Professional fraternity
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Professional fraternities, in the North American fraternity system, are organizations whose membership is restricted to students and faculty members in a particular field of professional education. Within that field, their membership is exclusive; however, they may initiate members who belong to other types of fraternities. Unlike most social fraternities, membership is usually open to both sexes.
The first professional fraternity was founded at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in 1819: the Kappa Lambda Society, established for students in medical school.
[edit] List of professional fraternities
Most major professional fraternities are members of the Professional Fraternity Association. This group resulted in 1978 from a merger of the Professional Interfraternity Conference (PIC) (for men's groups) and the Professional Panhellenic Association (PPA) (for women's groups).
- ΑΖ - Alpha Zeta - Agriculture
- AΓK - Alpha Gamma Kappa - Podiatry
- ΑΓΡ - Alpha Gamma Rho - Agriculture
- ΑΕΡ - Alpha Epsilon Rho - Broadcasting
- ΑΗΡ - Alpha Eta Rho - Aviation
- ΑΚΠ - Alpha Kappa Pi - Medicine
- ΑΚΨ - Alpha Kappa Psi - Business
- AIO - Alpha Iota Omicron - Networking/Community Service
- ΑΡΧ - Alpha Rho Chi - Architecture
- ΑΤΔ - Alpha Tau Delta - Nursing
- ΑΦΩ - Alpha Phi Omega - Community Service
- ΑΧΣ - Alpha Chi Sigma - Chemistry
- ΑΩ - Alpha Omega - Dentistry
- ΑΩΕ - Alpha Omega Epsilon - Engineering Sorority
- BBB - Beta Beta Beta - Biology
- BΣ - Beta Sigma - Medicine, Profesional
- ΓΙΣ - Gamma Iota Sigma - Insurance, Risk Management, Actuary Science
- ΔΕΧ - Delta Epsilon Chi - Business
- ΔΕΜ - Delta Epsilon Mu - Health
- ΔΘΦ - Delta Theta Phi - Law
- ΔΦΕ - Delta Phi Epsilon (professional) - Foreign Service
- ΔΟ - Delta Omicron - Music
- ΔΣΔ - Delta Sigma Delta - Dentistry
- ΔΣΠ - Delta Sigma Pi - Business
- ΔΟΣ - Delta Omicron Sigma - Military veterans
- ΖΦΗ - Zeta Phi Eta - Communication arts & sciences
- ΘΤ - Theta Tau - Engineering
- ΚΓΔ - Kappa Gamma Delta - Medicine
- ΚΕ - Kappa Epsilon - Pharmacy
- KTE - Kappa Tau Epsilon - Podiatry
- ΚΨ - Kappa Psi - Pharmacy
- ΛΚΣ - Lambda Kappa Sigma - Pharmacology for women
- ΛΑ - Lambda Alpha - Anthropology
- ΜΦΕ - Mu Phi Epsilon - Music
- ΜΣΦ - Mu Sigma Phi - University of the Philippines Medicine
- ΠΣΕ - Pi Sigma Epsilon - Sales and Marketing
- ΡΠΦ - Rho Pi Phi - Pharmacology
- ΡΕ - Rho Epsilon - Real Estate
- ΣΑΙ - Sigma Alpha Iota - Music, exclusively female
- ΣΙΕ - Sigma Iota Epsilon- National Honorary and Professional Management Fraternity
- ΣфХ -Sigma Phi Chi- Chiropractic womens professional sorority
- ΣΦΔ - Sigma Phi Delta - Computer Science and Engineering
- ΣΜΔ - Sigma Mu Delta - Medicine
- ΣTΔ - Sigma Tau Delta - English
- ΦΑΔ - Phi Alpha Delta — Law
- ΦΑΕ - Phi Alpha Epsilon — Architectural engineering
- ΦΑΣ - Phi Alpha Sigma - Medicine
- ΦΑΤ - Phi Alpha Tau - Communicative Arts
- ΦΒ - Phi Beta - Creative and Performing Arts
- ΦΔΕ - Phi Delta Epsilon - Medicine
- ΦΔΦ - Phi Delta Phi - Law
- ΦΔΧ - Phi Delta Chi - Pharmacy
- ΦΓΝ - Phi Gamma Nu - Business
- ΦKM - Phi Kappa Mu - Medicine - University of the Philippines
- ΦΛ - Phi Lambda - Computer Science and Engineering
- ΦΣΠ - Phi Sigma Pi - National Honor Fraternity
- ΦΡΣ - Phi Rho Sigma - Medicine
- ΦΧΘ - Phi Chi Theta - Business
- ΨΧ - Psi Chi - Psychology
- ΧΕ - Chi Epsilon - Civil Engineering
- ΩΤΣ - Omega Tau Sigma - Veterinary Medicine