European Microscopy Society


The European Microscopy Society is an international learned society which represents the field of microscopy in Europe. It was founded in 1998 following the disbanding of the Committee of European Societies of Electron Microscopy as a union of national microscopical societies. The society acts as a regional committee of the International Federation of Societies for Microscopy.

Member societies

Listed below are the bodies which are members of the EMS. All those listed have reciprocal membership agreements. The society has 52 corporate members and 37 individual members, with 28 member countries.

National bodies