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UC Santa Cruz has over 100 registered student organizations and associations based on academic, athletic, ethnic, religious, political, and cultural interests.


The following organizations are currently active on campus:

  • Acquire (a cappella)
  • Acts 2 Christian Fellowship
  • Advocates for Congolese Women (ACW)
  • African American Recognition Ceremony
  • African American Theatre Arts Troupe
  • African/Black Student Alliance
  • Alpha Epsilon Pi
  • Alpha Kappa Delta Phi
  • Alpha Phi Omega
  • Alpha Psi
  • American Medical Student Association
  • American Red Cross
  • Armenian Student Union
  • Art of Living
  • Asian/Pacific Islander Student Alliance
  • Association for Computing Machinery
  • Baha’i Campus Association
  • Banana Slugs for Animals 
  • Black Men's Alliance
  • Black Science Network (BSN)
  • Black Sistas United
  • Blenders
  • California College Republicans
  • Californians for Solar and Clean Energy
  • CalPIRG Students
  • Cantonese Student Association (CASA)
  • Centro Americanos Unidos
  • Chabad Student Club (CSC)
  • ChALE - Chicanos and Latinos Educandose
  • Chicano/Latino Yearend Ceremony
  • Chicanos in Health Education
  • Chinese Student and Scholar Association (CSSA)
  • Chinese Student Association
  • Chinese Taiwanese Union (CTU)
  • CineMaiZ: Latin American Film Fest Committee
  • Cloud 9 A Cappella
  • College Democrats at UCSC
  • College Panhellenic Association at UCSC
  • Colleges Against Cancer
  • Committee for Justice in Palestine
  • Committee for the Continuation of College Bowl (CCCB)
  • Community Unified Student Network (CUSN)
  • Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. (DST)
  • Disability Alliance
  • Dungeon Association
  • Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP)
  • Emerge
  • Ethnic Student Organization Council (ESOC)
  • Filipino Student Association
  • Financial Management Association (FMA)
  • Friends of the Kresge Co-Op
  • Future Health Professionals at UCSC/Health Slugs
  • Gamma Phi Beta
  • Geology Club at UCSC
  • Global Brigades
  • Grupo Folklorico Los Mejicas
  • Haluan Hip-Hop Dance Troupe
  • Hmong Student Association
  • Hong Kong Student Association
  • Indian Student Organization
  • Information Systems Management Association
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Inter Greek Council
  • International Relief Program (IRP)
  • International Socialist Organization Santa Cruz (ISOSC)
  • Invisible Children Club
  • Iranian Student Network
  • Isang Himig (IH)
  • Japanese Student Association
  • Kappa Gamma Delta
  • Kappa Kappa Gamma
  • Kappa Zeta Sorority
  • Kasama Ballroom Dance Troupe
  • Kinetic Poetics Project (KPP)
  • Korean American Student Union
  • Kuya Ate Mentorship Program
  • Lambda Phi Epsilon
  • Latino Business Student Association
  • LIPZ
  • Mathematics Diversity Alliance (MaD)
  • Mixed Ethnicities Student Headquarters
  • Mock Trial
  • Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano/a de Aztlan (MEChA)
  • Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP)
  • Multi-Cultural Festival Planning Committee
  • Muslim Student Alliance
  • National Academic Quiz Team (NAQT)
  • National Association of Black Accountants
  • National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) – Scientists and Engineers of the African Legacy
  • National Society of Collegiate Scholars
  • Network, The
  • Newman Catholic Club
  • Pagkakaisa Dance Troupe
  • Phi Delta Xi
  • Philosophy Club
  • Pi Alpha Phi
  • Politicalization of Queers of Color (PQOC)
  • Pre-Dental Society
  • Pre-Law Society
  • Public Health Alliance at UCSC
  • Queer Geeks
  • Rainbow Theater
  • Sabrosura Dance Troupe
  • Santa Cruz Israel Action Committee
  • Santa Cruz Linux Users’ Group
  • Santa Cruz Pre-Medical Society (SCPMS)
  • Secular Student Alliance (SSA)
  • Sierra Institute Student Coalition
  • Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi
  • Sigma Lambda Beta
  • Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc.
  • Sigma Phi Zeta
  • Sigma Pi Alpha Sorority
  • Sigma Pi Fraternity International
  • Slug Anime and Manga Association
  • Slugs in Fishnets
  • Socialist Organizers (SO), Fourth International (FI)
  • Society of Automotive Engineers at UCSC
  • Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) – Latino Engineers Determined to Succeed
  • Society of Physics Students at UCSC
  • Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
  • Student Alliance of North American Indians (SANAI)
  • Student Environmental Center
  • Students for Barack Obama
  • Students for Health Equity
  • Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP)
  • Students for the Encouragement of Athletics, Community, and Spirit (SEACS)
  • Students Together Opposing Poverty (STOP)
  • SVA@UCSC (Student Veterans of America @ UCSC)
  • Take Back the Night
  • Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
  • The Center for Transformative Action
  • Theta Chi
  • Tri Chi Sorority, Chi Chi Chi
  • Umoja
  • University Economics Association
  • VietNamese Student Association
  • Young Entrepreneurs at Santa Cruz (YESC)

For more information, see Student Organizations Advising and Resources (SOAR), the academic departments, and the Jack Baskin School of Engineering.