HKN was originally established for electrical engineering students but expanded to include computer engineering in 2000. Membership in the local chapter is offered to the top 25% of juniors and 33% of seniors at each college.
In November 2007, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and HKN which would make HKN an organizational unit of IEEE, and make membership in IEEE a requirement for membership in HKN. Membership in HKN would then be equivalent to an "honor student" member category of IEEE membership. This merger is contingent on a vote by HKN chapters in February 2008. HKN has released a FAQ concerning the merger and the issue is being discussed online by the various chapters.
| Chapter |
University |
Year |
Location |
| Alpha Chapter |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
1904 |
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois |
| Beta Chapter |
Purdue University |
1906 |
West Lafayette, Indiana |
| Gamma Chapter |
Ohio State University |
1906 |
Columbus, Ohio |
| Delta Chapter |
Illinois Institute of Technology |
1909 |
Chicago, Illinois |
| Epsilon Chapter |
Pennsylvania State University |
1909 |
University Park, Pennsylvania |
| Theta Chapter |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
1910 |
Madison, Wisconsin |
| Iota Chapter |
University of Missouri–Columbia |
|
Columbia, Missouri |
| Kappa Chapter |
Cornell University |
|
Ithaca, New York |
| Lambda Chapter |
University of Pennsylvania |
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Mu Chapter |
University of California, Berkeley |
1915 |
Berkeley, California |
| Nu Chapter |
Iowa State University |
|
Ames, Iowa |
| Xi Chapter |
Auburn University |
|
Auburn, Alabama |
| Omicron Chapter |
University of Minnesota |
1920 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Pi Chapter |
Oregon State University |
|
Corvallis, Oregon |
| Rho Chapter |
University of Colorado at Boulder |
1922 |
Boulder, Colorado |
| Sigma Chapter |
Carnegie Mellon University |
|
|
| Tau Chapter |
University of Cincinnati |
|
Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Upsilon Chapter |
University of Southern California |
|
Los Angeles, California |
| Phi Chapter |
Union College |
1926 |
Schenectady, NY |
| Psi Chapter |
University of Texas at Austin |
1928 |
Austin, Texas |
| Omega Chapter |
Oklahoma State University–Stillwater |
1929 |
Stillwater, Oklahoma |
| Zeta Chapter |
Case Western Reserve University |
|
Cleveland, Ohio |
| Beta Alpha Chapter |
Drexel University |
|
|
| Beta Gamma Chapter |
Michigan Technological University |
|
Houghton, Michigan |
| Beta Delta Chapter |
University of Pittsburgh |
|
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Beta Epsilon Chapter |
University of Michigan |
1937 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Beta Eta Chapter |
North Carolina State University |
1938 |
Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Beta Theta Chapter |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
|
|
| Beta Iota Chapter |
University of Iowa |
|
|
| Beta Kappa Chapter |
Kansas State University |
|
|
| Beta Lambda Chapter |
Virginia Tech |
|
|
| Beta Mu Chapter |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
1941 |
Atlanta, Georgia |
| Beta Nu Chapter |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
|
Troy, New York |
| Beta Xi Chapter |
University of Oklahoma |
|
Norman, Oklahoma |
| Beta Omicron Chapter |
Marquette University |
|
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Beta Pi Chapter |
City College of New York |
1946 |
New York, NY |
| Beta Rho Chapter |
West Virginia University |
|
|
| Beta Tau Chapter |
Northwestern University |
|
|
| Beta Upsilon Chapter |
University of Kentucky |
|
|
| Beta Phi Chapter |
University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
|
Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Beta Psi Chapter |
University of Nebraska, Lincoln |
|
Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Beta Omega Chapter |
University of Connecticut |
|
|
| Gamma Alpha Chapter |
Manhattan College(Riverdale, New York) |
1950 |
Riverdale, New York |
| Gamma Beta Chapter |
Northeastern University |
|
|
| Gamma Gamma Chapter |
Clarkson University |
|
|
| Gamma Delta Chapter |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
|
|
| Gamma Epsilon Chapter |
Rutgers University |
|
|
| Gamma Zeta Chapter |
Michigan State University |
|
|
| Gamma Theta Chapter |
Missouri University of Science and Technology |
1952 |
Rolla, Missouri |
| Gamma Iota Chapter |
University of Kansas |
|
|
| Gamma Kappa Chapter |
New Jersey Institute of Technology |
|
Newark, New Jersey |
| Gamma Mu Chapter |
Texas A&M University |
|
College Station, Texas |
| Gamma Nu Chapter |
Texas Tech University |
|
Lubbock, Texas |
| Gamma Xi Chapter |
University of Maryland at College Park |
1957 |
College Park, Maryland |
| Gamma Pi Chapter |
University of Virginia |
|
|
| Gamma Sigma Chapter |
University of Utah |
|
Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Gamma Tau Chapter |
North Dakota State University |
|
|
| Gamma Phi Chapter |
University of Arkansas |
|
|
| Gamma Chi Chapter |
New Mexico State University |
|
|
| Gamma Rho Chapter |
South Dakota State University |
|
|
| Gamma Omega Chapter |
Mississippi State University |
|
Starkville, MS |
| Delta Gamma Chapter |
Louisiana Tech University |
|
|
| Delta Epsilon Chapter |
Ohio University |
|
|
| Delta Zeta Chapter |
Washington University in St. Louis |
|
St. Louis, Missouri |
| Delta Iota Chapter |
Louisiana State University |
|
|
| Delta Kappa Chapter |
University of Maine |
|
|
| Delta Lambda Chapter |
Duke University |
|
|
| Delta Mu Chapter |
Villanova University |
|
|
| Delta Nu Chapter |
University of Alabama |
|
|
| Delta Xi Chapter |
Air Force Institute of Technology |
|
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio |
| Delta Omicron Chapter |
University of New Mexico |
1962 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Delta Pi Chapter |
Colorado State University |
|
|
| Delta Rho Chapter |
University of North Dakota |
|
|
| Delta Sigma Chapter |
University of Notre Dame |
|
South Bend, Indiana |
| Delta Phi Chapter |
University of South Carolina |
|
|
| Delta Chi Chapter |
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art |
|
|
| Delta Omega Chapter |
University of Hawaii at Manoa |
|
|
| Epsilon Beta Chapter |
Arizona State University |
|
|
| Epsilon Gamma Chapter |
University of Toledo |
|
|
| Epsilon Epsilon Chapter |
University of Houston |
|
Houston, Texas |
| Epsilon Eta Chapter |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
|
|
| Epsilon Theta Chapter |
California State University, Long Beach |
|
Long Beach, California |
| Epsilon Kappa Chapter |
University of Miami |
|
Coral Gables, Florida |
| Epsilon Mu Chapter |
University of Texas at Arlington |
1965 |
Arlington, Texas |
| Epsilon Xi Chapter |
Wichita State University |
|
|
| Epsilon Rho Chapter |
Tennessee Technological University |
|
Cookeville, Tennessee |
| Epsilon Sigma Chapter |
University of Florida |
|
|
| Epsilon Tau Chapter |
University of California, Santa Barbara |
|
Santa Barbara, California |
| Epsilon Phi Chapter |
California Polytechnic State University |
|
San Luis Obispo, California |
| Epsilon Chi Chapter |
University of Louisville |
|
|
| Epsilon Omega Chapter |
University of Mississippi |
|
|
| Zeta Delta Chapter |
University of Texas at El Paso |
|
El Paso, Texas |
| Zeta Epsilon Chapter |
Florida Institute of Technology |
|
|
| Zeta Eta Chapter |
Brigham Young University |
|
|
| Zeta Theta Chapter |
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
|
Pomona, California |
| Zeta Iota Chapter |
Clemson University |
|
|
| Zeta Nu Chapter |
University of Tulsa |
|
|
| Zeta Xi Chapter |
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |
|
|
| Zeta Phi Chapter |
Tri-State University |
1975 |
Angola, Indiana |
| Zeta Pi Chapter |
State University of New York at Buffalo |
|
|
| Zeta Tau Chapter |
San Diego State University |
|
San Diego, California |
| Zeta Psi Chapter |
Southern University and A&M College |
|
|
| Zeta Upsilon Chapter |
Old Dominion University |
|
|
| Zeta Chi Chapter |
University of Central Florida |
|
|
| Zeta Omega Chapter |
University of California, Irvine |
|
Irvine, California |
| Theta Eta Chapter |
University of Alabama in Huntsville |
|
Huntsville, Alabama |
| Theta Kappa Chapter |
California State University, Fresno |
|
Fresno, California |
| Theta Lambda Chapter |
University of South Alabama |
|
|
| Theta Mu Chaper |
State University of New York, Stony Brook |
|
|
| Theta Omicron Chapter |
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville |
|
Edwardsville, Illinois |
| Theta Pi Chapter |
University of Missouri–Kansas City |
|
Kansas City, Missouri |
| Theta Rho Chapter |
Rice University |
|
|
| Theta Psi Chapter |
University of Nevada, Reno |
|
Reno, Nevada |
| Theta Omega Chapter |
University of the Pacific |
|
Stockton, California |
| Iota Gamma Chapter |
University of California, Los Angeles |
|
Los Angeles, California |
| Iota Delta Chapter |
Stevens Institute of Technology |
|
|
| Iota Epsilon Chapter |
University of Hartford |
|
|
| Iota Zeta Chapter |
California State University, Chico |
1985 |
Chico, California |
| Iota Eta Chapter |
University of Dayton |
|
|
| Iota Theta Chapter |
Portland State University |
|
|
| Iota Kappa Chapter |
Montana State University |
|
|
| Iota Lambda Chapter |
University of Illinois, Chicago |
|
Chicago, Illinois |
| Iota Mu Chapter |
George Mason University |
|
|
| Iota Xi Chapter |
University of Arizona |
|
Tucson, Arizona |
| Iota Upsilon Chapter |
University of Washington |
|
|
| Kappa Alpha Chapter |
Northern Illinois University |
|
|
| Kappa Delta Chapter |
Florida International University |
|
|
| Kappa Theta Chapter |
University of Wisconsin-Platteville |
|
|
| Kappa Kappa Chapter |
University of Texas at Dallas |
|
Dallas, Texas |
| Kappa Mu Chapter |
Capitol College |
|
|
| Kappa Omicron |
State University of New York New Paltz |
1999 |
New Paltz, NY |
| Kappa Xi Chapter |
University of South Florida |
|
|
| Kappa Upsilon Chapter |
University of Texas at San Antonio |
2004 |
San Antonio, Texas |
| Kappa Psi Chapter |
University of California, San Diego |
2005 |
San Diego, California |
| Lambda Alpha Chapter |
University of West Florida |
| Kappa Chi Chapter |
Virginia Commonwealth University |
May 6, 2005 |
Richmond, Virginia |
