Explore By Area of Interest
Please Note:
Contracted Independent Organizations (CIOs) are not a part of or an agency of the University of Virginia. They are separate and independent organizations. They are responsible for and manage their own activities and affairs.
The following is a list of student Contracted Independent Organizations (CIOs) at U.Va. that identify themselves with a particular area of interest. This list is intended to give students, faculty, staff and community members an idea of the types of groups they could become invovled with based on their needs and interests. For more information, please contact the groups directly. For more organizations in these categories, be sure to browse the listing of Student Organizations and search through them based on keywords of interest.
Animal Welfare | Arts/Culture | Community Engagement
Environment/Sustainability | Health | Human Services | International/Abroad
Law/Policy | Youth/Education
Arts/Culture
- Helping Advocate Rights Through Stories (HARTS)
- People United by Music and the Arts (PUMA)
- Student Council Student Arts Committee
- Third Culture Kids at U.Va. (TCKs at UVA)
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Community Engagement
- Student Entrepreneurs for Economic Development (SEED)
- The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN)
- Engineering Students Without Borders (ESWB)
- Building Tomorrow (BT)
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Environment/Sustainability
- Environmental Sciences Organization (ESO)
- Greek Recycling Program
- Green Grounds Group
- Global Environmental Brigades
- Protect Our Planet-Non Profit Organization Worldwide (POP-NOW)
- Student Council Environmental Sustainability Committee
- Student Environmental Action (SEA)
- Virginia Environmental Law Forum (VELF)
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Health
- 4S: Students Supporting Soldier psychology
- Active Minds
- Alcohol and Druge Abuse Prevention Team
- American Red Cross Club at UVA
- Darden Health Care Club (HCC)
- Health Law Association
- Nursing Students Without Borders (NSWB)
- Physicians for Peace Student Chapter (PFP)
- Society of Multicultural Medicine
- Unite for Sight
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International/Abroad
- Alternative Spring Break (ASB)
- Dream Corps International (DCI)
- European Society (ES)
- Engineering Students Without Borders (ESWB)
- Global Brigades (GB)
- Global Student Council (GSC)
- Global Development Organization (GDO)
- Seeds of Hope Brazil
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Law/Policy
- Action for a Better Living Environment
- Advocates for Life at Virginia Law
- Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
- Conference on Public Service and the Law
- Muslim Law Students Association (MLSA)
- Darden Business and Public Policy Club (Darden BPPC)
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Youth/Education
- Collegiate 4-H
- Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth (SPICMACAY)
- Child Advocacy Research and Education (CARE)
- Education Club
- Invisible Children Schools for Schools Club (ICS4S)
- Leaders of Vital Education (L.O.V.E.)
- Camp Kesem
- Circle K International (CKI)
- Operation Warm
- Up Til Dawn
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