Teams and organizations

Berkeley participants attending the annual conference for the National Society of Black Engineers, which supports the academic and professional success of African-American engineering students and professionals.Are you looking to connect with other students who share your interests? Do you want to find partners for a start-up or join a community service project? Berkeley Engineering is home to over 85 different student organizations that help members hone teamwork and leadership skills, foster a diverse community, provide cultural support and give students the opportunity to pursue something they’re passionate about.

The student-led Engineering Student Council (ESC) is the engineering student government; groups in the ESC’s network are marked with an asterisk (*). The LEAD Center maintains a complete list of UC Berkeley student organizations and explains how you can start your own student organization. Also check our directory of social media channels for Berkeley Engineering groups.

Students helping students

• Engineering Student Council (ESC)
• Innovative Design
• Open Computing Facility

Cal Concrete Canoe (Photo by Noah Berger)

Academic and professional

• AIAA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics*
• AIChE: American Institute of Chemical Engineers*
• ANS: American Nuclear Society*
• ASCE: American Society of Civil Engineers*
• ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineers*
• Berkeley Nanotechnology Club*
• Biomedical Engineering Society*
• Computer Science Undergraduate Association*
• IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers*
• IIE: Institute of Industrial Engineers*
• ITE: Institute of Transportation Engineers*
• ISPE: International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering*
• Materials Science and Engineering Association*
• Sports Analytics Group at Berkeley
• Society of Engineering Sciences*

Hackers @ Berkeley HackJam (Photo by Michelle Bu)Culture and identity

• American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
• Black Engineering and Science Student Association (BESSA)*
• Expanding Your Horizons at Berkeley (EYH)
• Graduate Women of Engineering (GWE)
• Hispanic Engineers and Scientists (HES)*
• Jews in Engineering (JEWSE)*
• Latino/a Association for Graduate Students in Engineering and Sciences (LAGSES)
• Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM)*
• Pilipino Association of Scientists, Architects, and Engineers (PASAE)*
• Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
• Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE)*
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE)*
• Women in Computer Science and Engineering (WICSE)

Entrepreneurship

• BEGIN: Berkeley Gateway to Innovation
• Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology Student Association
• Startup@Berkeley

Design, make, hack

• 3DMC: 3D Modeling Club*
• Berkeley Innovation*
• Bitcoin Association of Berkeley*
• byte of Berkeley
• Design Engineering Collaborative*
• EnableTech*
• Engineers for a Sustainable World*
• Hackers @ Berkeley*
• Mobile Developers of Berkeley
• RoboBears*
• Robotics@Berkeley
• Space Technologies at Cal
• UAVs @ Berkeley
• Virtual Reality (VR) at Berkeley*

Engineers Without Borders travel team in Peru.School, community and global outreach

• BEAM: Berkeley Engineers and Mentors*
• Blueprint
• Design for America
• Engineering for Kids*
• Engineering World Health*
• Engineers Without Borders*
• PiE: Pioneers in Engineering*

Competitions

• BERKE1337 Cyberteam*
• Berkeley Hyperloop
• Cal Aero-design*
• Cal Concrete Canoe*
• Cal Environmental Team*
• Cal Seismic Design*
• Cal Steel Bridge Team*
• CalSMV: Super Mileage Vehicle Team*
• CalSol: Solar Vehicle Team*
• CalSTAR: Space Technologies and Rocketry Team
• ChemE Car*
• Construction Competition Team*
• Human Powered Vehicle Team*
• Team Cal Simraceway: Formula SAE*

Tau Beta Pi members polishing the Bent, the engineering honor society's official badge.Honorary organizations

(see below for membership information)

• Alpha Nu Sigma, nuclear engineering*
• Alpha Pi Mu, industrial engineering*
• BioEHS, bioengineering*
• Chi Epsilon, civil engineering*
• HKN: Eta Kappa Nu, electrical and computer engineering*
• Pi Tau Sigma, mechanical engineering*
• Tau Beta Pi, general engineering*
• Upsilon Pi Epsilon, computer science*

Fraternities and sororities

• Theta Tau*
• Phi Sigma Rho*

Graduate students

• Berkeley Science Review
• Bioengineering Graduate Student Association (BEAST)
• Black Graduate Engineering and Science Students (BGESS)
• Computer Science Graduate Entrepreneurs (CSGE)
• Computer Science Graduate Student Association (CSGSA)
• Electrical Engineering Graduate Student Association (EEGSA)
• Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
• Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Council (MEGSCo)
• Transportation Graduate Students Organizing Committee (TRANSOC)

For more student groups, visit the campus LEAD Center.

For more student-run courses, visit DeCal.

Honorary organizations: How are members chosen?

Membership in one of Berkeley Engineering’s honorary student organizations reflects outstanding academic achievement and service to the collegiate community. Students are invited into these societies according to the following procedures, which ensure the university’s compliance with the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

1. No later than the first day of classes for the fall semester, engineering honorary organizations email Engineering Student Services (ESS) at ess@berkeley.edu with current contact information for their membership officer(s). 
2. Each honorary organization drafts an email invitation to be sent to all students who meet their membership criteria (e.g., major, number of units completed, GPA). The organization emails the draft invitation to ESS with the honorary organization’s name in the subject line.
3. Each honorary organization sends a current membership roster to ESS so that current members can be distinguished from potentially eligible new members.
4. Approximately four weeks into the fall semester, ESS receives an enrollment data report from the registrar. ESS uses this data to determine which students are eligible for membership in each honorary organization.
5. ESS invites eligible students using the email invitations drafted by the honorary organizations. Each message instructs the invited student to confirm his or her acceptance directly with the relevant honorary organization.