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Stanford University

Extracurriculars

Address

Stanford, CA 94305

Website

http://www.stanford.edu

Admissions E-mail

admission@stanford.edu

Quickfacts

Number of registered organizations:

590

Sports

For a complete profile of varsity, club, and intramural sports offered at Stanford University, go to the school's Sports directory page.

Activities

Student activities:

choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, marching band, music ensembles, musical theater, opera, pep band, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, symphony orchestra, television station, yearbook

Clubs and Organizations

Number of registered organizations:

590

Honor societies:

Cap and Gown; Phi Beta Kappa; Tau Beta Pi

Religious organizations:

ACTS 2 Christian Fellowship; Abundant Life Christian Fellowship's Growth Group; Baha'i Association; Buddhist Community; Campus Crusade for Christ; Cardinal Life; Catholic Community at Stanford; Chabad; Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship; Chinese Campus Evangelistic Fellowship; Chinese Christian Fellowship at Stanford; Christian Science Organization; Cornerstone; Episcopal Lutheran Campus Ministry; Graduate Ministry; Hillel Foundation; Hindu Student Council; InterVarsity Christian Fellowship; International Student Christian Outreach; Islamic Society; Latter-Day Saint Student Association; Lutheran Student Fellowship at Stanford; Orthodox Christian Fellowship at Stanford; Parakaleo Christian Ministries; Reformed University Fellowship at Stanford; Rejoice in Jesus Campus Fellowship; Religious Society of Friends/Quakers; Sports Challenge; TableTalk; Undergraduate Ministry; United Campus Christian Ministry; World Peace Buddhists

Minority and international student organizations:

Alaska Native Students; American Indian Scientists and Engineering Society; Argentinos en Stanford; Armenian Students Association; Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Society; Asian American Activities Center; Asian American Interactive Mentoring; Asian American Students Association; Asian American Theater Project; Association of Chinese Students and Scholars at Stanford; Ballet Folklorico de Stanford; Barrio Assistance; Basmati Raas; Black Business Students; Black Community Services Center; Black Pre-Law Society; Black Student Union; Caribbean Students Association; Cherokee Student Group; Chicanos in Health Education; El Centro Chicano; Estonian Student Association; French Stanford Students Club; Hellenic Association of Stanford; Hong Kong Student Association; Hui o Hawai'i; Indonesian Club at Stanford; International Undergraduate Community; Jewish Queers; Korean Student Association at Stanford; Kuumba Dance Ensemble; Latino Medical Student Association; Mariachi Cardenal de Stanford; Muslim Students Awareness Network; Native American Cultural Center; Nigerian Students Association; Persian Student Association; Pilipino American Student Union; Romanian Student Association; Russian Student Association; Saheli; Sanskriti; Society of Black Scientists and Engineers; Stanford American Indian Organization; Stanford Black Pre-Medical Organization; Stanford Canadian Club; Stanford German Association; Stanford India Association; Stanford Japanese Association; Stanford Newtype; Stanford Serbian Student Society; Stanford Society of Chicano/Latino Engineers and Scientists; Stanford Taiko; Stanford University Nikkei; Stanford Vietnamese Student Association; Taiwanese Cultural Society; Thai-American Intercultural Society; Turkish Student Association

Other organizations:

Aiki Association; Alternative Spring Break; Amnesty International; Animal Rights on the Farm; Artspan; Asha for Education; Asia Technology Initiative; Asian American Initiatve for Youth Motivation and Empowerment; Asian American Theater Project; Association of Computing Machinery; Audio Engineering Society; Bent Spoon Dance Company; Black Ink Society; Black Pre Business Society; Black Pre-Law Society; Black Psychology Student Association; Black and Queer at Stanford; Blackstage; Blog at Stanford; Business Association of Stanford Engineering Society; Cardinal Ballet Company; Cardinal Calypso; Cardinal Council; Ceramics Club; Charcoal Club; Children's Public Health Initiative; Closing the Gap; Coalition for Justice in the Middle East; Colleges Against Cancer; Comedy Club; Counterpoint a cappella; Dance Preservation Society; Derechos; Dosti; Down with Gravity; Engineers for a Sustainable World; Everyday People; Flamenco de Stanford; French House; Future Social Innovators Network; Gestures: Increasing Awareness of Deaf Culture; Habla; Health Education: Lifetime Partnerships for Kids; Henry's Place; Hindi Film Dance Team; Hindu Students Council; Hispanic Undergraduate Business Association; Iberia; Innovative Student Information Services; Integrative Medicine Interest Group at Stanford; Intelligent Design and Evolution Awareness Club; Intercultural Ethical Dialogue; Interfraternity Council; Intersorority Council; JKA Shotokan of Stanford; Jam Pac'd; Jewish Queers; Jewish Student Association; Jujitsu Club; KZSU 90.1 FM; Kayumanggi; Kids with Dreams; Korean Student Association; Kuumba African Dance and Drum Ensemble; La Casa Italiana; Leland Quarterly; Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band; Los Hermanos de Stanford; Los Salseros de Stanford; Malaysians at Stanford; Mariachi Cardenal de Stanford; Mechanical Engineering Women's Group; Medical Students for Choice; Mexican Student Association; Mirror eating disorder group; Mixed Company; Movimento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztian; Multiracial Identified Community at Stanford; Music4all; Muslim Students Awareness Network; Nigerian Students Association; Night Outreach to the Homeless; Noopur; North Korea Focus; Obstetrics and Gynecology Interest Group; Organ Donor Education; Organization of Arab Students in Stanford; Organization of International Health; Orienteering Club; Pacific Free Clinic; Pakistanis at Stanford; Physicians for Human Rights; Powderbound; Project Helping Hand; Project Motivation; Promoting Women's Health and Human Rights; Queer Straight Alliance; Queer and Questioning Asians; Quiz Bowl; ROTC at Stanford; Radiology Interest Group; Ram's Head Theatrical Society; Romanian Student Association; Saheli; Sanskriti; Satrang; Sauti Journal of African Studies; Scandinavians at Stanford; Science and Environmental Education; Sexual Health Peer Resources; Side by Side; Six Degrees Journal of Human Rights; Society for Entrepreneurship in Latin America; Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics; Society for International Affairs at Stanford; Society of Black Scientists and Engineers; Society of Women Engineers; Solutions Magazine; Somos; South Asian Preventive Health Outreach Program; Southeast Asian Leadership Network; Speakers Bureau; Stand; Stanford AXE Committee; Stanford Aerobics and Yoga; Stanford African Students Association; Stanford Air Force Club; Stanford Alliance for Service through the Arts; Stanford Alpine Club; Stanford Alpine Project; Stanford Alpine Ski Team; Stanford Amateur Radio Club; Stanford American Indian Organization; Stanford Anthology for Youth; Stanford Archery Program; Stanford Asian American Activism Coalition; Stanford Association for International Development; Stanford Astronomical Society; Stanford Badminton Club; Stanford Ballroom Dance Team; Stanford Behind Bars; Stanford Bhangra Team; Stanford Black Pre-Medical Organization; Stanford Bowling Team; Stanford Bridge Club; Stanford Canadian Club; Stanford Canoe and Kayak Team; Stanford Capoeira; Stanford Cardinal Broadcasting Network Television; Stanford Chamber Chorale; Stanford Chaparral; Stanford Chess Club; Stanford Chinese Dance; Stanford Climbing Wall Club; Stanford Club Ice Hockey; Stanford Club Sports; Stanford Club Triathlon Team; Stanford College Republicans; Stanford Concert Network; Stanford Conservative Society; Stanford Consulting; Stanford Cooking Club; Stanford Cricket Club; Stanford Cycling; Stanford Dance Marathon; Stanford Debate Society; Stanford Democrats; Stanford Dragon Boat; Stanford Economics Association; Stanford Education Innovation Group; Stanford Equestrian; Stanford Ethiopian Student Union; Stanford FACE AIDS; Stanford Film Society; Stanford Finance; Stanford Fleet Street Singers; Stanford Formula Racing; Stanford Foster Care College Project; Stanford Gaming Society; Stanford German Student Association; Stanford Gospel Choir; Stanford Habitat for Humanity; Stanford Harmonics; Stanford Hawaii Club; Stanford Health Corps; Stanford Hospice Volunteers; Stanford Human Rights Forum; Stanford Hwimori; Stanford INFORMS; Stanford Improvisers; Stanford India Association; Stanford Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Stanford Israel Alliance; Stanford Italian Club; Stanford Japan Exchange Club; Stanford Japanese Association; Stanford Jazz Orchestra; Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs; Stanford Journal of International Relations; Stanford Judo Club; Stanford Kayak Club; Stanford Premedical Association; Stanford Project on Hunger; Stanford Raagapella; Stanford Rollerhockey Club; Stanford Roosevelt Society; Stanford Rugby; Stanford Running; Stanford Savoyards; Stanford Shakespeare Society; Stanford Shorin-Ryu Karate; Stanford Shotokan; Stanford Social Project; Stanford Society of Chicano/Latino Engineers and Scientists; Stanford Solar Car Project; Stanford Spoken Word Collective; Stanford Spring Faire; Stanford Steppers; Stanford StreetLaw; Stanford Student Biodesign; Stanford Student Community Garden Group; Stanford Students Environmental Consulting Group; Stanford Students for Choice; Stanford Students for Life; Stanford Students in Entertainment; Stanford Swing Kids; Stanford Table Tennis; Stanford Taekwondo; Stanford Taiko; Stanford Taiwanese Student Association; Stanford Tango Club; Stanford Tennis Club; Stanford Theater Activist Mobilization Project; Stanford Thinks; Stanford Transhumanism Association; Stanford Undergraduate Psychology Association; Stanford Undergraduate Research Journal; Stanford University Mathematical Organization; Stanford University Minority Medical Alliance; Stanford University Nikkei; Stanford University Rotaract Club; Stanford University Singers; Stanford University Wing Chun Student Association; Stanford V-Day; Stanford Vietnamese Student Association; Stanford Wind Ensemble; Stanford Windsurfing; Stanford Women's Club Soccer; Stanford Women's Club Volleyball; Stanford Women's Rugby; Stanford Women's Ultimate; Stanford Wushu Club; Stanford in Government; Step Out; Student Interest Group in Psychiatry; Student National Medical Association; Student Organizing Committee for the Arts; Students Confronting Apartheid in Israel; Students Taking On Poverty; Students for Environmental Justice at Stanford; Students for Healthy Youth; Students for a Sustainable Stanford; Sunday Flicks; Swingtime; Taiwanese Cultural Society; Talisman; Tapdance@Stanford; Teen Technology Tutoring; Testimony A Cappella; Thai-American Intercultural Society; The Art of Living; The Bridge Peer Counseling Center; The Charles R. Blyth Fund; The Chicano/Latino Big Sib/Lil Sib Program; The Culture Club; The Natural Path Meditation Group; The Nomadic Shoe Store; The Real News; The Science Bus; The Stanford Daily; The Stanford Eskrima Club; The Stanford Optical Society; The Stanford Progressive; The Stanford Quad; The Stanford Review; Troposomatic Breakdance Crew; Turkish Student Association; Tzu Chi Collegiate Association; 6th Man Club; UNIDAS; Undergraduate Chinese American Association; Undergraduate Product Design Student Association; United Students for Veterans' Health; Urban Styles; Viennese Ball Committee; Volunteers in Latin America; Women and Youth Supporting Each Other; Women in Business; Women in Computer Science; Women in Medicine; Women's Club Basketball; Women's Coalition; Zoot Suit Week

Name of student newspaper(s):

Stanford Daily; Stanford Review

Greek Life

Number of fraternities:

17

Fraternities with chapter houses:

7

Fraternity members:

N/A

Number of sororities:

11

Sororities with chapter houses:

3

Sorority members:

N/A

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