About Tau Beta Pi

Auburn University has the oldest chapter in Alabama and a great deal of history inducting students since 1921.

Who?

Tau Beta Pi was founded in 1885 at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania and is the nation's oldest and most prestigious engineering honor society.

What?

Tau Beta Pi recognizes the most outstanding engineering students around the nation and gives them a forum to apply their talents to better the world in which they live.

Why?

Even brighter than our chapter's past is our future where we strive to maintain the honor and dignity of Tau Beta Pi and use our talents to better the world around us.

Tau Beta Pi Mission

As the only academic honor society that confers recognition on eligible individuals from all engineering disciplines, Tau Beta Pi:

Recognizes those who have conferred honor upon their Alma Maters by distinguished scholarship and exemplary character as students in engineering, or by their attainments as alumni in the field of engineering;

Provides leadership and professional development training for engineering students and alumni members;

Promotes lifelong alumnus member involvement and cultivates a community of dedicated high achievers.