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List of fraternities and sororities in the Philippines
The following is an incomplete list of fraternities and sororities in the Philippines.
Explanation of columns
- Name – the Greek letters spelled out in English or other long form name for the organization (ordered on this column)
- Symbols – the Greek letters or other similar abbreviations for the collegiate organization
- Chartered – the date of formation for the organization.
- Founding location - the location at which the first chapter of the organization was founded
- Type – indicator of whether the group is a fraternity (males), sorority (females), linked fraternity and sorority (males and females), or a single organization allowing members of both genders (coed fraternity or coed sorority); Social social Greek organization, service fraternity, etc.
- Range – International (chapters both in and out of the Philippines), National (chapters across the Philippines), regional (a few chapters in the same district), and local (one chapter)
- Active chapters – number of active chapters in the Philippines only
- Affiliation – membership in organization of fraternities and / or sororities
- Registration – indicates if the organization is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Philippines).[1]
General fraternities and sororities
Name | Symbols | Chartered | Founding location | Type | Range | Active Chapters | Registration | Status | Reference |
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Alpha Kappa Rho | ΑΚΡ | August 8, 1973 | University of Santo Tomas | Service fraternity and sorority | International | SEC | Active | [2] | |
Alpha Phi Omega | ΑΦΩ | March 2, 1950 | Far Eastern University | Service fraternity and sorority | National | 250 | SEC | Active | [a][b] |
Alpha Sigma Phi | ΑΣΦ | December 12, 1965 | Sillman University | Coed social and service fraternity | National | 34 | SEC | Active | [c] |
Beta Sigma Omega Phi | ΒΣΩΦ | October 10, 1968 | University of Bohol | Service fraternity and sorority | National | 72 | SEC | Active | |
Delta Fraternity and Sorority International | Δ | October 24, 1961 | University of Santo Tomas | Social fraternity and sorority | National | 50+ | SEC | Active | |
Delta Sigma Xi | ΔΣΞ | February 14, 1971 | Manuel L. Quezon University | Coed Confraternity | International | SEC | Active | ||
Delta Sphinx Family | ΔЅF | October 2, 1978 | Ateneo de Zamboanga University | Social and service fraternity and sorority | National | 10 | SEC | Active | |
DeMolay International | March 18, 1919 | Kansas City, Missouri | Masonic non-collegiate fraternity | International | SEC | Active | [d] | ||
Gamma Kappa Phi | ΓΚΦ | October 9, 1962 | Divine Word College College of Law | Social fraternity and sorority | International | SEC | Active | [e][f] | |
Gamma Omicron Delta Sigma | ΓΟΔΣ | July 7, 1990 | Mabolo, Cebu City, Philippines | Collegiate and community-based service fraternity | National | 11 | Active | [g] | |
Job's Daughters International | JDI | October 20, 1920 | Omaha, Nebraska | Masonic non-collegiate sorority | International | Active | [h] | ||
Phi Beta Rho | ΦΒΡ | June 24, 1962 | Central Luzon State University | Coed confraternity | International | SEC | Active | ||
Pi Sigma | ΠΣ | August 15, 1972 | University of the Philippines Diliman | Socio-political fraterntiy | National | SEC | Active | [i] | |
Pi Sigma Delta | ΠΣΔ | January 26, 1975 | University of the Philippines Diliman | Socio-political sorority | National | Active | [j] | ||
Samahang Ilokano | SI | Later 1940s | Manila, Phlippines | Service, Professional, Cultural ( Ilocano) | National | 3 | Active | ||
Tau Gamma Phi | ΤΓΦ | October 4, 1968 | University of the Philippines Diliman | Socio economic service fraternity | National | SEC | Active | ||
Upsilon Phi Sigma | ΥΦΣ | February 14, 1935 | University of the Philippines Los Baños | Social fraternity and sorority | National | 164 | Active | ||
Upsilon Sigma Phi | ΥΣΦ | 1918 | University of the Philippines Manila | Social fraternity | National | 2 | SEC | Active |
Notes
- ^ The Scouts Royale Brotherhood are its campus partner.
- ^ Affiliated international service organization of Alpha Phi Omega, founded on December 16, 1925 at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States.
- ^ On 26 September 2013, Alpha Sigma Phi of the United States withdrew from a 1984 agreement with the Philippine group, severing ties between the two organizations.
- ^ Members are men ages 12 to 21.
- ^ ΓΚΣ sorority, founded in 1964, merged with ΓΚΦ fraternity in 2005, dropping the name ΓΚΣ.
- ^ SEC number CN 201321651
- ^ Also has 14 community based (not collegiate) chapters.
- ^ Members are girls aged 10 to 20 who are related to a Mason or are sponsored for membership by a Mason.
- ^ Counterpart of Pi Sigma Delta.
- ^ Counterpart of Pi Sigma.
Professional
Name | Symbols | Chartered | Founding location | Focus | Type | Range | Active chapters | Registration | Status | Ref |
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Alpha Phi Beta | ΑΦΒ | 1939 | University of the Philippines College of Law | Law | Professional fraternity | Local | 1 | SEC | Active | [a] |
Aquila Legis | ALF | 1949 | Ateneo de Manila Law School | Law | Professional fraternity | Local | 1 | SEC | Active | [3] |
Fraternitas Scintilla Legis | FSL | 1974 | Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan | Law | Professional fraternity | National | 5 | Active | ||
Lex Talionis Fraternitas | LTFI | September 29, 1969 | San Beda College of Law | Law | Professional fraternity | National | 2 | SEC | Active | [4] |
Mu Sigma Phi (fraternity) | ΜΣΦ | October 1933 | University of the Philippines College of Medicine | Medical | Professional fraternity | Local | 1 | SEC | Active | [b] |
Mu Sigma Phi (sorority) | ΜΣΦ | August 27, 1934 | University of the Philippines College of Medicine | Medical | Professional sorority | National | 2 | SEC | Active | [c] |
Phi Kappa Mu | ΦΚΜ | August 1933 | University of the Philippines College of Medicine | Medical | Professional fraternity | Local | 1 | SEC | Active | [d] |
Scintilla Juris | SJ | October 14, 1966 | University of the Philippines College of Law | Law | Professional fraternity | National | 2 ? | Active | [5][6] | |
Sigma Rho | ΣΡ | 1938 | University of the Philippines College of Law | Law | Professional fraternity | Local | 1 | SEC | Active | [e][f] |
Tau Alpha | ΤΑ | June 27, 1932 | University of the Philippines Diliman old campus in Manila | Engineering | Professional fraternity | National | 2 | SEC | Active | [g][h] |
Notes
- ^ Its campus partner is ΡΔΑ.
- ^ Its campus partner is ΜΣΦ Sorority.
- ^ Its campus partner is ΜΣΦ Fraternity.
- ^ Its campus partner is ΦΛΔ.
- ^ Sigma Rho of the University of the Philippines at Los Baños has no legal or fraternal affiliation with Sigma Rho University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City.
- ^ Its collegiate partners are ΔΛΣ/ΛΣΡ
- ^ Founded from Mu Epsilon which was established in 1931.
- ^ Its collegiate partner is Tau Lambda Alpha Sorority.
References
- ^ Search May 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "A grand 40-year salute to Alpha Kappa Rho! | Balita". archive.ph. 3 September 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ of Press Secretary Ignacio R. Bunye during the Aquila Legis Law Fraternity Convention[permanent dead link]
- ^ SEC Reg. No. 115075, August 11, 1983. Due to clerical error, SEC database shows Lek Talionis Fraternitas, Inc.
- ^ "SJ History". SCINTILLA JURIS Tambayan. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ "UP Visayas fraternity under fire after leak of lewd messages". RAPPLER. 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2022-12-31.