Undergraduate Clubs & Organizations

AI Safety at UCI believes that reducing risks from advanced artificial intelligence is one of the most important problems of our time. It’s also a highly interesting and exciting problem, with open opportunities for many more researchers to make progress on it. AI Safety is building a community at UCI aimed at reducing these risks, training the next generation of researchers, engaging the public, and steering the trajectory of AI development for the better.

AI@UCI aims to introduce students to the latest tools and concepts in AI. By providing real word examples and application based workshops, students can use these skills to navigate their own journey into the dynamic world of AI in addition to gaining in demand skills outside of the classroom.

ACM@UCI, the UC Irvine Chapter of the Association of Computer Machinery (ACM), is dedicated to advancing computing as a science and a profession. They work toward accommodating the needs of students as an investment for brilliant minds in academia and successful men and women in business. ACM’s active competition participants train rigorously to compete in nationally renowned competitions, including IEEExtreme, HackerRank and ICPC. The club also evaluates and supports student project proposals.

Black in Tech is a student-run organization dedicated to empowering minority voices in tech by hosting tech talks, workshops, networking events, offering internship guidance, and providing industry exposure through partnerships with tech companies and site visits.

Blockchain at UCI is an ecosystem for blockchain education, development, and networking at UC Irvine and surrounding areas. They organize workshops, educational seminars, hackathons, and networking events to facilitate the growth of blockchain awareness, technical understanding, and thorough training.

CareTech is a student-led organization that will collaborate with industry-leading companies to bring groundbreaking healthcare inventions to life, get hands-on experience working on side projects and building healthcare tech innovations, help boost resumes and gain valuable skills you can talk about during interviews with top tech and healthcare companies, and access research materials and dive into real-world healthcare tech research that will help you develop expertise and contribute to cutting-edge projects. Whether you’re a developer, designer, healthcare enthusiast, or just passionate about solving real-world problems with tech, CareTech’s got a spot for you!

Commit the Change is a community service organization dedicated to working with nonprofit organizations to develop tech for social good. Students who join as members are matched with nonprofits as designers or developers and spend the entire school year creating a software application that will reduce operating costs or improve a given workflow for their nonprofit once completed. While doing so, they follow industry best practices such as version control, code reviews, and iterative design which are taught by project leads in order to prepare them for work in internships and other roles related to software development and design.

Cyber@UCI was created from a desire to have more cybersecurity exposure and learning at UCI. Despite being a rapidly growing, and extremely important field, cybersecurity is often only relegated to a couple upper-division classes. That just isn’t right! At its core, being ‘good’ at cybersecurity necessitates being plugged into the security community, and keeping up to date with all the latest developments. Cyber @ UCI offers such a place, bringing people from all levels of experience together with one common interest: cybersecurity.

Data@UCI aims to nurture a community of Anteaters exploring their place in an increasingly data-driven world. Through workshops, professional panels, and speaker events, this club provides resources and a network for students to grow their analytical skills and gain a deeper appreciation for data — helping them to succeed in college and in their careers. Data@UCI is a student-run organization ultimately dedicated to the UCI and larger Orange County communities.

Design at UCI is a community for designers of all skill levels and backgrounds. Here, students are provided the resources and space to innovate, create, and ultimately grow as designers. Through community, education, and collaboration, Design at UCI strives to spark and foster creativity in our members and throughout the UCI community. The club’s primary focus is within the digital design disciplines: user-experience/user-interface (UX/UI) design, product design, and visual design.

Hack at UCI is a student-run organization established to provide students with a platform to learn, grow, and develop technology of the future. Established in 2013, the club’s mission is to promote, educate, and enhance the community around us by giving students the platform to learn and create technology. Hack at UCI hosts hackathons, technical workshops, career panels, and other events that bring in over 1000+ attendees in total each year. They organize Orange County’s biggest annual hackathon, HackUCI, with 500+ students, 1600+ applicants, and 90+ projects submitted. They also host ZotHacks, a beginner level hackathon with 50+ students at UCI.

The official student government for the Donald Bren School of ICS, the ICS Student Council (ICSSC) seeks to improve student life of the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences academically, socially, and professionally, as well as create and deepen bonds between students, faculty, administration, companies, and alumni of the ICS School as well as similar groups. ICSSC believes that, through a strong community, they can enhance the quality of student life and ensure great jobs for students of all majors and minors within the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science by:

• Understanding, disseminating, and contributing to departmental decisions including curriculum, research, and hiring decisions
• Creating a network of alumni which will provide students with opportunities to grow while in school, and opportunities after graduation to leverage that growth
• Providing students with tools and opportunities to become the most competitive technical experts in the world
• Developing nontechnical skills such as leadership, team building, and advocacy outside of the classroom that will ultimately determine success in the rest of our careers
• Informing students about the immense opportunities that are available on the UC Irvine campus, in the neighboring community, and throughout the world
• Creating partnerships between the academics of our campus and the related industries

Some of ICSSC’s events and activities include WebJam, where students work together in teams to develop a website throughout the week and present it to faculty; Brain Games, a team competition that hosts a variety of fun contests and opportunities to meet new people; Humans of ICS, a series of interviews that allows students to get to know more about the people in ICS; and the popular ICS Week, a festival featuring a variety of ICS club events and booths. They also host info sessions with companies, socials for students to unwind and have fun, and workshops to develop a multitude of skills within ICS students.

QC@UCI, a student-led organization, empowers students to explore and advance the field of quantum computation and software. Not only do members learn foundational quantum algorithms through educational seminars and hands-on workshops, but they also engage in interdisciplinary research projects that connect quantum computing to fields like machine learning and chemistry. The club fosters a vibrant quantum information science community, facilitating collaboration among students and providing them with valuable insights from industry and academic leaders through regular guest speaker events. QC@UCI equips its Anteaters with the knowledge and skills to navigate the rapidly evolving quantum computing landscape.

VGDC supports student game developers in developing portfolios, enhancing skills, and connecting to industry professionals. VGDC provides a variety of events and programs to engage with student game developers from UCI and beyond, including:

• Quarterly student-pitched game projects
• Learning workshops for art, audio, game design, production, programming, UI/UX, and writing
• Industry speakers, including Game Developer’s Week
• Game jams
• Socials

WICS is a social and professional nonprofit organization at UCI established to encourage women to pursue a college degree and a successful career in the computer science field. WICS does all of the following and more:

• provides support for women and other minorities through various activities, such as mentorship, socials, study sessions, company tours, professional workshops, and hackathons.
  
• hosts company networking opportunities in multiple events, including Mock Technical Interviews, a day-long event that provides students with a formal and growth-oriented interview environment, and WICS Games, a fun-filled night of puzzle-solving and networking.
  
• organizes a sponsored trip to the Grace Hopper Celebration in partnership with the Office of Access and Inclusion at UCI.
  
• outreaches to middle and high school students through several events, such as NetWICS, a day-long conference for high school girls, and IrisHacks, a small-scale hackathon hosted in collaboration with PCWOC.
  
• hosts VenusHacks, UCI’s women-centric hackathon, in collaboration with Hack at UCI.
  

WICS is open to people of all genders, and they would love to see you at their meetings!

Each club/organization is unique and provides a different way for students and members to engage within the organization, and with the broader campus and community! To learn more about an organization and its members, we highly recommend you visit its website (links can be found above for all ICS clubs) to find out if there are meetings or events you can attend as a prospective member. You may also consider reaching out directly to its officers or board members.

Affiliation provides various resources to organizations including access to ICS rooms and spaces, permission to use the ICS name/logo, and opportunities to request funding from ICS. In addition, the ICS Undergraduate Student Affairs Office can support its affiliated organizations in many ways, such as facilitating communication between organizations and the ICS community via event promotion, email lists, and the ICS E-Bulletin newsletter. Student organizations can request ICS affiliation through the ICS Undergraduate Student Affairs Office.

At this time, the School of ICS is not accepting new club affiliations for the 2025-26 academic year. Please check back here for any future updates.

Please visit the UCI Office of Campus Organizations for more information on how to register a new campus organization.

Yes. In general, all registered campus organizations, including ICS-affiliated organizations, must comply with the rules, regulations, and policies set forth by UCI Office of Campus Organizations. Their webpage offers information on campus policies regarding fundraising, marketing, publicity, programming, and general operations.