STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

There are numerous student organizations and clubs at UC San Diego. This section will focus primarily on organizations geared towards Engineering Students. For more information and a complete list of all UC San Diego student run clubs and their descriptions visit the CSI Webpage.

A great way to learn about the different student organizations is to visit library walk during the beginning of Fall quarter. The beginning fall is the main recruitment phase for student orgs and many will be out tabling. Many engineering student organizations are categorized as preprofessional and there are many opportunities to join project teams.

Preprofessional

Preprofessional clubs focus primarily on preparing students for industry and the professional world. Many clubs will host career fairs, opportunities for students to meet with industry members, and host workshops to ready themselves for indsuty.

Project Teams

Project Teams are a great way to gain engineering experience as a student. There are multiple types of projects that you can join throughout your time at UCSD. Some student organizations require an application to join while others are completely open.

• Quarterly projects are short term projects that last 10 weeks. For these projects you will usually join a team of around 4 students and work together to complete a specified challenge. These can be a great way to gain experience but often requires personal accountability and motivation to see the project to completion.

• Year long projects are structed similarly to quarterly projects. Sometimes quarterly projects will get extended to year long if the project calls for it.

• Multi-year long projects are large scale projects that may have up to 20+ students working on a team. These projects usually have an established structure and team. It can be a great way to immediatly learn from established members and gain experience, but it is unlikely that you will see a project from beginning to end.

There are over 50 engineering student organizations at UC San Diego. A list of undergraduate organizations can be found on the IDEA Center website as well as this master document

Diversity Organizations

National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)

Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

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

Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE)

Undergraduate Women in Computing at UCSD (WiC)