The purpose of the Gator Chapter of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society is to provide a sense of community for Indigenous students on campus and to raise awareness of Indigenous culture on campus. The goal of the student organization is to substantially increase the representation of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, First Nations and other indigenous peoples of North America in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) studies and careers. Membership is open to any student who is in good standing with UF and is interested in discovering and supporting the indigenous STEM community.

Founded in 2014, the Association of Computer Engineers serves as a community dedicated to representing the union of computer science and electrical engineering. We provide opportunities for students at the University of Florida to develop technical skills, learn from upperclassmen, and grow professionally, academically, and socially.

Approximately 100 current active members. Slack has 1200 members overall (current and former).

The UF Chapter of the ACM consists primarily of undergraduate students seeking degrees in computer engineering or computer science. It welcomes all students to attend meetings who have an interest in computers and offers several services to undergraduates including free tutoring in computer classes, assistance in picking courses, a library of books in its office and a computer lab for members.

The Black Graduate Student Organization (BGSO) is an interdisciplinary, multi-ethnic organization that is dedicated to identifying and addressing the needs of graduate and professional students of African, African American, or Afro Caribbean descent at the University of Florida. Founded in 1975 with a rich tradition deeply rooted in advocacy, BGSO aims to enhance the graduate experience of its members by offering academic and professional support, providing opportunities for community outreach and service, in addition to cultivating professional development and academic excellence. Additionally, we are committed to fostering cultural diversity by promoting the recruitment, retention, and representation of minority students and faculty. Lastly, BGSO seeks to unify graduate and professional students across disciplines and organizations, while promoting the development of lifelong networks among students of color at the University of Florida.

GAU represents all teaching assistants, research assistants, and other graduate assistants at UF. When you are a graduate assistant, you are more than just another student, you are also an employee of the University.

GAItor Club for all things artificial intelligence and machine learning . We are a group of students who are passionate about AI and ML and want to share our knowledge with others. We host workshops, guest speakers, and excursions to help students learn more about AI and ML. We are open to all majors and skill levels, so come join us!

GatorVR provides a space for students to learn more about VR/AR technologies, work on group VR/AR projects, and meet like-minded peers.

Girls Who Code is a national nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in technology. Our programs educate, equip, and inspire girls with the computing skills they’ll need to pursue 21st-century opportunities. Our chapter at the University of Florida aims to achieve this by hosting coding workshops, professional development workshops, hackathons, office hours, guest speakers, GBMs, volunteering opportunities, and more.

Girls Who Code College Loops are university-level networks for college-aged women interested in tech to support one another and help each other persist and succeed in the field. College Loops build belonging and community through weekly meetings during the school year.

As a part of Google Developers, DSC at UF is one of many chapters in a global community of diverse individuals interested in growing themselves as developers. We offer opportunities for students to grow their knowledge in a peer-to-peer learning environment and build solutions for local businesses and their communities.

NSBE‘s mission is to increase the number of culturally responsible black engineers to excel academically, succeed professionally and to positively impact the community.

The purpose of the Open Source Club is to promote, support, and create open-source software.

The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Chapter at the University of Florida (SHPE UF) was formerly known as the Hispanic Engineering Society. It was founded in the fall of 1982 in an effort to provide Hispanic engineers, mathematicians, and scientists with opportunities to develop as professionals while offering an amiable social environment. Since its inception, it has prompted the recruitment, retention, and graduation of Hispanic students in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The society coordinates community outreach, corporate exposition meetings, academic development programs, and non-technical events. All this to ensure SHPE UF members are presented with the opportunities necessary to succeed professionally, academically, and socially as Hispanic professionals.

SSD is a student organization that promotes good software development practices through workshops and lectures. We’ve had meetings covering a wide variety of topics in computer science, such as version control, test-driven development, and functional programming. Our meetings are a great place to introduce members of the club to the many fields and technologies in the vast world of computer science. Our club aims to bridge the gap between what students learn in class and what is expected of them in the industry. SSD is a close community of software developers, aspiring and experienced, aiming to help each other grow and learn.

SSD holds meetings on a weekly basis from the start of the semester to the end. Meetings are Wednesdays at 6:15 pm in Weil Hall room 234.

Exclusive to Graduate Students

GradSWE strives to encourage UF’s female engineering graduate students to achieve their full potential in careers as engineers and leaders. We host events for developing careers, promoting the presence of women in STEM, and building relationships with other female engineers.​

UF SEC strives to expose beginner computer science students to practical software development technologies and concepts they will not learn or be exposed to in their first or second year. These are technologies and skills that are heavily used in the industry and the real world but are not taught in classes. This can benefit the student to get involved with other clubs, hackathons, get a part-time internship doing development work, enable them to succeed in interviews, secure summer internships and full-time roles, and become a more knowledgeable developer.

UFSIT provides an environment for students (and anyone else who’s interested and willing to participate) to learn more about information security topics such as penetration testing, reverse engineering, exploit development, etc. The SIT holds weekly meetings that are student-led and regularly include presentations from local IT professionals and guest industry speakers. In addition to meetings, the SIT regularly participates in CTF events and hosts their own to help members sharpen their skills.

Swamphacks is a national 36-hour hackathon hosted at UF.

WECE at the University of Florida was established in 2006 by a group of graduate students. The objective was to create a community within the ECE department where women could seek friendship, support, and advice regarding their academic, professional, and personal lives. Through the years, the organization began to reach out and engage a younger audience, now offering opportunities to UF students of any year or major. Today, the majority of WECE’s members are undergraduates in a variety of majors, including ECE, Computer Science, and Biomedical Engineering. Our core goals remain the same, though we have expanded how we meet our objectives to provide a community and the resources needed to develop professionally, personally, and academically. This is accomplished through corporate events, dual mentorship program, and technical activities. Another essential goal of WECE is to inspire younger generations of girls to pursue a career in engineering or science. Our outreach program has expanded rapidly in the past three years through a partnership with the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention in Gainesville. This partnership has allowed our members to teach classes about circuitry, magnetics, and robotics to local elementary, middle, and high school students.

WiCSE is an ACM-W chapter at UF with a dual-focus: providing academic and professional resources to UF students and educating and encouraging younger generations. Membership is open to all students, both male and female, with an interest in computer science. WiCSE offers opportunities like Lunch and Learns with department faculty, Q&A panels with corporate sponsors and a mentoring program.

UF-TYPE Initiative is a student-run organization at the University of Florida, that acts as one of the outreach programs of UF’s Women in Computer Science and Engineering. Our mission is twofold: 1. Provide education to the Gainesville youth that wants to learn how to write code. 2. Create a community of Gainesville female computer scientists. We feel that if a student wants to learn something, they should have access to the tools and curricula in order to do so. We have noticed that many schools in the area lack the funding to implement computer science classes, and we understand that computer science can be a daunting subject to learn. So, we provide education to the students in Gainesville that want to learn computer science but don’t have the tools to do so.

Also, we believe that the lack of female interest in computer science stems from the fact that most girls don’t know of a single female computer scientist. This creates a chicken-egg problem that we solve by developing a community of girls in Gainesville that have an interest in computer science. We will do this by holding city-wide events like all-girl hackathons and coding workshops that will expose girls to other female computer scientists and bring together all of the girls interested in computer science in Gainesville. We hope that building this community will not only expose girls to the importance and power of code, but foster friendship, encouragement, and positivity in the girls’ lives.