Honor Societies

• Alpha Epsilon Delta - The Health Pre-Professional Honor Society The object of this society shall be: 1. To encourage excellence in prehealth scholarship. 2. To stimulate an appreciation of the importance of prehealth education in the study of medicine and all of the relating health fields. 3. To promote cooperation and contacts between health professional and prehealth students and educators in developing an adequate program of prehealth education. 4. To bind together similarly interested students. 5. To use its knowledge for the benefit of health organizations, charities, and the community.
• Alpha Lambda Delta Phi Eta Sigma The ALD|PES Honor Societies exist to promote academic integrity, excellence and community among students. Furthermore, ALD|PES strives to encourage community service and support philanthropic events and groups. Members of ALD|PES strive to foster social connections amongst purpose driven students who desire academic and professional excellence.
• Chi Epsilon, The Civil Engineering Honor Society Dedicated to the purpose of maintaining and promoting the status of civil engineering as an ideal profession, Chi-Epsilon was organized to recognize the characteristics of the individual civil engineer deemed to be fundamental to the successful pursuit of an engineering career, and to aid in the development of those characteristics in the civil engineering student. Engineering, the application of scientific principles to the practical needs of society, is assuming a constantly increasing responsibility for the well-being of all people, and thus calling for competence of the highest order. This responsibility can be discharged only by a professional group whose members are possessed of a good basic technical ability, intelligence, moral integrity, and effective social poise in their relationship with the larger community of which they are part. To contribute to the improvement of the profession, Chi Epsilon fosters the development and exercise of sound traits of character and technical ability among civil engineers, and its members, by precept and example, toward an ever higher standard of professional service.
• Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN) We are the UCLA chapter of the national Eta Kappa Nu Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society. Members are in the top quarter of the Junior class or top third of the Senior class of undergraduate Electrical and Computer Engineering students. We are an invite-only organization. Our club seeks to encourage and recognize excellence in the electrical and computer engineering fields, to equip student members with lifelong skills that earmark them for prominent positions in industry and academia, and to provide networking, educational, and informational resources to the entire engineering community at, but not limited to, UCLA.
• Golden Key International Honor Society at UCLA Golden Key is an International Honour Society, which recognizes and encourages scholastic achievement and excellence among college and university students from all academic disciplines. Membership offers at UCLA are extended to students who have achieved sophomore, junior, or senior standing, and they must have a 3.6 cumulative gpa in order to be invited.
• History Honor Society - Phi Alpha Theta Established in 1921, Phi Alpha Theta is a professional society focused on promoting the study of history by encouraging research, publication, and the exchange of ideas. Phi Alpha Theta hosts a chapter at UCLA, Theta Upsilon, more commonly known as the History Honor Society, which aims to continue the society’s broader mission while providing members with unique opportunities and social connections.
• Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society Mortar Board is the premier national honor society recognizing college seniors for superior achievement in scholarship, leadership and service. Membership is synonymous with dedication and success. Through a competitive application process, only a select few students at UCLA are invited to join this esteemed society – an honor naming them among the most amazing college scholar-leaders in the United States. Mortar Board members are not only recognized as the top scholars and leaders at UCLA, but are presented with the unique opportunity to join a diverse group of students from vastly different disciplines and interests in this great Society. Since Mortar Board’s founding in 1918, nearly a quarter of a million venerated members have held the honor of being initiated at 228 chartered chapters across the nation. Our Society provides its members with opportunities for continued leadership development, promotes service to colleges and universities and encourages lifelong contributions to the global community. Additionally, Mortar Board offers numerous benefits to members, including career networking, fellowships and awards.
• Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology What is Psi Chi? Psi Chi is the International Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. Membership is open to graduate and undergraduate men and women who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests, and who meet the minimum qualifications. Psi Chi is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is an affiliate of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Psychological Society (APS). Psi Chi functions as a federation of chapters located at over 1,000 senior colleges and universities in the USA and Canada. The Central Office is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. A Board of Directors, composed of psychologists who are Psi Chi members and who are elected by the chapters, guides the affairs of the organization and sets policy with the approval of the chapters. What are the Goals of Psi Chi? Psi Chi serves two major goals. The first of these is the Society’s obligation to provide academic recognition to its inductees by the mere fact of membership. The second goal is the obligation of each of the Society’s local chapters to nurture the spark of that accomplishment by offering a climate congenial to its creative development. For example, the chapters make active attempts to nourish and stimulate professional growth through programs designed to augment and enhance the regular curriculum and to provide practical experience and fellowship through affiliation with the chapter. In addition, the international organization provides programs to help achieve these goals, including Society and regional conventions held annually in conjunction with the psychological associations, research award competitions, and certificate recognition programs.
• Regents Scholar Society at UCLA 1) To establish a student organization committed to promoting excellence in scholarship, service, and leadership among Regents Scholars and the UCLA community. 2) To provide resources to Regents Scholars including, but not limited to, support and direction as they transition to campus life; a means by which they can become involved in campus activities and events; opportunities to develop leadership skills; preparation for post-graduate opportunities and careers; and academic resources.
• Sigma Pi Sigma Sigma Pi Sigma is UCLA's physics academic honors society. Sigma Pi Sigma members will have access to networking events, social events, professional development, and opportunities to interact with professors in a wide range of physics disciplines.
• Sigma Tau Delta, English Honors Society at UCLA Sigma Tau Delta is an International English Honors Society. We exist to promote the discipline of English studies at the undergraduate level. We encourage our members to advance their study of literature through our social meetings and academic presentations. We come together to share our love of literature!
• Tau Beta Pi, The Engineering Honor Society To mark in a fitting manner those who have conferred honor upon their Alma Mater by distinguished scholarship and exemplary character as students in engineering, or by their attainment as alumni in the field of engineering.
• The Big Bang Theory Scholars Society The Big Bang Theory Scholars Society is a growing multitude of highly driven students in STEM related fields, that has received scholarships from The Big Bang Theory Scholarship Endowment. The Endowment was funded and created by The Big Bang Theory, its cast and crew members, and Chuck Lorre Family Foundation. The Big Bang Theory Scholars Society will strive to give back to the community through community service, to use the scholarship and its benefits to propel the scholars forward into their respective careers, and to establish a close-knit community amongst the scholars that will extend many years beyond their undergraduate years.
• Upsilon Pi Epsilon, The Computer Science Honor Society Upsilon Pi Epsilon is an honor society whose members are among the most outstanding undergraduate and graduate Computer Science students at UCLA. UPE holds events for members and students aiming to help them gain the skills and information that will help them both during their time at UCLA and in their continuing professional lives.