The IOPS Board consists of seven members delegated by the participating universities and at most three members from other research institutes.

Participating universities are:

• Leiden University
• University of Amsterdam (UvA)
• University of Groningen
• VU University at Amsterdam
• Twente |University
• Tilburg University
• Utrecht University

Research institutes presently participating in the board of IOPS are:

• CITO (National Institute of Educational Measurement)
• CBS (Statistics Netherlands)
• K.U.Leuven is officially participating in IOPS and has a permanent advisory member in the board.

Board meetings are also attended by a representative of the IOPS dissertation students; this representative is appointed by the IOPS PhD students for a period of two years. Board meetings are chaired by prof. dr J.A.P. Hagenaars (Tilburg University). Director of the Institute is prof. dr W.J. Heiser (Leiden University), who is advisory member and secretary of the board.