The University of Kentucky is home to 50 social and cultural fraternities and sororities. These organizations are members of governing councils that assist them with events and programs, communication, and recruitment activities. Below is a listing of our groups by council. If you are interested in learning more about each organization, please visit the council websites, which are linked below.
Chapters
United Greek Council
The United Greek Council (UGC) represents organizations who have a special interest or culturally-based. UGC hosts educational, cultural, and community service programs for members each semester. There are five sororities and two fraternities in UGC.
- Delta Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc.
- Asian-Interest, not Asian-Exclusive Sorority
- Kappa Beta Gamma
- Social Women's Sorority
- Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
- Music Fraternity
- Sigma Alpha Iota
- Music Sorority
- Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity, Inc.
- Multicultural Fraternity
- Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc.
- Multicultural Sorority
- Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc.
- Multicultural Sorority
National Pan-Hellenic Council
The University of Kentucky National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is the coordinating body for 8 of the 9 historically African-American fraternities and sororities. The council organizes educational programs and community service projects for members and the larger university community, as well as the annual Homecoming Step Show.
Panhellenic Council
The Panhellenic Council at the University of Kentucky is the governing body of 14 National Panhellenic Conference sororities and one associate member sorority—Phi Sigma Rho. Panhellenic works with the member chapters to coordinate activities such as the Women's Leadership Conference and Panhellenic Primary Recruitment in the fall.
Interfraternity Council
The Interfraternity Council (IFC) is the governing body of 22 men’s social fraternities at the University of Kentucky. IFC works with the member fraternities on areas such as scholarship, community service, and educational programming. Additionally, IFC helps coordinate the formal recruitment process in both fall and spring semesters.
- Alpha Gamma Rho
- Alpha Sigma Phi
- Beta Theta Pi
- Beta Upsilon Chi
- Chi Psi
- Delta Sigma Phi
- Delta Tau Delta
- Kappa Alpha Order
- Kappa Sigma
- Phi Delta Theta
- Phi Gamma Delta
- Phi Kappa Psi
- Phi Kappa Tau
- Phi Sigma Kappa
- Pi Kappa Phi
- Sigma Chi
- Sigma Nu
- Sigma Phi Epsilon
- Sigma Pi
- Theta Chi
- Triangle
- Zeta Beta Tau