Honorary Societies

Alpha Epsilon Lambda (AEL) — Eta Chapter
AEL is an honor society for graduate and professional school students. It recognizes students who are in the top 35 percent of their college. No more than 1 percent of these students are accepted each year.

Blue Key
The Clemson University Chapter of Blue Key is Clemson University's oldest and most respected honor fraternity.

Golden Key
Golden Key is an academic honor society that recognizes and encourages scholastic achievement and excellence among college and university students from all academic disciplines. The society awards its members more than $400,000 annually through numerous scholarship and award programs.

Omicron Delta Kappa
Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society recognizes Clemson University students who are top leaders in scholarship, athletics, service, mass media and performing arts at the University and in the community.

Phi Beta Kappa — Delta Chapter of S.C.
Clemson University counts itself among the 276 colleges and universities with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter, representing only 10 percent of the nation's institutions of higher learning.

Phi Kappa Phi — Chapter 49
Phi Kappa Phi, the oldest and most selective honor society in the United States, recognizes excellence in all academic disciplines. Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is a charter member of the Association of College Honor Societies. Today, Phi Kappa Phi has more than one million members throughout the world. There are nearly 300 chapters at colleges and universities in the United States, Puerto Rico and the Philippines.