CV and post nominal letter after name

badgers

Hi

Hypothetically, what is the correct list of letter for a scientist? Either for a CV, covering letter, email etc???

E.g., John Smith has a:

BEng in Materials Sci from Manchester
BEng in Mechanical Engineering from Queen Mary
PhD based on a mechanicl engineering related subject from Queen Mary
Chartership from ImechE

Would it be:
J SMith BEng(Man) BEng(QM) PhD(QM)
J Smith BEng PhD CEng
J Smith PhD CEng
J Smith CEng
Dr J Smith CEng
Dr J Smith BEng CEng

I assume it is based on ascending order? Or is it?

Thanks

ValHaller

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-nominal_letters

Plenty more if you google postnomial ordering

Andy_L

Descending order, ie best 1st. Althogh Dr/Prof/Military ranks etc "trump" others by going before the name

ie Dr Smith Phd CEng Beng.

Depending on what your doing you can drop others. eg the Phd intrinsically gives you Dr so you don't need to say "Dr Smith" but in some contexts you need to show if you're a medical or scientific Dr. People also often drop "lesser" qualifications. ie if you have a PhD then who cares that you've got a BEng as well?

mynameisclare

For the CV I wouldn't use them at all, but list the qualifications/memberships in their appropriate sections.

badgers

ValHaller wrote: »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-nominal_letters

Plenty more if you google postnomial ordering

Yes, I had read that, but that states ascending order... and the next poster says descending (which would make more sense to me), which is why I was hoping someone would know for sure.

Some colleagues use descending, some ascending, so I don't know which is correct. Some use Dr Smith, some Smith PhD etc etc

mynameisclare

I'm a scientist, and everyone I work with uses the Dr Smith form. No one has anything else after the name as things like chartered status aren't common in my field and it would be weird to list a lower degree.

Smith PhD feels more American to me.

Annisele

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badgers wrote: »

J SMith BEng(Man) BEng(QM) PhD(QM)

always make me want reply by signing my name Mrs Annisele (Cycling Proficiency). I do have some letters of my own (not a PhD), but I never use them.

For a job application I think "Dr Smith" would usually be appropriate, but for most fields lower qualifications are usually for the education/professional qualifications section rather than the name.

Savvy_Sue

hypothetically, look at the company's website and see what they do on there.

If no postnominals used, leave yours off if you don't want to look over qualified / big headed.

I think that on the rare occasions DH thinks anyone will care, he goes BSc, MTh, FIAP - which is ancient undergrad degree, more recent postgrad, and professional membership from somewhere in the middle ...