ACM Student Chapter is the international Association for Computing Machinery's student society which provides opportunities to students for networking, learn together and share their knowledge.[1][2] Its main focus is on building and developing members' passion for computer science.

ACM logo

History edit

The first student chapter was founded in 1961[3] at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. ACM is currently organized into over hundreds of local chapters over 800 colleges and universities throughout the world.[4]

Membership edit

The members of chapters are eligible for various benefits such as coding competitions, technical talks and mentoring sessions by experienced professionals.[5][6]

Notable chapters edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Student Chapters". www.acm.org.
  2. ^ "ACM Student Chapter · IIT Roorkee". www.iitr.ac.in.
  3. ^ "Student Chapters". School of Computing & Informatics. May 26, 2015.
  4. ^ "ACM at a Glance". www.acm.org.
  5. ^ "Student Chapter Resources and Benefits". www.acm.org.
  6. ^ "Student Chapter Member Benefits". www.acm.org.

External links edit