Vanderbilt Engineering Council: Representatives selected from the campus engineering societies (see below) participate in the Vanderbilt Engineering Council, which provides engineering students a voice in the School's decisions and facilitates communication among administration, faculty and students. Officers of the Engineering Council are elected by the engineering student body.

National engineering societies: The leading national engineering societies have chartered branches or student sections at the School of Engineering. These student-run organizations are devoted to technical issues. Meetings might include films, speakers, or field trips. Freshmen and sophomores are invited to attend meetings, while juniors and seniors are urged to join the appropriate professional society.

Vanderbilt engineering professional societies include:

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (A.I.Ch.E.)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (A.S.C.E.)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (A.S.M.E.)
• American Society for Metals (A.S.M.)
• Association for Computing Machinery (A.C.M.)
• Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Association
• Computer Science Graduate Student Organization
• Engineers without Borders
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (I.E.E.E.)
• International Society for Hybrid Microelectronics (I.S.H.M.)
• National Society for Black Engineers (N.S.B.E.)
• Society of Automotive Engineers
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (S.H.P.E.)
• Society of Women Engineers (S.W.E.)
• Stress & Strain
• Tau Beta Pi-Tennessee Beta Chapter
• Vanderbilt Biomedical Engineering Society
• Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science (VSVS)
• V-Squared Engineering Freshmen Mentor Program