Admission guidance
The IPA is inviting public participation worldwide from various technical fields especially related to the Press-in engineering such as environmental, geotechnical, mechanical, instrumentation and construction engineering.
Privileges of Members
Types of Membership | Individual Members | Corporate Members |
Student Members |
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Free membership |
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Privileges | • Members are able to join the global network of IPA Members and the organizations in association with IPA • Subscription of the quarterly publication of IPA Newsletter • Posting articles to the IPA Newsletter • Apply special rate in admission/registration dues for the events organized by IPA • Submission of research papers to the conferences and seminars organized by IPA • Browsing of the research papers with respect to the Press-in Method through IPA website |
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Voting right and election right of directors and auditors | ○ | × | × | × | |
Voting right to the IPA General Assembly | ○ | ○ | × | × | |
Reading and borrowing from IPA Library for free | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
Linkage of Corporate Member website with the IPA website | × | ○ | × | × | |
Receiving advices and suggestions with respect to technical information, papers, information exchanges and joint-researches | × | ○ | × | × | |
Advertise Corporate Members in the IPA Newsletter | × | ○ | × | × | |
Free individual membership without voting right to be provided | - | ○ | - | - | |
Annual Due | JPY 10,000 | Refer to the following | Free | Free |
Types of Corporate members | Annual Due | Free membership |
Platinum | JPY 1,000,000 | 5 memberships |
Gold | JPY 500,000 | 3 memberships |
Silver | JPY 300,000 | 2 memberships |
Bronze | JPY 100,000 | 1 membership |
Admission Guidance for Student Members

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How to Apply for IPA Membership
Types of Membership | Individual Members | Student members | Corporate Members |
Admission application processing | By online (Recommend) |
By online (Recommend) |
By email |
By email | By email |
- The financial year of International Press-in Association (IPA) runs from 1 April until 31 March in the following year.
- In the case that Corporate Members join after 1 October, the annual due is to be reduced by 50%.
- Invoices/Receipts are not basically issued. If necessary, please contact the secretariat after sending the application.
- The credit card payment system* for Individual Members has been installed since October 2017.
- For Corporate Members, the IPA secretariat shall inform them of their annual fee and the detail of the bank account for the payment after receiving the application.
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