Student Groups
Register Your Student Group with the GSA
Have an idea for a new Student Group? Whether you're looking to build community, share a common interest, or organize events for graduate students, the GSA is here to help.
Register your Student Group with the GSA to access funding, event support, insurance coverage, and other resources available under the Student Group Policy.
UPDATE
To register a new Student Group or update an existing Student Group, email admin.gsa@ucalgary.ca.
If you are planning an event, please review the Student Group Procedure for current event planning requirements. If your event is considered high risk, email admin.gsa@ucalgary.ca at least three (3) weeks before your event.
Important Deadlines
October 15
Annual Change of Information Submission
April 30
Annual Report Submission
Student Group Funding
Individual graduate students may apply for a Quality Money Grant to support Student Group events, projects, and initiatives.
Graduate Student Groups (2026 - 2027)
- Bangladeshi Students Association (BSA)
bsa@ucalgary.ca - Black Graduate Students' Network (BGSN)
blackgraduates.2025@gmail.com - Calgary Optica Chapter (COC)
uc.optica@gmail.com - Calgary Optics and Photonics Student Society (COPSS)
copss.ucalgary@gmail.com - Charbonneau Trainee Association (CTA)
charb.trainee.assoc@ucalgary.ca - Chinese Graduate Students' Association (CGSA)
ucalgarycgsa@gmail.com - Energy, Environment, and Electrochemistry Collective (E3 Chem)
e3chemcollective@gmail.com - Fellowship of Christian Graduate Students (FCGS)
No group email - Friday Afternoon Talk Series (FATS)
fats@ucalgary.ca - Gerontological Society of America
gerontology@ucalgary.ca - Graduate Industry and Consulting Association
gica@ucalgary.ca - Iranian Graduate Student Association (IGSA)
igsa_uofcalgary@gmail.com - Leaders in Medicine Students' Association (LIMSA)
No group email - McCaig Trainee Committee (MTC)
mccaigtraineecommittee@gmail.com - Quantum Club
ucquantumclub@gmail.com - UCalgary – CIDE
CIDE@ucalgary.ca - UCalgary Avant-Garden
avantgarden@ucalgary.ca
Departmental Graduate Associations (2026 - 2027)
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology DGA (BMBDGA)
- Biological Sciences Graduate Students’ Association (BGSA)
- Biomedical Engineering GSA (BMEG)
- Biomedical Technology GSA (BTGSA)
- Chemistry Graduate Student Association (CGSA)
- Civil Engineering Graduate Society (CEGS)
- Communication Media and Film DGA (CMFDGA)
- Community Health Sciences Student Executive (CHSSE)
- Computational Media Design Students Association (CMDSA)
- Computer Science Graduate Society (CSGS)
- Doctoral Association for Students of Haskayne (DASH)
- English Department Graduate Association (EDGA)
- Foothills Graduate Association (FGA)
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute Trainee Organization (HBITO)
- Geography Graduate Students’ Association (GeoGSA)
- Geomatics Graduate Group (G3)
- Graduate Association of Geology and Geophysics Students (GAGGS)
- Graduate Programs in Education Students Association (GPESA)
- Graduate University of Calgary Mathematics Society (GUMS)
- Kinesiology Graduate Students Association (KGSA)
- Linguistics Graduate Students’ Association – A Higher Clause
- Masters of Pathologists’ Assistant GSA (MPATH GSA)
- Haskayne MBA Society
- Master of Physician Assistant Studies Student Association (MPASSA)
- Mechanical Engineering Graduate Students’ Association (MEGSA)
- Medical Science Graduate Student Association (MDSC-SA)
- Philosophy Graduate Students’ Association
- Physics & Astronomy Department Graduate Association (PHAS DGA)
- Political Science Graduate Student Association (PSGSA)
- Psychology Graduate Students Association (PGSA)
- School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (SAPLSA)
- School of Creative and Performing Arts Graduate Society (SCPAGS)
- SciGradUnity
- Sociology Graduate Students’ Caucus (SGSC)
- Strategic Studies Students Consortium (S3C)
- Sustainable Energy Development (SEDV)
- Veterinary Medicine Graduate Students Association (VMGSA)
- Vox Condiscipulum (French, Italian, Spanish)
