RPS Imaging Scientist vocational qualifications are open for application from those who have professional careers within the fields of engineering, science and technology.
Photographic and imaging techniques are used increasingly in practically all walks of life; the image is as important as the printed word. The science and technology that make this possible come from imaging scientists working in a wide range of disciplines and applications. To recognise achievements in this field, and to enhance career prospects by recognising professional competence, The Royal Photographic Society offers professional Imaging Scientist Qualifications.
These provide a structure leading to professional qualifications for engineers, scientists and technologists whose professional activities are concerned with scientific imaging, quantitative or mechanistic aspects of imaging systems or their applications. They are recognised by the imaging and science community as essential benchmark qualifications benefiting all sections of the imaging world. The relevant academic disciplines (scientific imaging, chemistry, engineering, physics, computer science, imaging science, colour science etc.) and their applications will be interpreted as widely as possible.
Those members who acquire an Imaging Scientist Qualification will also receive a Society Distinction. All members must use both their Imaging Scientist Qualification and Distinction together in that order.
