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.
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 (for men's groups) and the Professional Panhellenic Association (for women's groups):
- ΑΖ - Alpha Zeta - Agriculture
- 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
- ΑΡΧ - Alpha Rho Chi - Architecture
- ΑΤΔ - Alpha Tau Delta - Nursing
- ΑΧΣ - Alpha Chi Sigma - Chemistry
- ΑΩ - Alpha Omega - Dentistry
- ΑΩΕ - Alpha Omega Epsilon - Engineering Sorority
- 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
- 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 - Pharmacology
- ΚΨ - Kappa Psi - Pharmacology
- ΛΚΣ - Lambda Kappa Sigma - Pharmacology for women
- ΛΑ - Lambda Alpha - Anthropology
- ΜΦΕ - Mu Phi Epsilon - Music
- ΜΣΦ - Mu Sigma Phi - Univeristy of the Philippines Medicine
- ΦΛ - Phi Lambda - Computer Science and Engineering
- ΠΣΕ - Pi Sigma Epsilon - Sales and Marketing
- ΡΠΦ - Rho Pi Phi - Pharmacology
- ΡΕ - Rho Epsilon - Real Estate
- ΣΑΙ - Sigma Alpha Iota - Music fraternity for women
- ΣΙΕ Sigma Iota Epsilon- National Honorary and Professional Management Fraternity
- ΣΦΔ - Sigma Phi Delta - Computer Science and Engineering
- ΣΜΔ - Sigma Mu Delta - Medicine
- ΦΑΔ - Phi Alpha Delta — Law
- ΦΑΣ - Phi Alpha Sigma - Medicine
- ΦΒ - Phi Beta - Creative and Performing Arts
- ΦΔΕ - Phi Delta Epsilon - Medicine
- ΦΔΦ - Phi Delta Phi - Law
- ΦΔΧ - Phi Delta Chi - Pharmacology
- 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
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