List of clubs

For a relatively small school, RPI boasts a large number of student clubs and organizations. Due to the ephemeral nature of the populations of every student organization, all lists of clubs will become outdated. This list likely contains some clubs that are no longer active, and is missing some that are, but it will track as many of them as possible.

Union Recognition

The Rensselaer Union organizes and oversees most clubs at RPI. The Union Executive Board designates clubs as recognized, funded, or affiliated. Recognized and funded clubs are constituted under the Union, with the only distinction being that funded clubs receive an operating budget from the Executive Board. Affiliated clubs are constituted under other Institute departments, and are acknowledged by the Union to be granted some benefits the Union offers to its subsidiary clubs, such as support from Union staff, the right to reserve Union-managed event spaces, and Union gift accounts.

In addition to granting recognized clubs some rights, the Union also imposes some rules on its clubs. All Union-recognized and funded clubs must be open to all members of the Union, and are prohibited from maintaining external financial accounts. These rules do not apply to affiliated clubs.

The Union also sorts clubs into categories. These categories have little effect on the Union's operations with a few key exceptions, and are mainly for the benefit of students and for the Union's organization. However, some of them come with specific rights or restrictions:

• Religious and Political clubs may not be funded
• Student Government organizations may not endorse candidates for public office, and are defined by the Union Constitution. Many members are elected to student government during Grand Marshal Week
• Sports and Performing/Visual Arts clubs can select members for competitive teams based on tryouts, provided that they are fair and publicized
  • These clubs must reasonably allow any member of the Union to participate in non-competitive club activities, such as practices and training sessions
• Honor/Professional can select members based on academic performance

List of Clubs

Name	Category	Union Recognition	Contact
ACHA Hockey	Club Sports	Funded
African Students Association (ASA)	Identity Based	Funded
Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)		Affiliated
Alianza Latina (AL)	Identity Based	Funded
Alpha Epsilon Delta Prehealth Honor Society	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Alpha Phi Omega (APO)	Community Service	Recognized	Discord server
Alpha Psi Omega	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
American Institute of Chemical Engineers	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
American Nuclear Society	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
American Society of Civil Engineers	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
American Society of Mechanical Engineers	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Arab Students Organization	Identity Based	Funded
Archery Club	Club Sports	Funded	Discord server
Architectural Robotics Club (ARC)	Technical	Affiliated
Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)		Affiliated
Art Club	Performing/Visual Arts	Funded
Association for Computing Machinery Committee on Women in Computing (ACM-W)		Affiliated
Association for Supply Chain Management Student Chapter	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Astrophysical Society	Technical	Funded	Discord server
Autism at Rensselaer Club	Identity Based	Recognized
Autoshop	Union Campus Service	Funded
Badminton	Club Sports	Funded
Ballroom Dance	Club Sports	Funded
Bangladesh Student Association	Identity Based	Funded
Biomedical Engineering Society	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Black Graduate Student Association	Identity Based
Black Students Alliance (BSA)	Identity Based	Funded
Board Game Club	Hobby	Funded	Discord server
Book Club	Performing/Visual Arts	Affiliated
Boxing	Club Sports	Funded
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu	Hobby	Recognized
Caribbean Student Association (CSA)	Identity Based	Funded
Chabad on Campus	Religious	Affiliated
Cheerleading	Performing/Visual Arts	Funded
Chess Club	Hobby	Funded
Chinese American Students Association (CASA)	Identity Based	Funded
Chinese Christian Fellowship	Identity Based	Recognized
Chinese Students and Scholars Association	Identity Based	Funded
Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA)	Identity Based	Funded
Christian Students on Campus	Religious	Affiliated
Circle K	Community Service	Funded
Classic Book Club	Hobby	Recognized
Club Baseball	Club Sports	Funded
Club Field Hockey	Club Sports	Funded
Club Softball	Club Sports	Funded
Code Red	Hobby	Funded
Coding & Community	Hobby	Affiliated	Discord server
Cognitive Science Graduate Student Association	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Computer Club	Technical	Recognized
Crew	Club Sports	Funded
Cricket Club	Club Sports	Funded
Cru RPI	Religious	Affiliated
Curling Club	Club Sports	Funded
Cycling	Club Sports	Funded
Dance Club	Performing/Visual Arts	Funded
Dance Dance Revolution (DDR)	Hobby	Funded	Discord server
Dance Team	Club Sports	Funded
Desi Network of Dance	Performing/Visual Arts	Affiliated
Design for America at Rensselaer (DFA)	Hobby	Affiliated
Design, Build, Fly	Technical	Affiliated	Discord server
Disc Golf Club	Club Sports	Funded
Diving Association	Hobby	Affiliated
Duly Noted	Performing/Visual Arts	Recognized
Dungeons and Dragons	Hobby	Funded
Eighth Wonder		Affiliated
Embedded Hardware Club	Technical	Funded
Engineering Ambassadors	Community Service	Affiliated
Engineers for a Sustainable World	Community Service	Funded
Engineers Without Borders	Community Service	Funded	Discord server
Equestrian Club	Club Sports	Funded
Executive Board	Student Government	Funded	pu@rpi.edu Discord server
Fencing	Club Sports	Funded	Discord server
Fighting Games Club	Hobby	Affiliated
Figure Skating	Club Sports	Funded
Fire Emblem Club	Hobby	Affiliated
Fishing Club	Hobby	Funded
Flying Pigs Society	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Food Recovery Network	Community Service	Affiliated
Gajjde Sher Bhangra	Performing/Visual Arts	Funded
Game Development Club	Technical	Funded
German Club	Hobby	Affiliated
German Long Sword (HEMA)	Hobby	Funded
Girls Who Code	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
GM Week	Student Government	Funded
Go Club	Hobby	Affiliated
Google Developer Group on Campus	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Graduate Council	Student Government	Affiliated
Graduate Indian Student Association	Identity Based	Affiliated
Greek Student Association		Affiliated
GreenAI		Recognized
Ground Zero	Performing/Visual Arts	Affiliated	Discord server
Habitat for Humanity	Community Service	Funded
HackRPI		Affiliated
Hearthstone	Hobby	Affiliated
Hong Kong Students Association	Identity Based	Affiliated
Humans vs Zombies	Hobby	Funded	Discord server
Indian Students Association (ISA)	Identity Based	Funded
Insitute of Transport Engineers		Affiliated
Jazz Ensemble	Performing/Visual Arts	Affiliated
Judicial Board	Student Government	Funded
Judo Club	Club Sports	Funded
Kendo	Club Sports	Funded
Knights of Columbus - Council 13635	Religious	Affiliated
Korean Student Association	Identity Based	Affiliated
Korean Students Association (KSA)	Identity Based	Funded
Leadership Educators Advising Peers		Affiliated
League of Legends (LOL)	Hobby	Funded
Magic Club	Hobby	Affiliated
Material Advantage	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Medlife Movement	Community Service	Affiliated
Men's Club Basketball	Club Sports	Funded
Men's Club Soccer	Club Sports	Funded
Men's Lacrosse Club	Club Sports	Funded
Model Railroad	Hobby	Funded
Multicultural Sorority and Fraternity Council (MSFC)
Muslim Student Association	Religious	Affiliated
National Organization of Minority Architecture Students	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE-RPI)	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)		Affiliated
Nepalese Student Association (NSA)		Recognized
Newman Catholic Fellowship	Religious	Affiliated
Nikkei Student Union	Identity Based	Affiliated
Omega Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.	FSL	Affiliated
Orienteering	Hobby	Affiliated
Outing Club	Hobby	Funded
Partial Credit	Performing/Visual Arts	Affiliated	Discord server
Pep Band	Performing/Visual Arts	Funded	pepband@rpi.edu Discord Server
Phalanx Honor Society	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Phi Gamma Delta	FSL	Affiliated
Philippine American League	Identity Based	Affiliated
Philippine American League (PAL)	Identity Based	Funded
Photo Club	Performing/Visual Arts	Funded	Discord server
PickleBall	Club Sports	Funded
PLU Chemistry Honor Society	Honor/Professional	Recognized
Pride Alliance	Identity Based	Funded
Project Rishi	Community Service	Recognized
Project Sunshine	Community Service	Affiliated
Quad Ball Club	Club Sports	Funded
Quantum Computing Club	Technical	Funded
Racquetball	Club Sports	Funded
Red & White Student Organization	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Rensselaer Center for Open Source Software (RCOS)		Affiliated
Rensselaer Christian Association	Religious	Affiliated
Rensselaer Competitive Programming Club	Technical	Affiliated	Discord server
Rensselaer Consulting Club		Affiliated
Rensselaer Cybersecurity Collaboratory	Technical	Affiliated
Rensselaer Economic Club	Hobby	Affiliated
Rensselaer Electric Vehicle	Technical	Affiliated
Rensselaer Endurance Motorsport	Club Sports	Affiliated
Rensselaer Engineering Commons		Affiliated
Rensselaer Formula Hybrid	Technical	Affiliated
Rensselaer Motorsport	Technical	Affiliated
Rensselaer Music Association (RMA)	Performing/Visual Arts	Funded	Discord server
Rensselaer Ornithological Society	Hobby	Recognized
Rensselaer Philosphy Society (RPS)	Hobby	Affiliated
Rensselaer Pokemon Organization	Hobby	Funded
Rensselaer Running Club	Club Sports	Funded
Rensselaer Science Fiction and Anime	Hobby	Funded
Rensselaer Society for Piano Arts (RSPA)	Performing/Visual Arts	Affiliated
Rensselaer Society of Engineering & Innovation	FSL	Affiliated
Rensselaer Spaceflight Society	Hobby	Affiliated	Discord server
Rensselar Voices for Palestine	Political
Rensselyrics	Performing/Visual Arts	Funded
Rifle Club	Club Sports	Funded
RPI A La Mode	Hobby	Recognized
RPI Ambulance	Union Campus Service	Funded
RPI American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics		Affiliated
RPI American Society of Mechanical Engineers		Affiliated
RPI Crafts Club	Performing/Visual Arts	Funded
RPI Flying Club	Technical	Funded
RPI Global Medical Brigade	Community Service	Funded
RPI Indoor Aeromodelling Club	Hobby	Recognized
RPI Law & Order		Recognized
RPI Players	Performing/Visual Arts	Funded	Discord server
RPI Raaga	Performing/Visual Arts	Funded
RPI RASC-AL (RAS)	Hobby	Affiliated
RPI Research Forum	Technical	Recognized
RPI Robotics Club	Technical	Affiliated	Discord server
RPI Rounak	Performing/Visual Arts	Funded
RPI Rudras	Performing/Visual Arts	Funded
RPI Spikeball Roundnet Club	Club Sports	Funded
RPI Sunrise Movement	Political	Affiliated
RPI TV	Union Campus Service	Funded	Discord server
RPI Womens Club Lacrosse	Club Sports	Funded
RPI-Sage Hillel	Religious	Affiliated
RPISEC	Technical	Affiliated
rPOP	Performing/Visual Arts	Recognized
Rugby	Club Sports	Funded
Rusty Pipes	Performing/Visual Arts
Science Ambassadors	Honor/Professional	Recognized
Sew For Hope	Community Service	Funded
She's The First	Community Service	Affiliated
Sheer Idiocy	Performing/Visual Arts	Funded
Ski and Snowbaord Club	Hobby	Funded
Ski Team	Club Sports	Funded
Society for Animals & Wildlife	Community Service	Recognized
Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers	Honor/Professional	Recognized	Discord server
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Society of Manufacturing Engineers	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Society of Physics Students	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Society of Women Engineers	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Student Nuclear Advancement Groups	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Student Senate	Student Government	Funded	gm@rpi.edu Discord server
Student Sustainability Task Force	Community Service	Affiliated
Student Transgender Association RPI (STAR)			Discord server
Student Veterans Association	Identity Based	Funded
Super Smash Brothers Club	Hobby	Funded	Discord server
Swim Club	Club Sports	Funded
Symphonic Band	Performing/Visual Arts	Affiliated
T.E.A.C.U.P.	Political	Recognized
Table Tennis	Club Sports	Funded
Tae Kwon Do	Club Sports	Funded
Tau Beta Pi	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
teamRPI eSports	Club Sports	Funded	Discord server
Tennis Club	Club Sports	Funded
The Forge	Technical	Affiliated	Discord server
The Mediterranean Student Club	Identity Based	Recognized
The Nutrition Club	Hobby	Recognized
The Polytechnic	Media	Funded	https://poly.rpi.edu/contact Discord server
The Thread	Media	Recognized
Tri Beta Theta Eta	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Troy Consulting Club	Hobby	Recognized
Ultimate Frisbee	Club Sports	Funded
Undergraduate Council	Student Government	Affiliated
Union Show Tech	Union Campus Service	Funded
UPAC Cinema	Student Government	Funded	Discord server
UPAC Comedy	Student Government	Funded
UPAC Concerts	Student Government	Funded
UPAC General	Student Government	Funded
Upsilon Psi Upsilon		Affiliated
Volleyball	Club Sports	Funded
W2SZ HAM Radio	Technical	Funded	Discord server
Warhammer	Hobby	Funded
Water Polo	Club Sports	Funded
Weight Lifting	Hobby	Funded
Winter Carnival	Student Government	Funded
Women at Rensselaer Mentoring Program	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Women In Business	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Women In Physics	Honor/Professional	Affiliated
Women's Club Basketball	Club Sports	Funded
Women's Club Soccer	Club Sports	Funded
Wrestling	Club Sports	Funded
WRPI	Media	Funded	Discord server
Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA)	Political	Affiliated
Yu-Gi-Oh Club!	Hobby	Affiliated