engineers |
| MSAInstMM | Member, South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy |
| MSB | Member, Society of Biology (now see MRSB) |
| MSC | Manpower Services Commission |
| Missionaries of the Sacred Heart | |
| MSc | Master of Science |
| MScD | Master of Dental Science |
| MScE | Master of Science in Engineering |
| MSci | Master of Natural Sciences |
| MScSoc | Master of Social Sciences |
| MScSocMed | Master of Science in Social Medicine |
| MSD | Meritorious Service Decoration (Fiji) |
| MSE | Master of Science in Engineering (US) |
| MSF | (Union for) Manufacturing, Science, Finance |
| MSFA | Member, Society of Financial Advisers |
| MSHyg | Master of Science in Hygiene |
| MSI | Member, Securities Institute (later Securities & Investment Institute, now see MCSI) |
| MSIA | Member, Society of Industrial Artists |
| MSIAD | Member, Society of Industrial Artists and Designers (now see MCSD) |
| MSIT | Member, Society of Instrument Technology (now see MInstMC) |
| MSL | Master of Studies in Law |
| MSLS | Master of Science in Library Science |
| MSM | Meritorious Service Medal |
| Madras Sappers and Miners | |
| Master in Science Management | |
| MSN | Master of Science in Nursing |
| MSocAdmin | Master of Social Administration |
| MSocIS | Member, Société des Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France |
| MSocSc | Master of Social Sciences |
| MSocWork | Master of Social Work |
| MSoFHT | Member, Society of Food Hygiene Technology |
| MSP | Member, Scottish Parliament |
| Managing Successful Programmes | |
| MSR | Member, Society of Radiographers |
| MSRP | Member, Society for Radiological Protection |
| MSSc | Master of Social Sciences |
| MSSC | Marine Society & Sea Cadets |
| MSt | Master of Studies |
| MSTD | Member, Society of Typographic Designers |
| MStJ | Member, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
| MSW | Master of Social Work |
| MSzP | Magyar Szocialista Párt |
| MT | Mechanical Transport |
| Montana (postal) | |
| Mt | Mount |
| Mountain | |
| MTA | Music Trades Association |
| MTB | Motor Torpedo Boat |
| MTCA | Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation |
| MTD | Midwife Teachers’ Diploma |
| MTech | Master of Technology |
| MTEFL | Master in the Teaching of English as a Foreign or Second Language |
| MTh | Master of Theology |
| MTIA | Metal Trades Industry Association |
| MTIRA | Machine Tool Industry Research Association (now see AMTRI) |
| MTPI | Member, Town Planning Institute (now see MRTPI) |
| MTS | Master of Theological Studies |
| Ministerial Training Scheme | |
| MUniv | Honorary Master of the University |
| MusB | Bachelor of Music |
| MusD | Doctor of Music |
| MusM | Master of Music |
| MV | Merchant Vessel, Motor Vessel (naval) |
| MVB | Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine |
| MVEE | Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment |
| MVO | Member, Royal Victorian Order |
| MVSc | Master of Veterinary Science |
| MW | Master of Wine |
| MWA | Mystery Writers of America |
| MWeldI | Member, Welding Institute |
| MWSOM | Member, Institute of Practitioners in Work Study Organisation and Methods (now see MMS) |
| N | |
| N | Nationalist |
| Navigating Duties | |
| North | |
| n | nephew |
| NA | National Academician (America) |
| NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
| NAAFI | Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes |
| NAAS | National Agricultural Advisory Service |
| NAB | National Advisory Body for Public Sector Higher Education |
| NABC | National Association of Boys’ Clubs (later NABC-CYP) |
| NABC-CYP | National Association of Boys’ Clubs - Clubs for Young People |
| NAC | National Agriculture Centre |
| NACAB | National Association of Citizens’ Advice Bureaux |
| NACCB | National Accreditation Council for Certification Bodies |
| NACETT | National Advisory Council for Education and Training Targets |
| NACF | National Art-Collections Fund |
| NACRO | National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders |
| NADFAS | National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies |
| NAE | National Academy of Engineering |
| NAEW | Nato Airborn Early Warning |
| NAHA | National Association of Health Authorities (now see NAHAT) |
| NAHAT | National Association of Health Authorities and Trusts |
| NAHT | National Association of Head Teachers |
| NALGO | Nalgo |
| National and Local Government Officers’ Association | |
| NAMAS | National Measurement and Accreditation Service |
| NAMCW | National Association for Maternal and Child Welfare |
| NAMH | MIND (National Association for Mental Health) |
| NAMMA | NATO MRCA Management Agency |
| NAPAG | National Academies Policy Advisory Group |
| NARM | National Association of Recording Merchandisers (US) |
| NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US) |
| NASD | National Association of Securities Dealers |
| NASDAQ | National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System |
| NASDIM | National Association of Securities Dealers and Investment Managers (later FIMBRA) |
| NAS/UWT | National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers |
| NATCS | National Air Traffic Control Services (now see NATS) |
| NATFHE | National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (combining ATCDE and ATTI) |
| NATLAS | National Testing Laboratory Accreditation Scheme |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NATS | National Air Traffic Services |
| Nat. Sci. | Natural Sciences |
| NATSOPA | National Society of Operative Printers, Graphical and Media Personnel (formerly of Operative Printers and Assistants) |
| NAYC | Youth Clubs UK (formerly National Association of Youth Clubs) |
| NB | New Brunswick |
| Nebraska (postal) | |
| NBA | North British Academy |
| NBC | National Book Council (later NBL) |
| National Broadcasting Company (US) | |
| NBL | National Book League |
| NBPI | National Board for Prices and Incomes |
| NC | National Certificate |
| North Carolina | |
| NCA | National Certificate of Agriculture |
| NCARB | National Council of Architectural Registration Boards |
| NCAS | Natural Environment Research Council Centres for Atmospheric Science |
| NCB | National Coal Board |
| NCC | National Computing Centre |
| Nature Conservancy Council (later NCCE) | |
| National Consumer Council | |
| NCCE | Nature Conservancy Council for England (English Nature) |
| NCCL | National Council for Civil Liberties |
| NCD | National Capital District, Papua New Guinea |
| NCDAD | National Council for Diplomas in Art and Design |
| NCEA | National Council for Educational Awards |
| NCET | National Council for Educational Technology |
| NCH | National Children’s Homes |
| NCLC | National Council of Labour Colleges |
| NCOP | National Council of Provinces (South Africa) |
| NCOPF | National Council for One Parent Families |
| NCRI | National Cancer Research Institute |
| NCSS | National Council of Social Service |
| NCTJ | National Council for the Training of Journalists |
| NCVCCO | National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations |
| NCVO | National Council for Voluntary Organisations |
| NCVQ | National Council for Vocational Qualifications |
| NCYPE | National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy |
| ND | North Dakota |
| NDA | National Diploma in Agriculture |
| NDC | National Defence College |
| NATO Defence College | |
| NDD | National Diploma in Dairying |
| National Diploma in Design | |
| NDEA | National Defense Education Act |
| NDH | National Diploma in Horticulture |
| NDIC | National Defence Industries Council |
| NDP | New Democratic Party |
| NDRI | National Disease Research Interchange |
| NDTA | National Defense Transportation Association (US) |
| NE | North-east |
| NEAB | Northern Examinations and Assessment Board |
| NEAC | New English Art Club |
| NEAF | Near East Air Force |
| NEARELF | Near East Land Forces |
| NEB | National Enterprise Board |
| NEC | National Executive Committee |
| NECInst | North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders |
| NEDC | National Economic Development Council |
| North East Development Council | |
| NEDO | National Economic Development Office |
| NEH | National Endowment for the Humanities |
| NEL | National Engineering Laboratory |
| NERC | Natural Environment Research Council |
| NESTA | National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts |
| NF | Newfoundland and Labrador (postal) |
| NFC | National Freight Consortium (formerly Corporation, then Company) |
| NFCG | National Federation of Consumer Groups |
| NFER | National Foundation for Educational Research |
| NFHA | National Federation of Housing Associations |
| NFMS | National Federation of Music Societies |
| NFSH | National Federation of Spiritual Healers |
| NFT | National Film Theatre |
| NFU | National Farmers’ Union |
| NFWI | National Federation of Women’s Institutes |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation(s) |
| NGTE | National Gas Turbine Establishment |
| NH | New Hampshire |
| NH&MRC | National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia) |
| NHBC | National House-Building Council |
| NHMF | National Heritage Memorial Fund |
| NHS | National Health Service |
| NHSU | National Health Service University |
| NI | Northern Ireland |
| Native Infantry | |
| NIAB | National Institute of Agricultural Botany |
| NIACE | National Institute of Adult Continuing Education |
| NIACRO | Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders |
| NIAE | National Institute of Agricultural Engineering |
| NIAID | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| NICE | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (formerly National Institute of Clinical Excellence, then National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) |
| NICEC | National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling |
| NICEIC | National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting |
| NICG | Nationalised Industries Chairmen’s Group |
| NICRO | National Institute for Crime Prevention and Re-integration of Offenders |
| NICS | Northern Ireland Civil Service |
| NID | Naval Intelligence Division |
| National Institute for the Deaf | |
| Northern Ireland District | |
| National Institute of Design (India) | |
| NIESR | National Institute of Economic and Social Research |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health (US) |
| NIHEC | Northern Ireland Higher Education Council |
| NIHR | National Institute for Health and Care Research (formerly for Health Research) |
| NII | Nuclear Installations Inspectorate |
| NILP | Northern Ireland Labour Party |
| NIMR | National Institute for Medical Research |
| NISTRO | Northern Ireland Science and Technology Regional Organisation |
| NISW | National Institute of Social Work |
| NIU | Northern Ireland Unionist |
| NJ | New Jersey |
| NL | National Liberal |
| No Liability | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |
| NLCS | North London Collegiate School |
| NLHF | National Lottery Heritage Fund |
| NLYL | National League of Young Liberals |
| NM | New Mexico (postal) |
| NMC | Nursing and Midwifery Council |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| NMRS | National Monuments Record of Scotland |
| NMSI | National Museum of Science and Industry |
| NNMA | Nigerian National Merit Award |
| NNOM | Nigerian National Order of Merit |
| NO | Navigating Officer |
| NODA | National Operatic and Dramatic Association |
| Northants | Northamptonshire |
| Notts | Nottinghamshire |
| NP | Notary Public |
| NPA | Newspaper Publishers’ Association |
| NPFA | National Playing Fields Association |
| NPG | National Portrait Gallery |
| NPk | Nishan-e-Pakistan |
| NPL | National Physical Laboratory |
| NPQH | National Professional Qualification for Headship |
| NRA | National Rifle Association |
| National Recovery Administration (US) | |
| National Rivers Authority | |
| NRAO | National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
| NRCC | National Research Council of Canada |
| NRD | National Registered Designer |
| NRDC | National Research Development Corporation |
| NRMA | National Roads and Motorists’ Association |
| NRPB | National Radiological Protection Board |
| NRR | Northern Rhodesia Regiment |
| NRSA | National Research Service Award (US) |
| NS | Nova Scotia |
| New Style in the Calendar (in Great Britain since 1752) | |
| National Society | |
| National Service | |
| ns | Graduate of Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich |
| NSA | National Skating Association (now see NISA) |
| NSAIV | Distinguished Order of Shaheed Ali (Maldives) |
| NSERC | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada |
| NSF | National Science Foundation (US) |
| NSM | Non-Stipendiary Minister |
| NSMHC | National Society for Mentally Handicapped Children (now see Mencap) |
| NSPCC | National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children |
| NSRA | National Small-bore Rifle Association |
| N/SSF | Novice, Society of St Francis |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | New Testament |
| Northern Territory (Australia) | |
| Northwest Territories (Canada) | |
| National Theatre | |
| National Trust | |
| NT&SA | National Trust & Savings Association |
| NTF | National Teaching Fellow |
| NTO | National Training Organisation |
| NTUC | National Trades Union Congress |
| NUAAW | National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers |
| NUBE | National Union of Bank Employees (later BIFU) |
| NUFLAT | National Union of Footwear Leather and Allied Trades (now see NUKFAT) |
| NUGMW | National Union of General and Municipal Workers (later GMBATU) |
| NUHKW | National Union of Hosiery and Knitwear Workers (now see NUKFAT) |
| NUI | National University of Ireland |
| NUJ | National Union of Journalists |
| NUJMB | Northern Universities Joint Matriculation Board |
| NUM | National Union of Mineworkers |
| NUMAST | National Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers |
| NUPE | National Union of Public Employees |
| NUR | National Union of Railwaymen (now see RMT) |
| NUS | National Union of Students |
| National University of Singapore | |
| NUT | National Union of Teachers |
| NUU | New University of Ulster |
| NV | Nevada (postal) |
| NVQ | National Vocational Qualification |
| NW | North-west |
| NWC | National Water Council |
| NWFP | North-West Frontier Province |
| NWP | North-Western Province |
| NWT | North-Western Territories |
| NY | New York |
| NYC | New York City |
| NYO | National Youth Orchestra |
| NYT | National Youth Theatre |
| NZ | New Zealand |
| NZEF | New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
| NZIA | New Zealand Institute of Architects |
| NZTF | New Zealand Territorial Force |
| O | |
| o | only |
| OAM | Medal of the Order of Australia |
| O&M | organisation and method |
| OAP | Old Age Pensioner |
| OAS | Organisation of American States |
| On Active Service | |
| OASC | Officer Aircrew Selection Centre |
| OAU | Organisation for African Unity |
| OB | Order of Barbados |
| Order of Belize | |
| OBC | Order of British Columbia |
| OBE | Officer, Order of the British Empire |
| OC | Officer, Order of Canada (equivalent to former award SM) |
| OC | o/c |
| Officer Commanding | |
| oc | only child |
| OCC | Order of the Caribbean Community |
| OCDS | ocds Can |
| Overseas College of Defence Studies (Canada) | |
| OCF | Officiating Chaplain to the Forces |
| OCHA | Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| OCPA | Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments |
| OCS | Officer Candidates School |
| Officer Cadet School | |
| OCSS | Oxford and Cambridge Shakespeare Society |
| OCTU | Officer Cadet Training Unit |
| OCU | Operational Conversion Unit |
| OD | Officer, Order of Distinction (Jamaica) |
| Order of Distinction (Antigua) | |
| ODA | Overseas Development Administration |
| ODI | Overseas Development Institute |
| ODM | Ministry of Overseas Development |
| ODPM | Office of the Deputy Prime Minister |
| ODSM | Order of Diplomatic Service Merit (Lesotho) |
| OE | Order of Excellence (Guyana) |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OED | Oxford English Dictionary |
| OEEC | Organization for European Economic Co-operation (now see OECD) |
| OF | Order of the Founder, Salvation Army |
| OFCOM | Ofcom |
| Office of Communications | |
| OFEMA | Office Française d’Exportation de Matériel Aéronautique |
| OFFER | Office of Electricity Regulation |
| Ofgem | Office of Gas and Electricity Markets |
| OFM | Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) |
| OFMCap | Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Franciscans) |
| OFMConv | Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Franciscans) |
| Ofqual | Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation |
| OFR | Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria |
| OFS | Orange Free State |
| OFSTED | Office for Standards in Education |
| OFT | Office of Fair Trading |
| Oftel | Office of Telecommunications |
| Ofwat | Office of Water Services |
| OGC | Office of Government Commerce |
| OGS | Oratory of the Good Shepherd |
| OH | Ohio (postal) |
| OHMS | On His (or Her) Majesty’s Service |
| O i/c | Officer in charge |
| OJ | Order of Jamaica |
| OK | Oklahoma (postal) |
| OL | Officer, Order of Leopold |
| Order of the Leopard (Lesotho) | |
| OLJ | Officer, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
| OLM | Officer, Legion of Merit (Rhodesia) |
| Ordained Local Minister | |
| OLY | Olympian |
| OM | Order of Merit |
| Order of Manitoba | |
| OMCS | Office of the Minister for the Civil Service |
| OMFIF | Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum |
| OMI | Oblate of Mary Immaculate |
| OMLJ | Officer, Order of Merit, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
| OMM | Officer, Order of Military Merit (Canada) |
| ON | Order of the Nation (Jamaica) |
| Ontario (postal) | |
| ONC | Ordinary National Certificate |
| OND | Ordinary National Diploma |
| ONDA | Ordinary National Diploma in Agriculture |
| ONS | Office for National Statistics |
| Order of Nova Scotia | |
| Ont | Ontario |
| ONZ | Order of New Zealand |
| ONZM | Officer, New Zealand Order of Merit |
| OON | Officer, Order of the Niger |
| OOnt | Order of Ontario |
| OOV | Officer, Order of the Volta (Ghana) |
| OP | Ordinis Praedicatorum (of the Order of Preachers (Dominican)) |
| Observation Post | |
| OPCON | Operational Control |
| OPCS | Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (now see ONS) |
| OPCW | Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
| OPEC | Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OPEI | Order of Prince Edward Island |
| OPM | Owner President Management program |
| OPRA | Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority |
| OPS | Office of Public Service |
| OPSS | Office of Public Service and Science (later OPS) |
| OQ | Officer, National Order of Quebec |
| OR | Order of Rorima (Guyana) |
| Operational Research | |
| Oregon (postal) | |
| ORGALIME | Organisme de Liaison des Industries Métalliques Européennes |
| ORHA/CPA | Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance/Coalition Provisional Authority |
| ORL | Otorhinolaryngology |
| ORS | Operational Research Society |
| ORSA | Operations Research Society of America (now see INFORMS) |
| ORSL | Order of the Republic of Sierra Leone |
| ORT | Organization for Rehabilitation through Training |
| ORTF | Office de la Radiodiffusion et Télévision Française |
| ORTT | Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago |
| o s | only son |
| OSA | Order of St Augustine (Augustinian) |
| Ontario Society of Artists | |
| OSB | Order of St Benedict (Benedictine) |
| OSC | Order of Simon of Cyrene |
| osc | Graduate of Overseas Staff College |
| OSCE | Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| OSCHR | Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research |
| OSFC | Franciscan (Capuchin) Order |
| O/Sig | Ordinary Signalman |
| OSMTH | Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani (Supreme Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem) |
| osp | obiit sine prole (died without issue) |
| OSS | Office of Strategic Services |
| OST | Office of Science and Technology |
| OStJ | Officer, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
| OSUK | Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom |
| OT | Old Testament |
| OTC | Officers’ Training Corps |
| OTL | Officer, Order of Toussaint L’Ouverture (Haiti) |
| OTS | Office of the Third Sector |
| OTU | Operational Training Unit |
| OTWSA | Ou-Testamentiese Werkgemeenskap in Suider-Afrika |
| OU | Oxford University |
| Open University | |
| OUAC | Oxford University Athletic Club |
| OUAFC | Oxford University Association Football Club |
| OUBC | Oxford University Boat Club |
| OUCC | Oxford University Cricket Club |
| OUDS | Oxford University Dramatic Society |
| OUP | Oxford University Press |
| Official Unionist Party | |
| OURC | Oxford University Rifle Club |
| OURFC | Oxford University Rugby Football Club |
| OURT | Order of the United Republic of Tanzania |
| Oxon | Oxfordshire |
| Oxoniensis (of Oxford) | |
| P | |
| PA | Pakistan Army |
| Personal Assistant | |
| Pennsylvania (postal) | |
| PAA | President, Australian Academy of Science |
| pac | passed the final examination of the Advanced Class, The Military College of Science |
| PACE | Protestant and Catholic Encounter |
| Property Advisers to the Civil Estate | |
| PACTA | Professional Associate, Clinical Theology Association |
| PALS | Partnership for Active Leisure Scheme for Disabled Children |
| P&O | Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Co. |
| P&OSNCo. | Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. |
| PAO | Prince Albert’s Own |
| PASOK | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
| PBFA | Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association |
| PBS | Public Broadcasting Service |
| PC | Privy Counsellor |
| Police Constable | |
| Perpetual Curate | |
| Peace Commissioner (Ireland) | |
| Progressive Conservative (Canada) | |
| pc | per centum (in the hundred) |
| PCC | Parochial Church Council |
| Protected Cell Company (Guernsey) | |
| Private Cell Company | |
| PCE | Postgraduate Certificate of Education |
| pce | passed command examinations |
| PCFC | Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council |
| PCG | Primary Care Group |
| PCL | Polytechnic of Central London |
| PCMO | Principal Colonial Medical Officer |
| PCNZM | Principal Companion, New Zealand Order of Merit |
| PCS | Parti Chrétien-Social |
| Public and Commercial Services Union | |
| PCT | Primary Care Trust |
| PdD | Doctor of Pedagogy (US) |
| PDG | Président Directeur Général |
| PDipHEd | Postgraduate Diploma in Health Education |
| PDR | People’s Democratic Republic |
| PDRA | post doctoral research assistant |
| PDSA | People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals |
| PDTC | Professional Dancer’s Training Course Diploma |
| PDTDip | Professional Dancer’s Teaching Diploma |
| PE | Procurement Executive |
| Prince Edward Island (postal) | |
| PEI | Prince Edward Island |
| PEN | Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, Novelists (Club) |
| PEng | Registered Professional Engineer (Canada) |
| Member, Society of Professional Engineers | |
| Penn | Pennsylvania |
| PEP | Political and Economic Planning (now see PSI) |
| PER | Professional and Executive Recruitment |
| PES | Party of European Socialists |
| PEST | Pressure for Economic and Social Toryism |
| PF | Procurator-Fiscal |
| PFA | Professional Footballers’ Association |
| pfc | Graduate of RAF Flying College |
| PFHEA | Principal Fellow, Higher Education Academy |
| PFI | Private Finance Initiative |
| PGA | Professional Golfers’ Association |
| PGCA | Post Graduate Certificate of Adjudication |
| PGCE | Post Graduate Certificate of Education |
| PGCFHE | Post Graduate Certificate in Further and Higher Education |
| PGCHE | Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education |
| PGCTh | Postgraduate Certificate in Theology |
| PGDCCI | Postgraduate Diploma in Computing for Commerce and Industry |
| PGDFHE | Postgraduate Diploma in Further and Higher Education |
| PGDipMin | Postgraduate Diploma in Ministry |
| PGDL | Postgraduate Diploma in Law |
| PGDPT | Postgraduate Diploma in Pastoral Theology |
| PGTC | Postgraduate Teaching Certificate |
| PGTCSE | Postgraduate Teaching Certificate in Secondary Education |
| PH | Presidential Order of Honour (Botswana) |
| PHAB | Physically Handicapped & Able-bodied |
| PhB | Bachelor of Philosophy |
| PhC | Pharmaceutical Chemist |
| PhD | Doctor of Philosophy |
| PHE | Public Health England |
| Phil. | Philology |
| Philological | |
| Philosophy | |
| Philosophical | |
| PhL | Licentiate in Philosophy |
| PHLS | Public Health Laboratory Service |
| PhM | Master of Philosophy (USA) |
| PhmB | Bachelor of Pharmacy |
| Phys. | Physical |
| PIA | Personal Investment Authority |
| PIARC | Permanent International Association of Road Congresses |
| PIB | Prices and Incomes Board (later NBPI) |
| PICAO | Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization (now ICAO) |
| PICTFOR | Parliamentary Internet Communications and Technology Forum |
| pinx. | pinxit (he painted it) |
| PITCOM | Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (now see PICTFOR) |
| PJG | Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Singapore) |
| PJHQ | Permanent Joint Headquarters |
| PJK | Pingkat Jasa Kebaktian (Malaysia) |
| Pl. | Place |
| Plural | |
| PLA | Port of London Authority |
| PLAB | Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board |
| PLC | plc |
| public limited company | |
| Plen. | Plenipotentiary |
| PLI | President, Landscape Institute |
| PLP | Parliamentary Labour Party |
| Progressive Liberal Party (Bahamas) | |
| PLR | Public Lending Right |
| PMA | Personal Military Assistant |
| PMC | Personnel Management Centre |
| PMD | Program for Management Development |
| PMedSci | President, Academy of Medical Sciences |
| PMETB | Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board |
| PMG | Postmaster-General |
| PMN | Panglima Mangku Negara (Malaysia) |
| PMO | Principal Medical Officer |
| Princess Mary’s Own | |
| PMRAFNS | Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service |
| PMS | Presidential Order of Meritorious Service (Botswana) |
| President, Miniature Society | |
| PNBS | Panglima Negara Bintang Sarawak |
| PNEU | Parents’ National Educational Union |
| PNG | Papua New Guinea |
| PNP | People’s National Party |
| PO | Post Office |
| POB | Presidential Order of Botswana |
| Pop. | Population |
| POST | Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology |
| POUNC | Post Office Users’ National Council |
| POW | Prisoner of War |
| Prince of Wales’s | |
| PP | Parish Priest |
| Past President | |
| pp | pages |
| PPA | Professional Publishers Association (formerly Periodical Publishers Association) |
| PPARC | Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council |
| PPCLI | Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry |
| PPCSD | Past President, Chartered Society of Designers |
| PPDF | Parti Populaire pour la Démocratie Française |
| PPE | Philosophy, Politics and Economics |
| PPInstHE | Past President, Institution of Highway Engineers |
| PPIStructE | Past President, Institution of Structural Engineers |
| PPITB | Printing and Publishing Industry Training Board |
| PPP | Private Patients Plan |
| Psychology, Philosophy and Physiology | |
| PPRA | Past President, Royal Academy |
| PPRBA | Past President, Royal Society of British Artists |
| PPRBS | Past President, Royal Society of British Sculptors |
| PPRE | Past President, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (formerly of Painter-Etchers and Engravers) |
| PPRIBA | Past President, Royal Institute of British Architects |
| PPRNCM | Diploma in Professional Performance, Royal Northern College of Music |
| PPROI | Past President, Royal Institute of Oil Painters |
| PPRP | Past President, Royal Society of Portrait Painters |
| PPRSA | Past President, Royal Scottish Academy |
| PPRSW | Past President, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colours |
| PPRTPI | Past President, Royal Town Planning Institute |
| PPRWA | Past President, Royal Watercolour Association |
| PPRWS | Past President, Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours |
| PPS | Parliamentary Private Secretary |
| PPSA | Proficiency, Photographic Society of America |
| PPSIAD | Past President, Society of Industrial Artists and Designers |
| PQ | Province of Quebec |
| PQCCC | Post Qualification Certificate in Child Care |
| PQE | Professional Qualifying Examination |
| PR | Public Relations |
| Parti républicain | |
| PRA | President, Royal Academy |
| PRASEG | Associate Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group |
| PRBS | President, Royal Society of British Sculptors |
| PRCA | Public Relations Consultants Association |
| PRCS | President, Royal College of Surgeons |
| PrD | Doctor of Professional Practice |
| PRE | President, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (formerly of Painter-Etchers and Engravers) |
| Preb. | Prebendary |
| Prep. | Preparatory |
| Pres. | President |
| PRHA | President, Royal Hibernian Academy |
| PRI | President, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours |
| Plastics and Rubber Institute | |
| PRIA | President, Royal Irish Academy |
| PRIAS | President, Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland |
| Prin. | Principal |
| PRISA | Public Relations Institute of South Africa |
| PRL | Liberal Reform Party (Belgium) |
| PRO | Public Relations Officer |
| Public Records Office | |
| Proc. | Proctor |
| Proceedings | |
| Prof. | Professor |
| Professional | |
| PROI | President, Royal Institute of Oil Painters |
| PRO NED | Promotion of Non-Executive Directors |
| Pro tem. | Pro tempore (for the time being) |
| ProtU | Protestant Unionist Party |
| Prov. | Provost |
| Provincial | |
| Prox. | Proximo (next) |
| Prox.acc. | Proxime accessit (next in order of merit to the winner) |
| PRS | President, Royal Society |
| Performing Right Society Ltd | |
| PRSA | President, Royal Scottish Academy |
| PRSE | President, Royal Society of Edinburgh |
| PRSH | President, Royal Society for the Promotion of Health |
| PRSW | President, Royal Scottish Water Colour Society |
| PRUAA | President, Royal Ulster Academy of Arts |
| PRWA | President, Royal West of England Academy |
| PRWS | President, Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours |
| PS | Pastel Society |
| Paddle Steamer | |
| ps | passed School of Instruction (of Officers) |
| PSA | Property Services Agency |
| Petty Sessions Area | |
| psa | Graduate of RAF Staff College |
| psc | Graduate of Staff College († indicates Graduate of Senior Wing Staff College) |
| Personal Services Company | |
| PSD | Petty Sessional Division |
| Social Democratic Party (Portugal) | |
| Panglima Setia Diraja | |
| PSE | Party of European Socialists |
| PSGB | Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (now see RPSGB) |
| PSI | Policy Studies Institute |
| PSIAD | President, Society of Industrial Artists and Designers |
| PSM | Panglima Setia Mahkota (Malaysia) |
| psm | Certificate of Royal Military School of Music |
| PSMA | President, Society of Marine Artists |
| PSO | Principal Scientific Officer |
| Personal Staff Officer | |
| PSOE | Partido Socialista Obrero Español |
| PSS | Society of Priests of St Sulpice |
| PsyD | Doctor of Psychology |
| PTA | Passenger Transport Authority |
| Parent-Teacher Association | |
| PTC | Personnel and Training Command |
| PTE | Passenger Transport Executive |
| Pte | Private |
| PThD | Doctor of Pastoral Theology |
| ptsc | passed Technical Staff College |
| Pty | Proprietary |
| PUP | People’s United Party |
| Progressive Unionist Party | |
| PVSM | Param Vishishc Seva Medal (India) |
| PWO | Prince of Wales’s Own |
| PWO(CEW) | Principal Warfare Officer (Communications and Electronic Warfare) |
| PWO(U) | Principal Warfare Officer (Underwater Warfare) |
| PWR | Pressurized Water Reactor |
| PYBT | Prince’s Youth Business Trust |
| Q | |
| Q | Queen |
| QAA | Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education |
| QAIMNS | Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service |
| QARANC | Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps |
| QARNNS | Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service |
| QBD | Queen’s Bench Division |
| QC | Queen’s Counsel |
| Quebec (postal) | |
| QCA | Qualifications and Curriculum Authority |
| QCB | Queen’s Commendation for Bravery |
| QCDA | Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency |
| QCVS | Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service |
| QCVSA | Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air |
| QDR | Qualified in Dispute Resolution |
| QEH | Queen Elizabeth Hall |
| QEO | Queen Elizabeth’s Own |
| QFSM | Queen’s Fire Service Medal for Distinguished Service |
| QGM | Queen’s Gallantry Medal |
| QHC | Honorary Chaplain to the Queen |
| QHDS | Honorary Dental Surgeon to the Queen |
| QHNS | Honorary Nursing Sister to the Queen |
| QHP | Honorary Physician to the Queen |
| QHS | Honorary Surgeon to the Queen |
| Qld | Queensland |
| Qly | Quarterly |
| QMAAC | Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps |
| QMC | Queen Mary College, London |
| QMG | Quartermaster-General |
| QMIPRI | Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute |
| QMO | Queen Mary’s Own |
| QMUL | Queen Mary, University of London |
| QMW | Queen Mary and Westfield College, London (now see QMUL) |
| QO | Qualified Officer |
| QOOH | Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars |
| Q(ops) | Quartering (operations) |
| Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment | |
| QOY | Queen’s Own Yeomanry |
| QPM | Queen’s Police Medal |
| QPSM | Queen’s Public Service Medal (New Zealand) |
| Qr | Quarter |
| QRIH | Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars |
| QS | Quarter Sessions |
| Quantity Surveying | |
| qs | RAF graduates of the Military or Naval Staff College |
| QSM | Queen’s Service Medal (NZ) |
| QSO | Queen’s Service Order (NZ) |
| QTS | Qualified Teacher Status |
| QUB | Queen’s University, Belfast |
| qv | quod vide (which see) |
| QVRM | Queen’s Volunteer Reserve Medal |
| qwi | Qualified Weapons Instructor |
| R | |
| (R) | Reserve |
| RA | Royal Academician |
| Royal Academy | |
| Royal (Regiment of) Artillery | |
| RAA | Regional Arts Association |
| Royal Australian Artillery | |
| RAAF | Royal Australian Air Force |
| RAAMC | Royal Australian Army Medical Corps |
| RABI | Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution |
| RAC | Royal Automobile Club |
| Royal Agricultural College | |
| Royal Armoured Corps | |
| RACDS | Royal Australian College of Dental Surgeons |
| RACGP | Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
| RAChD | Royal Army Chaplains’ Department |
| RACI | Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
| RACO | Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists |
| RACOG | Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| RACP | Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
| RACS | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons |
| Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society | |
| RAD | Royal Academy of Dance |
| RADA | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| RADAR | Royal Association for Disability Rights (formerly Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation) |
| RADC | Royal Army Dental Corps |
| RAE | Royal Australian Engineers |
| Royal Aerospace Establishment (formerly Royal Aircraft Establishment) | |
| Research Assessment Exercise | |
| RAEC | Royal Army Educational Corps |
| RAEng | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| RAeS | Royal Aeronautical Society |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| RAFA | Royal Air Forces Association |
| RAFO | Reserve of Air Force Officers (now see RAFRO) |
| RAFR | Royal Air Force Reserve |
| RAFRO | Royal Air Force Reserve of Officers |
| RAFVR | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| RAI | Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain & Ireland |
| Radio Audizioni Italiane | |
| RAIA | Royal Australian Institute of Architects |
| RAIC | Royal Architectural Institute of Canada |
| RAM | (Member of) Royal Academy of Music |
| RAMC | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| RAN | Royal Australian Navy |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RANR | Royal Australian Naval Reserve |
| RANVR | Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve |
| RAOC | Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
| RAPC | Royal Army Pay Corps |
| RARDE | Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment |
| RARO | Regular Army Reserve of Officers |
| RAS | Royal Astronomical Society |
| Royal Asiatic Society | |
| Recruitment and Assessment Services | |
| RASC | Royal Army Service Corps (now see RCT) |
| RASE | Royal Agricultural Society of England |
| RAU | Royal Agricultural University |
| RAuxAF | Royal Auxiliary Air Force |
| RAVC | Royal Army Veterinary Corps |
| RB | Rifle Brigade |
| RBA | Member, Royal Society of British Artists |
| RBK&C | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |
| RBL | Royal British Legion |
| RBS | Royal Society of British Sculptors (now see RSS) |
| RBSA | (Member of) Royal Birmingham Society of Artists |
| RBY | Royal Bucks Yeomanry |
| RC | Roman Catholic |
| RCA | Member, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts |
| Royal College of Art | |
| (Member of) Royal Cambrian Academy | |
| RCAC | Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
| RCAF | Royal Canadian Air Force |
| RCamA | Member, Royal Cambrian Academy |
| RCAnaes | Royal College of Anaesthetists |
| RCAS | Royal Central Asian Society (now see RSAA) |
| RCDS | Royal College of Defence Studies |
| rcds | completed a course at, or served for a year on the Staff of, the Royal College of Defence Studies |
| RCGP | Royal College of General Practitioners |
| RCHA | Royal Canadian Horse Artillery |
| RCHME | Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England |
| RCM | (Member of) Royal College of Music |
| RCN | Royal Canadian Navy |
| Royal College of Nursing | |
| RCNC | Royal Corps of Naval Constructors |
| RCNR | Royal Canadian Naval Reserve |
| RCNVR | Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve |
| RCO | Royal College of Organists |
| RCOG | Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| RCP | Royal College of Physicians, London |
| RCPA | Royal College of Pathologists of Australia |
| RCPath | Royal College of Pathologists |
| RCPCH | Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health |
| RCPE | RCPEd |
| Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh | |
| RCPI | Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| RCPSG | Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow |
| RCPsych | Royal College of Psychiatrists |
| RCR | Royal College of Radiologists |
| RCS | Royal College of Surgeons of England |
| Royal Corps of Signals | |
| Royal College of Science | |
| RCSE | RCSEd |
| Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh | |
| RCSI | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| RCT | Royal Corps of Transport |
| RCVS | Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons |
| RD | Rural Dean |
| Royal Naval and Royal Marine Forces Reserve Decoration | |
| Rd | Road |
| RDA | Diploma of Roseworthy Agricultural College, South Australia |
| Regional Development Agency | |
| RDC | Rural District Council |
| RDF | Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
| RDI | Royal Designer for Industry (Royal Society of Arts) |
| RE | Royal Engineers |
| Fellow, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (formerly of Painter-Etchers and Engravers) | |
| Religious Education | |
| REACH | Retired Executives Action Clearing House |
| Rear Adm. | Rear Admiral |
| REconS | Royal Economic Society |
| REF | Research Excellence Framework |
| Regt | Regiment |
| REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
| REME | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
| REngDes | Registered Engineering Designer |
| RERO | Royal Engineers Reserve of Officers |
| Res. | Resigned |
| Reserve | |
| Resident | |
| Research | |
| Rev. | Reverend |
| Review | |
| RFA | Royal Field Artillery |
| RFC | Royal Flying Corps (now RAF) |
| Rugby Football Club | |
| RFCA | Reserve Forces and Cadets Association |
| RFD | Reserve Force Decoration |
| RFH | Royal Festival Hall |
| RFP | Registered Forensic Practitioner |
| RFPS(G) | Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow (now see RCPSG) |
| RFR | Rassemblement des Français pour la République |
| RFU | Rugby Football Union |
| RGA | Royal Garrison Artillery |
| RGI | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts |
| RGJ | Royal Green Jackets |
| RGN | Registered General Nurse |
| RGS | Royal Geographical Society |
| RGSA | Royal Geographical Society of Australasia |
| RHA | Royal Hibernian Academy |
| Royal Horse Artillery | |
| Regional Health Authority | |
| RHASS | Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland |
| RHB | Regional Hospital Board |
| RHBNC | Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, London |
| RHC | Royal Holloway College, London (later RHBNC) |
| RHF | Royal Highland Fusiliers |
| RHG | Royal Horse Guards |
| RHistS | Royal Historical Society |
| RHQ | Regional Headquarters |
| RHR | Royal Highland Regiment |
| RHS | Royal Horticultural Society |
| Royal Humane Society | |
| RHUL | Royal Holloway, University of London |
| RHV | Royal Health Visitor |
| Registered Health Visitor | |
| RI | (Member of) Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours |
| Rhode Island | |
| RIA | Royal Irish Academy |
| RIAI | Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland |
| RIAS | Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland |
| RIASC | Royal Indian Army Service Corps |
| RIBA | (Member of) Royal Institute of British Architects |
| RIBI | Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland |
| RIC | Royal Irish Constabulary |
| Royal Institute of Chemistry (now see RSC) | |
| RICS | (Member of) Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors |
| RIF | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
| RIIA | Royal Institute of International Affairs |
| RILEM | Réunion internationale des laboratoires d’essais et de recherches sur les matériaux et les constructions |
| RIN | Royal Indian Navy |
| RINA | Royal Institution of Naval Architects |
| RIPA | Royal Institute of Public Administration |
| RIPH | Royal Institute of Public Health (now see RSPH) |
| RIPH&H | Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene (later RIPH; now see RSPH) |
| RIrF | Royal Irish Fusiliers |
| RLC | Royal Logistic Corps |
| RLFC | Rugby League Football Club |
| RLSS | Royal Life Saving Society |
| RM | Royal Marines |
| Resident Magistrate | |
| Registered Midwife | |
| RMA | Royal Marine Artillery |
| Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (now incorporating Royal Military Academy, Woolwich) | |
| RMC | Royal Military College Sandhurst (now see RMA) |
| RMCM | (Member of) Royal Manchester College of Music |
| RMCS | Royal Military College of Science |
| RMedSoc | Royal Medical Society, Edinburgh |
| RMetS | Royal Meteorological Society |
| RMFVR | Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve |
| RMIT | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| RMLI | Royal Marine Light Infantry |
| RMN | Registered Mental Nurse |
| RMO | Resident Medical Officer(s) |
| RMP | Royal Military Police |
| RMPA | Royal Medico-Psychological Association |
| RMS | Royal Microscopical Society |
| Royal Mail Steamer | |
| Royal Society of Miniature Painters | |
| Royal Mail Ship | |
| RMT | National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers |
| Registered Massage Therapist | |
| RN | Royal Navy |
| Royal Naval | |
| Registered Nurse | |
| RNAS | Royal Naval Air Service |
| RNAY | Royal Naval Aircraft Yard |
| RNC | Royal Naval College |
| RNCM | (Member of) Royal Northern College of Music |
| RNEC | Royal Naval Engineering College |
| RNIB | Royal National Institute of Blind People (formerly Royal National Institute for the Blind, then Royal National Institute of the Blind) |
| RNID | Royal National Institute for Deaf People (formerly Royal National Institute for the Deaf) |
| RNLI | Royal National Life-boat Institution |
| RNLO | Royal Naval Liaison Officer |
| RNLTA | Royal Naval Lawn Tennis Association |
| RNR | Royal Naval Reserve |
| RNRU | Royal Navy Rugby Union |
| RNS | Royal Numismatic Society |
| RNSA | Royal Naval Sailing Association |
| RNSC | Royal Naval Staff College |
| RNT | Registered Nurse Tutor |
| Royal National Theatre | |
| RNTNEH | Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital |
| RNutr | Registered Nutritionist |
| RNVR | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
| RNVSR | Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve |
| RNXS | Royal Naval Auxiliary Service |
| RNZA | Royal New Zealand Artillery |
| RNZAC | Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps |
| RNZAF | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
| RNZIR | Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment |
| RNZN | Royal New Zealand Navy |
| RNZNVR | Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve |
| ROC | Royal Observer Corps |
| ROF | Royal Ordnance Factories |
| R of O | Reserve of Officers |
| ROH | Royal Opera House |
| ROI | Member, Royal Institute of Oil Painters |
| RoSPA | Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents |
| RP | (Member of) Royal Society of Portrait Painters |
| RPC | Royal Pioneer Corps |
| RPE | Rocket Propulsion Establishment |
| RPF | Rassemblement pour la France |
| RPMS | Royal Postgraduate Medical School |
| RPO | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| RPP | Registered Project Professional |
| RPR | Rassemblement pour la République |
| RPS | Royal Photographic Society |
| RPSGB | Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain |
| RRC | Royal Red Cross |
| Rapid Reaction Corps | |
| RRE | Royal Radar Establishment (later RSRE) |
| RRF | Royal Regiment of Fusiliers |
| RRS | Royal Research Ship |
| RSA | Royal Scottish Academician |
| Royal Society of Arts | |
| Republic of South Africa | |
| RSAA | Royal Society for Asian Affairs |
| RSAF | Royal Small Arms Factory |
| RSAI | Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland |
| RSAMD | Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama |
| RSanI | Royal Sanitary Institute (later RSH; now see RSPH) |
| RSAS | Royal Surgical Aid Society |
| RSC | Royal Society of Canada |
| Royal Society of Chemistry | |
| Royal Shakespeare Company | |
| RSCM | (Member of) Royal School of Church Music |
| RSCN | Registered Sick Children’s Nurse |
| RSE | Royal Society of Edinburgh |
| RSF | Royal Scots Fusiliers |
| RSFSR | Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic |
| RSGS | Royal Scottish Geographical Society |
| RSH | Royal Society for the Promotion of Health (now see RSPH) |
| RSL | Royal Society of Literature |
| Returned Services League of Australia | |
| RSM | Royal School of Mines |
| RSM | RSocMed |
| Royal Society of Medicine | |
| RSMA | (Member of) Royal Society of Marine Artists |
| RSME | Royal School of Military Engineering |
| RSMHCA | Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults (see Mencap) |
| RSNC | Royal Society for Nature Conservation |
| RSO | Rural Sub-Office |
| Railway Sub-Office | |
| Resident Surgical Officer | |
| RSPB | Royal Society for Protection of Birds |
| RSPCA | Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
| RSPH | Royal Society for Public Health |
| RSRE | Royal Signals and Radar Establishment |
| RSS | Royal Society of Sculptors |
| RSSAf | Royal Society of South Africa |
| RSSAILA | Returned Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen’s Imperial League of Australia (now see RSL) |
| RSSPCC | Royal Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children |
| RSTM&H | Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| RSUA | Royal Society of Ulster Architects |
| RSV | Revised Standard Version |
| Respiratory Syncytial Virus | |
| RSW | Member, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colours |
| RTE | Radio Telefis Eireann |
| Rt Hon. | Right Honourable |
| RTL | Radio-Télévision Luxembourg |
| RTPI | Royal Town Planning Institute |
| RTR | Royal Tank Regiment |
| Rt Rev. | Right Reverend |
| RTS | Religious Tract Society |
| Royal Toxophilite Society | |
| Royal Television Society | |
| RTYC | Royal Thames Yacht Club |
| RU | Rugby Union |
| RUA | Royal Ulster Academy |
| RUC | Royal Ulster Constabulary |
| RUKBA | Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association |
| RUR | Royal Ulster Regiment |
| RURAL | Society for the Responsible Use of Resources in Agriculture & on the Land |
| RUSI | Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (formerly Royal United Service Institution) |
| RVC | Royal Veterinary College |
| RVS | Royal Voluntary Service |
| RWA | (Member of) Royal West of England Academy |
| RWAFF | Royal West African Frontier Force |
| RWCMD | Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama |
| RWF | Royal Welch Fusiliers |
| RWS | (Member of) Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours |
| RYA | Royal Yachting Association |
| RYS | Royal Yacht Squadron |
| RZSScot | Royal Zoological Society of Scotland |
| S | |
| (S) | (in Navy) Paymaster |
| Scotland | |
| S | Succeeded |
| South | |
| Saint | |
| s | son |
| SA | South Australia |
| South Africa | |
| Société Anonyme | |
| Society of the Atonement | |
| SAAF | South African Air Force |
| SABC | South African Broadcasting Corporation |
| SAC | Scientific Advisory Committee |
| sac | qualified at small arms technical long course |
| SACC | South African Council of Churches |
| SACEUR | Supreme Allied Commander Europe |
| SACIF | sociedad anónima commercial industrial financiera |
| SACLANT | Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic |
| SACRO | Scottish Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders |
| SA de CV | sociedad anónima de capital variable |
| SADG | Société des Architectes Diplômés par le Gouvernement |
| SAE | Society of Automobile Engineers (US) |
| SAHFOS | Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science |
| SAN | Senior Advocate of Nigeria |
| SARL | Société à Responsabilité Limitée |
| SARS | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| Sarum | Salisbury |
| SAS | Special Air Service |
| Sask | Saskatchewan |
| SASO | Senior Air Staff Officer |
| SAT | Senior Member, Association of Accounting Technicians |
| SATB | Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass |
| SATRO | Science and Technology Regional Organisation |
| SB | Bachelor of Science (US) |
| SBAA | Sovereign Base Areas Administration |
| SBAC | Society of British Aerospace Companies (formerly Society of British Aircraft Constructors) |
| SBS | Special Boat Service |
| Silver Bauhinia Star (Hong Kong) | |
| SBStJ | Serving Brother, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
| SC | Star of Courage (Canada) |
| Senior Counsel | |
| South Carolina | |
| sc | student at the Staff College |
| SCA | Society of Catholic Apostolate (Pallottine Fathers) |
| Société en Commandité par Actions | |
| SCAA | School Curriculum and Assessment Authority |
| SCAO | Senior Civil Affairs Officer |
| SCAR | Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research |
| ScD | Doctor of Science |
| SCDI | Scottish Council for Development and Industry |
| SCF | Senior Chaplain to the Forces |
| Save the Children Fund | |
| Sch. | School |
| SChStJ | Senior Chaplain, Order of St John of Jerusalem |
| SCI | Society of Chemical Industry |
| SCIE | Social Care Institute of Excellence |
| SCIO | Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation |
| SCIS | Scottish Council of Independent Schools |
| SCL | Student in Civil Law |
| SCLC | Short Service Limited Commission |
| SCLI | Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry |
| SCM | State Certified Midwife |
| Student Christian Movement | |
| SCOB | Supreme Counsellor of Baobab (South Africa) |
| SCONUL | Standing Conference of National and University Libraries |
| Scot. | Scotland |
| ScotBIC | Scottish Business in the Community |
| SCOTVEC | Scottish Vocational Education Council |
| SCRL | Sociedade Cooperativa de Responsabilidade Limitada |
| SCVO | Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations |
| SD | Staff Duties |
| South Dakota (postal) | |
| SDA | Social Democratic Alliance |
| Scottish Diploma in Agriculture | |
| Scottish Development Agency | |
| SDF | Sudan Defence Force |
| Social Democratic Federation | |
| SDI | Strategic Defence Initiative |
| SDLP | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| SDP | Social Democratic Party |
| SE | South-east |
| SEAC | South-East Asia Command |
| SEATO | South-East Asia Treaty Organization |
| SEC | Security Exchange Commission |
| Sec. | Secretary |
| SED | Scottish Education Department |
| SEE | Society of Environmental Engineers |
| SEEDA | South East England Development Agency |
| SEFI | European Society for Engineering Education |
| SEN | State Enrolled Nurse |
| Special Educational Needs | |
| SEP | Stanford Executive Program |
| SEPA | Scottish Environmental Protection Agency |
| SERC | Science and Engineering Research Council |
| SERT | Society of Electronic and Radio Technicians (later IEIE) |
| SESO | Senior Equipment Staff Officer |
| SF | Sinn Féin |
| SFA | Securities and Futures Authority |
| SFC | Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council |
| SFFMLM | Senior Fellow, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management |
| SFHEA | Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy |
| SFOR | Stabilisation Force |
| SFSEDA | Senior Fellow, Staff and Higher Educational Development Association |
| SFTA | Society of Film and Television Arts (now see BAFTA) |
| SG | Solicitor-General |
| SGA | Member, Society of Graphic Art |
| Sgt | Sergeant |
| SHA | Secondary Heads Association (now see ASCL) |
| Special Health Authority | |
| SHAC | London Housing Aid Centre |
| SHAEF | Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force |
| SHAPE | Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe |
| SHEFC | Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (now see SFC) |
| SHHD | Scottish Home and Health Department |
| SHND | Scottish Higher National Diploma |
| SHO | Senior House Officer |
| SIA | Security Industry Authority |
| SIAD | Society of Industrial Artists and Designers (now see CSD) |
| SIAM | Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (US) |
| SIB | Shipbuilding Industry Board |
| Securities and Investments Board (now see FSA) | |
| SICA-FICA | Foundation for International Commercial Arbitration |
| SICAV | Société d’Investissement à Capital Variable |
| SICOT | Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie |
| SID | Society for International Development |
| SIME | Security Intelligence Middle East |
| SIMG | Societas Internationalis Medicinae Generalis |
| SIROT | Société Internationale pour Recherche en Orthopédie et Traumatologie |
| SIS | Secret Intelligence Service |
| SITA | Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques |
| SITPRO | Simpler Trade Procedures Board (formerly Simplification of International Trade Procedures) |
| SJ | Society of Jesus (Jesuits) |
| SJAB | St John Ambulance Brigade |
| SJD | Doctor of Juristic Science |
| SK | Saskatchewan (postal) |
| SL | Serjeant-at-Law |
| Sociedad Limitada | |
| SLAC | Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre |
| SLC | St Lucia Cross |
| SLD | Social and Liberal Democrats |
| SLJ | Seri Laila Jasa (Brunei) |
| SLP | Scottish Labour Party |
| SLS | Society of Legal Scholars |
| SM | Medal of Service (Canada) (now see OC) |
| Master of Science | |
| Officer qualified for Submarine Duties | |
| SMA | Society of Marine Artists (now see RSMA) |
| SMB | Setia Mahkota Brunei |
| SMCC | Submarine Commanding Officers’ Command Course |
| SME | School of Military Engineering (now see RSME) |
| Small to medium-sized enterprise | |
| SMEO | Squadron Marine Engineer Officer |
| SMHO | Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order (Malta) |
| SMIEE | Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (New York) |
| SMMT | Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd |
| SMN | Seri Maharaja Mangku Negara (Malaysia) |
| SMO | Senior Medical Officer |
| Sovereign Military Order | |
| SMP | Senior Managers’ Program |
| SMPTE | Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (US) |
| SMS | Short Message Service |
| SNAME | Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (US) |
| SNCF | Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français |
| SND | Sisters of Notre Dame |
| SNH | Scottish Natural Heritage |
| SNP | Scottish National Party |
| SNTS | Society for New Testament Studies |
| SO | Staff Officer |
| Scientific Officer | |
| Symphony Orchestra | |
| SOAF | Sultan of Oman’s Air Force |
| SOAS | School of Oriental and African Studies |
| Soc. | Society |
| Socialist (France, Belgium) | |
| SOCA | Serious and Organised Crime Agency |
| Soc & Lib Dem | Social and Liberal Democrats (now see Lib Dem) |
| Soc Dem | Social Democrats |
| SOE | Special Operations Executive |
| Society of Operations Engineers | |
| SOGAT | Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (now see GPMU) |
| SOLACE | Solace |
| Society of Local Authority Chief Executives | |
| SOLT | Society of London Theatre |
| SOM | Society of Occupational Medicine |
| Saskatchewan Order of Merit (Canada) | |
| SONIA | Sterling Overnight Index Average |
| SOSc | Society of Ordained Scientists |
| SOTS | Society for Old Testament Study |
| sowc | Senior Officers’ War Course |
| SP | Self-Propelled (Anti-Tank Regiment) |
| sp | sine prole (without issue) |
| SpA | Società per Azioni |
| SPAB | Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings |
| SPARKS | Sport Aiding Medical Research for Children |
| SPCA | Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
| SPCK | Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge |
| SPCM | Darjah Seri Paduka Cura Si Manja Kini (Malaysia) |
| SPD | Salisbury Plain District |
| Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands | |
| SPDK | Seri Panglima Darjal Kinabalu |
| SPG | Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (now see USPG) |
| SPk | Sitara-e-Pakistan |
| SPMB | Seri Paduka Makhota Brunei |
| SPMK | Darjah Kebasaran Seri Paduka Mahkota Kelantan (Malaysia) |
| SPMO | Senior Principal Medical Officer |
| SPNC | Society for the Promotion of Nature Conservation (now see RSNC) |
| SPNM | Society for the Promotion of New Music |
| SPR | Society for Psychical Research |
| sprl | société de personnes à responsabilité limitée |
| SPSO | Senior Principal Scientific Officer |
| SPTL | Society of Public Teachers of Law (now see SLS) |
| SPUC | Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (formerly the Unborn Child) |
| Sq. | Square |
| sq | staff qualified |
| SQA | Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam (Pakistan) |
| Sqdn | Sqn |
| Squadron | |
| SR | Special Reserve |
| Southern Railway | |
| Southern Region (BR) | |
| SRA | Solicitors Regulation Authority |
| SRC | Science Research Council (later SERC) |
| Students’ Representative Council | |
| SRCh | State Registered Chiropodist |
| SRHE | Society for Research into Higher Education |
| SRIS | Science Reference Information Service |
| SRN | State Registered Nurse |
| SRO | Supplementary Reserve of Officers |
| Self-Regulatory Organisation | |
| SRP | State Registered Physiotherapist |
| SS | Saints |
| Straits Settlements | |
| Steamship | |
| SSA | Society of Scottish Artists |
| Side Saddle Association | |
| SSAC | Social Security Advisory Committee |
| SSAFA | Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (formerly Soldiers’, Sailors’, and Airmen’s Families Association, then Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association Forces Help) |
| SSBN | Nuclear Submarine, Ballistic |
| SSC | Solicitor before Supreme Court (Scotland) |
| Sculptors Society of Canada | |
| Societas Sanctae Crucis (Society of the Holy Cross) | |
| Short Service Commission | |
| SSEB | South of Scotland Electricity Board |
| SSEES | School of Slavonic and East European Studies |
| SSF | Society of St Francis |
| SSJE | Society of St John the Evangelist |
| SSLC | Short Service Limited Commission |
| SSM | Society of the Sacred Mission |
| Seri Setia Mahkota (Malaysia) | |
| SSO | Senior Supply Officer |
| Senior Scientific Officer | |
| SSR | Soviet Socialist Republic |
| SSRC | Social Science Research Council (now see ESRC) |
| SSSI | Sites of Special Scientific Interest |
| SSSR | Society for the Scientific Study of Religion |
| SSStJ | Serving Sister, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
| St | Street |
| Saint | |
| STA | Sail Training Association |
| STB | Sacrae Theologiae Baccalaureus (Bachelor of Sacred Theology) |
| STC | Senior Training Corps |
| STD | Sacrae Theologiae Doctor (Doctor of Sacred Theology) |
| STEM | Science, technology, engineering and mathematics |
| STEP | Skills To Empower Programme |
| STETS | Southern Theological Education and Training Scheme |
| STFC | Science and Technology Facilities Council |
| STh | Scholar in Theology |
| Stip. | Stipend |
| Stipendiary | |
| STL | Sacrae Theologiae Lector (Reader or a Professor of Sacred Theology) |
| STM | Sacrae Theologiae Magister (Master of Sacred Theology) |
| STP | Sacrae Theologiae Professor (Professor of Divinity, old form of DD) |
| STSO | Senior Technical Staff Officer |
| STV | Scottish Television |
| SUNY | State University of New York |
| Supp. Res. | Supplementary Reserve (of Officers) |
| Supt | Superintendent |
| Surg. | Surgeon |
| Surv. | Surviving |
| SW | South-west |
| SWET | Society of West End Theatre (now see SOLT) |
| SWO | Staff Warfare Officer |
| SWRB | Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet |
| T | |
| T | Telephone |
| Territorial | |
| TA | Telegraphic Address |
| Territorial Army | |
| TAF | Tactical Air Force |
| T&AVR | Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve |
| TARO | Territorial Army Reserve of Officers |
| TAS | Torpedo and Anti Submarine Course |
| TASS | Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section of AUEW (now part of MSF) |
| TAVRA | TA&VRA |
| Territorial Auxiliary and Volunteer Reserve Association (now see RFCA) | |
| TC | Order of the Trinity Cross (Trinidad and Tobago) |
| TCCB | Test and County Cricket Board (now see ECB) |
| TCD | Trinity College, Dublin (University of Dublin, Trinity College) |
| TCF | Temporary Chaplain to the Forces |
| TCPA | Town and Country Planning Association |
| TD | Territorial Efficiency Decoration |
| Efficiency Decoration (T&AVR) (since April 1967) | |
| Teachta Dala (Member of the Dáil, Eire) | |
| TDA | Training and Development Agency for Schools |
| TDD | Tubercular Diseases Diploma |
| TE | Technical Engineer |
| TEC | Technician Education Council (later BTEC) |
| Training and Enterprise Council | |
| Tech(CEI) | Technician |
| TechRICS | Technical Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors |
| TEF | Teaching Excellence Framework |
| TEFL | Teaching English as a Foreign Language |
| TEFLA | Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults |
| TEM | Territorial Efficiency Medal |
| TEMA | Telecommunication Engineering and Manufacturing Association |
| Temp. | Temperature |
| Temporary | |
| TEng(CEI) | Technician Engineer (now see IEng) |
| Tenn | Tennessee |
| TEO | Teaching English Overseas |
| TES | Times Educational Supplement |
| TESL | Teaching English as a Second Language |
| TESOL | Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages |
| Tex | Texas |
| TF | Territorial Force |
| TfL | Transport for London |
| TFR | Territorial Force Reserve |
| TFTS | Tactical Fighter Training Squadron |
| TGEW | Timber Growers England and Wales Ltd |
| TGO | Timber Growers’ Organisation (now see TGEW) |
| TGWU | Transport and General Workers’ Union |
| ThD | Doctor of Theology |
| THES | Times Higher Education Supplement |
| ThL | Theological Licentiate |
| ThM | Master of Theology |
| ThSchol | Scholar in Theology |
| TIMS | The Institute of Management Sciences (now see INFORMS) |
| TISCA | The Independent Schools Christian Alliance |
| TLS | Times Literary Supplement |
| TMA | Theatrical Management Association |
| TN | Tennessee (postal) |
| TNC | Theatres National Committee |
| TOPSS | Training Organisation for the Personal Social Services |
| TPI | Town Planning Institute (now see RTPI) |
| TPP | Transport Planning Professional |
| TPsych | Trainer in Psychiatry |
| TQ | Teaching Qualification |
| TRA | Tenants’ and Residents’ Association |
| Trans. | Translation |
| Translated | |
| Transf. | Transferred |
| TrATB | Treble, Alto, Tenor, Bass |
| TRC | Thames Rowing Club |
| TRE | Telecommunications Research Establishment (later RRE) |
| TRH | Their Royal Highnesses |
| TRIC | Television and Radio Industries Club |
| Trin. | Trinity |
| TRL | Transport Research Laboratory |
| TRRL | Transport and Road Research Laboratory (now see TRL) |
| TS | Training Ship |
| Turbine Steamer | |
| TSB | Trustee Savings Bank |
| tsc | passed a Territorial Army Course in Staff Duties |
| TSE | Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies |
| TSSA | Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association |
| TSSF | Tertiary, Society of St Francis |
| TSWA | Television South West Arts |
| TTA | Teacher Training Agency (now see TDA) |
| TUC | Trades Union Congress |
| TUS | Trade Union Side |
| TUSC | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
| TUV | Traditional Unionist Voice |
| TV | Television |
| TVEI | Technical and Vocational Education Initiative |
| TWA | Thames Water Authority |
| TX | Texas (postal) |
| U | |
| U | Unionist |
| u | uncle |
| UA | Unitary Authority |
| UACE | Universities Association for Continuing Education |
| UAE | United Arab Emirates |
| UAL | University of the Arts London |
| UAU | Universities Athletic Union |
| UBC | University of British Columbia |
| UC | University College |
| UCAS | Universities and Colleges Admissions Service |
| UCCA | Universities Central Council on Admissions |
| UCCF | Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship of Evangelical Unions |
| UCD | University College Dublin |
| UCE | University of Central England |
| UCEA | Universities and Colleges Employers Association |
| UCET | Universities Council for Education of Teachers |
| UCH | University College Hospital (London) |
| UCI | Union Cycliste Internationale |
| UCL | University College London |
| UCLA | University of California at Los Angeles |
| UCLES | University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate |
| UCLH | University College London Hospital |
| UCMSM | University College and Middlesex School of Medicine |
| UCNW | University College of North Wales |
| UCS | University College School |
| UCSB | University of California at Santa Barbara |
| UCSD | University of California at San Diego |
| UCSF | University of California at San Francisco |
| UCUNF | Ulster Conservatives and Unionists - New Force |
| UCW | University College of Wales |
| Union of Communication Workers (now see CWU) | |
| UDC | Urban District Council |
| Urban Development Corporation | |
| UDF | Union Defence Force |
| Union pour la démocratie française | |
| UDM | United Democratic Movement (South Africa) |
| UDR | Ulster Defence Regiment |
| Union des Démocrates pour la VèmeRépublique (later RPR) | |
| UDSR | Union Démocratique et Socialiste de la Résistance |
| United Empire Loyalist | |
| UEA | University of East Anglia |
| UEC | Union Européene de Cyclisme |
| UEFA | Union of European Football Associations |
| UEL | University of East London |
| UEMS | Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes |
| UF | United Free Church |
| UFAW | Universities Federation for Animal Welfare |
| UFC | Universities’ Funding Council |
| UGC | University Grants Committee (later UFC) |
| UHI | University of the Highlands and Islands (formerly University of the Highlands and Islands Millennium Institute) |
| UIAA | Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme |
| UICC | Union Internationale contre le Cancer |
| UIE | Union Internationale des Etudiants |
| UISPP | Union Internationale des Sciences Préhistoriques et Protohistoriques |
| UITP | International Union of Public Transport |
| UJD | Utriusque Juris Doctor (Doctor of both Laws, Doctor of Canon and Civil Law) |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UKAEA | United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority |
| UKCC | United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting |
| UKCCCR | United Kingdom Co-ordinating Committee on Cancer Research |
| UKCICC | United Kingdom Commanders-in-Chief Committees |
| UKCISA | United Kingdom Council for International Student Affairs |
| UKCOSA | United Kingdom Council for Overseas Student Affairs (now see UKCISA) |
| UKCP | United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy |
| UKERNA | United Kingdom Education and Research Networking Association |
| UKHSA | United Kingdom Health Security Agency |
| UKIAS | United Kingdom Immigrants’ Advisory Service |
| UKIC | United Kingdom Institute for Conservation |
| UKIP | United Kingdom Independence Party |
| UKLF | United Kingdom Land Forces |
| UKMEA | United Kingdom, Middle East and Africa |
| UKMF(L) | United Kingdom Military Forces (Land) |
| UKMILREP | United Kingdom Military Representative |
| UKMIS | United Kingdom Mission |
| UKOLN | United Kingdom Office of Library Networking |
| UKOOA | United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association |
| UKPIA | United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association Ltd |
| UKRI | UK Research and Innovation |
| UKSC | United Kingdom Support Command |
| UKSLS | United Kingdom Services Liaison Staff |
| UKTI | UK Trade & Investment |
| UKU | United Kingdom Unionist |
| ULPS | Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues |
| UMDS | United Medical and Dental Schools |
| UMIST | University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology |
| UMP | Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (formerly Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle) |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNA | United Nations Association |
| UNCAST | United Nations Conference on the Applications of Science and Technology |
| UNCIO | United Nations Conference on International Organisation |
| UNCITRAL | United Nations Commission on International Trade Law |
| UNCSTD | United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development |
| UNCTAD | Unctad |
| United Nations Commission for Trade and Development | |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNDRO | United Nations Disaster Relief Organisation |
| UNECA | United Nations Economic Commission for Asia |
| UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| UNED | United Nations Environment and Development |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO | Unesco |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation | |
| UNFAO | United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation |
| UNFICYP | United Nations Force in Cyprus |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICE | Union des Industries de la Communauté Européenne |
| UNICEF | Unicef |
| United Nations Children’s Fund (formerly United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) | |
| UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organisation |
| UNIDROIT | Institut International pour l’Unification du Droit Privé |
| UNIFEM | United Nations Development Fund for Women |
| UNIFIL | United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon |
| UNIPEDE | Union Internationale des Producteurs et Distributeurs d’Energie Electrique |
| UNISIST | Universal System for Information in Science and Technology |
| UNITAR | United Nations Institute of Training and Research |
| Univ. | University |
| UNO | United Nations Organization |
| UNODC | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
| UNRRA | United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration |
| UNRWA | United Nations Relief and Works Agency |
| UNSCOB | United Nations Special Commission on the Balkans |
| UOM | Officer, National Order of Merit (Malta) |
| UP | United Provinces |
| Uttar Pradesh | |
| United Presbyterian | |
| UPGC | University and Polytechnic Grants Committee |
| UPNI | Unionist Party of Northern Ireland |
| UPU | Universal Postal Union |
| UPUP | Ulster Popular Unionist Party |
| URC | United Reformed Church |
| Urban Regeneration Company | |
| URSI | Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale |
| US | United States |
| USA | United States of America |
| USAAF | United States Army Air Force |
| USAF | United States Air Force |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| USAR | United States Army Reserve |
| USC | University of Southern California |
| USDAW | Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers |
| USM | Unlisted Securities Market |
| USMA | United States Military Academy |
| USMC | United States Marine Corps |
| USN | United States Navy |
| USNR | United States Naval Reserve |
| USPG | United Society Partners in the Gospel (formerly United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel) |
| USPHS | United States Public Health Service |
| USPS | United States Postal Service |
| USS | United States Ship |
| USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| USVI | United States Virgin Islands |
| UT | Utah (postal) |
| UTC | University Training Corps |
| U3A | University of the Third Age |
| UTS | University of Technology, Sydney |
| UU | Ulster Unionist |
| UUK | Universities UK |
| UUP | Ulster Unionist Party |
| UUUC | United Ulster Unionist Coalition |
| UUUP | United Ulster Unionist Party |
| UWCC | University of Wales College of Cardiff |
| UWCM | University of Wales College of Medicine |
| UWE | University of the West of England |
| UWIC | University of Wales Institute, Cardiff |
| UWIST | University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology |
| UWP | United Workers’ Party (Dominica) |
| UWS | University of the West of Scotland |
| UWT | Union of Women Teachers |
| UWTSD | University of Wales Trinity Saint David |
| V | |
| V | Five (Roman numerals) |
| Version | |
| Vicar | |
| Viscount | |
| Vice | |
| v | versus (against) |
| v | vid. |
| vide (see) | |
| VA | Virginia (postal) |
| Va | Virginia |
| VAD | Voluntary Aid Detachment |
| V&A | Victoria and Albert |
| VAT | Value Added Tax |
| VC | Victoria Cross |
| Voluntary Controlled | |
| VCAS | Vice Chief of the Air Staff |
| VCDS | Vice Chief of the Defence Staff |
| VCGS | Vice Chief of the General Staff |
| VCM | Member, Victoria College of Music |
| VCNS | Vice Chief of the Naval Staff |
| VCT | Venture Capital Trust |
| VD | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Officers’ Decoration (now VRD) |
| Volunteer Officers’ Decoration | |
| Victorian Decoration | |
| VDC | Volunteer Defence Corps |
| VDI | (Member) Verein Deutscher Ingenieure |
| Ven. | Venerable |
| Vet. | Veterinary |
| VetMB | Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine |
| VG | Vicar-General |
| Vic | Victoria |
| Vice Adm. | Vice Admiral |
| VIP | Very Important Person |
| Visc. | Viscount |
| VLSI | Very Large Scale Integration |
| VLV | Voice of the Listener and Viewer |
| VM | Victory Medal |
| VMA | Fixed Wing Marine Attack |
| VMGO | Vice Master General of the Ordnance |
| VMH | Victoria Medal of Honour (Royal Horticultural Society) |
| VMSM | Voluntary Medical Services Medal |
| Vol. | Volume |
| Voluntary | |
| Volunteers | |
| VP | Vice-President |
| VPP | Volunteer Political Party |
| VPRP | Vice-President, Royal Society of Portrait Painters |
| VQMG | Vice-Quartermaster-General |
| VR | Victoria Regina (Queen Victoria) |
| Volunteer Reserve | |
| VRD | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Officers’ Decoration |
| VRSM | Volunteer Reserves Service Medal |
| VSO | Voluntary Service Overseas |
| VT | Vermont (postal) |
| Vt | Vermont |
| VUP | Vanguard Unionist Party |
| VVD | Volkspartij voor Vrijheiden Democratie |
| W | |
| W | West |
| Website | |
| WA | Western Australia |
| Washington (postal) | |
| WAAF | Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (later WRAF) |
| WACL | Women in Advertising and Communications, London |
| WAOS | Welsh Agricultural Organisations Society |
| Wash | Washington State |
| WCC | World Council of Churches |
| W/Cdr | Wing Commander |
| WCMD | Welsh College of Music and Drama (now see RWCMD) |
| WDA | Welsh Development Agency |
| WEA | Workers’ Educational Association |
| Royal West of England Academy | |
| WEF | World Economic Forum |
| WEU | Western European Union |
| WFEO | World Federation of Engineering Organisations |
| WFSW | World Federation of Scientific Workers |
| WFTU | World Federation of Trade Unions |
| WhF | Whitworth Fellow |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WhSch | Whitworth Scholar |
| WI | West Indies |
| Women’s Institute | |
| Wisconsin (postal) | |
| Wilts | Wiltshire |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
| Wis | Wisconsin |
| Wits | Witwatersrand |
| WJEC | Welsh Joint Education Committee |
| WLD | Women Liberal Democrats |
| Wm | William |
| WMA | World Medical Association |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
| WNO | Welsh National Opera |
| WO | War Office |
| Warrant Officer | |
| Worcs | Worcestershire |
| WR | West Riding |
| Western Region (BR) | |
| WRAC | Women’s Royal Army Corps |
| WRAF | Women’s Royal Air Force |
| WRNS | Women’s Royal Naval Service |
| WRVS | Women’s Royal Voluntary Service (now see RVS) |
| WS | Writer to the Signet |
| WSAVA | World Small Animal Veterinary Association |
| WSET | Wine and Spirits Educational Trust |
| WSPA | World Society for the Protection of Animals |
| WTO | World Trade Organisation |
| WV | West Virginia (postal) |
| WVS | Women’s Voluntary Services (later WRVS) |
| WWF | World Wide Fund for Nature (formerly World Wildlife Fund) |
| WY | Wyoming (postal) |
| X | |
| X | Ten (Roman numerals) |
| XO | Executive Officer |
| Y | |
| y | youngest |
| YC | Young Conservative |
| YCNAC | Young Conservatives National Advisory Committee |
| Yeo. | Yeomanry |
| YHA | Youth Hostels Association |
| YMCA | Young Men’s Christian Association |
| YOI | Young Offenders Institute |
| Yorks | Yorkshire |
| YPTES | Young People’s Trust for Endangered Species |
| yr | younger |
| yrs | years |
| YT | Yukon Territory (postal) |
| YTS | Youth Training Scheme |
| YVFF | Young Volunteer Force Foundation |
| YWCA | Young Women’s Christian Association |
| Z | |
| ZANU PF | Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front |
| ZAPU | Zimbabwe African People’s Union |
| ZIPRA | Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army |