Skip to content
Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Lambda Chapter of Georgia, home

UPSILON PI EPSILON, THE INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY FOR THE COMPUTING AND INFORMATION DISCIPLINES

Invitation only

You cannot apply to Upsilon Pi Epsilon. Each semester the college counsellors give the chapter the list of students who already meet the academic criteria, and the officers invite those students directly. Exceptions cannot be accommodated.

If you qualify, an invitation arrives by email before the first week of the semester. It contains a personal link, open that link and you can register your place here.

Three steps to become a member

  1. Attend one informational

    Required. Your invitation email carries a personal link to RSVP, and checking in at the session itself is what registers you as an inductee.

  2. Attend two events

    Workshops and socials both count. Scan the QR code at the door and it records against your account automatically.

  3. Attend the ceremony

    Once your requirements are done you choose a virtual or in-person ceremony, and pay the one-time membership fee before it.

What it costs

A one-time fee of $85, due after your requirements are complete and before the ceremony. There are no dues after that. It covers:

  • Lifetime UPE membership
  • Your membership certificate
  • The UPE Key Pin
  • Your UPE identification number
  • A one-year complimentary student membership of the ACM

Where the $85 goes

UPE Headquarters, your national membership
$60
This chapter, for events and materials
$25

Sixty dollars of that goes to UPE Headquarters as your national membership fee. The remaining twenty-five stays with this chapter and goes straight back into events and materials for members.

Why join

  • A recognised academic honor

    UPE is the only international honor society for the computing and information disciplines. Membership is a permanent record of your academic standing, and it is recognised wherever you go next.

  • A chapter you help build

    The Lambda Chapter of Georgia is still being built. Members shape what it becomes, and the work you put in now is what the chapters after you will inherit.

  • Leadership you can practise here

    Officer seats, committees and events are open to members who want them. This is a place to run something real, at a scale where your decisions matter.

  • A community of computing students

    Study sessions, tutoring and chapter projects put you alongside students across computing, cybersecurity, IT, software engineering and information systems at KSU.

  • Building toward more

    We are working toward industry connections, professional development and support for members beyond graduation. We would rather tell you what we are building than advertise something we do not offer yet.

  • National's programmes

    UPE National runs scholarships, awards and conferences for members across every chapter. The chapter is working toward taking part in them, and members will be the first to know when it does.

Undergraduate Requirements

  • Rank in the upper 35% of your class
  • A cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 out of 4.0, across all college work completed so far
  • At least 45 semester hours of college work completed, including at least 15 semester hours in basic computing and information courses
  • Enrolled in Computer Science, Data Science and Analytics, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Game Design & Development, Information Systems, or Cyber Security

Other ways to be eligible

Membership is not only for undergraduates. The national Constitution also makes these groups eligible, and a chapter may set a higher bar but never a lower one.

Graduate students

  • Rank in the upper 35% of your class
  • A scholarship rating of at least 3.5 out of 4.0
  • At least one semester, or two quarters, in graduate residence here
  • At least half of the semester hours normally required for the master's completed

Undergraduate transfer students

  • In residence at Kennesaw State for at least one year, or one semester if you transferred at the start of your senior year
  • At least 15 semester hours of basic computing and information courses taken here
  • The same 3.0 minimum, computed on the work done here

Faculty

  • In full-time employment here for at least half a year
  • In responsible charge of undergraduate or graduate courses, or of significant research
  • Judged on degrees, rank, publications, scholarship and honors

Have an invitation?

Open the link in your invitation email. If you have lost it, paste the link or the code below.

Questions about eligibility? Email upe.kennesaw@gmail.com.