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Aerospace SAE club members holding a wing from one of their planesAerospace SAE club members holding a wing from one of their planes. (Photo by Noah Berger)

Student organizations and teams

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Blue & Gold Certification Committee

blue-and-gold@berkeley.edu

Engineering Student Services

308 McLaughlin Hall # 1700
(510) 642-7594
ess@berkeley.edu

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 dozens of 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.

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Except as noted, undergraduate organizations listed below are part of the Blue & Gold Certification program, a joint effort of the Engineering Student Council and Engineering Student Services. The Blue & Gold program is centered around the core values of equity and inclusion, safety, integrity, engagement and transparency. Certified groups share these values, are UC Berkeley-registered student organizations, have completed required trainings, and are committed to creating a healthy and welcoming community at Berkeley Engineering. Learn more about Blue & Gold certification.

In addition to the organizations below, the LEAD Center maintains a complete list of student organizations across campus and explains how you can start your own student organization. Also check our directory of social media channels for Berkeley Engineering groups.

Blue & Gold Certification Guide 2025-26
Blue & Gold Certification Application 2025-26

Academic and professional

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  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Berkeley (AIAA)
  • American Nuclear Society (ANS)
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
  • Colorstack At Berkeley
  • IEEE Student Branch (IEEE)
  • Institute of Transportation Engineers at Berkeley (Cal ITE)
  • Materials Science and Engineering Association (MSEA)
  • Society of Engineering Sciences (SES)
  • Engineering Student Council (ESC)
  • iGEM at Berkeley (iGEM)

Competition teams

  • Aerospace SAE (ASAE)
  • ASCE Sustainable Solutions (ASCE SS)
  • Environmental Team (Cal Enviro)
  • Cal Seismic Design Team (Seismic)
  • CalSol (CalSol)
  • ChemE Car
  • Combat Robotics at Berkeley (CRB)
  • Concrete Canoe (Canoe)
  • Construction Competition Team (CalCon)
  • Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) (FSAE)
  • GeoWall at Berkeley
  • MotoStudent of California (MSoC)
  • Space Enterprise at Berkeley (SEB)
  • Space Technologies and Rocketry (STAR)
  • Steel Bridge Competition Team (Cal Steel Bridge)
  • Transportation Team at Berkeley (Cal Transpo)

Design, make, hack

  • Bike Builders of Berkeley (BBB)
  • EnableTech
  • Engineers and Mentors of Berkeley (BEAM)
  • Mars Habitat at Berkeley (MHAB)
  • Space Technologies at California (STAC)
  • Underwater Robotics at Berkeley (UR@B)
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles at Berkeley (UAVs@Berkeley)
  • Formula Electric at Berkeley (FEB)
  • Vertical Takeoff or Landing at Berkeley (VTOL at Berkeley)

Honor societies

(see below for membership information)

  • Bioengineering Honor Society Bio (EHS)
  • Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society (XE)
  • Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), electrical and computer engineering
  • Tau Beta Pi (TBP)

Fraternities and sororities

  • Phi Sigma Rho (PSR)

Project-based Team

  • Extended Reality @ Berkeley (XR@B)

School, community and global outreach

  • Association of Women in EE&CS (AWE)
  • Black Engineering and Science Student Association (BESSA)
  • Hispanic Engineers and Scientists (HES)
  • Muslim Tech Collaborative (MTC)
  • Pilipinx Association of Scientist, Architects, and Engineers (PASAE)
  • Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
  • Pioneers in Engineering (PiE)

ASUC service organizations (uncertified)

  • Innovative Design
  • Open Computing Facility

Graduate student organizations (uncertified)

  • Berkeley Science Review
  • Bias Busters
  • Bioengineering Graduate Student Association (BEAST)
  • Black Graduate Engineering and Science Students (BGESS)
  • Expanding Your Horizons at Berkeley (EYH)
  • Graduate Women of Engineering (GWE)
  • Latino/a Association for Graduate Students in Engineering and Sciences (LAGSES)
  • Materials Science & Engineering Graduate Student Council (MSE GSC)
  • Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Council (MEGSCo)
  • Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
  • Transportation Graduate Students Organizing Committee (TRANSOC)
  • Women in Computer Science and Engineering (WICSE)

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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.
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