National Academy - Academies By Country

Academies By Country

• Albania: Academy of Sciences of Albania
• Australia: Australian Academy of Science, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Australian Academy of the Humanities, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, National Academies Forum
• Austria: Austrian Academy of Sciences
• Belarus: National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Academy of Sciences and Arts of Republika Srpska
• Bulgaria: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
• Canada: the Council of Canadian Academies draws upon the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
• Cambodia: The Royal Academy of Cambodia
• People's Republic of China: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Chinese Academy of Engineering
• Croatia: Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Czech Republic - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
• Denmark: Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
• Estonia: Estonian Academy of Sciences
• Finland: national academies based on language. The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (Finnish: Suomalainen tiedeakatemia) is the Finnish-speaking academy, while The Finnish Society of Science and Letters (Swedish: Finska vetenskaps-societeten, Finnish: Suomen tiedeseura) is mostly Swedish-speaking. In the field of engineering, the Finnish Academy of Technology (Finnish: Teknillisten tieteiden akatemia, Swedish: Akademin för Tekniska Vetenskaper) and Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in Finland (Swedish: Svenska tekniska vetenskapsakademien i Finland) form a corresponding pair. The Academy of Finland is not an academy in the sense of this article, but the state research funding agency.
• France: the Institut de France groups together five academies, including the Académie française
• Germany: Leopoldina
• Greece: Academy of Athens
• Hungary: Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungarian: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia)Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• Ireland: Royal Irish Academy
• Italy: Accademia dei Lincei for sciences, Accademia della Crusca for Italian language, Accademia nazionale delle scienze; a general and supreme national academy was the Accademia d'Italia during the Fascist period
• Japan: The Japan Academy
• Netherlands: The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Norway: The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
• Pakistan: Pakistan Academy of Letters, Pakistan Academy of Sciences
• Poland: Polish Academy of Sciences, Polish Academy of Learning
• Portugal: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa
• Romania: Romanian Academy covers the scientific, artistic and literary domains.
• Russia: Russian Academy of Sciences is the main body that is organizing work in fundamental sciences and humanities in Russia. There exist independently 5 specialized national academies: Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences, Russian Academy of Education, Russian Academy of Agriculture Sciences, and Russian Academy of Arts. All of them are self-ruled, but supported by the government.
• Scotland: Royal Society of Edinburgh
• Serbia: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Slovenia: Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Spain: The Royal Academy is the main reference body for the spanish language. Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Saint Ferdinand covers the artistic fields; Real Academia de la Historia is the organising body for History; the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences covers the humanities; Royal Academy of Exact, Physic and Natural Sciences covers natural sciences and mathematics; Royal Academy of Law covers the field of law.
• Sweden: Swedish Academy for language, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• Republic of China (Taiwan): Academia Sinica
• Thailand: Royal Institute of Thailand
• Turkey: Turkish Academy of Sciences is funded by the government but maintains autonomy
• Ukraine: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• United Kingdom: the Royal Society is recognised as the national academy for the sciences, the British Academy for the social sciences and the humanities, the Royal Academy for art, and the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Academy of Medical Sciences for their areas
• United States: The United States National Academies comprises four organizations: the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the Institute of Medicine (IOM), and the National Research Council (NRC). See also American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Diplomacy, Academy of American Poets, National Academy of Design.
• Vatican City: Pontifical Academy of Sciences

Within most countries, the unqualified phrase "National Academy" will normally refer to that country's academy. Within the United States, the plural phrase "National Academies" is widely understood to refer to the U.S. National Academies.