The following is a list of Worcester Polytechnic Institute fraternities and sororities. As of 2023, there were thirteen active fraternities and seven sororities. [1]
The governing body of all fraternities is the Interfraternity Council. [1]
Organization | Local charter date and range | Chapter name | Status | References |
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Alpha Chi Rho | 1978 | Delta Sigma Phi | Active | |
Alpha Tau Omega | 1906 | Gamma Sigma | Active | |
Beta Theta Pi | 2019 | Eta Tau | Active | |
Lambda Chi Alpha | 1913 | Pi | Active | |
Phi Gamma Delta | 1891 | Pi Iota | Active | |
Phi Kappa Theta | 1914 | Massachusetts Lambda | Active | |
Phi Sigma Kappa | 1914 | Epsilon Deuteron | Active | |
Sigma Alpha Epsilon | 1894 | Massachusetts Delta | Active | |
Sigma Phi Epsilon | 1938 | Massachusetts Beta c | Active | |
Sigma Pi | 1965 | Gamma Iota | Active | |
Tau Kappa Epsilon | 1959 | Zeta Mu | Active | |
Theta Chi | 1909 | Epsilon | Active | |
Zeta Psi | 1976 | Pi Tau | Active |
The governing body of the sororities is the Panhellenic Council. [1]
Organization | Local charter date and range | Chapter name | Status | References |
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Alpha Gamma Delta | 1980 | Zeta Zeta | Active | |
Alpha Phi | 2011 | Iota Omicron | Active | |
Alpha Xi Delta | 2007 | Iota Xi | Active | |
Chi Omega | 2014 | Theta Mu | Active | |
Phi Sigma Sigma | 1977 | Gamma Iota | Active | |
Theta Nu Xi | 2010 | Alpha Lambda | Active | |
Zeta Phi Beta | 2022 | Psi Phi | Active |
The North American Interfraternity Conference is an association of intercollegiate men's social fraternities that was formally organized in 1910, although it began at a meeting at the University Club of New York on November 27, 1909. The power of the organization rests in a House of Delegates in which each member fraternity is represented by a single delegate. However, the group's executive and administrative powers are vested in an elected board of directors consisting of nine volunteers from various NIC fraternities. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, the NIC has a small professional staff.
Tau Epsilon Phi (ΤΕΦ), commonly known as TEP or T E Phi, is an American collegiate social fraternity that was founded at Columbia University in 1910. Since its establishment, the fraternity has chartered 144 chapters and colonies, chiefly located at universities and colleges on the East Coast. Its national headquarters is located in Troy, New York. Although originally a Jewish fraternity, TEP opened to non-Jewish members in the 1960s.
Kappa Kappa Gamma (ΚΚΓ), also known simply as Kappa or KKG, is a collegiate sorority founded at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, United States.
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Nu Alpha Kappa (ΝΑΚ) is an American collegiate Latino-based fraternity. Nu Alpha Kappa was founded on the campus of California Polytechnic State University in 1988. Nu Alpha Kappa was a charter member of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO). It is now a member of the North American Interfraternity Conference.
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Sigma Beta Rho Fraternity, Inc. is an American collegiate and national multicultural fraternity. It was the first national multicultural fraternity in the United States.
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Scarab was a professional fraternity in the field of architecture. It was founded in 1909 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the first group of its type for architecture.
Sigma Omega Psi (ΣΩΨ) was a historically Jewish Fraternity founded in 1914 and which merged into Alpha Epsilon Pi (ΑΕΠ) in 1940.