African Students Association
The Princeton African Students Association is a non-exclusive society, open to people of all nationalities who are interested in the culture and affairs of Africa and its diaspora. Its objectives are to foster cultural and social ties with all peoples of African descent in and around the Princeton university community, to provide a forum for the discussion of issues and ideas pertaining to Africa and the African diaspora and to foster initiatives linking students to various organizations in Africa: public, private and academic with an eye for creating research, internship and fellowship opportunities.
Quick Facts
Type: Cultural
Time: 0-1 hours/week
Experience: none
Meeting times: Weekday nights
Gender : Co-ed
Contacts: Person1, person2
Aikido Club
An effective form of self-defense, Kokikai Aikido relies on a strong mind and correct technique not physical strength alone. As a result classes include both men and women practicing on equal footing. Designed to defend against multiple attackers, it offers many solutions to aggressive behavior by others. The Princeton University Aikido Club allows students to explore Japanese culture, philosophy, and martial arts through the practice of Kokikai Aikido and provides the opportunity earn ranks from Kokikai Aikido International.
Quick Facts
Type: Cultural, Sports
Time: 1-4 hours/week
Experience: none
Meeting times: Tuesday nights
Gender: Co-ed
Contacts: aikido@princeton.edu
Alexander Hamilton Club
The Alexander Hamilton Society (AHS) is an independent, non-partisan, not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting constructive debate on basic principles and contemporary issues in foreign, economic, and national security policy. AHS is a membership organization—not a think tank or an advocacy group. Seeking to build a national network of outstanding students, faculty, and professionals, we sponsor debates at colleges and universities, as well as in major cities, and provide other opportunities for our members to flourish intellectually and professionally.
Quick Facts
Type: Political
Time: 0-1 hours/week
Experience: none
Meeting times: Tuesday nights
Gender: Co-ed
Contacts: ahsoc@princeton.edu
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
The Princeton University Student Chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Princeton AIChE) aims to promote the professional development of chemical engineering majors at Princeton and to build community among its members through social activities, career-building events, and service opportunities.
Quick Facts
Type: Academic, Pre-professional
Time: 0-1 hours/week
Experience: none
Meeting times: Various
Gender: Co-ed
Contacts: ahsoc@princeton.edu
American Sign Language Club
The Princeton University American Sign Language Club aims to promote and encourage, amongst its members and the Princeton University Community at large: Mastery and understanding of the art of communicating in American Sign Language; heightened awareness of the Deaf community, culture, and history; increased understanding and interaction between the Deaf and Hearing communities; advocacy for Deaf accessibility on campus.
Quick Facts
Type: Academic, Special Interest
Time: 2-3 hours/week
Experience: none
Meeting times: Various
Gender: Co-ed
Contacts: puasl@princeton.edu
American Society of Civil Engineers
The American Society of Civil Engineers was founded in 1852 and is currently the oldest national engineering society in America. Today, ASCE has over 140,000 members worldwide. According to their website, ASCE's mission is to "provide essential value to our members and partners, advance civil engineering, and serve the public good." The Princeton University Student Chapter of ASCE was founded in 1929 to engage students in the practical aspects of a civil engineering education. Members stem from all concentration areas in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and all class years from sophomore to senior.
Quick Facts
Type: Academic, Pre-professional
Time: 0-1 hours/week
Experience: none
Meeting times: Various
Gender: Co-ed
Contacts: asce@princeton.edu
American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ASME / AIAA / SEDS
ASME is a not-for-profit membership organization that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing, career enrichment, and skills development across all engineering disciplines, toward a goal of helping the global engineering community develop solutions to benefit lives and livelihoods. Founded in 1880 by a small group of leading industrialists, ASME has grown through the decades to include more than 130,000 members in 158 countries. Thirty-thousand of these members are students.
Quick Facts
Type: Academic, Pre-professional
Time: 0-1 hours/week
Experience: none
Meeting times: Various
Gender: Co-ed
Contacts: asme@princeton.edu
Animal Welfare Society, Princeton
We are dedicated to the promotion of animal rights. Our efforts seek to raise awareness and encourage discussion of issues such as protection of wildlife and their environment, vegetarian/vegan options, and welfare of farm, research, and domestic animals.
Quick Facts
Type: Special interest
Time: 2-3 hours/week
Experience: none
Meeting times: Various
Gender: Co-ed
Contacts: animals@princeton.edu
Anscombe Society
The Anscombe Society is a student organization at Princeton University dedicated to affirming the importance of the family, marriage, and a proper understanding for the role of sex and sexuality. We aim to promote an environment that values the crucial role the intact, stable family plays in sustaining society; the definition of marriage as the exclusive, monogamous union of a man and a woman; its role as an institution which is necessary for the healthy family and a chaste lifestyle which respects and appreciates human sexuality, relationships, and dignity.
Quick Facts
Type: Special interest
Time: 0-1 hours/week
Experience: none
Meeting times: Various
Gender: Co-ed
Contacts: anscombe@princeton.edu
Arab Society Of Princeton
We are a secular, generally non-political group whose mission includes the following: providing a means for Arab students of Princeton to meet one another, have as much Arab fun as they can, and form friendships that continue well after the final exit from the Fitzrandolph Gates; and providing an internal medium for the exchange of cultural experiences and knowledge, to increase the strength of our community.
Quick Facts
Type: Cultural
Time: 2-3 hours/week
Experience: none
Meeting times: Various
Gender: Co-ed
Contacts: arabsoc@princeton.edu
Asian-American Students Association
Princeton University’s Asian American Students Association seeks to empower undergraduates with greater awareness of AAPI political, social, and cultural issues on campus through our speaker series, social events, open discussions, and alumni networking. Princeton’s Asian American Students Association addresses the unique social and political challenges affecting the Asian ethnic community through open discussions and projects. We are dedicated to increasing democratic participation, civic engagement and political consciousness within our community through voter registration events, community service, and panel discussions.
Quick Facts
Type: Cultural
Time: 0-1 hours/week
Experience: none
Meeting times: Various
Gender: Co-ed
Contacts: aasa@princeton.edu
Astrobiology Club
P-ABC was founded in 2005 to promote the discussion and investigation of astrobiological issues at Princeton University. Yes, we're looking for little green people... But what we see as a more important responsibility is to raise awareness of humankind's place on a pale blue dot in the middle of a vast universe, to emphasize an appreciation for the subtle beauty of the possibility of our existence on this planet, with the hope that such an astronomical perspective on the preciousness of life will cause us to focus on preserving it. Ambitious, eh?
Quick Facts
Type: Academic, special interest
Time: 0-1 hours/week
Experience: none
Meeting times: Various
Gender: Co-ed
Contacts: arabsoc@princeton.edu
Autonomous Vehicle Engineering, Princeton
PAVE is Princeton's undergraduate-driven robotics research group. We focus on autonomous vehicle technology, and are developing an autonomous Ford Escape and an autonomous Ford Fusion, but also participate in side competitions and community outreach.
Quick Facts
Type: Academic
Time: 4-5 hours/week
Experience: none, engineering knowledge helpful
Meeting times: Various
Gender: Co-ed
Contacts: arabsoc@princeton.edu
Ballet Folklorico de Princeton, Grupo
Ballet Folklórico de Princeton is a student organization dedicated to performing the traditional folk dances of Mexico. Officially founded in 1991, Ballet Folklórico’s dancing has been a vibrant part of Princeton University since the early 1980s. The current members of Ballet Folklórico seek to enrich Princeton University’s cultural community by spreading an appreciation for Mexico’s unique folk dancing heritage.
Quick Facts
Type: Cultural, dance
Time: 4-5 hours/week
Experience: yes
Meeting times: Various
Gender: Co-ed
Contacts: arabsoc@princeton.edu
Ballet, Princeton University
Princeton University Ballet, fondly known as PUB, is the only student-run dance group at Princeton dedicated to the art of contemporary and classical ballet. The company was founded by Virginia Byron '10 and Elizabeth Rosen '10 in 2008 in order to provide greater opportunities for students to continue performing ballet while studying at Princeton. Since then, PUB has grown into a thriving company that strives to show the Princeton community how awesome ballet can be, while maintaining a high level of technical excellence.
Quick Facts
Type: Dance
Time: 6+ hours/week
Experience: Yes
Meeting times: Various
Gender: Co-ed
Contacts: arabsoc@princeton.edu
Band, Princeton University
The Princeton Band does everything it can to make Princeton sporting events a little bit louder. We perform at all football games, home and away. At every game, we perform original and humorous shows at pregame and halftime. A student announcer reads the script over the intercom, and the Band scrambles into formations and plays songs to accompany the joke. (You can read our past scripts online.) During the football game itself, we sit in the stands and perform our unique repertoire, consisting of both Princeton marches and popular songs from the last 50 years.
Quick Facts
Type: Music
Time: 6+ hours/week
Experience: Not necessary, but welcome
Meeting times: Various
Gender: Co-ed
Contacts: arabsoc@princeton.edu