Affinity Groups
This is a list of University-wide affinity groups for graduate and professional students.
Many of these organizations receive GAPSA funding.
- Asian American Graduate Student Association (AAGSA), contact
- Association for India’s Development Philadelphia Chapter, contact
- Bhakti Yoga Band, contact
- Black Graduate and Professional Students Association (BGAPSA), contact
- Penn Biotechnology Group
- Career Development Association, contact
- Chinese Students and Scholars Association at Penn (CSSAP), contact
- Penn Chinese Christian Group
- Penn Chinese Dance Club, contact
- Penn Cycling, contact
- Penn Documentaries (PennDocs)
- Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG), contact
- Penn Engineers without Borders (open to all students), contact
- Penn Equal Justice Foundation
- Fontaine Society
- Penn Graduate Christian Fellowship, contact
- Penn Graduate Consulting Group, contact
- Graduate ‘Employees’ Together at the University of Pennsylvania (GET-UP)
- Penn Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (PGWISE), contact
- Global Health Interest Group, contact
- Graduate Humanities Forum
- Graduate Romantic Association
- Hellenic Students Association
- Jiayin Christian Fellowship
- Jewish Graduate Student Network of Greater Philadelphia
- Korean Graduate Students Association
- Lambda Grads, contact
- Latino/a Graduate and Professional Student Association (LaGAPSA), contact
- Muslim Student Association, contact
- Newman Catholic Center Graduate Activities Council
- Orthodox Jewish Community at Penn
- Oral Cancer Awareness Society, contact
- Peking University Philadelphia Alumni , contact
- Public Health Society, contact
- Rangoli Indian Association at Penn
- Real Estate Club, contact
- Students of Ailing Mothers and Fathers (AMF), contact
- Talk20 Philadelphia Chapter (forum for the discussion of art, architecture and design)
- Taiwanese Graduate and Professional Student Association (TGPSA), contact
- Turkish Student Association, contact
- United Community Clinics, contact
- Universities Allied for Essential Medicines
The Grad Student Center website also contains a list of student groups.
The Office of Student Life website contains a list of contact information for student group leaders.
The main University website also contains a list of organizations called Penn A-Z.
If you are part of a University-wide affinity group that you would like GAPSA to add to this website, send an e-mail request to the Vice Chair for Communications.

