Undergraduate and Graduate Student Organizations

Student organizations provide students with opportunities to connect with classmates who share similar interests, prepare for careers, impact the community and gain other valuable experiences. 

The University of Maryland has over 650 student organizations on campus, ranging from athletic clubs, cultural organizations, social fraternities/sororities, academic honorary societies and career-focused organizations.

See below a list of CMNS undergraduate and graduate student organizations by discipline.

Multidisciplinary

• Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM)

• Pre-health societies (pre-medical, pre-dental, allied health)

• Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Latinos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)

Astronomy

• Astronomy Community Engagement (ACE)

• Graduate Resources Advancing Diversity with Maryland Astronomy and Physics (GRAD-MAP)

• AstroTerps

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science

• American Meteorological Society at UMD

• MetoGrads

Biological Sciences

• Beta Psi Omega

• Pre-health societies (pre-medical, pre-dental, etc.)

• Nu Rho Psi (National Honors Society in Neuroscience)

• Biological Sciences Graduate Program Student Association (BISI GSA)

• Black Scholars in Biology

Chemistry and Biochemistry

• Alpha Chi Sigma

• American Chemical Society: UMD Student Affiliates Chapter

• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) UMD Student Affiliates Chapter

• Graduate Student Organization

• National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE)-UMD Chapter

Computer Science

• Numerous organizations

Entomology

• Bug Club

• Entomology Student Organization

Geology

• UMD Geology Club

Mathematics

• Math Club

• Women In Math

Neuroscience

• Grey Matters Journal UMD

Physics

• Do Quantum @ UMD

• Graduate Resources Advancing Diversity with Maryland Astronomy and Physics (GRAD-MAP)

• Graduate Student Committee

• Mental Health Task Force

• Physicists of Underrepresented Genders

• Physics Undergraduate Committee

• Society of Physics Students

• Undergraduate Quantum Association

Additional Campus Student Organizations

• Other student organizations related to CMNS majors (and a variety of other areas) can be found at TerpLink.