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Societies

Discover creative, cultural, academic, and special interest societies you can join at UEASU.

Welcome to the home of our Societies!

With over 150 Societies to choose from, you can connect with like-minded people, explore shared interests and to build friendships that last far beyond your time at university. Societies are always excited to welcome new members and there is genuinely something for everyone to be involved with. So why wait? Dive in and discover what student life at uea(su) is all about!

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Societies First Year Rep Election 2026/27

Societies
  • 230 posts are up for election.
  • Nominations open at 09:00 on Monday 5 October 2026 (in 32 hours)
  • The polls open at 09:00 on Tuesday 13 October 2026 (in 9 days)
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How to join a society

To join our Societies you need to purchase memberships through the below Society pages. If you have any questions around this, please contact our Activities Team on union.societies@uea.ac.uk, and we’ll be happy to help!

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Under 18’s and non-UEA student memberships

If you are unable to purchase the above standard memberships because you are either under the age of 18 or a non-UEA Student, please check out the memberships page.

Membership refund requests

In certain situations, you are able to request a membership refund when leaving your Club or Society. For information on the criteria for this and how to make a refund request, download the refund document.

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Creating a new society 

If you have a new idea, passion or hobby that you think other students will love too, you can look to create your own Society. To do this you first need to find 20 other students who are interested, which you can do by proposing your new idea further down this page. 

For more information on the next steps after this point, download our guidance document.

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To either propose or vote on new society ideas, see below! 

If you have any questions based upon the creation of new Societies, please contact our Activities Team on union.societies@uea.ac.uk or by coming in to see us in person at the SU Office upstairs in Union House! 

What do you think of my idea for a new society?

Are you keen to make a brand new society happen? Post your idea here and see what people think of it. If 20 people vote your idea up, we'll get in touch with you about getting started!

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    Friends of MSF (Doctors Without Borders)

    Submitted 3 days ago by Saffiyah Mohideen​ Expires on 29 Dec
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      Hi everyone, we’re excited to announce the relaunch of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Society. The society is open to anyone interested in humanitarian medicine, global health, or supporting MSF’s work around the world. We hope to organise: Fundraising events to support MSF’s emergency work Talks and panel discussions with people working in humanitarian medicine and global health Opportunities to learn more about careers in humanitarian and international healthcare Collaborative teaching and charity events with other medical societies We’re also looking for students who would be interested in joining the founding committee and helping us get the society up and running. If you’d like to get involved, please get in touch with us by email. We’d love to have you involved!
    Elaha Abbasi
    3:17pm on 3 Oct 26 Hi! I submitted an MSF Society proposal about a week ago which has now received the required votes to progress. I noticed there’s quite a lot of similarity between the two proposals, including some of the more specific ideas, so I was a little surprised to see the overlap. I’ve emailed the SU to clarify how this should be handled before progressing further.