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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

230 Bechtel Engineering Center
(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.

Academic and professional

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  • American Nuclear Society (ANS)
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)
  • Institute of Transportation Engineers at Berkeley (CalITE)
  • Materials Science and Engineering Association (MSEA)
  • Society of Engineering Sciences (SES)

Uncertified organizations

  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
  • Big Data at Berkeley (BDAB)
  • Computer Science Undergraduate Association (CSUA)
  • Sports Analytics Group at Berkeley

Competition teams

  • Aerospace SAE (ASAE)
  • ASCE Sustainable Solutions
  • Cal Concrete Canoe
  • Cal Environmental Team
  • Cal Seismic Design Team
  • Cal Super Mileage Vehicle Team (CalSMV)
  • Construction Competition Team (CCT)
  • Human Powered Vehicle Team
  • Space Technologies and Rocketry Team (STAR)
  • Steel Bridge
  • Transportation Team at Berkeley (Transpo)

Uncertified organizations

  • Berkeley Formula Racing
  • Formula Electric at Berkeley

Design, make, hack

  • Bike Builders of Berkeley
  • Biofuels Technology (BTC)
  • Bioprinting @ Berkeley (B@B)
  • Cal Solar Vehicle Team (CalSol)
  • Chemical Engineering Car (ChemE Car)
  • EnableTech
  • Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW)
  • Extended Reality @ Berkeley (XR)
  • iGEM at Berkeley
  • Neurotechnology at Berkeley (NT@B)
  • Space Enterprise at Berkeley (SEB)
  • Space Technologies at Cal (STAC)

Uncertified organizations

  • 3D Modeling Club (3DMC)
  • Berkeley Innovation
  • DataGood at Berkeley (DG)
  • Mobile Developers of Berkeley
  • RoboBears
  • *Sustainable Housing at Cal (SHAC)
  • UAVs @ Berkeley
  • Underwater Robotics at Berkeley

Entrepreneurship

  • Entrepreneurs @ Berkeley (E@B)

Uncertified organizations

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

Fraternities and sororities

  • Phi Sigma Rho
  • Theta Tau

Honor societies

(see below for membership information)

  • Chi Epsilon (XE), civil engineering
  • Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), electrical and computer engineering
  • Epsilon Pi (EP), engineering physics
  • Tau Beta Pi, general engineering
  • Upsilon Pi Epsilon, computer science

Uncertified organizations

  • *BioEHS, bioengineering
  • Pi Tau Sigma, mechanical engineering

School, community and global outreach

  • Association of Women in EE&CS (AWE)
  • Black Engineering and Science Student Association (BESSA)
  • Engineering Student Council (ESC)
  • Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
  • Hispanic Engineers and Scientists (HES)
  • Pilipinx Association of Scientists, Architects, and Engineers (PASAE)
  • Pioneers in Engineering (PiE)
  • Sustainable Housing at Cal (SHAC)
  • Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

Uncertified organizations

  • Berkeley Engineers and Mentors (BEAM)
  • Blueprint, Technology for Nonprofits
  • Engineering Wellness (EW)
  • Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM)

ASUC service organizations (uncertified)

  • Innovative Design
  • Open Computing Facility

Graduate student organizations

  • 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)

* Certification in progress

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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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