Clubs & Organizations

The Columbia Musical Theatre Society production of the Rocky Horror Picture Show that was brought to Off-Broadway for a professional run. 11 Ivy League Athletic Championships since 2007. The oldest African-American student organization for a non-Historically Black College or University. The oldest college literary magazine in the country first published in 1815. The oldest LGBTQ organization on an American college campus. The Varsity Show, an entirely student-run performance now in its 116th year. Chinese Student Club’s Night Market. Baker Blast. Unparalleled resources. Remarkable engagement. A history of activism. Traditions that bind.

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Activities Day, held on College Walk each fall, features nearly 500 clubs and organizations vying for new members.

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Allen Ginsberg wrote for the Jester while he was at Columbia

The Exhaustive, Inclusive List of Columbia Student Clubs, Organizations & Initiatives

In meeting rooms and auditoriums, theaters and playing fields, brownstones and practice rooms, students pursue passion. Changing Columbia. Changing the world. Nearly 500 opportunities to explore, to grow, to lead, to share.

Be a pioneer – The Journal of Politics and Society was the first undergraduate journal in the country to be distributed nationwide for sale at bookstores.

Media and Publications

Student Enterprises

Build Community – The group ROOTEd (Respecting Ourselves and Others Through Education) frequently holds campus-wide dialogues on issues of power and representation bringing student leaders together from different clubs on campus. Students explore how we can better understand each other and build alliances across groups.

Student Government

Student Initiatives

(student-led programs in conjunction with administrative support)

Greek Life

Advocate for others – The Columbia Queer Alliance recently celebrated the 40th Anniversary with a Birthday Party in the Stephen J. Donaldson Lounge. Founded in 1967 as the Student Homophile Society, CQA was the first LGBTQ advocacy student group in the country.

Environmental

Gender and Sexuality

Political/Activist

Be a champion – The Columbia Men's Golf Team are three time Ivy League Champions and were featured last year in The NY Times.

Academic Competition

Athletics, Varsity

Athletics (Club and Intramural)

Give your time – Columbia Engineers Without Borders recently completed a project that took them to Obodan, Ghana in order to develop a water filtration system for the village.

Service

Dance your heart out – The CUBhangra team is nationally recognized and won the 2006 Bhangra Blowout Competition.

A Cappella

Dance

Film and Visual Arts

Music

Theatre

Academic

Pre-Professional

Special Interest

Be yourself – Celebrate your heritage, your faith, and your identity in Columbia’s nearly 100 religious and cultural groups.

Cultural

Religious/Spiritual