Join OSA

OSA membership delivers the highest quality information, resources and networking opportunities.

Join the leading professional society for optics & photonics…
OSA’s membership is comprised of the world’s leading scientists, educators, engineers, students and business professionals with an interest in optics and photonics. Members receive a wide range of benefits including:

• Three free publication subscriptions
• Members-only networking and online services
• Substantial meeting registration and subscription discounts
• Awards and distinctions
• Career services
• and much more!

Click here to view the full list of member benefits

Ways to join:

1. Online


2. Phone: +1 202.416.1907 or +1 800.766.4672
   Note: Customer Service Department days/hours of operation are Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET


3. Mail or Fax:
   • Complete and return the member enrollment form:
     • English
     • Chinese
     • French
     • Japanese
     • Korean
     • Russian
     • Spanish
     
     
   • Mailing Address:
         The Optical Society (OSA)
         Membership Department
         PO Box 1976
         Baltimore, MD 21298-8329 USA
   
   
   • Fax: +1 202.416.6130

Forms of Payment

Payment is due upon receipt and may be paid by check, money order, bank transfer, or credit card. Please make checks payable to the Optical Society. Foreign remitters, please pay in US dollars drawn on a US bank. Bank fees are the responsibility of the member.

Monthly Membership Magazines—Your dues includes a non-deductible allocation of $3.51 for Physics Today and $7.00 for Optics & Photonics News.