Each year the Dean of each college at Villanova honors those students who are deemed to have established an outstanding academic record as determined by the College and its Dean. The Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was established at Villanova in 1986. Membership in Phi Beta Kappa is an honor conferred primarily in recognition of outstanding scholarly achievement in the liberal arts and sciences. Phi Kappa Phi Phi Kappa Phi is an honor society whose objective is the recognition and encouragement of superior scholarship in all academic disciplines. Qualified part-time juniors and seniors are eligible for election to membership.
Admission is by invitation only and requires the nomination and approval by a chapter.
Superior scholarship and good character are the criteria for membership. Alpha Sigma Lambda The Mu Chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda was established at Villanova University in 1958. A campus-wide network for data, voice, and video communication provides phones and data connectivity for students, faculty, and staff. Broadband cable facilitates video transmission to and from more than 100 classrooms for implementation of multi-media teaching technology into the curriculum. UNIT maintains several central computers for academic and administrative use, most of these are SUN Microsystem servers running the SUN Solaris operating system.