Alpha Epsilon Pi is a college fraternity founded at New York University in 1913. Although the fraternity is based upon Jewish principles, it is open to all who are willing to espouse its purpose and values regardless of their particular faith tradition. It absorbed the Jewish fraternities Sigma Omega Psi in 1940 and Sigma Tau Phi in 1947.
Naming Convention
Naming convention has varied significantly over time and in different parts of the United States, or other countries where the fraternity is present. At first, chapters were named with one Greek letter, in order of founding (NYU is Alpha, Cornell is Beta, and so on until the Greek Alphabet ends with the Omega chapter at UNC Chapel Hill). After this, the process started again, but adding Deuteron after the first letter (starting with Alpha Deuteron at Drake University, and ending with Omega Deuteron in the University of Michigan). Once the letter-Deuteron model was over, naming models became widely inconsistent. In many schools, the chapter designation is based on the School name and location (like Beta Iota for Indiana University Bloomington, or Mu Tau for MIT). In some regions, certain models have been followed. For example, chapters in Florida are named after the state (starting with Phi for Florida), and adding a second letter for either the city or town the university is in (like Phi Tau in FSU for Tallahassee, Phi Gamma in UF for Gainesville, etc...) or the name of the school (Phi Nu for Nova Southeastern, Phi Iota for FIU). This convention, however, is not universal. Chapters like USF, University of Miami, and UCF do not follow this trend.
In Israel, chapters have been named using the Hebrew alphabet. As of 2025, two chapters are Active: the Aleph (Israel Alpha) Chapter in Reichman University, and the Gimel (Israel Gamma) Chapter in Technion.
Undergraduate chapters In the following list, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters and institutions are in italics.