List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology fraternities and sororities

For brevity, the sections below make extensive use of Greek letters, one of the first items in a new member's instruction program.

The fraternities and various dining clubs met a need for room and board that was not provided by the operations of the campus.

Fraternity housing has continued to expand, both in terms of the size and quality of the individual buildings as well as the number of chapters.

Many chapters and ILGs extol the quality of their gourmet or commercial kitchens in their photo tours and rush materials.

Its responsibilities included coordination of recruitment (rush), and intramural Greek athletics such as baseball and bowling, among other competitions.

En route to this more balanced, modern phase, a period of demographic and political change in the 1960s and 1970s, following larger national trends, resulted in the conversion of several all-male, nationally affiliated living groups into local co-ed groups, and led to the expansion of all-female and co-ed housing options.

All incoming freshmen and transfer students would arrive on campus a week before Registration Day, the official start of the fall semester.

Those students who did not end up in an off-campus living group would also participate in the dorm selection process (see Housing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

R/O Clearinghouse physically consisted of a bank of telephones staffed by volunteers in a large room equipped with computer terminals, located in the MIT EECS Department.

The dorm volunteers were motivated at least in part by the knowledge that an unsuccessful fraternity rush would result in even greater overcrowding of the MIT dormitory system.

Fraternities constituting the Interfraternity Council (IFC) are listed by dates of local founding and noted with national conference membership.

[7] As part of IFC or national organization self-governance or University disciplinary action, chapters may be suspended (de-recognized) or closed for a time.

See the Office for Fraternities, Sororities, and Independent Living Groups (FSILGs) for current IFC members and expansion support.

Sororities, listed with dates of local founding and national conference membership, are women's organizations,[58] voluntarily coordinating their efforts within MIT's Panhellenic Association (PHA).

As part of PHA or national organization self-governance, or University disciplinary action, chapters may be suspended (de-recognized) or closed for a time.

See the office for Fraternities, Sororities, and Independent Living Groups (FSILGs) for current PHA members and expansion support.

MIT's Independent Living Groups or ILGs participate in some of the broader Greek events, but maintain many of their traditions as cooperative homes.

Multicultural Greek Council (MGC) chapters are non-residential and often serve several schools in the Boston area.

Listed by date of local founding and national conference membership, these are either men's or women's organizations, voluntarily coordinating their efforts within the larger Multicultural Greek Council (MGC).

Listed by date of local founding with national conference membership, these are primarily co-ed organizations, of specific professional interests.

Members commonly include the society on their résumé/CV, which may serve to bolster grad school acceptance, publishing merit, and professional opportunities.Listed by date of local founding with national conference membership, these are co-ed, non-residential, achievement-based organizations that self-select members based on published criteria.

Hence, students tapped for ΦΒΚ may wear tassels honor cords, or other society-approved items, in these colors.