Our Fraternity and Sorority Community
Our fraternity and sorority community have a rich tradition at the University of Kentucky, starting in the 1890s and continuing to provide support, friendship and leadership to the UK community.
We currently have 52 social and cultural fraternities and sororities. Our organizations are members of governing councils that assist with events and programs, communication, recruitment activities, and student advocacy. Our community has over 5,600 members, across 4 governing councils.
The governing councils here at UK are the Interfraternity Council, National Pan-Hellenic Council, Panhellenic Council, and United Greek Council. These 4 councils consist of student leaders from the their respective communities striving to meet the mission and vision of our community as a whole and to strive to attain what is wildly possible here at the University of Kentucky.
National Pan-Hellenic Council
The University of Kentucky National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is the coordinating body for the nine historically African-American fraternities and sororities. The council organizes educational programs and community service projects for members and the larger university community, as well as the annual Homecoming Step Show.
United Greek Council
The United Greek Council (UGC) represents organizations who have a special interest or culturally-based. UGC hosts educational, cultural, and community service programs for members each semester. There are 6 organizations in UGC. The sororities are Delta Phi Lambda, the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s first Asian interest sorority, Kappa Beta Gamma, a social organization; Sigma Lambda Gamma, a Latina sorority with multicultural membership; and Theta Nu Xi, a multicultural sorority, Sigma Phi Lambda, a Christian organization and Beta Upsilon Chi a men’s Christian organization.
Panhellenic Council
The Panhellenic Council at the University of Kentucky is the governing body of 14 National Panhellenic Conference sororities and one associate member sorority—Phi Sigma Rho. Panhellenic works with the member chapters to coordinate activities such as the Women's Leadership Conference, Panhellenic Primary Recruitment in the fall, and philanthropic events to support Headbands of Hope and DanceBlue.
