List of fraternities and sororities in the Philippines

More than 200 fraternities and sororities are registered in the Philippines. Fraternal organizations were introduced to the Philippines during the era of United States colonialism and were adapted by the Filipinos.

Filipino college fraternities and sororities are similar to the Greek letter organizations in the United States and include male-only fraternities, female-only sororities, and mixed gender groups. These groups are active in academic and community life on and off campus. Members are recruited to these exclusive organizations based on characteristics such as popularity, athleticism, and leadership skills. Greek letter honor societies only recruit students who demonstrate superior academic performance. Membership in Filipino fraternities and sororities continues after college, often helping members secure better jobs and promotions.

Joining Filipino fraternties and sororties includes an initiation process that often includes hazing. There have been hundreds of reported injuries and numerous hazing-related deaths at academic institutions in the Philippines, including Adamson University, De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde, the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific, Philippine College of Criminology, San Beda College, the University of Makati, University of Santo Tomas, the University of the Philippines Diliman, the University of the Philippines Los Baños, and Western Mindanao State University. However, there is also acts of violence or rumbles between various fraternities, often seeking campus dominance, that have also resulted in the deaths of members. Between 1954 and 2019, there were eleven deaths related to fraternities at the University of the Philippines Diliman, six from hazing and five from rubbles. The Congress of the Philippines passed the Anti Hazing Act of 1995 and the Anti Hazing Act of 2018. Some colleges, such as De La Salle University, have banned fraternities and soroties on campus.

The following is a list of some of the fraternities and sororities in the Philippines.

Explanation of columns

• Charter date and range – in the Philippines only
• Scope – 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

General or community-based fraternal organizations

Name	Charter date and range	First Philippines location	Type	Scope	Active Philippines chapters	Ref.
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks	August 14, 1902	Manila	Fraternal order	International
Freemasons	1856	Manila	Mason fraternal order	International
Grand Lodge of the Philippines	December 11, 1912	Ermita, Manila	Masonic Grand Lodge	International
Independent Order of Odd Fellows	1872	Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental	Fraternal order	International	28
Job's Daughters International		Olongapo City	Masonic sorority	International	29
Order of DeMolay	March 23, 1946	Luzon	Masonic fraternity	International
Philippine Eagles (Fraternal Order of Eagles)	1979	Quezon City	Civic fraternity	National	300+

College social fraternities and sororities

Name	Symbols	Charter date and range	First Philippines location	Type	Scope	Active Philippines chapters	Ref.
Aces and Lilies (a.k.a. Tau Sigma Alpha/Lambda)	ΤΣΑ/Λ		Silliman University	Fraternity and sorority
Alpha Phi Epsilon	ΑΦΕ	September 28, 1961	Notre Dame University	Fraternity	National	44
Alpha Sigma Fraternity	ΑΣ	October 10, 1962	University of the Philippines Diliman	Fraternity	Regional	3
Alpha Rho Omicron	ΑΡΕ	August 5, 1976	Philippine College of Criminology	Fraternity and sorority	Local	1
Alpha Sigma Phi	ΑΣΦ	September 29, 1959	Central Mindanao University	Fraternity, coed	National	4
Alpha Theta Omega	ΑΘΩ	November 27, 1968	Central Mindanao University	Fraternity	National	79
Beta Rho Omega	ΒΡΩ	1965	University of the Philippines Diliman	Fraternity	National	15
Beta Sigma	ΒΣ	July 14, 1946	University of the Philippines Manila	Fraternity	International	100+
Delta Phi Zeta	ΔΦΖ	1998	University of San Carlos, Cebu City	Fraternity and sorority	National
Delta Sigma Family	ΔΣ	1975	Philippine College of Criminology	Fraternity and sorority	National
Delta Sigma Phi	ΔΣΨ	1977	Philippine College of Criminology	Fraternity and sorority	National
Gamma Epsilon	ΓΕ	August 25, 1963	University of Santo Tomas	Fraternity	National	215
Gamma Kappa Phi	ΓΚΦ	October 9, 1962	Divine Word College College of Law	Fraternity and sorority
Gamma Omicron Delta Sigma	GODS	July 7, 1990	Mabolo, Cebu City, Philippines	Fraternity	National
Gamma Sigma	ΓΣ	1958	University of the Philippines Los Baños	Fraternity	Local	1
Gamma Sigma	ΓΣ	1975	University of the Philippines Los Baños	Sorority	Local	1
Kappa Epsilon	ΚΕ	February 22, 1968	University of the Philippines Diliman	Fraternity	International	26
Lambda Beta Phi	ΛΒΦ	July 9, 1969	University of Bohol	Fraternity, coed	National	17
Megalith Nu Sigma Phi	νΣΦ	August 21, 1963	Central Luzon State University	Fraternity	National	135
Phi Lambda Epsilon	ΦΛΕ	1965	Philippine College of Criminology	Fraternity and sorority
Phi Omega Sigma	ΦΩΣ	August 24, 1968	Central Mindanao University	Fraternity and sorority	National
Pi Omicron	ΠΟ	December 15, 1963	University of the Philippines Diliman	Fraternity and sorority	National	2 ?
Sigma Alpha	ΣΑ	1970	University of the Philippines Los Baños	Sorority	Local	1
Sigma Alpha Epsilon	ΣΑΕ	September 9, 1966	Central Mindanao University	Fraternity and sorority	International	49
Sigma Beta	ΣΒ	February 14, 1932	University of the Philippines Diliman	Sorority	National	4
Tau Alpha Omega	ΤΑΩ	September 21, 1970	Central Mindanao University	Fraternity	National	36
Tau Gamma Sigma	ΤΓΣ	January 17, 1969	University of the Philippines Diliman	Sorority	Local	1
Tau Gamma Phi	ΤΓΦ	October 4, 1968	University of the Philippines Diliman	Fraternity	International	367
Tau Omega Mu	ΤΩΜ-FLC	December 17, 1972	University of the Philippines Diliman	Fraternity and ladies' circle	National
Tau Rho Xi	ΤΡΞ	December 1962	University of the Philippines College of Arts and Sciences	Fraternity	Local	1
Upsilon Phi Sigma	ΥΦΣ	February 14, 1935	University of the Philippines Los Baños	Fraternity and sorority	National	164
Upsilon Sigma Phi	ΥΣΦ	November 19, 1918	University of the Philippines Manila	Fraternity	National	2

Cultural and religious fraternities and sororities

Name	Symbols	Charter date and range	First Philippines location	Type	Scope	Active Philippines chapters	Ref.
Brotherhood of the Filipinos	UPBF	May 26, 1956	University of the Philippines Diliman	Bisayà cultural fraternity	Local	1
Cofradia de Neustra Señora de la Consolacion y Correa		1677	Basilica del Santo Niño	Catholic confraternity	International
			San Agustin Church
Cofradía de San José		before 1841		Catholic confraternity		0
Cofradia del Sto. Niño de Cebu			Basilica del Santo Niño	Catholic confraternity	International
Confraternity of Catholic Saints		October 1, 2003	Cubao, Quezon City	Catholic confraternity, coed
Confraternity of the Holy Rosary		January 26, 2025	Quezon City	Catholic confraternity	International
Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception		1978	Intramuros, Manila	Catholic confraternity	International
Confraternity of the Our Mother of Good Counsel		August 29, 2021	Basilica del Santo Niño	Catholic confraternity	Local	1
Phi Beta Rho	ΦΒΡ	June 24, 1962	University of the East	Filipino culture confraternity, coed	International
Samahang Ilokano	SI	c. 1946	Manila	Ilocano fraternity and sorority	National	421+
Sigma Delta Phi	ΣΔΦ	February 24, 1931	University of the Philippines Manila	Drama and fine arts sorority	National	3
United Ilocandia	UI	February 14, 1965	National University	Ilocano civic action fraternity and sorority	International	49

Honor and academic societies

Name	Symbols	Charter date and range	First Philippines location	Emphasis	Type	Scope	Active Philippines chapters	Ref.
Alpha Chiron Society	UPACS	1984	University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Veterinary Medicine	Academics	Fraternity	Local	1
Mussaenda Honor Sorority	MHS	July 22, 1969	University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Forestry and Natural Resources	Conservation	Sorority	Local	1
Sigma Delta Pi	ΣΚΠ		University of the Philippines Diliman	Hispanic	Sorority	International
Zeta Beta Rho	ΖΒΡ	1949	University of the Philippines Los Baños	Academic excellence	Fraternity	Local	1

Political fraternities and sororities

Name	Symbols	Charter date and range	First Philippines location	Type	Scope	Active Philippines chapters	Ref.
Katipunan	KKK	July 7, 1892 – March 22, 1897	San Nicolas, Manila	Nationalist secret society	National	0
Delta Sigma Xi	ΔΣΞ	February 14, 1971	Manuel L. Quezon University	Confraternity, coed	International	151
Omega Sigma	ΩΣ	1992	Tarlac State University	Confraternity	Local	1
Pi Sigma	ΠΣ	August 15, 1972	University of the Philippines Diliman	Socio-political fraternity	National	40+
Pi Sigma Delta	ΠΣΔ	January 26, 1975	University of the Philippines Diliman	Socio-political sorority	National
Sigma Alpha Nu	ΣΑΝ	1993	University of the Philippines Los Baños	Socio-service and nationalist sorority	National
Sigma Delta Pi	ΣΚΠ	August 8, 1974	University of the Philippines Baguio	Nationalist sorority	National
Sigma Kappa Pi (Samahan ng Kabataang Pilipino)	ΣΚΠ	September 1, 1968	University of the Philippines Diliman	Nationalist fraternity

Professional fraternities and sororities

Name	Symbols	Charter date and range	First Philippines location	Emphasis	Type	Scope	Active Philippines chapters	Ref.
Adelfe Enu Crea	AEC	April 2, 1991	University of the Philippines Diliman	Business	Sorority	Local	1
Alpha Phi Beta	ΑΦΒ	1939	University of the Philippines College of Law	Law	Fraternity	Local	1
Aquila Legis	ALF	1949	Ateneo de Manila Law School	Law	Fraternity	Local	1
Artists Circle Fraternity	AC	May 22, 1972	University of Philippines College of Fine Arts	Art	Fraternity and sorority	Regional	2
Astrum Scientist	AS	August 14, 1972	University of the Philippines College of Law	Law	Sorority	National	2
Beta Epsilon	ΒΕ	August 23, 1929	University of the Philippines Diliman	Engineering	Fraternity	Local	1
Brotherood of Noble Engineers (a.k.a. Beta Nu Epsilon)	ΒΝΕ	July 6, 2005	University of the Philippines Los Baños	Engineering	Fraternity	Local
Chi Epsilon	ΧΕ	August 16, 1973	University of the Philippines Los Baños	Engineering	Sorority	Local
Crime Buster	CB	September 21, 1962	Philippine College of Criminology	Criminology	Fraternity and sorority	International
Delta Epsilon	ΔΕ	1967		Engineering	Fraternity and sorority	National
EMC² Fraternity		1969	University of the Philippines College of Engineering	Engineering and physical science	Fraternity	Local	1
Epsilon Chi	ΕΧ	October 2, 1964	University of the Philippines Diliman	Engineering	Social fraternity	Local	2
Fraternal Order of Utopia		1964	Ateneo de Manila Law School	Law	Fraternity	Local	1
Fraternitas Scintilla Legis	FSL	1974	Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan	Law	Fraternity	National	5
Gamma Delta Epsilon	ΓΔΕ	1948	University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law	Law	Fraternity	Local	1
Guardians Brotherhood	GBI	April 1976	Parang, Maguindanao del Norte	Military and security sectors	Fraternity	National
Kappa Kappa	ΚΚ	1948	University of Santo Tomas	Engineering	Fraternity	Local	1
Lex Talionis Fraternitas	LTF	September 29, 1969	San Beda College of Law	Law	Fraternity	National	2
Mu Sigma Phi	ΜΣΦ	October 1933	University of the Philippines College of Medicine	Medical	Fraternity	Local	1
Mu Sigma Phi	ΜΣΦ	August 27, 1934	University of the Philippines College of Medicine	Medical	Sorority	National	2
Pan Xenia	PX	September 23, 1923	University of the Philippines Diliman	Foreign trade and business ethics	Fraternity	International	2
Phi Beta Epsilon	ΦΒΕ	September 28, 1947	Central Philippine University	Engineering	Fraternity	National	6
Phi Kappa Mu	ΦΚΜ	August 1933	University of the Philippines College of Medicine	Medical	Fraternity	Local	1
Portia Sorority		December 5, 1933	University of the Philippines College of Law	Law	Fraternity	Local	1
Scintilla Juris	SJ	October 14, 1966	University of the Philippines College of Law	Law	Fraternity	National	3 ?
Sigma Beta	ΣΒ	1950	University of Santo Tomas	Engineering	Fraternity	Local	1
Sigma Rho	ΣΡ	1938	University of the Philippines College of Law	Law	Fraternity	National	3
Societas Mulierum	UPSM	1982	University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Veterinary Medicine	Veterinary	Fraternity	Local	1
Tau Alpha	ΤΑ	June 27, 1932	University of the Philippines Diliman	Engineering	Fraternity	National	2
Tau Lambda Alpha	ΤΛΑ	June 29, 2012	University of the Philippines Diliman	Engineering and architecture	Sorority	Local	2
UP Society of Men	UPSM	February 14, 1957	University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Veterinary Medicine	Veterinary	Fraternity	Local	1
Venerable Knight Veterinarians Fraternity	VKV	1959	University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Veterinary Medicine	Veterinary	Fraternity	National	20
Venerable Lady Veterinarians Sorority	VLV	March 29, 1970	De La Salle Araneta University	Veterinary	Sorority	National	20

Service fraternities and sororities

Name	Symbols	Charter date and range	First Philippines location	Type	Scope	Active Philippines chapters	Ref.
Alpha Kappa Rho	ΑΚΡ	August 8, 1973	University of Santo Tomas	Fraternity and sorority	International	307
Alpha Phi Omega	ΑΦΩ	March 2, 1950	Far Eastern University	Fraternity and sorority	International	392
Beta Sigma Omega Phi	ΒΣΩΦ	October 10, 1968	University of Bohol	Fraternity and sorority	National	72
Delta Lambda Sigma	ΔΛΣ	1957	University of the Philippines Los Baños	Sorority	Local	1
ESPALEKLEK	ESPA	February 3, 1970	University of the Philippines Los Baños	Fraternity	Local	1
Kappa Phi Sigma	ΚΦΣ	1961	University of the Philippines Los Baños	Socio-civic, conservation society	Local	1
Scouts Royale Brotherhood	SRB	September 22, 1975	San Sebastian College – Recoletos	High school and college service fraternity and sorority	International	43

See also

• College fraternities and sororities
• Cultural interest fraternities and sororities
• Professional fraternities and sororities