This is a list of honorary societies to which individuals are elected based on meritorious conduct.

Private academies and societies

• American Philosophical Society
• Phi Alpha Theta
• Phi Beta Kappa Society
• Phi Theta Kappa

National academies

Brazil

• Brazilian Academy of Sciences

Bulgaria

• Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

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

France

• Institut de France, which groups five academies:
  • Académie française
  • Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres
  • Académie des sciences
  • Académie des beaux-arts
  • Académie des sciences morales et politiques

Georgia

• Georgian Academy of Sciences

India

• Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences

Iran

• Academy of Gundishapur
• Academy of Persian Language and Literature
• Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy
• Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences
• Academy of Sciences of Iran
• Iranian Academy of the Arts
• National Iranian Olympic Academy

Russia

• Russian Academy of Science
• Russian Academy of Arts
• Russian Academy of Theatre Arts
• Russian Academy of Music
• Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences

Serbia

• Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Slovenia

• Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Sweden

• Swedish Royal Academies

Taiwan (Republic of China)

• Academia Sinica

Thailand

• The Royal Institute

United States

• National Academy of Medicine
• National Academy of Sciences
• National Academy of Engineering
• Kohl McCormick Academy of Outstanding Educators

United Kingdom

• Royal Society
• British Academy
• Royal Society of Medicine
• Royal Society of Arts

International academies

• World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS)