There are various UCLA student and alumni groups related to Southeast Asia on campus.

Last updated October 2025.

Student Organizations

• AAPI Caucus at UCLA Luskin (https: //www.facebook.com/groups/uclaapi/) brings awareness to the social issues faced by the diverse communities represented in the Asian (American) Pacific Islander population.
• Anakbayan at ULCA (https: //www.facebook.com/anakbayanucla) works to educate, organize, and mobilize the community to address important issues that affect Filipinos in the U.S. and the Philippines
  
• APA Health C.A.R.E. (http: //www.apahcare.com/) aims to improve the health and well-being of underserved Asians and Pacific Islanders in the Metropolitan Los Angeles area.
  
• Ascend at UCLA (http: //ascendatucla.org/) provides opportunities for students to cultivate leadership and networking skills that will help them connect with various business institutions.
  
• Asia Law Organization promotes education, discussion, and career development for students interested in international and comparative law pertaining to Asia.
  
• Asia Pacific Health Corps (https: //aphc-ucla.square.site/) serves the health needs of disadvantaged Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities that have minimal access to healthcare and limited financial resources.
• Asian American Christian Fellowship (http: //aacfla.org/) shares biblical teaching and gospel of Jesus Christ to the UCLA campus.
  
• Asian Pacific American Law Journal focuses on the legal, social, and political issues affecting Asian Pacific American Communities and disseminates these writings to the general population.
  
• Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (https: //apamsa.dgsom.ucla.edu/) is an organization dedicated to the establishment of a medical system that provides culturally competent services, resources, and support to underserved communities.
  
• Asian Pacific Coalition (https: //uclaapc.wixsite.com/home) supports and unifies the diverse Asian Pacific Islander Desi American community at UCLA by uplifting and empowering its members. 
• Asian Pacific Islander Law Students Association (https: //www.instagram.com/ucla_apilsa/?hl=en) coordinates activities that educate and inform members about current Asian Pacific Islander issues and serve as a support network for law students to succeed academically and professionally.
• Association of Hmong Students (https: //associationofhmongstudentsucla.weebly.com) provides assistance and opportunities to Hmong students through advocacy, development of student leaders, and creating an empowering, safe environment for Hmong students on campus.
• Association of Indonesian Americans (https: //www.facebook.com/ucla.aia/) seeks to empower Indonesian-American students through outreach, education, increasing cultural understanding and awareness, social interaction, and political advocacy. 
• AweChords A Cappella (https: //awechords.com) is a co-ed group that performs a variety of music genres and showcases including at UCLAʼs annual Vietnamese Culture Night.
• Burmese Student Association (https: //www.facebook.com/bursaucla/) at UCLA provides community support for Burmese and Burmese American students to learn, connect, and embrace their Burmese identities. 
• Chi Alpha Delta (https: //www.facebook.com/groups/uclaapi/) seeks to promote friendships, communication, and social activity among University women of Asian descent, as to encourage school service and school spirit.
• CultivAsian (https: //www.instagram.com/cultivasianucla/) a student organization with the mission to destigmatize conversations about mental health and raise awareness of mental health issues in Asian young adults.
  
• Dear Asian Youth UCLA (http: //https: //dearasianyouthucla.wixsite.com/dayucla) is a literary magazine that serves to empower Asian American youth and heritage through creativity.
• Higher Opportunity Program for Education (http: //www.vsubruins.com/about/hope/) is committed to outreaching to under-resourced and underrepresented youth in striving to achieve its goals toward educational equity for all.
• Indonesian Bruins Student Association (https: //www.instagram.com/bruins.ibsa/) promotes and celebrates Indonesian culture in the broader UCLA community and aims to integrate others of various backgrounds that have a common interest in Indonesia.
• Kawan at UCLA (http: //https: //kawanatucla.weebly.com/) is a Pilipino Catholic student organization that offers support for likeminded students to learn more about their spirituality and culture.
• Lapu, the Coyote that Cares Theatre Company (https: //sites.google.com/view/seaadmit/home?pli=1) seeks to promote a voice for Asian American creative expression through writing, theater, improvisation, music, video and other forms of media.
• Malaysian Students Association at UCLA (https: //facebook.com/groups/uclamalaysia/?epa=search_box) a cultural student organization open to students and faculty of all nationalities that aims to represent the Malaysian community at UCLA.
• MEMO at UCLA (https: //www.aboutmemo.org/) helps underserved and underprivileged communities locally in Orange County, San Diego, Los Angeles, and abroad, in Vietnam.
• Muoi (https: //muoiatucla.weebly.com) an all-inclusive, primarily Vietnamese Catholic prayer and support group.
• Pacific Basin Law Journal a law journal that publishes twice a year on a diverse range of legal and policy issues concerning the Pacific Rim.
• Pacific Ties News Magazine (https: //pacificties.org) seeks to showcase the rich and diverse stories about the APIDA community on and off campus through news and commentary.
  
• Pilipino American Graduate Student Association (https: //www.facebook.com/groups/PAGaSA.UCLA/) provides networking, support, communication, and cooperation between Pilipino students, faculty and staff at UCLA.
• Pilipino Council of the Mabuhay Collective (https: //www.pcmcatucla.org) is a council of students that support, facilitate, and unite the Pilipinx and Pilipinx-American community at UCLA.
  
• Pilipino Recruitment and Enrichment Program (https: //prepatucla.wixsite.com/prep) serves as a first year pipeline into the greater Pilipinx community at UCLA, providing a space for new students to explore the resources available and foster friendships on campus.
• Pilipino Transfer Student Partnership (https: //ptspatucla.wixsite.com/ptsp) aims to ease Pilipnx transfers and allies in the transition to UCLA by offering resources, cultural growth, and addressing transfer issues.
• Pilipinos for Community Health (http: //pchatucla.weebly.com/) seeks to empower underserved and under-resourced communities in the Greater Los Angeles area and the Philippines by providing free culturally relevant health education and services.
  
• Pilipinos in Engineering and Science (https: //piesucla.wixsite.com/pies) an academic and social student organization that is focused on supporting Pilipino students via professional workshops, alumni networking, socials, and engineering and science-related challenges.
  
• Pilipinx Pre-Law Pipeline (http: //https: //www.instagram.com/pppatucla/?hl=en) provides Pilipinx undergraduates with resources, mentorship, and support to pursue careers in law.
• Samahang Modern (https: //linktr.ee/samahangmodern) fosters a community through the four pillars of dance, professionalism, family, and cultural roots
• Samahang Pilipino (https: //www.facebook.com/ucla.samahang/) is an organization that serves to support Pilipino students while also celebrating an sharing the knowledge of Pilipino social, cultural, political, and academic life. 
• Samahang Pilipino Advancing Community Empowerment (https: //communitypartnerships.ucla.edu/programs/samahang-pilipino-advancing-community-empowerment) Program offers tutoring, mentorship, leadership development, and cultural and community engagement primarily for students of Filipino heritage.
• Samahang Pilipino Education and Retention (https: //www.facebook.com/SPEARatUCLA/) seeks to achieve 100% retention of Pilipinx students by providing internship, mentorship, counseling, and resources.
• School of Nursing Asian Pacific Islander Nursing Student and Alumni Association (https: //apinsaa.wordpress.com/) supports UCLA School of Nursing's Asian and Pacific Islander nursing students and alumni through community engagement, scholarship and service.
• Singapore Students Association (https: //uclassa.org/) a student-led organisation that aims to act as a community for Singaporean students at UCLA.
  
• Southeast Asian Admit Weekend (https: //sites.google.com/view/seaadmit/home?pli=1) hopes to inspire Southeast Asian admitted students to become empowered and be aware of the resources available to them at UCLA.
  
• Southeast Asian Archaeology Lab (https: //ioa.ucla.edu/southeast-asian-lab) at the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology focuses on the archaeology of culture-contact in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
• Southeast Asian Admit Weekend (https: //sites.google.com/view/seaadmit/home?pli=1) hopes to inspire Southeast Asian admitted students to become empowered and be aware of the resources available to them at UCLA.
• Southeast Asian Campus Learning Education and Retention (https: //seaclearatucla.com/), established in 1998 by the Vietnamese Student Union, provides peer counseling, mentorship, wellness help, transfer support, and internship opportunities to Southeast Asian students at UCLA. 
• Southeast Asian Students for Organizing (https: //seasonconference.wixsite.com/home) seeks to provide a safe space for Southeast Asian students and allies to strategize campus-based actions to effectively advocate for their community.
• Southeast Asian Transfer Enrichment (https: //www.instagram.com/uclaseated/)Day (https: //www.instagram.com/uclaseated/) is a weekend dedicated to newly admitted transfer students, organized by Southeast Asian student groups at UCLA to provide a safe and supportive Southeast Asian community on campus for transfer students.
• TASSEL AT UCLA (https: //www.instagram.com/tasselucla/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D) teaches Cambodian children English so that they can pursue higher education and and fundraises to buy food and other essential resources and medications to be sent to Cambodia.
• Thai Student Association (https: //thaisaatucla.wordpress.com/), previously known as Thai Smakom, seeks strives to showcase Thai culture through the many events it host per year, as well as provide support to Thai and Thai-American students at UCLA. 
• Tinig Choral (https: //www.tinigchoral.org/) is an a cappella group that strives to provide a space of musical expression for people of all levels of talent while sharing parts of the Pilipinx culture.
• UCLA Pilipinos for Community Health (http: //pchatucla.weebly.com/) stands to provide education and mental health services to the Pilipino community in the greater Los Angeles area through community outreach, preventive health, and advising and mentorship.
• United Khmer Students (https: //unitedkhmerstudents.weebly.com/) seeks to advocate and support to Cambodian students at UCLA by furthering cultural understanding and awareness on the UCLA campus through advocacy, educational and career services, and community-building.
• Vietnamese Community Health (http: //vchbruins.weebly.com) aims to improve the health inequality in underserved communities in Orange County and the Greater Los Angeles area by striving to mitigate the health disparities faced by these communities.
• Vietnamese Dental Student Association at UCLA advocates programs that promote the oral health and care of all people in general and of Vietnamese-Americans in particular.
• Vietnamese Language and Culture (https: //vnlcclub.wordpress.com/) serves to maintain and showcase Vietnamese customs through educational advocacy and cultural engagement.
• Vietnamese Student Union (http: //www.vsubruins.com/) seeks to raise awareness of Vietnamese culture while ensuring the educational, political, social, and mental-health welfare of the Vietnamese community both on and off-campus.

Alumni Associations

• Asian Pacific Alumni Association of UCLA (https: //alumni.ucla.edu/alumni-networks/apaucla/) was founded to unite all Asian Pacific alumni and provide educational, social, and cultural services to help them adjust to the next phase of their lives.
• Pilipino Alumni Association of UCLA (https: //alumni.ucla.edu/alumni-networks/pilipino-alumni-association/ ) connects and empowers Pilipino alumni, students, and friends of UCLA by providing scholarships to students and providing opportunities to address issues impacting the greater Pilipino community.
• School of Nursing Asian Pacific Islander Nursing Student and Alumni Association (https: //apinsaa.wordpress.com/) supports UCLA School of Nursing's Asian and Pacific Islander nursing students and alumni through community engagement, scholarship and service.