Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) is the first and only international honor society for the computing sciences. UPE was founded at Texas A&M University in 1967.  Membership in UPE is limited to students and faculty who can effectively achieve the goals of the society:

• Recognition of outstanding talent in the computing sciences
• Promotion of high scholarship in the computing sciences
• Establishment and maintenance of high standards
• Representation of the computing sciences in interdisciplinary communications
• Encouragement of individual contributions to society through the computing sciences

In addition to our efforts to contribute to computer science as a discipline, we, as an organization, also try to promote scholarship at a local level through awarding scholarships to outstanding graduating computer science students and those showing outstanding academic achievement.

We also try to encourage a sense of unity and camaraderie within the computer science department through some of our activities.  Social activities are promoted to encourage a sense of community among student members and non-members alike.