Membership Options

ACM is the world's largest computing society, offering benefits that can advance your career and enrich your knowledge with life-long learning resources. Enhance your professional career or academic life with ACM member benefits that include a free subscription to ACM’s flagship publication Communications of the ACM; online books, courses, videos, and webinars through the ACM Learning Center; opportunities to participate in Local Chapters, Special Interest Groups, and conferences all over the world; optional discounted subscription to the ACM Digital Library; savings on peer-driven specialty magazines and research journals, plus other exclusive member discounts.

Professional Membership Options:
Professional Membership: ($99 USD)
Professional Membership plus ACM Digital Library: ($198 USD)
Special Member Rates for Developing Countries
Joint Society Membership: ($79 USD)
Lifetime Membership

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Retired Members: ($74 USD)
(Members must be at least 60 years of age and an ACM member for the last 10 years to qualify.)

Personal Financial Hardship: ($50 USD)
(Renewing members only - financial hardship due to unemployment, disability, etc.)

Student Membership Options:
Student Membership: ($19 USD)
Student Membership plus ACM Digital Library: ($42 USD)
Student Membership plus print CACM and XRDS Magazines: ($42 USD)
Student Membership with Digital Library plus print CACM Magazine: ($62 USD)
Special Member Rates for Developing Countries
Student Transition (Professional) Membership: ($49 USD)
(available for first year after graduation)
Student Transition Subscription to ACM Digital Library: ($50 USD)
(optional, in addition to dues, first year after graduation only)

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ACM Preferred Employer Program

The ACM Preferred Employer Program allows your company to provide ACM professional membership to your technical staff as an employee benefit. Learn more about the ACM Preferred Employer Program.