Academic & Professional Clubs

  • Virginia Poker Club

    Virginia Poker Club is UVA's premier hub for playing and learning about the strategy card game Poker. We meet weekly on Thursdays from 5:00pm to 7:00pm in Student Health 101. For our standard meetings, we play poker the entire time, but on occasion will host special events like talks from guest speakers or competitions sponsored by quantitative finance firms. Every member is allocated a set amount of points per month that acts as their bankroll, and members' profit and loss is tracked over the course of the semester. The top three members each month are featured on our club Instagram (@virginiapokerclub), and the top members of the year are nominated to UVA's Intercollegiate Poker League team.

  • Virginia Policy Review

    The Virginia Policy Review strives to publish work that will impact the wider policy debate. Our mission is to do this through a variety of journalistic mediums including research, opinion pieces, interviews, and podcasts. We value our responsibility to promote the work produced by students at UVA alongside professionals and policymakers. Founded in the fall of 2009, VPR has been curating meaningful insights on modern policy issues for over a decade.

  • Virginia Product Circle

    The Virginia Product Circle (VPC) is designed to provide students interested in Product Management and related fields in the intersection of technology, business, and design an opportunity to gain industry-relevant experience and skills. VPC transforms students into future product leaders by giving members the chance to create and analyze meaningful, high-impact semester-long projects. We teach students from various backgrounds how to excel at each step of the product development process through workshops, mentorship programs, and speaker series from experienced professionals. VPC strives to provide a supportive and engaging environment for students to collaborate, share ideas and inspire each other while advancing careers in the product space.

  • Virginia Undergraduate Business Review

    The Virginia Undergraduate Business Review is a student-run publication and a forum to interconnect student voice with the broader business world and economy. Featuring inquisitive and analytical stories, reports, and interviews, VUBR aims to spark conversation on grounds, fostering the development of a business community defined by diverse thought and knowledge.

  • Virginia Undergraduate Law Review

    The Virginia Undergraduate Law Review (VAULR) is a space for undergraduates to engage directly with substantive law through a biannual publication.Members serve as Staff Writers or Editors and are granted broad latitude in exploring legal topics of personal interest.In facilitating this unique opportunity, VAULR creates a supportive community of driven pre-law students, positioning members for professional success. For more information, please refer to our website.

  • Virginia Undergraduate Real Estate Club

    The Virginia Undergraduate Real Estate Club serves as a platform for all UVA students who are passionate about the real estate industry and are interested in pursuing real estate as a career, regardless of school or prior industry knowledge. Members of VUREC complete a semester-long training program that covers aspects of real estate investing and development in depth, and our club hosts several speakers each year from a variety of fields in real estate. Our members, who come from many different schools within the University, including the McIntire School of Commerce, the School of Architecture, and the College of Arts and Sciences, graduate from the University prepared to succeed in the real estate industry.

  • Virginia Venture Fund

    The Virginia Venture Fund’s (VVF) mission is to educate students about the buy-side industry by giving them real-world experience from early on in their time at UVA. VVF gives students hands-on experience by conducting semester-long projects with venture capital, growth equity, and private equity firms where students complete due diligence and deal sourcing for partner firms. VVF also hosts an annual venture conference where students have the opportunity to learn from leading professionals in the venture space. Finally, VVF aims to support underrepresented communities by deploying capital through the Impact Fund.

  • Washington Literary Society and Debating Union

    The Washington Society was formed in Pavilion VII, now the Colonnade Club, in 1831 in dedication to the continual exercise of effective speech and intellectual exploration. The Society, affectionately referred to as "The Wash," holds weekly literary presentations and debates driven by its membership. As a free speech and debating society, The Wash helps its members to develop a deep appreciation of the art of oratory through workshops, competitions, and social events. We also engage our peers, the Jefferson Society, in debate three times a year, at the Harrison Cup humorous debate and the Ethics Debate in the Fall, and again at the Smith-Simpson Foreign Policy Debate in the Spring.

  • Women in Cybersecurity at UVA

    The Women in Cybersecurity Chapter is UVA’s first cybersecurity focused community that specializes in supporting women and non-binary individuals.We aim to bring the resources of the national organization WiCyS to the UVA community and balance sharing technical skills and a social community. 

  • Women in National Security at UVa

    Women in National Security is an organization of UVa students that hope to prepare, educate, and inspire women to professionally enter the fields and intersections of National Security, Foreign policy, Diplomacy, and Global Security. Through professional and alumni networking events, academic speakers and discussions, and community building events we hope to create a strong community for those interested in public service.