Student Clubs & Organizations

Whether you’re designing and creating your own biomedical devices or doing STEM outreach, clubs help you develop leadership abilities, industry connections and lifelong friendships. 

Visit UA Engineering for a list of all college clubs and organizations, and see below for BME’s sampling of opportunities.

Celebrate Club Successes

In this recent UA College of Engineering story about touring with teammates, see how students characterize their club experiences.

BME-Specific Opportunities

• Benefit from lab tours, industry speakers, undergraduate research seminars and community outreach events in the Biomedical Engineering Society (Tucson Campus).
• Get design experience in the Medical Device Club (Tucson Campus).
• The Biomedical Undergraduate Mentoring Program offers underclassman advice and support.
• The Arizona Surgery Club (Tucson Campus), housed in the College of Medicine, is open to all students.

Professional Organizations

• The American Medical Association represents the unified voice of physicians and students throughout the United States, and sets the standards for the medical profession nationwide.
• The Society for Biomaterials promotes advances in research and development by encouraging cooperative educational programs, clinical applications and professional standards.

Leadership Development

• Find out how to get involved in the Engineering Student Council, the college's student governing body.
• Members of the UA chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the National Engineering Honor Society, uphold and advance the integrity, honor and dignity of the engineering profession.
• Engineering Ambassadors represent the College of Engineering at recruitment, industry and alumni events. They lead campus and lab tours and participate in student panels.
• Interested in an academic career? The UA's American Society for Engineering Education chapter explores engineering education through service, research and professional development.

Service Oriented

• CATalyst (Tucson Campus) does fun STEM outreach with local elementary, middle and high school students.
• Start living your dream in UA's Engineers Without Borders (Tucson Campus) chapter, and make a difference for people in your communities and around the world. 

Embracing Diversity

• Help the UA Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (Tucson Campus) organize its next STEM community event, network at an organization conference, support classmates and make friends.
• The Society of Women Engineers (Tucson Campus) supports students and ensures women are recognized for their life-changing engineering and leadership contributions and achievements.
• National Society of Black Engineers (Tucson Campus) students excel academically, succeed professionally and positively affect their communities.